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The OLD CLOSED Post Your Campsite/gear/knife/hiking/anything Outdoorsy Pic Thread!
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Today is a lesson in water flow at different seasons. This is the South Fork Kings River at the top of Mist Falls last August, at the end of the summer of a very dry year:
And here it is in May 2006 during spring runoff after a heavy snow year, taken in exactly the same spot:
And here it is in May 2006 during spring runoff after a heavy snow year, taken in exactly the same spot:
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View from the summit of Florence Peak (the one where I took the picture of the marker, in case anyone was trying to answer that trivia quiz) , looking toward the Whitney group, Sequoia NP.
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pictures of my fixed blades only
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The cables on Half Dome. It gets pretty crowded there.
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been looking at this thread for a while and have decided that it is time to contribute.
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Kaweahs from the summit of Sawtooth Peak, Sequoia NP. Forest fire somewhere in the distance.
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Middle Fork Kings River, just below Palisade Creek, Kings Canyon NP
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Mountains in the rockies park
Yes that chipmunk is using my manix as a step into my lap
Wild eh, quick little buggers
I was repping SYKCo, no I do not have extremely short legs its how the photo took
Yes that chipmunk is using my manix as a step into my lap
Wild eh, quick little buggers
I was repping SYKCo, no I do not have extremely short legs its how the photo took
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This little guy became interested in me.
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Now we are above the snow line and on the Tundra and permafrost
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My dad
Cheeky animals
Elk
My dad
Cheeky animals
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Those pics are a few weeks old but heck they can go here.
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Beautiful picture Macgregor22. I will try to head outdoors this very same weekend. Some late season snow/ice climbing seems appealing (well over 2500m is still pretty cold in the mornings). I hope the weather gives us a break so we can go there and enjoy it.
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I'll borrow another picture from my brother because I didn't have a digital camera on that trip. Lake Reflection, Kings Canyon NP.
Hi there,
This weekend, after having crappy weather for the past four weekends, we finally had the chance of going out climbing. This season is weird. We had late snow storms that got the mountains loaded up. They are so loaded up the avalanches are common. Two days ago (right after our climb) a 66 year old woman who was (luckly) somewhat separated from her group, got cought in an avalanche and died due to the multiple fractures.
Anyway, we loaded our crap in my van (VW California T4 Syncro TDI) on Saturday morning and drove to the Pirinees (450km more or less 6h). We arrived there after supper time. After doing some shopping in Benasque (bread, fruit and some other goodies) we drove up the mountain through a dirt road. We arrived to the end of it and wandered arround for a while talking to other climbers who just returned from their climbs to get a better idea of the mountain conditions (snow, temps and such).
PIC 1: These are my pals about to puncture a tire of my van using my BRKT Canadian Camp Knife.
We had planned to get up at 4, start hiking at 5 and reach the summit at 10. The weather was way too warm and we feared that the snow would be dangerous at that time so we decided to get up even earlier... waaaaay earlier. We had dinner, prepared our packs (fast and light this time, we didn't even carry ropes) and went to bed.
The clock rang at 1:45. We started our hike at 2:45. I had been there twice so in spite of the darkness and rocky terrain we didn't get lost or anything. We didn't take many pictures while walking at night.
PIC 2: That was somwhere arround 4am or so. Snow was still soft and it wasn't too step, so we didn't strap on our crampons yet. I am the guy in the front and back there is my pal Iñaki.
PIC 3: We wanted to climb a snow/ice corridor (Corredor Estasen) to the top of the Aneto mountain. It is the highest summit on the Pirinees. It ain't that hard, 45-60º at most. In this picture we already had our crampons and helmets on.
PIC 4-5: Two shots from my pals. As you can see the second one, Manu (white helmet) is carrying a helmet cam. He didn't take too many pictures as we was making videos the whole time. Once he edites them all I will try to upload it to YouTube and post it here.
PIC 6: Iñaki at the end of the Estasen Corridor. As you can see the sun was still low. This was at 7:10 or so. We didn't expect to find such a good snow conditions because in our way up the snow was still soft in some spots. As we discovered later on, we just started a tad too early... and the snow was still cooling down.
PIC 7: Areete climbing from the end of the Estasen Corredor to the top of Aneto Mountain.
PIC 8: My pal Iñaki took of his ice axe leash to take some pictures and forgot to strap it back on. Somehow he managed to drop his tool while walking on the areete. Luckily the damn thing stopped like 30 meters down against some rocks. Guess who had to fetch it? Yep. That's me going back up with my pals ice axe. It is 100€ worth!
PIC 9: That's me in a mixte passage of the areete, about to get to the top of Aneto.
PIC 10: Summit! Yeah! ANETO 3404m. It was 7:30 in the morning. Not a single cloud in the sky, nice temp (about 3ºC or so) and not too many people. This summit is usually crowded on the weekends. have climbed this summit four times from three different routes. The first time was with my dad when I was 14 years old, all dressed in BDU's and stuff. I was going through my RAMBO years...
In this last picture you can see a bunch of french guys there. They were all wearing climbing harnesses and ropes. Usually the first ones to rope up in a route are french, and the last ones are spanish. Don't ask me why, but it goes like that. Some of them get out of the cable cars in the Alps already roped up! I guess they just need to find the balance between safety and speed.
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This weekend, after having crappy weather for the past four weekends, we finally had the chance of going out climbing. This season is weird. We had late snow storms that got the mountains loaded up. They are so loaded up the avalanches are common. Two days ago (right after our climb) a 66 year old woman who was (luckly) somewhat separated from her group, got cought in an avalanche and died due to the multiple fractures.
Anyway, we loaded our crap in my van (VW California T4 Syncro TDI) on Saturday morning and drove to the Pirinees (450km more or less 6h). We arrived there after supper time. After doing some shopping in Benasque (bread, fruit and some other goodies) we drove up the mountain through a dirt road. We arrived to the end of it and wandered arround for a while talking to other climbers who just returned from their climbs to get a better idea of the mountain conditions (snow, temps and such).
PIC 1: These are my pals about to puncture a tire of my van using my BRKT Canadian Camp Knife.
We had planned to get up at 4, start hiking at 5 and reach the summit at 10. The weather was way too warm and we feared that the snow would be dangerous at that time so we decided to get up even earlier... waaaaay earlier. We had dinner, prepared our packs (fast and light this time, we didn't even carry ropes) and went to bed.
The clock rang at 1:45. We started our hike at 2:45. I had been there twice so in spite of the darkness and rocky terrain we didn't get lost or anything. We didn't take many pictures while walking at night.
PIC 2: That was somwhere arround 4am or so. Snow was still soft and it wasn't too step, so we didn't strap on our crampons yet. I am the guy in the front and back there is my pal Iñaki.
PIC 3: We wanted to climb a snow/ice corridor (Corredor Estasen) to the top of the Aneto mountain. It is the highest summit on the Pirinees. It ain't that hard, 45-60º at most. In this picture we already had our crampons and helmets on.
PIC 4-5: Two shots from my pals. As you can see the second one, Manu (white helmet) is carrying a helmet cam. He didn't take too many pictures as we was making videos the whole time. Once he edites them all I will try to upload it to YouTube and post it here.
PIC 6: Iñaki at the end of the Estasen Corridor. As you can see the sun was still low. This was at 7:10 or so. We didn't expect to find such a good snow conditions because in our way up the snow was still soft in some spots. As we discovered later on, we just started a tad too early... and the snow was still cooling down.
PIC 7: Areete climbing from the end of the Estasen Corredor to the top of Aneto Mountain.
PIC 8: My pal Iñaki took of his ice axe leash to take some pictures and forgot to strap it back on. Somehow he managed to drop his tool while walking on the areete. Luckily the damn thing stopped like 30 meters down against some rocks. Guess who had to fetch it? Yep. That's me going back up with my pals ice axe. It is 100€ worth!
PIC 9: That's me in a mixte passage of the areete, about to get to the top of Aneto.
PIC 10: Summit! Yeah! ANETO 3404m. It was 7:30 in the morning. Not a single cloud in the sky, nice temp (about 3ºC or so) and not too many people. This summit is usually crowded on the weekends. have climbed this summit four times from three different routes. The first time was with my dad when I was 14 years old, all dressed in BDU's and stuff. I was going through my RAMBO years...
In this last picture you can see a bunch of french guys there. They were all wearing climbing harnesses and ropes. Usually the first ones to rope up in a route are french, and the last ones are spanish. Don't ask me why, but it goes like that. Some of them get out of the cable cars in the Alps already roped up! I guess they just need to find the balance between safety and speed.
10 picture limit reached. Keep reading...
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