In Peru I got way up there (well, way up there by my standards) on a few passes, much higher than Whitney, but no """mountains climbed""" over 14,500ft
My brother and I are planning to do Kilimanjaro at some point. How was your experience? Which route did you take? In how great shape are/were you? And in how great shape do you think one should be?
>In how great shape are/were you? And in how great shape do you think one should be?
Not that anon but you should be in good shape because that altitude is gonna kick your ass and even worse if you are out of shape.
It was really good tbf, though I'd say if you're gonna go to Tanzania, have some other stuff planned like safaris or sightseeing and the like - the mountain itself isn't particularly scenic from what I remember (the climb anyway, it looks really cool from the bottom) so might not be worth the trip just for that. Still an amazing experience though and the country is definitely worth visiting, just stick to the touristy areas and it's pretty safe.
I believe we did the machame route but was a while ago now so not too sure. Was 5 days up and 1 down I think and went over the lava cone (secondary peak) on day 4 (?)
I was probably in the worst shape of my life when I did it lel. I did it when I was 16 and I was proper skinnyfat and unfit back then. If you're getting porters to carry most of your stuff then it's not that bad, I'd imagine it's a lot harder if you're carrying everything yourself. Still though, we had a couple of actual fatties in our group and they managed it. It's tiring but the actual climb is basically just an uphill walk with a little bit of scrambling near the top.
Honestly wouldn't worry about being in really great shape, obviously it would make it easier though, especially if you're carrying lots of stuff or doing a harder route. With regards to what the other anon said about altitude, it's not really just a case of being fit - it affects people differently and it's fairly random who will get it badly. From our group of ~30, I think 3 didn't make it to the top, and only one was cause of altitude (other two got the shits), and he was far from the most unfit of the group. Being fit will definitely help but it's not the only factor. I was unfit and only got a slight headache in the mornings from the altitude. We did mount meru the week before to acclimatise though so maybe it would be worse just going straight for kili.
My brother and I are planning to do Kilimanjaro at some point. How was your experience? Which route did you take? In how great shape are/were you? And in how great shape do you think one should be?
And I should probably mention I have absolutely no experience with altitude hiking. My country is nearly as flat as Holland.
>yeah, i bagged a 14er >Really? >yeah it was in Colorado >Bro thats sick!
I drove up Evans and just decide to omit some details. Doesnt work on colareedo natives
I'm going to drive up Evans the next time I go to Colorado. It'll be a nice change of pace after Massive, Blanca, La Plata, Capitol Peak, or whatever else I decide to do.
Elbert, not much of a climb though. But I'm not much of a climber.
I'm pretty fond of Evans, much better than Pikes Peak in my opinion. It's the number one thing I tell people to do when visiting Denver (in summer) even if they're not really outdoorsy, or if they are outdoorsy but only have one day I'd recommend it over RMNP even. Easy day trip, get to summit a 14er, and if you want a little bit of a hike you can go up from Summit Lake.
Elbert, not much of a climb though. But I'm not much of a climber.
I'm pretty fond of Evans, much better than Pikes Peak in my opinion. It's the number one thing I tell people to do when visiting Denver (in summer) even if they're not really outdoorsy, or if they are outdoorsy but only have one day I'd recommend it over RMNP even. Easy day trip, get to summit a 14er, and if you want a little bit of a hike you can go up from Summit Lake.
Mount Katahdin. Took a few hours, just a day pack and hiking shoes needed, but great experience. Passed by several injured (twisted ankles, etc) on the walk up, so not a beginner hike. Different trail up and down too for some variety
I paid the guidejew. It was pretty expensive and I was also annoyed because as part of the team I didn't really have a say in turning around. I wanted to wait as long as possible (for how much food/fuel we had) for weather to improve, other team members said 'good enough' and wanted to go down.
On the other hand safety is important (crevasses on denali are frickin' real) which is why I chose to pay the guideisraelite in the first place, because I am a loner with no mountain friends. I don't intend to do something so unremarkable as to die on a run of the mill mountain.
This is why I'm hesitant to ever use a guide or climb any mountain where one is required. I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to be at the whims of whoever else is in my party.
>to be at the whims of whoever else is in my party.
When you do roped or glacier climbs you WILL have to travel in a team and confer with them anyways, so get over yourself
Just solo. Is it dangerous? Yes. Is it as dangerous as a bunch of "experts" on the internet try to make you believe? Not even close.
Just don't be incompetent. I've solo climbed 8 different glaciated routes on mountains, and only 2 of them involved following a boot pack.
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>Just don't be incompetent. I've solo climbed 8 different glaciated routes on mountains, and only 2 of them involved following a boot pack.
how do you do traverse crevasse fields solo?
serious question, I always go solo but I've never done heavily glaciated peaks because of this
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Carefully. Avoid sketchy looking snow bridges, even if it means you got walk around a bit.
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Is there any point in roping up or even bringing a harness if you're solo? Since there's nobody or place to tie into for protection anyways
Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb mountains. Not in the uplifting way but more out of revulsion that if some frickin weaboo can climb up with his jerk off dolls to the top then what's stopping me.
Based, instantly noticed it was the west Superstitions. While we might not have any 14ers, AZ has the 3rd highest peak count in the US just behind AK and CA.
>Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb mountains. Not in the uplifting way but more out of revulsion that if some frickin weaboo can climb up with his jerk off dolls to the top then what's stopping me.
>flatiron AZ >5 mile ROUND TRIP walk >literally within city suburban limits, with walmart in the background >not even 5000ft
>Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb """mountains"""
Do anime haters really? Pretty sad tbqh to be bragging about an afternoon walk in the park
Not him but even though that trail is close to civilization and only 5k ft ASL you can't actually drive above ~4,000ft in the western Superstitions (you can in the E. Sups with 4x4), there's no roads going to any peaks due to the rugged terrain. Mining and FS roads in the transition zone going to peaks usually require 4x4 and are more rugged than the higher elevation peaks above the Rim. N. AZ peaks above the Rim are a cake walk with a sedan to 11,000ft (highest rd in AZ), highest paved two lane highway in AZ is 9,400ft, both cake walks when there isn't 3-6ft of snow on the ground.
Whitney's the tallest so far.
The more experienced I get, the less a mountain's height matters to me. There are climbs and scrambles at 1k and 2k feet that require more skill and involve more danger than simply walking up Class 1 14er route.
I did observation mountain last summer, around 6000'. I lost my boots crossing a river on the way down and had to walk the last few miles back to my tent across jagged rock flats wearing crocks 4.5 sizes too small for my feet. The next day I did most of the hike barefoot across mudflats and riverbeds.
I hiked up pikes peak in Colorado. It took almost 9 hours from the base to 14k ft. Pretty cool experience I will remember the rest of my life.
Way cooler than driving up
Fuji in 2011
some bloke organized a car and insisted on us going up from 10pm to see the sunrise in september
turns out when it's 38°C in tokyo it'll still be -2°C at night on a mountain so me wearing a hoodie was the reason I kept walking
well we somehow made it. wouldn't do it again but wouldn't wanna miss the experience either. But my next mountain will be climbed when the stations are manned and sell some water or just in general better prepared. Went through 6 liters without pissing the whole trip.
I'm insanely jealous. Japan is finally opening up to foreign tourists, so I'm thinking about using up my accrued PTO to visit Japan in August or September. I want to climb Fuji with my anime figurines in hand. It's a lifelong dream of mine.
The mountain of depression waking up every day to go put in 8 hours of mind numbing labor in order to make my way up the mountain of soul crushing, never ending debt. Both mountains get taller each day as well but im not quite sure if im making it any further up.
Avalanche gulch with the rest of the plebs, or some other route?
I did Clear Creek in August wearing trail runners, guy at the summit wearing $2500 worth of plastic boots and Gore-tex asked, "Where's all your gear?"
I said you're looking at it.
Summit early or you might get punished by crazy weather.
Ay homie same here. Gonna drive down from KFalls at some point this month for it. No real mountaineering experience, most ive done in snow were class 2 Colorado 14ers in the winter. Those dont mean shit compared to the Cascades though.
>actually climbed/hiked the entire thing
Mt. Avon >drove halfway up and finished the climb from there
Some mountain in Montana that I can't remember the name of.
I’ve climbed everything from Whitney to Washington and I can tell you they are all toddler tier compared to Himalayas. Did my second trek there last summer and you never really adapt to the altitude or the UV. Anytime I hear someone mention something like rainier or Elbert I just quietly laugh to myself and take another puff from my cigarette and move on with my day knowing these people haven’t even scratched the surface of hiking
Have attempted Denali twice but got turned back due to the weather. Would like to do kiliminjaro but don’t like blacks
Exactly
You haven’t climbed a mountain if you used the footpath
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I'll go one step further and say that you haven't really climbed a mountain if you follow someone else's GPX tracks
I'll never get why some climbers upload GPX tracks for mountains without clear, defined routes. All you're doing is cheapening the accomplishment by allowing any moron to follow your tracks up and down the mountain. Let casuals do their own routefinding or stay the frick off the mountain that they have no business being on
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>climbing beta is bad
What did he mean by this?!
2 years ago
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whoever started calling information beta is fricking moronic and i hate everyone who uses that word
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Climbers used to film themselves with actual betamax tapes so then other climbers would ask to "see the beta" which back then was physical media to learn from. Beta tapes became obsolete but the word stuck and became part of the climbing lexicon. You don't climb so you shouldn't get so bent out of shape about it .
>cigarettes are recorded in the first 1922 British Everest expedition logs as intentionally being brought as medicine for combating altitude sickness >strange
Mount Kosciusko, the tallest mountain in Australia, but it's REALLY touristy and even has a gravel path and such, good veiw and cool place but lame hike.
Cerro Gaital, coming in at a whopping 3,723 feet. View's usually nice without clouds. It's not that hard of a trek as Google says, although there's two paths one can take (the harder one involves more climbing).
i only can only do things like this on some weekends and every time my legs end hurting like hell. it's happened to me once that i have too much fun and on the way back i was very tired and sprained an ankle, and it could have been much worse
Yes but even then Mt. Blanc wouldn't be the second highest in Europe since there are several other mountains in the Caucasus aside from Elbrus that are higher.
Galdhøpiggen, 2469 meters. I did the route from Spiterstulen and I learned that you need to be up early on a popular mountain like this. Otherwise you'll have to deal with crowds clogging the summit.
I'd still recommend it. It's very easy but it's a beautiful hike.
>Do the route from Spiterstulen, the Juvashytta-route is clogged with tourists and forces you into a slow moving rope team across a glacier, it also gives you less variety in your ascent. >Check yr(dot)no for the weather conditions, high winds may prevent you from summiting >Buy something outside of the hut/lom(the city you arrive to before the hut if you're not taking a special bus/your own car) prices can get very expensive there >The food in the restaurant is very good, especially after a hike. It's pricy but I recommend setting aside some money to eat a dinner there >Spiterstulen also gives you good routes to Glittertind, the second highest mountain in Norway that is sometimes taller due to the peak being very snowy. Consider spending some extra time there >If you're taking the train and you're unhappy with your seat go to the restaurant cart and sit there >Lom is a tourist trap, don't buy anything there >Start your hike as soon as possible >If you're looking for a good snack to buy try those chocolate/nut mixes you get in a yellow bag. They're a pretty good value for what you get. >After you start the trail you will be in a forest, after leaving it across a cliffside trail and just before a massive rockpile you have to climb there will be this shelf area. If you go towards the edge closest to the hut you should see this little gully/lower sheltered area. It's a pretty good place to pee if you need it. >Even if you leave early you WILL meet others on the mountain, don't go expecting a remote paradise >If you take the train DON'T order their coffee. Trust me on this. >Use vy(dot)no and opplandstraffik in order to book your train and bus
Not very organized but there you go.
Świnica.
Climbed both trails, the western one is quite a tourist trap, the eastern one from Zawrat saddle is much better, especially if you climb Zawrat from the north. I went in November and the trail to Zawrat was frozen.
They recently made the eastern trail one-way cause many tourists were trying to descend it and falling.
Huayna Potosi in Bolivia 6 088 meters / 19 000 feet.
Pic is related but not mine.
Only 6 people climbed that day, because it was not a weekend.
The view was amazing, clear weather and a see of clouds on one side.
Huayna Potosi in Bolivia 6 088 meters / 19 000 feet.
Pic is related but not mine.
Only 6 people climbed that day, because it was not a weekend.
The view was amazing, clear weather and a see of clouds on one side.
Spain Sierra Nevada, Mulhacen 3479m.
On the approach I slept in an abandoned stone hut and on the ceiling there was a bat that shat straight into my mouth.
Mt barney 1350m, It rained when I was approaching the summit and I started too late so it got dark on the descent and I got quite lost on the way out. Pic a view eastward from a ridge just before the summit.
probably black butte (the one in glenn county) unless I've forgotten something, it's only ~7500ft and the surrounding land is like 6500ft so it's just a short walk up the trail
Highest was probably somewhere in the Tetons when I was a teenager, haven't been anywhere very high in a long time.
Most difficult was somewhere near pic related while doing ZOG stuff at NTC. The actual elevation gain was only around 300m but it was all in dry loose gravel and I had 80lbs of tactical junk on me.
Hiked from about 800' elevation up to the top of terrace mountain which is 1500' in the scorching july heat.
Also hiked hawk mountain from 1400' down to the bottom of the valley at 700' then back up to 1400' again. (pic related, rocks in the middle are the low point.)
Hawk mountain is private land run by a nonprofit, they charge like 5 bucks and it goes to the hawk sanctuary. Do I wish it was free? Sure, but it's a nice mountain and closeby and I don't care about the price.. The crowds stay at the top where you don't need to go down and uphill. It's not like it's the only place I hike, there's plenty of state parks around (Bake oven knob, blue mountain, etc.)
Highest I ever been was etna in Sicily but didn't summit for obvious reasons and its not really a climb. Highest good climb was picrel. Watzmann 2713m through the eastern wall.
Whitney
In Peru I got way up there (well, way up there by my standards) on a few passes, much higher than Whitney, but no """mountains climbed""" over 14,500ft
Not a particularly difficult one. Cool experience though
Was your van up on blocks when you got back
My brother and I are planning to do Kilimanjaro at some point. How was your experience? Which route did you take? In how great shape are/were you? And in how great shape do you think one should be?
>In how great shape are/were you? And in how great shape do you think one should be?
Not that anon but you should be in good shape because that altitude is gonna kick your ass and even worse if you are out of shape.
Yeah, I figure the altitude is going to be the greatest hurdle. Our tallest point is 170 meters above sea level.
>our
Heh, our indeed, bror.
It was really good tbf, though I'd say if you're gonna go to Tanzania, have some other stuff planned like safaris or sightseeing and the like - the mountain itself isn't particularly scenic from what I remember (the climb anyway, it looks really cool from the bottom) so might not be worth the trip just for that. Still an amazing experience though and the country is definitely worth visiting, just stick to the touristy areas and it's pretty safe.
I believe we did the machame route but was a while ago now so not too sure. Was 5 days up and 1 down I think and went over the lava cone (secondary peak) on day 4 (?)
I was probably in the worst shape of my life when I did it lel. I did it when I was 16 and I was proper skinnyfat and unfit back then. If you're getting porters to carry most of your stuff then it's not that bad, I'd imagine it's a lot harder if you're carrying everything yourself. Still though, we had a couple of actual fatties in our group and they managed it. It's tiring but the actual climb is basically just an uphill walk with a little bit of scrambling near the top.
Honestly wouldn't worry about being in really great shape, obviously it would make it easier though, especially if you're carrying lots of stuff or doing a harder route. With regards to what the other anon said about altitude, it's not really just a case of being fit - it affects people differently and it's fairly random who will get it badly. From our group of ~30, I think 3 didn't make it to the top, and only one was cause of altitude (other two got the shits), and he was far from the most unfit of the group. Being fit will definitely help but it's not the only factor. I was unfit and only got a slight headache in the mornings from the altitude. We did mount meru the week before to acclimatise though so maybe it would be worse just going straight for kili.
All in all though, great fun and would recommend
And I should probably mention I have absolutely no experience with altitude hiking. My country is nearly as flat as Holland.
Sokosti. An astonishing 718 meters.
Defenately not for the faint of heart or amateurs.
That's a very pretty landscape anon
Never climbed a mountain. Only climbed cave hill
A colorado 14er, it was pretty easy, no climbing involved
This, my estranged grandpa took me up Mount Democrat. Only mountain Ive hiked up
>yeah, i bagged a 14er
>Really?
>yeah it was in Colorado
>Bro thats sick!
I drove up Evans and just decide to omit some details. Doesnt work on colareedo natives
I'm going to drive up Evans the next time I go to Colorado. It'll be a nice change of pace after Massive, Blanca, La Plata, Capitol Peak, or whatever else I decide to do.
Elbert, not much of a climb though. But I'm not much of a climber.
I'm pretty fond of Evans, much better than Pikes Peak in my opinion. It's the number one thing I tell people to do when visiting Denver (in summer) even if they're not really outdoorsy, or if they are outdoorsy but only have one day I'd recommend it over RMNP even. Easy day trip, get to summit a 14er, and if you want a little bit of a hike you can go up from Summit Lake.
only difference is evans is closed in the winter
Mount Katahdin. Took a few hours, just a day pack and hiking shoes needed, but great experience. Passed by several injured (twisted ankles, etc) on the walk up, so not a beginner hike. Different trail up and down too for some variety
The "shorter" way down is fricking bullshit
Helags in Sweden. 1 796 m / ~5 900ft
elbert
up to 17000ft on denali, got turned around by weather (below -40 ambient, around -70 with wind).
did you pay the guideisraelite to go to denali or do it yourself
It doesn't matter, you've never gone outside.
wrong i climb all the time in pnw and hate guidejews with a passion pn8st
yeah try climbing anywhere in alaska unguided homosexual, you'll peter mckeith yourself in no time
I will, very soon
wanna climb rainier or olympus with me in august?
Kek watch him show up in trailrunners and a school bookbag
>w-what's a harness?
Also
>rainier in august
Hehehe
whats wrong with rainier in august? im not a local
Nothing, it is just slightly harder because the glaciers are more open.
I am probably gonna do Kautz in July.
I paid the guidejew. It was pretty expensive and I was also annoyed because as part of the team I didn't really have a say in turning around. I wanted to wait as long as possible (for how much food/fuel we had) for weather to improve, other team members said 'good enough' and wanted to go down.
On the other hand safety is important (crevasses on denali are frickin' real) which is why I chose to pay the guideisraelite in the first place, because I am a loner with no mountain friends. I don't intend to do something so unremarkable as to die on a run of the mill mountain.
This is why I'm hesitant to ever use a guide or climb any mountain where one is required. I don't want to shell out thousands of dollars to be at the whims of whoever else is in my party.
>to be at the whims of whoever else is in my party.
When you do roped or glacier climbs you WILL have to travel in a team and confer with them anyways, so get over yourself
Right, but I'll have more experienced climbing partners then....not rich tourist buttholes like the kind you find on guided expeditions
>i want experienced people to drag me up the mountain n-n-no i don't want to pay for a guide i mean climbing p-partners p-p-please
>implying they would be dragging me up the mountain and holding my hand the entire way
Just solo. Is it dangerous? Yes. Is it as dangerous as a bunch of "experts" on the internet try to make you believe? Not even close.
Just don't be incompetent. I've solo climbed 8 different glaciated routes on mountains, and only 2 of them involved following a boot pack.
>Just don't be incompetent. I've solo climbed 8 different glaciated routes on mountains, and only 2 of them involved following a boot pack.
how do you do traverse crevasse fields solo?
serious question, I always go solo but I've never done heavily glaciated peaks because of this
Carefully. Avoid sketchy looking snow bridges, even if it means you got walk around a bit.
Is there any point in roping up or even bringing a harness if you're solo? Since there's nobody or place to tie into for protection anyways
Not unless you need to rappel something.
Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb mountains. Not in the uplifting way but more out of revulsion that if some frickin weaboo can climb up with his jerk off dolls to the top then what's stopping me.
Based, instantly noticed it was the west Superstitions. While we might not have any 14ers, AZ has the 3rd highest peak count in the US just behind AK and CA.
>Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb mountains. Not in the uplifting way but more out of revulsion that if some frickin weaboo can climb up with his jerk off dolls to the top then what's stopping me.
>flatiron AZ
>5 mile ROUND TRIP walk
>literally within city suburban limits, with walmart in the background
>not even 5000ft
>Your posts and those like it have inspired me to climb """mountains"""
Do anime haters really? Pretty sad tbqh to be bragging about an afternoon walk in the park
go do it then and post your dollys at the top
sorry but i got better places to visit than a municipal urban park
less chance of someone seeing your anime dolls out there I get it
kek based
>his main inspiration to go outdoors is anime
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can i get a mega of all of those pics please
I’ve been there. Flash rain storm made me turn around though. Very disappointed.
>anime has inspired me to climb mountains
why climb when you could just /drive/?
meet
yes, why climb when you could just /drive/?
Is that a new summit sign? I don't recall ever seeing that.
They renovated the visitors center, it opened just last year
https://gazette.com/news/visitors-return-to-the-top-of-pikes-peak-as-new-summit-house-opens/article_3b67b62a-d2bc-11eb-b847-879875483646.html
Not him but even though that trail is close to civilization and only 5k ft ASL you can't actually drive above ~4,000ft in the western Superstitions (you can in the E. Sups with 4x4), there's no roads going to any peaks due to the rugged terrain. Mining and FS roads in the transition zone going to peaks usually require 4x4 and are more rugged than the higher elevation peaks above the Rim. N. AZ peaks above the Rim are a cake walk with a sedan to 11,000ft (highest rd in AZ), highest paved two lane highway in AZ is 9,400ft, both cake walks when there isn't 3-6ft of snow on the ground.
Mount Kosciusko. Truly a cucked continent when it comes to mountains
Mera Peak in Nepal is the highest at 6500m
Denali and the Matterhorn were more challenging despite not being quite as high.
Did Kosciuszko with my 55 year old mother and 80 year old grandparents
>Mount Kosciusko
Glad someone else posted it so I didn't have to try spelling it.
Malinche volcano in Mexico. 4,460 meters / 14,630 ft. Total positive ascent around 1,460 meters.
Not too difficult, almost never covered in snow.
x2
Some minor 12 and 13000 ft peaks in CO
Hoping to hit some less traversed 14ers this year
Your mom.
Bullshit, I mean Everyone has been IN his mom, but no one has actually made it to the top of her folds and lived to tell.
A couple of the easier colorado 14ers
I've climbed a nice scree wall to the highest elevation lake in north america, which was neat
Whitney's the tallest so far.
The more experienced I get, the less a mountain's height matters to me. There are climbs and scrambles at 1k and 2k feet that require more skill and involve more danger than simply walking up Class 1 14er route.
this is something i've learned a few month ago,
the difficulty of the path has nothing to do with the height.
Just getting into climbing. Should've done this sooner. I love hiking but climbing has renewed my sense of adventure.
I did observation mountain last summer, around 6000'. I lost my boots crossing a river on the way down and had to walk the last few miles back to my tent across jagged rock flats wearing crocks 4.5 sizes too small for my feet. The next day I did most of the hike barefoot across mudflats and riverbeds.
I hiked up pikes peak in Colorado. It took almost 9 hours from the base to 14k ft. Pretty cool experience I will remember the rest of my life.
Way cooler than driving up
Fuji in 2011
some bloke organized a car and insisted on us going up from 10pm to see the sunrise in september
turns out when it's 38°C in tokyo it'll still be -2°C at night on a mountain so me wearing a hoodie was the reason I kept walking
well we somehow made it. wouldn't do it again but wouldn't wanna miss the experience either. But my next mountain will be climbed when the stations are manned and sell some water or just in general better prepared. Went through 6 liters without pissing the whole trip.
I did fuji in 2011 duringbtge day. Starting at 8000 feet. Drank my beer and ate Ramen at the top. Then disgusted by the toilets on the way down.
I'm insanely jealous. Japan is finally opening up to foreign tourists, so I'm thinking about using up my accrued PTO to visit Japan in August or September. I want to climb Fuji with my anime figurines in hand. It's a lifelong dream of mine.
I guess it was Timpanogos at 11,753'
Any other Wasatch/Uintas recommendations? I'm here at least one more year.
no they are all terrible and already have too many state migrants ruining them. just go do Angles Landing with the rest of the tourists down at Zion.
Pfeifferhorn, Box Elder, or Twin
Mount Shuksan
9131'
Just looked like a cool mountain
Pic is either shuksan or El Dorado peak (~8000'). Can't rememeber
Is shuksan technical at all? I saw the altitude and want to try it out. How much elevation do you gain and do you need a permit?
The summit pyramid requires some class 3/4 scrambling. Otherwise the easiest route just involves glacier walking.
Never been on an actual mountain because my country is flat and I haven't had the chance to travel much :/
Gede, about 3000m, but this is one of the easiest mountain over here.
The mountain of depression waking up every day to go put in 8 hours of mind numbing labor in order to make my way up the mountain of soul crushing, never ending debt. Both mountains get taller each day as well but im not quite sure if im making it any further up.
doing shasta this month, no mountaineering experience, going n deep with the homies
I would say you can do it as long as you aren’t a moron, but you used the word homies
Don't get a hace
Avalanche gulch with the rest of the plebs, or some other route?
I did Clear Creek in August wearing trail runners, guy at the summit wearing $2500 worth of plastic boots and Gore-tex asked, "Where's all your gear?"
I said you're looking at it.
Summit early or you might get punished by crazy weather.
Same thing happened to me haha, but a whole group camped out at UFO Rock, I made it there from the parking lot in about 3 hours
what route did the guy at the summit take?
There are some pretty nice routes on the Hotlum glacier that would require a decent amount of equipment
>guy at the summit wearing $2500 worth of plastic boots and Gore-tex asked, "Where's all your gear?" I said you're looking at it.
kek based
Ay homie same here. Gonna drive down from KFalls at some point this month for it. No real mountaineering experience, most ive done in snow were class 2 Colorado 14ers in the winter. Those dont mean shit compared to the Cascades though.
Mt Arashiyama in Kyoto
It's where troops of macaque monkeys live.
No climbing, but don't look the monkeys in the eyes or they will attack you.
At what point does a large hill become a small mountain? A friend and I climbed about 1000 ft one afternoon in southern Spain once.
I took an expedition to the top of Mt. Evans.
sourdough mountain in the northern cascades. also had a sasquatch experience on the way down that changed my life forever
>also had a sasquatch experience on the way down that changed my life forever
I'll bite... go on.
Lets just say sasquatch has a huge dick and leave it at that
Well you know what they say about hominids with big feet...
Tallest mountain I've climbed is mount Washington
>drive up mountain
just because the bumper sticker says so doesn't mean you "climbed" up
I hiked up hunting ravine, didn't drive up.
Same here.
the view from the top of washington is beautiful.
Kit Carson
>actually climbed/hiked the entire thing
Mt. Avon
>drove halfway up and finished the climb from there
Some mountain in Montana that I can't remember the name of.
my friend's erected wiener, white I was shrunk to 1mm
it was slippery
he came
>my friend's erected wiener, white I was shrunk to 1mm
WHAT?
>my friend's erected wiener, white I was shrunk to 1mm
WTF?
>my friend's erected wiener, white I was shrunk to 1mm
what? explain
>my friend's erected wiener, white I was shrunk to 1mm
explain?
Gray’s Peak in Colorado. It’s a couple of feet higher than Long’s, which was a real slog, while Gray’s is one of the easiest 14ers.
I summited Mount Massive and Elbert this past summer. Great hikes all around looking to do it again this summer.
I’ve climbed everything from Whitney to Washington and I can tell you they are all toddler tier compared to Himalayas. Did my second trek there last summer and you never really adapt to the altitude or the UV. Anytime I hear someone mention something like rainier or Elbert I just quietly laugh to myself and take another puff from my cigarette and move on with my day knowing these people haven’t even scratched the surface of hiking
Have attempted Denali twice but got turned back due to the weather. Would like to do kiliminjaro but don’t like blacks
>toddler tier compared to Himalayas
no shit einstein what isn't
The Andes
>implying the andes arent toddler tier
The three highest south american peaks are all nontechnical
You don't get PrepHole much, do you?
The Andes have the tallest mountain in the world
Mount Everest is only the highest mountain
>he only climbs mountains by their easy pedestrian routes
why even bother
Exactly
You haven’t climbed a mountain if you used the footpath
I'll go one step further and say that you haven't really climbed a mountain if you follow someone else's GPX tracks
I'll never get why some climbers upload GPX tracks for mountains without clear, defined routes. All you're doing is cheapening the accomplishment by allowing any moron to follow your tracks up and down the mountain. Let casuals do their own routefinding or stay the frick off the mountain that they have no business being on
>climbing beta is bad
What did he mean by this?!
whoever started calling information beta is fricking moronic and i hate everyone who uses that word
Climbers used to film themselves with actual betamax tapes so then other climbers would ask to "see the beta" which back then was physical media to learn from. Beta tapes became obsolete but the word stuck and became part of the climbing lexicon. You don't climb so you shouldn't get so bent out of shape about it .
I climb all the time. I just hate most climbers.
work on your social skills
No. I go outside to be alone.
Andes nuts on your chin
If you only climb every mountain by its easiest route, then yeah mountaineering in the lower 48 would get pretty boring.
Cool story bro. Give me tens of thousands of spare dollars and I'll gladly be in the Himalayas this weekend.
>into high altitude mountaineering
>smokes cigarettes
are you moronic
>he thinks cigarettes are bad for you
are you moronic?
Before diamox was invented, cigarettes were the only way to treat AMS
>inb4 that study is chinkshit
here's more proof
I don't get AMS. Smoke your smokes but don't delude yourself
It's one of those strange things that a surprising amount of high altitude mountaineers do.
>cigarettes are recorded in the first 1922 British Everest expedition logs as intentionally being brought as medicine for combating altitude sickness
>strange
The Annipurna Circuit is the second highest elevation I have hiked to. What a fricking cool trip.
on wikipedia it says there are crowds, how crowdy are we talking about? on a scale from Venice in august to pre-1969 lunar surface?
Tiffany Mountain in north central WA. Okanogan highlands, 8,245’
Honestly pretty incredible and I regularly return
Punta de las Olas in Spain, 3022m
This is the view from the summit
Mount Kosciusko, the tallest mountain in Australia, but it's REALLY touristy and even has a gravel path and such, good veiw and cool place but lame hike.
Monte Cinto
Cerro Gaital, coming in at a whopping 3,723 feet. View's usually nice without clouds. It's not that hard of a trek as Google says, although there's two paths one can take (the harder one involves more climbing).
how do you stay fit?
i only can only do things like this on some weekends and every time my legs end hurting like hell. it's happened to me once that i have too much fun and on the way back i was very tired and sprained an ankle, and it could have been much worse
Get a cheap road bike and a chamois to help with your ass getting sore. Low impact and will keep your cardio up
mt everest 2x
Mont Blanc, 4800m
2nd largest mountain in Europe
>2nd largest mountain in Europe
?
Not him but Elbrus is technically geographically in Europe. Mt Blanc would be the highest in W. Europe.
Yes but even then Mt. Blanc wouldn't be the second highest in Europe since there are several other mountains in the Caucasus aside from Elbrus that are higher.
Mountain olimpus, 22.500m
Galdhøpiggen, 2469 meters. I did the route from Spiterstulen and I learned that you need to be up early on a popular mountain like this. Otherwise you'll have to deal with crowds clogging the summit.
I'd still recommend it. It's very easy but it's a beautiful hike.
I am planning to hike it this summer, any more tips? I'm not local, haven't visited Norway before
>Do the route from Spiterstulen, the Juvashytta-route is clogged with tourists and forces you into a slow moving rope team across a glacier, it also gives you less variety in your ascent.
>Check yr(dot)no for the weather conditions, high winds may prevent you from summiting
>Buy something outside of the hut/lom(the city you arrive to before the hut if you're not taking a special bus/your own car) prices can get very expensive there
>The food in the restaurant is very good, especially after a hike. It's pricy but I recommend setting aside some money to eat a dinner there
>Spiterstulen also gives you good routes to Glittertind, the second highest mountain in Norway that is sometimes taller due to the peak being very snowy. Consider spending some extra time there
>If you're taking the train and you're unhappy with your seat go to the restaurant cart and sit there
>Lom is a tourist trap, don't buy anything there
>Start your hike as soon as possible
>If you're looking for a good snack to buy try those chocolate/nut mixes you get in a yellow bag. They're a pretty good value for what you get.
>After you start the trail you will be in a forest, after leaving it across a cliffside trail and just before a massive rockpile you have to climb there will be this shelf area. If you go towards the edge closest to the hut you should see this little gully/lower sheltered area. It's a pretty good place to pee if you need it.
>Even if you leave early you WILL meet others on the mountain, don't go expecting a remote paradise
>If you take the train DON'T order their coffee. Trust me on this.
>Use vy(dot)no and opplandstraffik in order to book your train and bus
Not very organized but there you go.
Oh, and watch out for sheep poo on the grassy parts of the hike.
Same for me. Did it in 7th grade in some camp school thing. I started at about 1000 meters above water level.
Świnica.
Climbed both trails, the western one is quite a tourist trap, the eastern one from Zawrat saddle is much better, especially if you climb Zawrat from the north. I went in November and the trail to Zawrat was frozen.
They recently made the eastern trail one-way cause many tourists were trying to descend it and falling.
Based
Huayna Potosi in Bolivia 6 088 meters / 19 000 feet.
Pic is related but not mine.
Only 6 people climbed that day, because it was not a weekend.
The view was amazing, clear weather and a see of clouds on one side.
Spain Sierra Nevada, Mulhacen 3479m.
On the approach I slept in an abandoned stone hut and on the ceiling there was a bat that shat straight into my mouth.
Monte Cinto, Corsica, 8,878 ft
The problems of my life. I'm halfway up.
Mt barney 1350m, It rained when I was approaching the summit and I started too late so it got dark on the descent and I got quite lost on the way out. Pic a view eastward from a ridge just before the summit.
>What's the tallest mountain you've ever climbed?
Has anyone said your mom yet?
I'm saying it. Your mom.
Cho Oyu
did you get sponsors somehow or are you just a richgay?
probably black butte (the one in glenn county) unless I've forgotten something, it's only ~7500ft and the surrounding land is like 6500ft so it's just a short walk up the trail
Wheeler Peak NM at like 13k feet, but I can't say I climbed it, it's a pretty easy hike to the top.
Aconcagua, but only at 4500 mts
kebnekaise 2098m
Think it's the peak in the picture but it might be hidden behind.
Taget i kaffedalen? Ser knappt ut som keb..
Forget what peak as it was like 5 years ago but I hiked in Pinnacles national park. Was fun but didn't see any condors
Proof?
He just did the "base camp" tour, no worries
I think it was one in North Carolina, not that impressive
If it wasn't for covid shutting down international travel since 2020, my tallest mountain would probably be Chimborazo or Cotopaxi - 20k feet
La Plata Peak
I've done two peaks in the Pyrenees over 3km. Almost die in both lol.
>What's the tallest mountain you've ever climbed?
My career.
Jebel M'Goun, not the highest I've been but I started from sea level so that's 13k feet of elevation gain.
awesome
Vrooman's nose NY
Actually, that's Sokolica, 747m (2451ft).
Ben Nevis, 1.3k meters
Highest was probably somewhere in the Tetons when I was a teenager, haven't been anywhere very high in a long time.
Most difficult was somewhere near pic related while doing ZOG stuff at NTC. The actual elevation gain was only around 300m but it was all in dry loose gravel and I had 80lbs of tactical junk on me.
Mytikas peak, the highest peak of Mount Olympus
I lost my phone but it was amazing
The mountain out of alcoholism
I think twin sisters at rmnp so i guess close to 12k ft
>Botev
>2376 m
>highest peak in the Balkan mountain
It's not impressive, but it's definitely not an easy one.
Wtf the balkans look like THAT?!
Tunari peak at 5035 masl
The Zugspitze with my bros
Hiked from about 800' elevation up to the top of terrace mountain which is 1500' in the scorching july heat.
Also hiked hawk mountain from 1400' down to the bottom of the valley at 700' then back up to 1400' again. (pic related, rocks in the middle are the low point.)
>imagine paying an admission fee to go for a walk
First time leaving new jersey?
Hawk mountain is private land run by a nonprofit, they charge like 5 bucks and it goes to the hawk sanctuary. Do I wish it was free? Sure, but it's a nice mountain and closeby and I don't care about the price.. The crowds stay at the top where you don't need to go down and uphill. It's not like it's the only place I hike, there's plenty of state parks around (Bake oven knob, blue mountain, etc.)
Highest I ever been was etna in Sicily but didn't summit for obvious reasons and its not really a climb. Highest good climb was picrel. Watzmann 2713m through the eastern wall.
How far could you go up etna, was it a lava thing or just the smoke?
mt shasta