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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:40 pm
by Luciano136
Scrambling sounds a little scary but I guess a hike could be enjoyable :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:47 pm
by Day Hiker
Luciano136 wrote:Scrambling sounds a little scary but I guess a hike could be enjoyable :lol:


Just don't forget to apply sunscreen, especially at elevation. Made that mistake once. Luckily, the sun was coming in from the side, not head-on.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:54 pm
by Luciano136
Day Hiker wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:Scrambling sounds a little scary but I guess a hike could be enjoyable :lol:


Just don't forget to apply sunscreen, especially at elevation. Made that mistake once. Luckily, the sun was coming in from the side, not head-on.


Ouch LOL

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 8:57 pm
by snowflake
Best thing about naked climbing is that I can self-arrest without an ice-axe.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:17 pm
by outofstep80
Birthday crack in your birthday suit at Devils Lake? Anyone, Anyone? I was going to do it one year but the only belay I had was my sister. That would have just been...uncomfortable. Would be interested to see if anyone with a winter birthday has done this.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:40 pm
by surgent
With my wife I hiked a segment of the Crest Trail in the Huachuca Mountains (AZ) nekkid. It was in the 90s and I was plain old hot (as in thermally). Various flies and insects suggested that some parts of my body should not get bit as much as other parts. So I put back on my shorts. Then not 5 minutes later we come across two Mexican Nationals hiking south back to the border - coyotes most probably. Boy that would have been a scene had we come upon them, me as I was. The whole day was a crazy border-patrol keystone cops epic.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:01 pm
by JHH60
Rob A wrote:Image

Dick Williams makes the first nude ascent of Shockley's Ceiling, in 1964.
His buddies took off with his clothes so his descent was also a first.


I gather naked climbing became something of a Vulgarian tradition in the Gunks (Williams was an early Vulgarian). Since my recollections of the Gunks include poison ivy, black flies, and wasps in addition to vertical/overhanging rock for relatively easy routes, this practice is scary in more ways than one.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:54 pm
by Sarah Simon
Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww.

I can safely say that the vast majority of the folks I've summitted peaks with, bless their sweet hearts, I have zero interest in seeing any more of.

In fact, many of them should stick to winter mountaineering for the full coverage offered.

NO THANKS!

PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:57 pm
by Sarah Simon
sarah.simon wrote:Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww.

I can safely say that the vast majority of the folks I've summitted peaks with, bless their sweet hearts, I have zero interest in seeing any more of.

In fact, many of them should stick to winter mountaineering for the full coverage offered.

NO THANKS!


Errr...uh...no disrespect meant to the many mountain lovelies here on SP I've hiked with... :oops:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:02 am
by Luciano136
sarah.simon wrote:Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwww.

I can safely say that the vast majority of the folks I've summitted peaks with, bless their sweet hearts, I have zero interest in seeing any more of.

In fact, many of them should stick to winter mountaineering for the full coverage offered.

NO THANKS!


Well, I'm glad I haven't summited any peaks with you :D

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:33 am
by Andinistaloco
Day Hiker wrote:
Luciano136 wrote:Scrambling sounds a little scary but I guess a hike could be enjoyable :lol:


Just don't forget to apply sunscreen, especially at elevation. Made that mistake once. Luckily, the sun was coming in from the side, not head-on.


Well, it sounds like you certainly had...





















...wait for it....


















The sunburn to prove it!

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:35 am
by Bob Sihler
These people climb naked, and they really do climb: http://www.stonenudes.com/2010-gallery.html

Note: NOT SAFE FOR WORK


From the site: "Stone Nudes: an extract of the art of climbing. Intended to inspire and celebrate the human form. Stone Nudes draws from the community it represents. Over the last ten years, a body of over one hundred photographs drawing from three generations of climbers has evolved.

Unlike current climbing media, these images do not seek to sell or promote anything beyond the experience. This approach has attracted climbers of all abilities to participate in a project designed to capture the essence of the climbing spirit."

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:09 am
by Foxy Long Bottoms
Do I climb naked? Been there, done that, got the T-shirt but I didn't wear it because I was naked! It was a full moon on the 3rd Flatiron over Boulder. :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:13 am
by Day Hiker
Andinistaloco wrote:
Day Hiker wrote:Just don't forget to apply sunscreen, especially at elevation. Made that mistake once. Luckily, the sun was coming in from the side, not head-on.


Well, it sounds like you certainly had...

...wait for it....

The sunburn to prove it!


Every time I hear that SP cliche, I think about my 20 July 2002 Telescope Peak hike. And it was actually my left hip that got the sunburn.

Telescope Peak in July is great for hiking naked. If nobody else is parked at the trailhead, you know you have the trail to yourself all the way up. That is, unless some asshole is crazy enough to hike 11300 feet up from Shorty's Well in July.

PostPosted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:13 am
by MoapaPk
Day Hiker wrote: That is, unless some asshole is crazy enough to hike 11300 feet up from Shorty's Well in July.


You can get seriously injured going to 11300' on Telescope... like Icarus.