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re: Climbing Mt Everest - WYDI and WHY??
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:11 pm to HollyWoodCole
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:11 pm to HollyWoodCole
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Don't take offense but that's not climbing.
Are you one of those elitist climbers?
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Bouldering V5
Trad 5.10b
Conventional 5.10d/5.11a
Nope....but you wanna be.
Good attitude fellow climber
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Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:13 pm to HippieTiger
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Im of the opinion climbing 5.11 on gear is more difficult than summiting everest
Agreed, especially on long routes like El Cap.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:14 pm to LSUintheNW
I'm not elitist, I'm 40 so I call it like I see it.
Hiking is not climbing.
Hell, even ice climbing uses crampons and axes.
Everest with crampons and axes?
Yeah, not so much.
Hiking is not climbing.
Hell, even ice climbing uses crampons and axes.
Everest with crampons and axes?
Yeah, not so much.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:15 pm to gingerkittie
Would do it for the scenery, wouldnt do it for the cold and my out of shape arse would pass out.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:15 pm to Slim_Charles69
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Everest is a tourist trap now. It’s all about K2 baws
Annapurna is the real killer, mostly avalanches. About one death for every two successful summits.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:16 pm to HollyWoodCole
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I'm not elitist
It's obvious with your skill set.
I've seen better climbers in the quad.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:18 pm to LSUintheNW
I've been climbing a long time.
I've climbed Middleton and the Clock tower which are both in the quad.
Everest isn't climbing.
It's hiking.
I have nothing against hiking.
I've climbed Middleton and the Clock tower which are both in the quad.
Everest isn't climbing.
It's hiking.
I have nothing against hiking.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:20 pm to HollyWoodCole
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Everest isn't climbing.
It's hiking.
I have nothing against hiking.
Accurate assessment
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:21 pm to Lawyers_Guns_Money
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This year I am training to climb Mount Shasta in Northern California via the Casaval Ridge rout. Definitely going to be a ball buster.
Be careful on Shasta, that place is a fricky kinda spooky
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:22 pm to tigers win2
Nice Rainier pics. I did Emmons with RMI after climbing (well, hiking) Kilimanjaro. Thought about doing more than that but decided it just cost too much in time and money.
My Emmons Glacier main guide was Billy Nugent, who has climbed Everest and Denali multiple time and was very helpful. Got to meet Melissa Arnot as well. Awesome experience.
My Emmons Glacier main guide was Billy Nugent, who has climbed Everest and Denali multiple time and was very helpful. Got to meet Melissa Arnot as well. Awesome experience.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:23 pm to HollyWoodCole
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Everest isn't climbing.
It's hiking.
Spotted the troll.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:24 pm to HollyWoodCole
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Everest isn't climbing.
It's hiking.
I have nothing against hiking.
A lot of mountains have a lot of hiking involved, some are pure hikes. Many of those, even if a little bit of technical climbing is involved it's climbing. You still need skills to survive a lot of these "hikes".
I have zero interest in Everest. But the term climbing is a general term....
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I've been climbing a long time.
You should know that.
It's not like we're comparing Everest to most of the 14'ers in Colorado which are a pure hike.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:25 pm to HippieTiger
Well yeah I only did it to lose weight
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:25 pm to foshizzle
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Spotted the troll.
Yep
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:29 pm to foshizzle
When someone brings all your gear to base camp for you and you never physically touch the mountain with your own flesh, you can't call it climbing.
Hiking Everest is a gnarly feat but I like to hike my own gear up to base, set my camp, cook my own food then hike up again to the routes. Place my own gear and feel the actual rock with my own digits.
Accomplishment has many differing opinions and I prefer mine.
Hiking Everest is a gnarly feat but I like to hike my own gear up to base, set my camp, cook my own food then hike up again to the routes. Place my own gear and feel the actual rock with my own digits.
Accomplishment has many differing opinions and I prefer mine.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:30 pm to LSUintheNW
I can't call that climbing because this is actual climbing
not to take away anything from what they are doing because it is still awesome.. I would call that mountaineering however
not to take away anything from what they are doing because it is still awesome.. I would call that mountaineering however
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:32 pm to HippieTiger
You're exactly right.
Climbing involves hiking but hiking does not necessarily involve climbing.
Your pictures say more than what I've just written.
Climbing involves hiking but hiking does not necessarily involve climbing.
Your pictures say more than what I've just written.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:33 pm to HippieTiger
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I would call that mountaineering however
It is and I like mixed climbing. I consider myself a mountaineer but I practice everything because I need all around skills in the NW.
Still, and you know this, climbing is a general term.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:33 pm to LSUintheNW
Climbing is not a general term for climbers.
Posted on 1/17/18 at 6:35 pm to gingerkittie
So, his wife was a peach?
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