Who's climbed a mountain?

Feel like sharing when and where? Is there one in your future? Tell us about that one too



When I was thirteen at a youth education program on loch lomond (scotland) a van load of us kids got dropped off at the bottom of Ben Lomond, the first mountain I'd been faced with. My inner mountain goat woke up and I had to be the first of the group to the top...man i'll never forget that view and the elation I had scrambling up the last tallest rocks and seeing the water sprawling below. I don't think it was more than 2000 ft. but it was just my size then and I smoked all those other kids!

 

We climbed Ramapo Torne. It had a view of New York City. Nice waterfalls.

Lots of hikers in the forest. We walked for over 5 hours. Good Trip.

 

climbed the sierra de morte range in central america

 

climbed mount koziosko (damn my spelling), but i was to pre occupied with not slipping on the frozen walkpaths to appreciate the experience.
i think when im a bit older im gonna backpack around somewhere like that and just appreciate nature and everything

 

yep, have climbed so many I can't remember them all!!!
My fav was in VA in George Washinton National forrest - It was beautiful! It took us 5 hours to get to the top and when we got up there, there was a camping site that people had made very comfy for others. ex: the couch made out of rocks around the camp fire!!!
I will never forget it!

 

Man in my coutry there are so many mountains,even i cant belive it (and my country is small).We have a sweet small house in a small village in Old mountain The nature is perfect,it`s like heaven i`m tellin` u!Every summer i go there for little,the energy is WOW u know.I climed the highes peack here in Blgaria-Musala (thats in Rila), and God even i was so tired it was so beautiful!

 

I love hiking. The tallest mountain I've climbed is Mt Washington, undisputed home of the worst weather in the world =D

This was the hike up, as soon as we broke tree line it was about 2 miles of hiking lost in the fog over piles of rocks



I felt like we were in Lord of the rings or something. So we got to the top of the highest peak in New England and couldn't even see the other buildings up there the fog was so thick. So after a half hour or so of eating and hanging out at the top, we head down towards the Lake of the Clouds. about 45 minutes later we reach the lake and the weather is beautiful. It was so gorgeous at the lake that it completely made up for the horrible conditions at the top. Then I look back up at the top and see



In a matter of 45 minutes the clouds cleared out and everyone up there could now see for miles, just 45 minutes off in our timing =S It was a great day anyway, a challenging climb but so great. And partying back at camp that night was pretty good too =D

 

Climbed Mt O'Malley just outside of Anchorage, 30kt wind & blowing snow, got sepparated from my partner, hiked down the other side, found myself in the middle of a heard of moose during the rutt (mating season), sat for a while, hiked up half the mountain again and side hilled back to the first trail then back to the truck, probably about 10 mile for the day. Before you start up this peak there's this huge flat land area people call the field. There's probably a 270 degree view of all mountains and a 1000 foot of elevation rise over the city of Anchorage viewed from about 10 miles away. I love Alaska, if anyone is ever looking for a long term hiking partner, I'm always searching, we could take my vw bus.
Cheers,
George

 

ive climbed a couple 13s and one 14 ner.best one tho was a 13 ,summit colo.peak 1 Mnt. royal.was a big chalenge for me

 

ive climbed a couple 13s and one 14 ner.best one tho was a 13 ,summit colo.peak 1 Mnt. royal.was a big chalenge for me

 

I've climbed Fuji and 3 other mountains in Japan.


Mt Bandai was crazy. I was alone and went half a day without water. I spent the night near the summit, and I was lucky, because there was a freshwater spring near the top.

 

Well I live right in the middle of a bunch of mountains so it's hard not to have ever climbed one...I'm talking about the Adirondacks. Wherever I go...mountains everywhere. There are 46 High Peaks, the highest being Mt. Marcy(the highest point in NYS) and thats at 5344 ft, and lots of other smaller mountains. I think I've only climbed one high peak so far, that was Giant Mt, at 4627 ft. I've climbed probably 5 or so of the smaller mountains, but I'd like to do more high peaks come this summer. They are really pretty small compared to most other mountain ranges in the U.S., but if you want to climb not for the challenge but for the view it is absolutely beautiful out here("forever wild") , and if anyone is around NY I highly recommend tackling one or two of the High Peaks.

 

Ive climbed Mt Washington,Mt. Kearsarge and a 14er in the Weminuche wilderness of CO but this was MANY years ago

 

Climbed a local 3000ft'er. Not very high but steep face on one side meaning it's quite gusty! I think Snowdon is only a bit higher but sadly you don't get the same isolation up there as it's full of tourists and there's even a train.

 

The most recent climb I've done was this one with friends near Bega in NSW, Australia. I can't remember if it has a name, we had to cut through paddocks and barbed wire fences to get to the bottom of it, and the climb up was pretty freaky because there was no tracks or paths! Beautiful view though!

 

I've climbed many high peaks in California. Mt. Whitney(highest in continental U.S.), Mt. San Antonio(old Baldy), Mt. Waterman, Mt. Verdigo, Mt. Allen, Mt. Mitchell, Mt. Lassen (cool volcano), Pinnacles, Lost Horse Peak, Stony Point, Negro Hill, Half Dome, Pt. Mugu and a whole bunch more I forgot the names of. All very beautiful in there own ways.

 

I have not yet climbed any mountains (surrounding hills are a different story!), but there ARE two in my future. One is Manastash Ridge here by Ellensburg for geology, and after college I'm climbing Mt. Rainier with an old friend, since we promised we'd climb it together someday.

~Nova

 

Oh wow, y'all!!!





It made my eyes tear up to see all the wonderful pictures!! I just can't get enough of the views!! There is something so emensely calming about seeing everything stretch out in every direction for mile after mile...all the issues just melt away and we become a small part of something really big so easily.

Thanks so much for taking the time to share

This summer when we go back to ALaska I hope to hit some of the mountains south of Anchorage, I remember driving past them but we never had time to hike up last time we were there.

 

Living in Michigan, and taking most of my vacations in Michigan (one in
Wisconsin), I've hardly even SEEN any mountains, let alone climbed any.
However, Michigan does have the Porcupine Mountains in the western Upper
Penninsula. They are all under 2000 ft (thus not officially mountains) but it's
the best I've got so far. But I'm heading west in the spring, so I do have
some real mountains in my future.

But for now, here's a pic of the area. This isn't from the highest peak in the
range, but I lost the pictures from that peak. It was cloudy/hazy anyways so
you couldn't see much; this was a much better day for pics, and more
photogenic anyways.

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Where I'm sitting is the edge of a very high cliff, it drops straight down for several hundred feet.

 

What a nice spot trippin! How lucky you are...we live down by the atlantic and it's all flat...the ocean is always nice too though


I love just checking out the view from you links.

We go up to shenandoah every fall with my family these are small mountains, but we just follow the trails there.
Here's the hubby, dog and meself...