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 There's no borders for you.....Teddy Bear!
May 14, 2012 3:04 AM by chaberton
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 Views of Monte Grivola
May 20, 2012 5:45 AM by Antonio Giani
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Featured Trip Reports
Calling on My Guardian Angels, Part 1
by Bob Sihler
When I first saw the South Guardian Angel in 2008, I was transfixed. What a spectacular peak...how far off...how imposing...
After reading this trip report and learning that SGA is attainable for mortals, though not easily, I knew I had to climb this desert classic.
I haven't yet. It's a goal for this summer. My intent is to plan for a long day but be prepared to spend the night out there if necessary; I really want this peak.
But why go after SGA if you're not going to go after its higher sibling North Guardian Angel as well? Good question. And NGA is no slouch. Also considered a desert classic, it is technically harder to climb than SGA is but is easier to get to.
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Mount Index Spring 2012
by fjes6
I have never really been too familiar with the Highway 2 area in terms of mountaineering. Residing in Skagit County, I have usually focused most of my attention on the North Cascades Highway, Mount Baker Highway and the Mountain Loop. So when SP's own Gimpilator contacted me with an ambitious plan for a 2 day assault on Mt. Index, I was curious to say the least. It turned out he and Redwic had made an attempt the previous June but timed out 1,100' short of the summit via the West Ridge, this year however, we assembled a crack team of ambitious locals with the common goal for a good mid Spring summit. Armed with much supplies, rations and first class route beta we met in Sultan around 7:30 before convoying to the Gate on FR 62, about 7 miles from its junction with highway 2.
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Griffith, Charleston, Mummy Loop
by jonnoll
I was visiting my sister in law in Las Vegas wih my wife and baby and I wanted to get in a llittle mountain adventure on the trip. I looked for the highest mountain in the area and after researching the trails decided that I would go up Charleston Peak, weather permitting.
I parked at the Cathedral Rock trailhead and I had to start my hike here to get to the south loop trail since the Cathedral Rock picnic area was closed for construction. I started up the trailhead at 5:45 am. Only 20 minutes into my climb there was already snow on the trail in the shady spots. Eventually I lost the trail a bit due to snow and had to scramble to get to the top of the ridge. Once on the ridge I turned back towards Griffith Peak. I again missed the trail going straight up to the peak because it was under a 10 foot snow drift so I took the long way and then just picked a spot to go straight up the mountain. I arrived at the peak at 7:40 am.
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Featured Articles
Drinking Water in the Backcountry
by whitetail
Travel in remote areas can often present hydration challenges that are often compounded by weather, elevation and exertion. Often times the only water available is from the nearest lake/stream or snow/ice. In certain instances these sources can be used successfully without any treatment. In other cases successful use requires some form of treatment.
Success in terms of drinking water can be defined as follows:
The quantity of water available is sufficient to prevent dehydration and the quality of the water is such that the health risk from consumption of the water is acceptable.
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Anaerobic conditions and muscle pain in the mountains.
by chaberton
Now in my fiftieth birthday (it lacks only one more year) and after a life of debauchery (Bacchus, Tobacco and Venus), I came to an awareness, i have to face the mountain and hiking, not only with due more than ever, but also with a renewed respect for my body, its limitations, its potential.
Some small alarm bells, dizziness, muscle cramps and small (but many) pains, that occur the day after a hike in the mountains, made me realize that my body is no longer that of a twenty year old and requires more care and attention.
With all this, I certainly do not say that I feel like Methuselah, but one thing is for sure, half a century of life takes its toll on joints, muscles and cardiovascular system.
So, to continue to do my favorite activity (as usual) in the mountains, enjoying myself like a madman, would rather try to better understand my limits, not to overcome them and have bad surprises.
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Raffaele Carlesso
by rampini
Comici-Dimai on Cima Grande di Lavaredo North face at the age of seventy-one and the overhanging Scoiattoli Direct on Torre Grande d’Averau at
the age of eighty: these are Raffaele Carlesso’s incredible last
enterprises. Truthfully awesome! A French mountaineer,
having found his signature on Hasse-Brandler’s route-book at Cima Grande di Lavaredo in 1960s,
asked if this signature was affixed by a son or by a namesake: he couldn’t believe that the matter in hand was the same famous Raffaele Carlesso climbing in 1930s!
Sixty years of climbs and about two thousands ascents represent his unique “curriculum”; self-trust, moral and physical strength, agility, deep self-esteem, steady training and high reliability, either in mountaineering or in life, were “his bow’s arrows”.
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Route: Innerkofler Route (Cima Ovest di Lavaredo)
Route: Wilson Mountain North Trail
Mountain: Torre Wundt
Route: Many Pools (Root Canal)
Area: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Mountain: Pacific Peak
