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The other day I was watching The Hanging Tree on TV and liked the mountains at the start of the movie. Then I found that it was filmed in the Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Washington State.

Today I've been watching Shoot Out. Those are its locations:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067750/locations

Put or ask the locations of mountains in films that you've watched

Last weekend as I was hiking out of Minarets Wilderness I ran across this fellow on horseback, loaded down with rifles, and was reminded about the beginning of hunting season in California.

No issue with hunting here, but what struck me a few years ago after moving here was the apparent hypocrisy of the treatment towards some game animals. Yosemite roads are plastered with signs warning of the risk to bears from speeding, and improper ...

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Okay SPers, what makes a good trip report?

I've just returned from a couple of really great trips, and I'd like to write up my experiences, something for my own personal records and also something that I can share with other people. I'm struggling with how much detail to add versus just talking about the experience (how I felt, interesting/funny experiences, etc.). How do you guys approach writing up your trips? What kinds of things ...

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What about Tussock Grass? Ok that's another story.

Anyway, we have this really nice brown lichen that's really grippy on the local rhyolite - er, that is until there's an afternoon rainstorm which turns the damned stuff into pigshit .

I was in the pub last night discussing climbing with some non climbers when I got asked 'when does hill and mountain walking become mountaineering?' Then I realised I really didn't know and the magazines and internet stuff I read defines mountaineering in all sorts of ways. So my dumb ass question is when for you does it become mountaineering? X x thank youuu