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PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:24 pm
by MarthaP
Goals tend to be looser than obsessions. I have goals to ski the longboard races at Graegle, finish summitting CO's 14ers, ski a trans-Sierra route over Kearsarge Pass (and scramble the Kearsarge Pinnacles), get a bunch more articles and a couple more books published, build the studio Lolli sketched for me, and get to Europe within the year. And that's just for starters.

My obsession? Recently moved from Daniel Day-Lewis to Viggo Mortensen. :lol:

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:29 pm
by rpc
John Duffield wrote:What is that?


St. Peters Dome in Columbia Gorge, OR...."say what??" ...exactly :lol:

http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/401215/St-Peters-Dome.html

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:43 pm
by rhyang
Thanks guys ! Kris, I hope you are doing well these days and looking forward to hanging out with you and the crew some more ..

Rick, a little bird told me that the ice in LVC might be fatter than years past .. :)

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:47 pm
by Grampahawk
I though I just had a goal. It is Aconcongua. But I now find that I am obsessed. In addition to hiking in the White Mountains frequently, I usually do 2 trips a year to do something big. This year money was tight so I after I came back fro CO in July I didn't plan another trip. I'm going crazy with the fact that I won't have a big winter trip planned. So I guess I'm obsessed with being cold, tired, hungry, and being able to look down at the world. I MEAN it. I literally can't stop thinking about climbing. BTW- I hate those "back-saver" shovels too.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:22 pm
by John Duffield
Grampahawk wrote:I though I just had a goal. It is Aconcongua. But I now find that I am obsessed. In addition to hiking in the White Mountains frequently, I usually do 2 trips a year to do something big. This year money was tight so I after I came back fro CO in July I didn't plan another trip. I'm going crazy with the fact that I won't have a big winter trip planned. So I guess I'm obsessed with being cold, tired, hungry, and being able to look down at the world. I MEAN it. I literally can't stop thinking about climbing. BTW- I hate those "back-saver" shovels too.


Given my number of FTSs (Failure to Summit) of late, I'm wondering if I need to be obsessed in order to actually summit and am not. I love being in the mountains, but little things, like getting lost, or getting concerned about death or injury at some point seem to intervene. I had a wonderful time on Aconcagua, but wasn't obsessed and when I got frostbitten and one eye started to freeze at 30 below w 50 mph winds, turned back at 6520 M.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:12 pm
by MarthaP
John Duffield wrote:
Grampahawk wrote:I though I just had a goal. It is Aconcongua. But I now find that I am obsessed. In addition to hiking in the White Mountains frequently, I usually do 2 trips a year to do something big. This year money was tight so I after I came back fro CO in July I didn't plan another trip. I'm going crazy with the fact that I won't have a big winter trip planned. So I guess I'm obsessed with being cold, tired, hungry, and being able to look down at the world. I MEAN it. I literally can't stop thinking about climbing. BTW- I hate those "back-saver" shovels too.


Given my number of FTSs (Failure to Summit) of late, I'm wondering if I need to be obsessed in order to actually summit and am not. I love being in the mountains, but little things, like getting lost, or getting concerned about death or injury at some point seem to intervene. I had a wonderful time on Aconcagua, but wasn't obsessed and when I got frostbitten and one eye started to freeze at 30 below w 50 mph winds, turned back at 6520 M.


Perhaps, John, you need to join the Anti-Spray thread over in the Ethics forum. We're all quite proud of our under-achievement! :wink:

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:46 pm
by MarthaP
Been thinking also, once I get done with everything else, of taking Guy Waterman's approach to the 14ers - climb each of them from the four points of direction. That'd mean over 200 summits, some including some pretty gnarly technical climbing. Could be fun.... :roll:

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:23 pm
by kamil
Radek, I remember your memorable TR from that chosspile.

Borut, that route of yours is amazing too.

Rob, told you that before but will keep repeating - you're one big badass dude!

For a couple years my goal on a border of obsession had been this one.
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Finally got the FA of the peak last summer. Yeah, there are some unclimbed peaks in Europe if you take a good look :)
The only list I may try to complete in this life is European country highpoints, got 17 so far, but I don't bag them systematically, just climb a mountain when I'm somewhere nearby.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:25 pm
by MoapaPk
My (occasional) obsession is to use as little gas as possible for a "hike", and to start only at places that I can reach in my modest-clearance car. This is tough as I often go alone.

Since Calico Basin is just 5 miles from my house, I go there a lot and loop over the trailless peaks and down slots until I hit some accumulated elevation gain, from 2000' (when I start really late) to 6500'. I can do this only in cooler weather, and the short days of winter are a bit limiting.

For some peaks, the obsession means that I turn what might ordinarily be a 2000' gain into a 5000' gain.

Actually, what often happens is that I drive my car places where it doesn't belong.

(moved from another thread, OCD)

PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:39 pm
by cp0915
Thread-bleed.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:19 am
by Bob Sihler
knoback wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:In general, I'm not too interested in roping up to climb mountains-- too lazy to carry and use the gear, prefer to go light and do what my abilities and guts allow-- but this one is an exception.

Pilot Peak, Wyoming
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Can I go?


If you lead, I will buy the beer!

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:22 am
by Andinistaloco
Bob Sihler wrote:
knoback wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:In general, I'm not too interested in roping up to climb mountains-- too lazy to carry and use the gear, prefer to go light and do what my abilities and guts allow-- but this one is an exception.

Pilot Peak, Wyoming
Image

Can I go?


If you lead, I will buy the beer!


You had your chance at that one last summer, mister. :lol: 8)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:56 am
by Bob Sihler
Andinistaloco wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:
knoback wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:In general, I'm not too interested in roping up to climb mountains-- too lazy to carry and use the gear, prefer to go light and do what my abilities and guts allow-- but this one is an exception.

Pilot Peak, Wyoming
Image

Can I go?


If you lead, I will buy the beer!


You had your chance at that one last summer, mister. :lol: 8)


Damn, you caught me cheating on you. :D

Actually, next year is not out of the question since I hope to do a WY-MT trip in August.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:42 am
by Andinistaloco
Bob Sihler wrote:
Andinistaloco wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:
knoback wrote:
Bob Sihler wrote:In general, I'm not too interested in roping up to climb mountains-- too lazy to carry and use the gear, prefer to go light and do what my abilities and guts allow-- but this one is an exception.

Pilot Peak, Wyoming
Image

Can I go?


If you lead, I will buy the beer!


You had your chance at that one last summer, mister. :lol: 8)


Damn, you caught me cheating on you. :D

Actually, next year is not out of the question since I hope to do a WY-MT trip in August.


You slut!

Hmmm, I usually go up to WY/MT in the summer. If I don't go to Peru, I'm almost sure to be there.