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If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:39 am
by drManhattan
where would you go? what would you climb? sometimes I wander off and daydream about these kinds of scenarios :P

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 5:58 am
by WyomingSummits
Western China. Cheap and lots of unclimbed 18k-21k peaks.

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:06 am
by drManhattan
WyomingSummits wrote:Western China. Cheap and lots of unclimbed 18k-21k peaks.


For the whole year? :D

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 2:16 pm
by ExcitableBoy
If money was no object:

Early Fall: Alpine rock in the Washington Cascades
Late Fall/Early Winter: Ice climbing in Hyalyite Canyon and the Canadian Rockies
Mid Winter: Alpine climbing in Patagonia
Late Winter: Skiing in Japan
Spring: Alpine climbing in Alaska
Early Summer: Alpine climbing in Peru
Mid Summer: Alpine climbing in the BC Coast Range
Late Summer: Alpine climbing in the Canadian Rockies

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 4:02 pm
by Jesus Malverde
ExcitableBoy wrote:If money was no object:

Vat!!? No Alpine Style in Kiwilandia? :)

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 7:03 pm
by ExcitableBoy
Jesus Malverde wrote:
ExcitableBoy wrote:If money was no object:

Vat!!? No Alpine Style in Kiwilandia? :)

I have a lot of friends who have climbed in New Zealand. One summed it up thusly: "I traveled half way around the world to climb in Washington State."

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:02 pm
by WyomingSummits
drManhattan wrote:
WyomingSummits wrote:Western China. Cheap and lots of unclimbed 18k-21k peaks.


For the whole year? :D

Dang Skippy! That section holds more rock and ice than the entire american west and Europe combined! Besides, I love Chinese food!

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 8:34 pm
by Scott
Besides, I love Chinese food!


Food in western China isn't very good!

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:01 pm
by WyomingSummits
Scott wrote:
Besides, I love Chinese food!


Food in western China isn't very good!


It was more humor. :) My friends Grandma is from western China and speaks no English. We went to their house for a traditional meal and I wasn't thrilled. It was edible, and a couple of things were tasty, but for the most part I'd rather not. All that being said, there's a crap ton of stuff there to climb! It's my top overseas destination.

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:01 pm
by ExcitableBoy
Scott wrote:
Besides, I love Chinese food!


Food in western China isn't very good!

On Christmas do they go out for Jewish food?

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:17 pm
by WyomingSummits
ExcitableBoy wrote:
Scott wrote:
Besides, I love Chinese food!


Food in western China isn't very good!

On Christmas do they go out for Jewish food?


If that rules out cheesy oysters on the half shell then I'm changing my plans to British Colombia.

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 11:56 pm
by Jow
I'd like doing a year on each of the continents other than Antarctica (still want to go but much briefer) It'd be more multisport adventuring in nature but with plenty of mountains I daydream often about it.

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 4:24 am
by drManhattan
I was thinking more along the lines of something like this for me :)

MAR New Zealand
APR Nepal
MAY USA
JUN Swiss Alps
JUL French Alps
AUG Bolivia
SEP Peru
OCT Nepal
NOV Ecuador
DEC Colombia/Mexico
JAN Argentina
FEB Chile

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 11:18 pm
by Fletch
I'd just tag along with Dan... ha!

I'd love to go back to Peru, climb in Antarctica, and see the Himalaya at some point... but other than that... I've been very fortunate...

But it'd be pretty tough to beat a USA road trip, checking off the national parks, baseball stadiums, concerts, food/beer, etc... probably be even more fun for you young single guys... hee hee

Re: If you could do a 1 year mountaineering trip

PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 5:01 am
by WyomingSummits
jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:If you had enough $$$ you could spend a year climbing Mt. Kim Kardashian

And then the next 30 years climbing the steps at the free clinic to get your Valtrex script updated.