Reaching 1 Million

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It's kind of silly to keep track, but on this climb I reached a lifetime accumulation gain of 1,000,000 vertical feet. My friend Alexei Evans took this photo of me on the summit of Hinkhouse Peak (7560 feet) June 3, 2012. Posted with his permission.

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osatrik

Congratulations

Hasn't voted

...and thanks for leading the final pitch to the summit for the OSAT 2012 group.

Posted Jun 7, 2012 2:29 am


	gimpilator	Re: Congratulations
	Hasn't voted	My pleasure Rik. Thank you for being our team leader and showing us the route.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:23 pm


	gimpilator	Re: and then!
	Hasn't voted	a MILLION thanks (O: Ciao (O: Adam.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:24 pm

Marcsoltan

Wouldn't be nice...

Voted 10/10

to get a dollar for every vertical foot that you climb!
Okay, make that 10 bucks for each foot.

Congrats, Adam.

Posted Jun 7, 2012 11:12 am


	gimpilator	Re: Wouldn't be nice...
	Hasn't voted	Wouldn't that be something? Enough money to climb all the time and never work. Thanks Marc.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:26 pm

lcarreau

Congrats ..

Voted 10/10

Is that Sloan in the background ... it looks
so majestic from this angle. Outstanding!

Posted Jun 7, 2012 11:30 pm


	gimpilator	Re: Congrats ..
	Hasn't voted	Good guess! Actually it's Tower Mountain. To the left of it is Golden Horn and to the right, further back is Azurite Peak and Mount Ballard.
		Posted Jun 22, 2012 10:55 am

DrJonnie

Amazing

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Wow, what a lifetime achievement !

Posted Jun 8, 2012 1:53 am


	gimpilator	Re: Amazing
	Hasn't voted	Thank you. I'm sure there's plenty of people who have done a lot more but it is nice to see a round number.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:28 pm

Noondueler

Great shot!

Voted 10/10

You are a verticle beast, an alpine Neanderthal. May you become a billionaire.

Safety- British climbing legend Don Whillans: "The mountains will always be there, the trick is to make sure you are too."

Posted Jun 8, 2012 2:25 am


	gimpilator	Re: Great shot!
	Hasn't voted	Good advice. At the current rate it should only take about 7000 years to reach a billion.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:32 pm

MarkDidier

A Double Whammy!

Voted 10/10

Beautiful shot! Awesome achievement! Congratulations...

Posted Jun 8, 2012 7:19 am


	gimpilator	Re: A Double Whammy!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Mark!
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 3:32 pm

EricChu

Great shot!

Voted 10/10

And congrats for the 1'000'000 feet! :-) That is something to celebrate! :-)
I just calculated...one million feet, that's something like 300 kilometers...my God, Adam, you're in outer space!!! Careful of the atmospheric friction when coming back down! :D
Cheers,
Eric

Posted Jun 8, 2012 12:49 pm


	gimpilator	Re: Great shot!
	Hasn't voted	Very funny. I wonder how long it would take to acclimatize to 300 kilometers. That's pretty far into the death zone.
		Posted Jun 19, 2012 4:46 pm

Jimbopo

Epic Million Picture

Hasn't voted

That is a great picture to top off that number!

I'm glad to see how far you've gotten. Any plans now that your a "millionaire"?

Posted Jun 8, 2012 9:00 pm


	gimpilator	Re: Epic Million Picture
	Hasn't voted	Yes. Now I want to be a millionaire with the dollars and not only altitude.
		Posted Jun 22, 2012 10:58 am