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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:58 pm
by mrchad9
MikeTX wrote:
MoabPeakBagger wrote:1000peaks- you have hiked a lot, it's true. But you also sound very bitter sometimes.


maybe he's saying quality is more important than quantity sometimes. i'm down with that.

I agree with you Mike, but unless I read a lot into his words, and granted I usually need an interpreter, he seemed saying it was even better to just fly over them than to do anything else. Actually I think the entire post was bull except for maybe the last sentence.

Pete- I would actually like for you to correct me. What is all this you keep saying about the local enviro group banning this or that including hiking in the Sierra. I don't get that at all, is there anything to it?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 7:35 pm
by mungeclimber
ksolem wrote:Mike Loughman of Bishop, who did his first rock route in Yosemite in 1954 with Mark Powell and hiked Cottonwood Creek from the Owens Valley last week, has seen more of the Sierra than anyone else I know.


thx K. I recognize the name (of the climbing book). Does Mike do photos of his trips? and the follow up question: slide shows?

PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:33 pm
by mrchad9
Righto. Agree with what you write above, and also have to agree with this in your original post... Italics my doing... Every place would be a bit much...

studmuffin451 wrote:It almost seems unhealthily obsessive to want to visit every possible place in the range.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:33 pm
by ksolem
Munge - sent you an email...

PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:55 pm
by ExploreABitMore
studmuffin451 wrote:I suppose that seeing every possible area of one mountain chain is an admirable goal, but I, no wait, We mean We think that it would be preferable to travel more and see other areas of the world or at least the American West. We would think that a trip to the Rockies might be in order, or further up the Pacific Crest into the Cascades. Seeing something new always helps broaden horizons and put things in perspective. Plus, its just fun.

From having looked at photos on this site of various Sierra peaks and areas, it seems that after a while it all starts to look the same. Sure, it is beautiful and there are nuances that an experienced traveler or mountaineer notices, but to some extent the exposed granite and barren high elevation areas do look very much the same. It almost seems unhealthily obsessive to want to visit every possible place in the range.


I think there is a lot of people on here that feel like me, when I say going to the Sierra is like going "home". Home always looks the same, but it's often where you feel best. There's something about that mountain range that resonates in some people's souls and they can never get enough of it. Other mountain ranges do the same for other people.

I've been to a few other places that definitely compare or surpass the beauty of the Sierra, but I often don't feel a need to go somewhere else. So, it's not that I'm obsessed with the Sierra, I'm just at home when I'm there :wink:

PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 4:23 pm
by testid
1000Pks wrote:Excuse me, though, I've said enough to get me banned!

Speaking gibberish can get you banned? :shock:

PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:31 pm
by mrchad9
Thanks for the response- I will check out your website sometime- I've seen it before, but its been a couple years now. I remain curious about this ban.

I have to agree with what I think was your last point, if large groups are too lazy to go to the coolest places, I fully support that, I don't need to see a crowd when I'm out.