"Because it's there."

[Peregrinator]

I don't know - I kinda like it. ; )

Well, holy Antony's Curse! Hi, you!

 

[thør]

Anyone with a brain is terrified on rappel. It's the one time you have to rely 100% on the gear alone.

I don't know - I kinda like it. ; )

Depending on a good rope, isn't so bad........actually climbing down, is an SOB.....IMO

 

[Cleopatra]

Well, holy Antony's Curse! Hi, you!

-mwah-

Where are you planning to rappel, or is it just fantasy for the moment?

 

[Peregrinator]

Depending on a good rope, isn't so bad........actually climbing down, is an SOB.....IMO

It's the anchors you can't see that get to me. And, yeah, down-climbing is the worst thing ever.

-mwah-

Where are you planning to rappel, or is it just fantasy for the moment?

http://www.translationdirectory.com/images_articles/wikipedia/Schwa.jpg

Nothing right this instant. Though Lady P and I did find a nice little ice cliff not ridiculously far away.

How you been, my queen?

 

[Cleopatra]

Nothing right this instant. Though Lady P and I did find a nice little ice cliff not ridiculously far away.

How you been, my queen?

Overwhelmed, as of late. My responsibilities are piling on, with no end it sight.

I did, however, just price a sweet little 11-day cruise around the Med, if I ever can get the time to enjoy it. So tempting....

Yourself?

 

[stickwork]

Anybody think that local time tomorrow is bad for beginning my K2 ascent?

 

[Peregrinator]

Overwhelmed, as of late. My responsibilities are piling on, with no end it sight.

I did, however, just price a sweet little 11-day cruise around the Med, if I ever can get the time to enjoy it. So tempting....

Yourself?

We need to get caught up. Badly. Been seeing a good friend of yours around here once in a while, btw. I think she misses you.

Over to email...

Anybody think that local time tomorrow is bad for beginning my K2 ascent?

By the time you get to base camp you should be just fine.

 

[thør]

Anybody think that local time tomorrow is bad for beginning my K2 ascent?

Gotta start sometime.....

 

[Cleopatra]

We need to get caught up. Badly. Been seeing a good friend of yours around here once in a while, btw. I think she misses you.

Over to email...

-nods- Absolutely. Email away...

I did catch up with her a few mornings. This working business really cramps my social style.

 

[stickwork]

Gotta start sometime.....

A quote about a tree and seed and when to plant.

I heard it at JFK museum in film tribute, RFK's words, I think. Quoting chinese proverb?

 

[thør]

A quote about a tree and seed and when to plant.

I heard it at JFK museum in film tribute, RFK's words, I think. Quoting chinese proverb?

K2 was involved?

 

[stickwork]

K2 was involved?

Nice.

 

[thør]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhhs21AW731qfzri4o1_500.png

 

[Peregrinator]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhhs21AW731qfzri4o1_500.png

Lmao. You'll be seeing that one somewhere else in a minute...

 

[Aviator1976]

Does anyone really care about mountain climbing anymore?

The world used to love the brave explorer, conquering nature and proving our dominance.

Not so anymore. People idolize Charlie Sheen, bent on coke and banging a hotel room full of hookers.

I think it is great you are into climbing and think the world would be a better place if more people aspired to be climbers than tv stars.

The words of great climber George Leigh Mallory, asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Mt Everest. perhaps the most famous quote ever on climbing, and certainly the one that gets the most play among non-climbers.

In this thread, I will attempt to answer your questions about the craft of moving on technically challenging terrain in the mountains. Rock, Ice, Snow, Altitude...what do you want to know?

I started rock climbing a little over ten years ago, actually the week of the Oklahoma City bombing, by taking four days of lessons with other litsters and great friends atmas and HungryJoe. I started ice climbing maybe a year or two later, and I've been hiking all my life; I've climbed some technical snow and some high stuff. I certainly don't know it all, but I like it, and I like to talk about it.

Ask away.

 

[Peregrinator]

Does anyone really care about mountain climbing anymore?

The world used to love the brave explorer, conquering nature and proving our dominance.

Not so anymore. People idolize Charlie Sheen, bent on coke and banging a hotel room full of hookers.

I think it is great you are into climbing and think the world would be a better place if more people aspired to be climbers than tv stars.

There are more people limbing now than ever. It used to be this weird fringe thing that only freaks did, back when Thor was a kid. Nowadays it's everywhere, and people are routinely climbing stuff that used to be considered impossible. While I hear you, and I also mourn the focus shift to the nonsense like Charlie Sheen and so-called "reality" shows, I also spent two summers teaching kids how to rock climb. They had a blast and I'm sure some of them will tae it much further than I ever have.

As far as the brave explorer, that's a little tougher, because it feels like the mountain thing has been done; the next great challenge is largely a technical change. The obvious frontiers now are places like the deep caves and the ocean floor.

 

[Aviator1976]

I spent a few years in college in Colorado and had a number of friends in the "Fourteeners"...a group of people that had climbed all of the 14,000' peaks in the state. I forget how many there are.

There are more people limbing now than ever. It used to be this weird fringe thing that only freaks did, back when Thor was a kid. Nowadays it's everywhere, and people are routinely climbing stuff that used to be considered impossible. While I hear you, and I also mourn the focus shift to the nonsense like Charlie Sheen and so-called "reality" shows, I also spent two summers teaching kids how to rock climb. They had a blast and I'm sure some of them will tae it much further than I ever have.

As far as the brave explorer, that's a little tougher, because it feels like the mountain thing has been done; the next great challenge is largely a technical change. The obvious frontiers now are places like the deep caves and the ocean floor.

 

[trysail]

I spent a few years in college in Colorado and had a number of friends in the "Fourteeners"...a group of people that had climbed all of the 14,000' peaks in the state. I forget how many there are.

53 fourteeners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteeners_of_Colorado

 

[Peregrinator]

I spent a few years in college in Colorado and had a number of friends in the "Fourteeners"...a group of people that had climbed all of the 14,000' peaks in the state. I forget how many there are.

That's a great project. People do the same here in New England, with NH's 4000-ft peaks. It's funny to type that in response, because in CO you generally start higher than anything in New England ends. That said, it's still an adventure, especially in winter.

 

[thør]

As far as the brave explorer, that's a little tougher, because it feels like the mountain thing has been done; the next great challenge is largely a technical change. The obvious frontiers now are places like the deep caves and the ocean floor.

For those who want to play in the mountains, my backyard is open. No lines, no waiting.
http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/19/chugach-mountains_1402.jpg

 

[thør]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhkllk6kQk1qz77ulo1_500.jpg

 

[thør]

YouTube from Denali......

Winter McKinley 2011 in -52

 

[Peregrinator]

YouTube from Denali......

Winter McKinley 2011 in -52

Jeeze. She doesn't look like she's dressed very heavily. Must have been training hard for that kind of cold.

 

[thør]

Jeeze. She doesn't look like she's dressed very heavily. Must have been training hard for that kind of cold.

Going to the outhouse at -25 is commonplace in Talkeetna where she lives.....

 

[Peregrinator]

Going to the outhouse at -25 is commonplace in Talkeetna where she lives.....

Sure, but presumably she also lives in something warmer than a snow cave.