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Mountaineering ranks high among the most satisfying and spectacular ways to experience the great outdoors, but moving from easily accessed boulders, single-pitch rock climbs, and/or the climbing gym to ascending actual mountains is a big step. The former are useful in introducing you to some of the primary skills of mountaineering, but when you head to those … Read more
Rounding up all your buddies for communal guys’ trips you’ll be telling your future grandkids about never gets any easier as the years pass. But that just means that the time to stop putting it off—and pulling it off already—is now. Whether it’s an after-the-fact bachelor party or a spontaneous road trip with your favorite … Read more
Avid climbers seeking to summit Mount Everest have often found themselves waiting in a line to ascend the mountain as crowds of mountaineers are jammed into a small path. Elsewhere in China, climbers found themselves in a similar situation just a few days ago. According to CNN, photos from Chinese social media have gone viral … Read more
I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry night in California’s spectacular High Sierra. Elevation at the trailhead is just under 8,400 feet, and the summit of famed Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in the Lower 48, looms at 14,505 feet. It was going to be … Read more