still fuckin with climb cuz climb pays: the ILX hiking thread

I saw a gelatinous blob on the beach once and it turned out to be a jellyfish that had washed ashore. Yours doesn't have the tentacle thingies, so maybe it's an alien (or some kind of alien discharge).

this thread just fills me with jealousy. I need to get my life stable enough to start making some weekend outings.

i did bryce on horseback though. cheating. but i was also like 14 then.

― tehresa, Friday, June 19, 2009 11:45 PM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark

You lucky duck. I still haven't visited Bryce. But once you've experienced Utah these other places seem like a stroll in the park.

yeah since this is where a creek goes out to the sound, i am thinking not jellyfish. but what?! ackljglk
xpost

bryce is still one of my favorite places! i liked it so much more than the grand canyon. i think once i can join a hiking group and get out past the city an hour or two, there will be higher peaks to climb, but it's nice to have these strolls in the park easily accessible.

also lol @ a site listing my neighborhood as 'must-do' for seattle urban hiking.

does it say "boots and hogs" inside that tree?!

also lol @ gbx re: neb

even better:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/carkeek/102_9292_2.jpg

my sigg bottle has been ~~~~FOUND~~~~

Tomorrow I leave town for two weeks for some serious hiking action. I intend to average about 10 miles a day and about 2000 ft of elevation gain per day for most of that time.

The fact that Oregon is expected to get a lot of 100 degree days in my first week out may cause me to scale back my plans a bit, since I will spend most of that week hiking at 7000 to 8000 ft on a high, dry mountain ridge and I'll have to carry every drop of water I drink between breakfast and supper. I have 5 liters of water capacity, but that would be 12 or 13 pounds of water, on top of about 28 pounds of tent, food, clothes, and other gear.

Anyway, envy me. I will be in beautiful country, often alpine, with wildflowers, lakes and many spectacular views. Wheee!

oh wow, jealous! have an amazing time! take lots of pictures!

dont know what to do. there is a bachelor party related activity planned that i'm afraid might kill me, so i'm uhhh, reluctant.

ppls involved want to do this:

http://www.14ers.com/videos/showvideo.php?video=CapitolKnife_1b

im a gamer, but i dont know if im _that_ much of a gamer. there will be no alcohol or shenanigans involved until after the climb. if i do it and survive, i might drink myself to death. :(

also:
http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr222/Chass3ur/Peru2000_0002adj.jpg

^_^

i am really frustrated bc i can't find an appropriate hiking club.

one is doing all several day overnight trips for which i am not equipped/trained yet. others do more leisurely stroll-like things and i just want a nice, tiring day hike adventure! not a walk on a path with 20 ppl. ugh.

start a club imo!!!

do you not like to hike solo? i prefer backpacking with 2-3 people, but for a hiking trip, i'd rather be by myself (if my wife isn't coming, that is).

i would love to hike solo but i wonder if it is safe?
also i need carpools!

ahh, i see. have you checked out REI? they have a community section where you can find out about groups and stuff.

what the fuck

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/primrosehill/fuckinwclimb.jpg

oopsie! i tried to fix my html fuck up and ended up w/ some really strange thing going on there!

anyway. i tried to say:

like i wld <3 to do this solo but what if a mountain sheep eated me?

i was thinking of going to rei to pick up a book about trails, etc., so i will see what's there. i looked at their schedule of events online but nothing jumped out.

i think the <3 ated the rest of the post! but WOAH that was weird.

i know it was like, is the system saying that?!?!?!

a ghost in the machine

awesome

it's my new hiking friend

rei-run events are okay, but the actual store will have a whole bulletin board of pamphlets and announcements for local happenings and stuff. another good way to meet people is to volunteer for a trail work day, since those are usually in good hiking areas where you'll find similarly inclined people.

i will go there tomorrow and casually peruse the flyers.

tomorrow: http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/snow-lake-1

wow! that's pretty damn pretty. take pictures!

it was so cloudy, you couldn't see snow lake! well you sort of could if you looked REALLY hard
it's down there:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9353.jpg

but to make up for it, here is gem lake. it is v v pretty, btw:
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9367.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9364.jpg

and here are a few other pixxxxxxxxx why bc they look intersting (to me):
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9346.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9355.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9370.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9347.jpg
http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9358.jpg

and i realized i really should have had sturdier boots instead of trail shoes for this. so rocky!

looks pretty metal imo

forgot this one this tree is badass

http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp95/tza/102_9354.jpg

must. move. to. seattle.

yes plzzzzzz do bc i want to go hiking with like 2 people, not 7 people. and also want to go hiking w/ people that appreciate the scenery and not just say 'yay i went hiking'.

or maybe i just don't like people :( but maybe i could start a new thing: antisocial metal hiking.

that looks great. i agree re: hiking with people.

antisocial metal hiking.

haw this is totally us!!! aka my hiking cru which is me and one other dude

i know we touched on this before, but crazy rocky terrain made me think about poles since i am totally klutzy.

also roxy: jealous of u cru!

my niggaz wit altitude shirt caused quite a stir last night at a party which consisted of half frat boys and half homosexual metalheads

<8

started watching discovery's "everest: beyond the limit". so far the announcer is ruining it for me!

i didn't know you were so into everest. have you ever checked out "the story of the story of everest"? it's pretty remarkable.

would just like to mention here that u know it was a NEW ZEALISH person who climbed that fucker first

i have not checked that out but i will now!

yeah i got this weird everest obsession a few years back totally by accident.

dude on this show summits with NO LEGS!

i think the fascination is something to do with rubbernecking over the really irresponsible decisions people make (for a number of reasons -- some understandable, some not).

not as good as the story of the story of the story of everest imo

I got back a couple of days ago. Great trip! Actually two great trips - one being 4 days' and the other of seven days' duration, in some very remote mountains, where I didn't see another soul for as much as two days running.

I walked 105 miles in those 11 days, saw a herd of mountain goats up close, watched ospreys diving into mountain lakes for trout, did some x-country hiking, endured two thunderstorms and 30 continuous hours of rain (mostly at 7400 feet elevation) where I needed to utilize my survival fire-starting skills for the first time in decades in order to dry out before bedtime. In short, I was 100% alive and engaged.

It is only too bad it is over and I won't have such an intensive hiking experience again until next summer.

wow! that sounds amazinggggggggg. you went alone???

did you take pictures? please share!

Yeah, tehresa, I am one of those crazy solo backpackers who launches himself into the deep backwoods and sometimes off trail for a week or more at a time. After doing this for about 35 years now, I have a fund of experience to draw on, so I am not quite as crazy now as I was when I started this. I'm actually pretty conservative and careful, for a madman.