When I'm paddling hard across a lake into a headwind or hiking up a tough trail I play the following tunes in my head:

"Not Giving Up" by Switchfoot - a real upper so-to-speak
"This Is Your Life" by Switchfoot again - title tells all
"Stand Back" by Stevie Nicks - a true classic, gets your blood moving
"Blurry" by Puddle of Mudd - another mover
"Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas - I know, I'm sentimental!

and my current fav:
"Say" by John Mayor - from the movie "Bucket List" but easy to sing and helped me hike down Skyline Trail Loop at Rainier 2 weeks ago after I'd fallen down and broken my ankle.

[I really like this thread. I have checked out several tunes for my I-Pod collection.]

blues traveler
counting crows (stick to august and everything after)
grateful dead
yonder mountain string band
phish
string cheese incident
sublime
jack johnson
red hot chili peppers

magstatic- country vs city muy importatnts

I like the French band "Cocoon", and they have a song called Cliffhanger, where they say over and over

I have climbed mountains,
I have lost my toes.
I don't mind.
Now i'm alone.

And every time, I think "good for you, but I would mind".

Their music is pretty good otherwise.

I didn't hear anybody mention THIS sizzling classic from the Finnish band:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=44082550

WATTS UP WIT DAT ???

The Faceless and Between the Buried and Me get me pumped.

Sworn Vengeance

Yonder Mountain String Band: Half Moon Rising.
Climbing a Colorado 14'er on the Great Divide as the moon rises...perfect.

audio link

video link (poor audio quality

Capitan Capitan!!!

Howdy y'all, this looks like a relatively safe thread for my *first* post!

I'll always remember watching the alpenglow and sunset in the natural amphitheater of the Condoriri mountain range. Everyone in the camp fell silent while listening to King Crimson "The Sheltering Sky". Magic hour indeed!

el Condoriri in the daytime;


My Top 5 (plus honorable mention**) for music that makes a mountaineering mood;
1. Pink Floyd
2. Grateful Dead
3. Pat Metheny
4. King Crimson
5. The Band
** Soggy Bottom Boys