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Since the year is over and many of us keep track of things like our elevation gain and mileage over the course of our adventures, I'd like to see the numbers you guys have put up through 2010

I have:
106984 vertical feet of elevation gain over 368.1 miles, at a maximum elevation of 14259' (Longs Peak)

I have something like 202,710 vertical feet of elevation gain (20,000 of that in just two days and 40,000 of that in just 6 days, and a record of 14,000 ft. of gain in 27 nonstop hours) after briefly reviewing all my adventure albums of 2010, a shit load of miles I'm not even going to try to count them. 90% of these stats are from the Sierra Nevada which consists of doing peaks all above 10,000 ft., averaging a majority of 13ers and 14ers.

I truly hope my 2011 year is a much better year for climbing. I have nothing to "brag" about thought for this year, bummer

Wow, such competition. Gotta go to a NYE party, so gotta be brief.

At first, Darija's numbers seemed amazing. Then I recalled that I average at least 4000' of gain per week. A lot of it is subtle; two desert peaks this week, routes that were generally untouched, one with a lot of class 4 climbing. Only 2300' gain on the harder one, 3900' on the two easier peaks. But it does add up.

I don't try to whoop anyone's ass but mine. I have my own limits -- bluntly, worse limits than most folks -- that I must always test, check, recheck. At 56, I don't expect a lot of improvement, so I just go on. I'm often the youngest member of the group.

A much greater success: I led a bunch of trips to obscure places, got everyone there and back safely, and helped a lot of people face their limits, overcome them, and return happy and proud. I'm not sure how to put that stat in competitive terms, but it makes me feel a lot better than the total elevation gain. I guess that kind of introspection comes with age.

Cheers!!

It should not be what we have done, but what we have exposed others to do! I had three friends experience thier first summits in 2010, they are hooked!

I can't remember, don't have the time nor do I care.

Too busy climbing my ass off just about every day from April through the end of October.

Congrats CSU!

And for myself...

I have probably, no, certainly, done less than in previous years in terms of elevation gain or mileage, but I have taken my kids with me on my trips at least twice as often than last year. And they seemed to have enjoyed it.

And there is no mileage ot elevation gain that can measure my joy and pride in doing so.

TacoDelRio wrote:It took a great deal of training. My male ego swelled to roughly the size of my stomach after defeating this great sandwich. Then I realized my achievements are only worth what they mean to me, and I took a dump and clogged the toilet.

Nice one..

TacoDelRio wrote:It took a great deal of training. My male ego swelled to roughly the size of my stomach after defeating this great sandwich. Then I realized my achievements are only worth what they mean to me, and I took a dump and clogged the toilet.

Man, thanks for the laugh! Night all.

MoapaPk wrote:Wow, such competition. Gotta go to a NYE party, so gotta be brief.

At first, Darija's numbers seemed amazing. Then I recalled that I average at least 4000' of gain per week. A lot of it is subtle; two desert peaks this week, routes that were generally untouched, one with a lot of class 4 climbing. Only 2300' gain on the harder one, 3900' on the two easier peaks. But it does add up.

I don't try to whoop anyone's ass but mine. I have my own limits -- bluntly, worse limits than most folks -- that I must always test, check, recheck. At 56, I don't expect a lot of improvement, so I just go on. I'm often the youngest member of the group.

A much greater success: I led a bunch of trips to obscure places, got everyone there and back safely, and helped a lot of people face their limits, overcome them, and return happy and proud. I'm not sure how to put that stat in competitive terms, but it makes me feel a lot better than the total elevation gain. I guess that kind of introspection comes with age.

Amen, and again Amen! "None but ourselves"

I don’t keep any stats, but I figure about 6 “Everest's” of up & down

Here’s my 2010 tally (my favorite top 3 get faces):
3 volcanoes in Mexico; La Malinche, Iztaccihuatl and El Pico de Orizaba (my new high point at ~18,400’)
Mt Whitney 4x
Mt Russell 2x; once up Mithral Dihedral
Mt Langley 1x
Mt Baldy 21x; that includes several Big Baldy loops and a Iron Mt traverse
Mt San Jacinto 2x; once up Snow Creek
Joshua Tree; 13 rock climbing trips
Tahquitz/Suicide Rock; 4 rock climbing trips

Happy New Year SPers,
Rick Graham

Here's my stats: Hiked 150 miles, climbed 55,000 feet on 29 hikes. I didn't hike as much as other people out there, but it's the best I could do with life's many other priorities. However, 2749 unique visitors viewed 16,273 pages on my hiking website since its May 2010 release(wasatchhiker.com), so hopefully I helped get a few more people addicted to exploring the mountains.

Nothin' wrong with keepin stats...but am wondering if this is something a lot of hiker/climber types do?

It's not something I care to keep track of myself, but for those of you who do keep track...what do you do with the information?

Joe White wrote:Nothin' wrong with keepin stats...but am wondering if this is something a lot of hiker/climber types do?

It's not something I care to keep track of myself, but for those of you who do keep track...what do you do with the information?

I make a register of what mountains I climb and when for snow/meltoff reasons, plus my GPS keeps track of certain things
It's just kinda fun to watch milestones accumulate over time