I've never completed a single list, but my son, Matt, completed the BSA 'Rim of the Bay' list. A feat that no one in his troop has ever accomplished. Hopefully, genetics played at least a small roll in this feat.
by boyblue » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:15 am
by thegib » Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:43 am
by Bob Burd » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:03 pm
jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:Congratulations, Matt, on your great accomplishment!
If you wanted to become an Eagle Scout, around here the Scouts have to complete the Silver Moccasin Trail, like a 60-mile long backpack ending at the Baden-Powell Memorial atop Mt. Baden-Powell...as you know, B-P founded the Boy Scouts!
by Tom Kenney » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:34 pm
jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:If you wanted to become an Eagle Scout, around here the Scouts have to complete the Silver Moccasin Trail, like a 60-mile long backpack ending at the Baden-Powell Memorial atop Mt. Baden-Powell...as you know, B-P founded the Boy Scouts!
by mrchad9 » Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:44 pm
by phydeux » Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:13 am
by boyblue » Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:43 am
phydeux wrote:Some odd 'peaks' on that list:
* Mt Wittenburg(1) isn't really in the drainage of the Bay area if you consider where the Point Reyes rainfall runs off to (for the record, Mt. Diablo isn't either);
* Pinnacles NM - What 'peak'? Chalone or the one at the top on the main 'lava plugs' area? That would be epic to get to the actual top of that smooth sided old lava plug.
* I wonder why Fremont Peak isn't on the list? That's got to be one of the most important peaks in California history. Its trail from the parking lot isn't that much longer than the one on Mt. Tamalpais, and its closer to the Bay area than anything in the Pinnacles NM.
Anyway, good accomplishment, and maybe he'll carry on and start making you look bad while kicking your butt up the Sierra Nevada Mtn's major peaks in a few more years.
(1) = Mt Wittenburg is only about 1200 ft high. No summit view, as the top is a small meadow in the middle of a forest of trees, and usually socked in by the Point Reyes fog.
by RickF » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:03 pm
by Josh Lewis » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:34 am
boyblue wrote:Hopefully, genetics played at least a small roll in this feat.
by boyblue » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:08 am
Josh Lewis wrote:boyblue wrote:Hopefully, genetics played at least a small roll in this feat.
Don't worry, it was from the mom's side.
by Josh Lewis » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:45 am
by boyblue » Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:25 am
Josh Lewis wrote:At least you can get out there. It's going to be a while before I can do anything hard. The good news is that while I can't go outside much at all, I have a lot of SP work to do. Also if it makes you feel better I've never completed any important peak lists before even though I climb mountains more than your average alpinist.
by boyblue » Wed Jun 22, 2016 1:51 am
by mrchad9 » Thu Jun 23, 2016 1:10 am
by boyblue » Thu Jun 23, 2016 3:50 am
mrchad9 wrote:Mount Tamalpias was the first peak I climbed in California... I think it is a bigger accomplishment to be an outdoor person and live in the Bay Area your entire life and not hike up Tamalpias. Don't ruin it!
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