Just introducing myself.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:41 pm
Hi everyone.
How are you all? I hope everyone is enjoying the season; regardless of what the season means to you.
I have been reading the forums here, looking around the website, and frankly am stunned at what an incredible site this is; from the forum, to the ability to write a climbers log on routes and mountains you have attempted - just utterly fantastic, what an incredible website, and an invaluable information source.
So I finally signed up and wanted to introduce myself, and let everyone know who I am, and what I'm up to.
I have hiked all my life, and although I have summited many mountains they have only been mountains with hiking or scrambling trail to the summit, like the miners path leading to the summit of Snowdon for example; regrettably I have never had the time to pursue alpinism more than that. However, now I have hit 30, am in a good finical position for the first time, I have decided this is something I would really like to pursue. I have also been an avid environmentalist, activist, and always been incredibly ambitious. I decided to put my late blooming mountaineering ambitions together with my desire to spread environmental awareness. I started climbing 4 hashtags which is simply the desire to attempt to summit mountains, while bringing awareness to a particular hashtag campaign. Some will think I am crazy, some will think stupid, others will think maybe I'm overly ambitious, and some will think I have no idea what I'm getting into. I have even been told I must have little to no respect for the mountains & "real" mountaineers - this I can assure is completely false, the respect I have for the mountains and the mountaineering community is unmeasurable. The campaign will start with some small climbs here in Canada, many mountaineering courses, a climb on Mt. Blanc, Kilimanjaro, and finally with an Everest attempt ( a mountain I have dreamt of attempt for a long, long time, like i am sure many on here have)
My climbing schedule in order is as follows:
Mt. Olive (3110m)
Mt. St. Nicholas (2900m)
Mt. Gordon (3200m)
Mt. Thompson (3050m)
Mt. Balfour (3230m)
Mt. Rhondda (3110m)
Mt. Hector (3394m)
Mt. Cline (3361m)
Mt. Victoria (3464m)
Mt. Temple (3554m)
Mt. Robson (3954m)
Mt. Aconcagua (6960m)
Mt. Blanc (4810m)
Mt Rainier (4392m)
Mt McKinley (6144m)
Mt.Kilimanjaro (5,895m)
Mt. Lobuche East (6119m)
Mt. Pokalde (5806m)
Mt. Island Peak (6145m)
Mt. Lhotse (8516m)
Mt. Everest (8848)
- Climbs 1 -6 are part of a mountaineering training school.
- Mt. Rainier climb starts as training, which culminates into a summit attempt.
- Lobuche East - Pokalde - Island peak is part of an Everest training climb for people who want to learn high altitude climbing (info here: http://www.peakfreaks.com/everest_mount ... NjotqVtUzI)
I am curious if anyone would add any particular training climbs in this list or any other training school climbs.
So that is a little about me, I'm a late blooming mountaineer with drive, ambition, and motivation. I really look forward to being able to talk to people on here, gaining valuable advice, and maybe even meet some friends.
Have some great time off everyone, and I really do look forward to getting to know you all.
Richard
How are you all? I hope everyone is enjoying the season; regardless of what the season means to you.
I have been reading the forums here, looking around the website, and frankly am stunned at what an incredible site this is; from the forum, to the ability to write a climbers log on routes and mountains you have attempted - just utterly fantastic, what an incredible website, and an invaluable information source.
So I finally signed up and wanted to introduce myself, and let everyone know who I am, and what I'm up to.
I have hiked all my life, and although I have summited many mountains they have only been mountains with hiking or scrambling trail to the summit, like the miners path leading to the summit of Snowdon for example; regrettably I have never had the time to pursue alpinism more than that. However, now I have hit 30, am in a good finical position for the first time, I have decided this is something I would really like to pursue. I have also been an avid environmentalist, activist, and always been incredibly ambitious. I decided to put my late blooming mountaineering ambitions together with my desire to spread environmental awareness. I started climbing 4 hashtags which is simply the desire to attempt to summit mountains, while bringing awareness to a particular hashtag campaign. Some will think I am crazy, some will think stupid, others will think maybe I'm overly ambitious, and some will think I have no idea what I'm getting into. I have even been told I must have little to no respect for the mountains & "real" mountaineers - this I can assure is completely false, the respect I have for the mountains and the mountaineering community is unmeasurable. The campaign will start with some small climbs here in Canada, many mountaineering courses, a climb on Mt. Blanc, Kilimanjaro, and finally with an Everest attempt ( a mountain I have dreamt of attempt for a long, long time, like i am sure many on here have)
My climbing schedule in order is as follows:
Mt. Olive (3110m)
Mt. St. Nicholas (2900m)
Mt. Gordon (3200m)
Mt. Thompson (3050m)
Mt. Balfour (3230m)
Mt. Rhondda (3110m)
Mt. Hector (3394m)
Mt. Cline (3361m)
Mt. Victoria (3464m)
Mt. Temple (3554m)
Mt. Robson (3954m)
Mt. Aconcagua (6960m)
Mt. Blanc (4810m)
Mt Rainier (4392m)
Mt McKinley (6144m)
Mt.Kilimanjaro (5,895m)
Mt. Lobuche East (6119m)
Mt. Pokalde (5806m)
Mt. Island Peak (6145m)
Mt. Lhotse (8516m)
Mt. Everest (8848)
- Climbs 1 -6 are part of a mountaineering training school.
- Mt. Rainier climb starts as training, which culminates into a summit attempt.
- Lobuche East - Pokalde - Island peak is part of an Everest training climb for people who want to learn high altitude climbing (info here: http://www.peakfreaks.com/everest_mount ... NjotqVtUzI)
I am curious if anyone would add any particular training climbs in this list or any other training school climbs.
So that is a little about me, I'm a late blooming mountaineer with drive, ambition, and motivation. I really look forward to being able to talk to people on here, gaining valuable advice, and maybe even meet some friends.
Have some great time off everyone, and I really do look forward to getting to know you all.
Richard