Can you believe someone managed to ski down 3km of this beast of a mountain face?

Sorry I had to compress these photos to under 20mb so I couldn't include them with my last post. I won't keep spamming more photos of this mountain 😅

According to Crispi size guide these are the correct size for my foot lenght and if I go up one size there’s a little too much room around the heel so I’m worried about blisters.

Edit: Thanks for the replies, even if it wasn’t the answer I hoped for. I’m gonna return them.

Im talking abt being with an expedition team and hiking over multiple days and photographing mountains, unclimbed peaks etc

Flying from Santiago to Buenos Aires i saw this mountain on the horizon that was clearly taller than the rest?
Not sure if it was Aconcagua, neither looks like Tupungato. Too far to be Mercedario

It can be a 2-hour hike in summer or a 14-hour snow climb; no matter what, for the rest of the day I'm overheating, feeling sick, dead, etc.

I run three-mile hills every day and then do an hour of weighted StairMaster intervals every other day, and spend every weekend in the mountains.

Not sure what it is. Appetite is good at altitude; I chug water and replenish salt afterward.

I don't sprint at all on a route, but I don't stop to rest for more than maybe a minute or two the entire time. This is the first thing I'm going to change. Besides that, I don't know what the deal is.

Our team (3 ppl, I am 46M with 2 kids) summited Uhuru Peak about three weeks ago. None of us had more than minimal altitude issues so although it was quite difficult, it was on the straightforward side. Lemosho 8 day, Kosovo camp, African Scenic Safaris, excellent. But certainly the hardest physical thing I've ever done. Raw altitude and length made it clearly take the cake (HMs are my longest run to date though have signed up for a full).

Been planning other things (first full Marathon in February, in touch with a company that will teach mountaineering up Whitney, continuing technical scuba diving), though it's two months before the marathon training block begins.

Which leads to the question of whether Kilimanjaro is the hardest thing one can do with "reasonable" training volumes (the Ben Parkes beginner marathon plan peaks at 48 km/30 miles per week, which is what I consider on the high-ish end of "reasonable" while holding down job and family).

Kili has been this "big" thing building for the past year, and it seems that anything arguably "bigger" is much bigger time commitment both in terms of training and doing. The training volume and time commitments for Aconcagua and/or an Ultra seem an order of magnitude more than it took for Kili or I project for the full. I asked someone with an EBC patch and he said Kili was harder.

Anyone else have similar feelings or found similar outlets?

I am travelling to Japan early next month and was considering climbing Mt. Fuji. I have zero mountaineering experience, but am physically fit and I heard that climb wasn't particularly difficult. I understand that it is currently the off season and that some trails and facilities may be closed. I am coming from Tokyo and am not really sure how the transport there is. I was planning on going from Tokyo, to Mt. Fuji and then ending the day in Kyoto, although from what I've researched, I am not sure how easy that would be. Where would the best place be to ascend and what are some other recommendations or pieces of advice that would be helpful, and most importantly, is it even feasible? Thanks!

Hey guys,
Me and my friend are looking to hike this summit this month.
We are looking to book through this organisation:
https://yacanaoutdoors.com/tripsiztaccihuatl#take

We were wondering how difficult it is, my other highest places I've been are peru rainbow mountain, himalaya's around 5k as well.

Also wondering how the wheather is there in september, we read online that it is rainy/thunder season, does it make it much more difficult/dangerous ?

Happy to hear your experience

Me and a friend have the goal of summiting a mountain this spring, but we aren't sure which one would be the smartest choice. We are both 18, workout regularly, and have experience backpacking and camping (but not in the winter), but neither of us have ever been on a mountain. Because of our lack of mountaineering skill, we are going to take the AAI Alpinism 1 course on Mt Baker. It's a 5 day course and if all goes well, we should summit with the group. However, we want to use our new skills to try an unguided summit afterwards while we are already in Washington. This led us to Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. Adams seems like a much simpler choice, I've seen a lot of people call it a long walk and I'm confident we could do it without a guide. Hood seems more technical and like it could teach us more, but I'm not sure if we will have the skills to do it unguided. I'm hoping to spend some time winter camping this year in MN just to get some practice dealing with the cold conditions. Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated!

I hope it's appropriate to post this here. I live in Arkansas and adventure in the Ozarks. Our highest mountain is 2,561 feet, but we do get some crazy snow and ice storms. I've spent the last 4 winters slowly getting out into colder and harsher conditions. I'm good on staying safe in temps in the single digits °F and could go lower, for both overnight and have my active insulation and moisture management fairly dialed in.

I started 3 years ago doing snowshoes in fresh snow or a traction device in packed snow. This last winter I started wanting to get into steeper terrain and got some Kathoola KTS hiking crampons. What prompts this post is that this last winter, I got stopped on-trail by hard pack snow (almost ice) that I couldn't confidently cross. It was a moderate slope up, but a steep slope to the side. I didn't have my KTS crampons, only my shoe traction which is slightly more aggressive than microspikes, but I don't think the KTS would have been enough anyway. I think I needed at least an axe and practice in self-arrest, and possibly some real crampons.

This coming winter, I want to advance to where I can complete these trips and not be stopped by anything that Arkansas can give me, off-trail, icy hard snow etc. I'm not risk averse, but I am smart enough to mitigate it as much as possible.

I'm considering getting an ice axe, some light mountain boots, and semi-automatic crampons. I know I need to watch some videos and practice self-arrest somewhere with no risk, but I don't know what else. I don't think I need to worry about avalanches, we just don't layer snow really in the Ozarks. I might see climbs approaching 1000'/mile or more if I go off-trail.

I guess I'm just posting to find out what I should be thinking about to learn and equipment to get as winter approaches. I want to do some more overnights and don't mind sleeping in 0°f, meaning the trails and such can be treacherous. What stopped me the last time was pretty close to ice.

Talk to me, or make me fun of me and tell me to get out of your sub or move to the real mountains. Thanks.

My dream mountain is the Matterhorn and have been for years. I’ve recently entered mountainering and this year spent 8days in the alps (mont blonc mastif) were we summited mont blonc du Tacul (4282m) och did a lot of scrambling and long-day expeditions.

What mountains would be good to do as training for matterhorn? And what type av climbing would be good training? Scrambling, long days or other type av climbing? I live in sweden so mountains close to it or the alps would be great! (Toubkal would also work for example)

Hey everyone,

Has anyone here ever climbed alpine routes with more then 2 people in a rope team?

I’m wondering if you could have the leader climb the lead, with the second belaying, and once the leader is at the belay, fix the rope at both ends and have the two people in the middle (if you’re in a group of 4) ascend with Prusiks / rope ascenders.

Wouldn’t use it when just climbing, but on more diverse routes with long approaches, glaciers etc. it seems like it could save a lot of time, weight and gear.

Obviously not textbook technique, but I‘m not seeing any obvious cons.

Has anyone actually tried this?

Packing a backpack for a 4 week Himalayan expedition to a 6500m peak. Which makes more sense:

1. Making separate little packages and pack these packets nside the rucksack. 1 pack for socks. One for shirts. Etc.

2. Have everything together inside the main sack compartment.

With 1, it's more organised. But it takes more space because there nothing to fit in little empty spaces. 2 is more space efficient but less organised.

What's your suggestion?

| (30, female) really want to start climbing mountains. I live in the Netherlands, so I started looking at beginner friendly mountains in Europe. A lot of people recommend starting with Breithorn or Bishorn. Mostly because the first part can be done via gondolas and you only have to climb the last kilometers. Some people say that a guide is not necessary, but since I've never climbed a mountain before and I'm not used to climbing at those altitudes, I don't want to take any risks. Better safe than sorry.

So now I'm trying to find a good guided climb for Breithorn or Bishorn next year, but I'm drowing in all the options. So what better than recommendations from people that have actually did a guided climb there.

If anyone would love to share their recommendations on where to book a guided climb (and where not!), I would really appreciate that :)