1000Pks wrote:There are no other free public ops than PTP where you are not required to sign anything to help out and hike, climb, and ski. The disclaimers are standard in the industry--only fools expose themselves to liability....
...As MLC SC claimed when I tagged along, I forced my way onto somebody's trip, and then their usual hate and hostility. I do this for fun, not masochism. There's the world to explore with me, and I would never wish to do anything with people that clearly already hate me!
Hey it sounds like you already understand why the Sierra Club doesn't offer trips that are difficult/technical. It is the liability. People that have the skill and fitness level to go out on difficult/technical trips already have a set of friends which they go out with so there's not a big incentive to advertise the trip.
I think sometimes people outgrow an club/organization and its usefulness. I think that might be the case for you. This is the case for me. I was once a member of an outdoors club. I'm not now because I've met a lot of friends there and I just email them directly instead of replying on the club to find partners.
You have been out there enjoying the mountains for a long time, long before I was born. I think you might have a few ideas/trips that I might be interested in. I'm at the end of my dirtbagging tour but would like to get in a few more trips before I start to update my resume. Care to entertain some ideas? I'm especially interested in desert peaks.
I've done White Mountain via the West Ridge (north and south spur) twice, Boundary, Montgomery in the winter and have some beta. I have been looking for partner(s) for a winter traverse of the White Mountains. It'll be a mini expedition. Up for that?
Kevin