Final approach to the northwest ridge, Mount Guyot

Final approach to the northwest ridge, Mount Guyot

The final approach to the northwest ridge of Mount Guyot.
15 Mar 2009
Sarah Simon
on Mar 16, 2009 7:17 pm
Image Type(s): Hiking
Image ID: 498447

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yatsek

yatsek - Mar 17, 2009 12:59 pm - Voted 10/10

Warming

Makes me warm to snow:) Even though most of the trees seem to be going in the opposite direction:)
Cheers
Jacek

Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Mar 17, 2009 1:06 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Warming

yatsek,

Well, trust me you'd be warm enough after this ascent! It was a lung-burner and a leg-burner. We were all relieved to finally gain that first ridge.

Sarah

yatsek

yatsek - Mar 17, 2009 1:21 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Warming

Haven't forgotten that great feeling yet (first experienced at about 10 years of age:))) Such memories stick in our mind for years, fortunately.

Sarah Simon

Sarah Simon - Mar 17, 2009 2:55 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Warming

yatsek,

Yeah, you Polish climbers are famous for your ability to suffer in extremely cold alpine conditions. You could probably do this hike I wrote the trip report on in shorts and a t-shirt. ;)

...then, in traditional Polish climber fashion, stop to have a cigarette in the thin air on the summit. ;)

Cheers,

Sarah

yatsek

yatsek - Mar 17, 2009 3:08 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Warming

Sarah,
But I'm just a scrambler hardly ever roping up. And I hate smoke unless of a little fire at a campsite. But my (female) instructor on my climbing course did smoke - each time I reached the summit at last she was smoking; it was a long time ago though, and the reason might've been my being so slow:)

lcarreau

lcarreau - Mar 17, 2009 10:35 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Warming

Doesn't elevation have something to do
with a person's lungs burning up & their legs
going out, or is it just OLD AGE ???

The most smoke I ever got was from fighting a
forest fire back in 1986.

yatsek

yatsek - Mar 18, 2009 10:16 am - Voted 10/10

Re: Warming

To Larry,
That's rather young age actually - if you get older you're either not fast enough to get this pleasant kind of burn-up or you're already burnt-out from work, or both.

lcarreau

lcarreau - Mar 18, 2009 12:25 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Warming

I lose my breath and get very exhausted and
worn down just by looking at this photograph!

I DO admit that I'm suffering from occupational
burn-out, but my objective is to keep the
"home-fires" BURNING! : )))))

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