Mountain Climbers?

[e30mybaby]

Do we have any fellow Mountain Climbers here?

Iv only just got back into it last year, iv climbed mount adams a few times and shasta! and a ton of 5-7k foot peaks around here!

[RainierHooker]

Not a climber per-say, but I do a lot of backpacking. Mostly lightweight 3-day trips 'round the PNW. Looking foreward to maybe hitting the three sisters in OR this summer...

[e30mybaby]

Nice! im going to South Sister in the summer! were doing Mount Whitney, Shasta and the South Sister in 10 days!

[Ryan...]

I went indoor rock climbing with the GF last week, and it was a blast! I've never been so tired and sore in my entire life, 4 hours of non stop movement. I bet its even better out in nature :)

[e30mybaby]

haha yeah its fun stuff! im not much of a rock climber but i love alpine climbing!

[aaron325ix]

Ive been climbing for about 20 years now and just about all types; alpine, sport, trad. Im getting to the point where i want to bag more big peaks ragher than a ton of crags, although i still love climbing. A mix of both is the best though. This spring my cousin and i are going to do Mt. conness, just east of touloumne. Big hike in and a nice classis trad rout to the top. Last year we spent 2 weeks in camp 4 in Yosemite and did a bunch of the classic Yos routes. Its a culture and lifestyle you cant get away from.

[e30mybaby]

yeah its a addiction! im all about getting more peaks! my goal is 1 million feet of elevation gain in my life! i got almost 100,000 down lol

[4bangerfury]

It's something I'd like to get back into. I went when I was in high school about a dozen times. Most of it was at climbing gyms. On a trip to Yosemite, I got to climb an actual rock. It was through some beginner-to-rock-climbing thing my friend found out about.

[jasonsnoddy]

I do a lot of backpacking, I plan on taking a mountaineering course this spring so I can start bagging peaks. South Brother is what I have my sights on right now.

[e30mybaby]

yeah i need to take a roping class so i can start going over glaciers! im trying to do Rainer this year but probably next summer!

[jasonsnoddy]

yeah i hear Rainer is pretty tough. this summer will probably be my learning summer, bag a bunch of small stuff, then next summer i want to do Olympus in july and maybe Rainer late august.

[u3b3rg33k]

I went indoor rock climbing with the GF last week, and it was a blast! I've never been so tired and sore in my entire life, 4 hours of non stop movement. I bet its even better out in nature :)

It is that good outdoors. Much better when the handholds aren't color coded, imho. Having a girl along never hurts either.

I also wear vibram 5's (the KSO model) instead of those horribly uncomfortable climbing shoes. I thought I might not be able to get away with it, but they work great. They're kind of expensive, but after using them, I've decided they're worth it.

[e30mybaby]

jasonsnoddy- Make sure to hit up Mount Pugh and lots of the mountains on the Mountain loop highway! there are some great climbs there! And before doing Olympus and Rainer i would suggest doing Mount Adams, its a great mountain to learn self-arrest and get expirence with cramp-ons! And its a beautiful mountain!

[jasonsnoddy]

man , so many great mountains,so little time.......so glad i live in the pnw. id go crazy if i was in kansas or something.

[e30mybaby]

haha agreed! im climbing on saturday but im not sure where! its suppose to rain but i don't care lol its all about checking another one off the list!