I hiked the tallest mountain in the 48 contiguous States Yesterday

[Lestat]

Dude you guys are sporting no avalanche beacons?

There had been one small avalance two days before. We were registered with the park randers, and had many people who knew of our exact itineraries. We saw one park ranger on the mountain each day. You had to have a permit and conditions were discussed with other hikers and multiple rangers before starting. All agreed avalance risk was low. Falling rocks was more of a concern in some areas due to instability created by melt off.

 

[Beachboy6294]

winner with the heaviest bag!

He must have brought alot of porn!

How hard did you find it to do compared to say running a 10k or something else?

 

[Lestat]

same pic, from a higher elevation:

 

[Lestat]

And higher again:

 

[Lestat]

He must have brought alot of porn!

How hard did you find it to do compared to say running a 10k or something else?

no porn, I brought a little weed to celebrate with, but there was literally zero leisure time on this trip. Its really tough to enjoy much of anything at 12,000+ feet where our camp was. Every moment was spent with purpose.

Compared to other things I have done, this is really up there. I have done a half marathon with some big hills and that was intense. This was on that level in a different way. When going up the steep faces, you could take a step, then stop and take a few breaths, then take another step. The air was thing and you were fighting to get enough oxygen to full your muscles. I didn't get any altitude sickness, but was very dilligent about staying hydrated. Some in our group took some meds to help with altitude sickness.

 

[Lestat]

here is where we camped, you can see the face behind with tracks in the snow. It got pretty damn cold at night, overnight lows were well below freezing.

The black canisters and the yellow in the front are "bear cans" where you put anything you have that could attract a bear (food, things that smell). As you can see, no trees grow at this altitude, and there isn't much in the way of wildlife either, but marmots can chew into tents in search of food occasionally.

 

[Beachboy6294]

no porn, I brought a little weed to celebrate with, but there was literally zero leisure time on this trip. Its really tough to enjoy much of anything at 12,000+ feet where our camp was. Every moment was spent with purpose.

Compared to other things I have done, this is really up there. I have done a half marathon with some big hills and that was intense. This was on that level in a different way. When going up the steep faces, you could take a step, then stop and take a few breaths, then take another step. The air was thing and you were fighting to get enough oxygen to full your muscles. I didn't get any altitude sickness, but was very dilligent about staying hydrated. Some in our group took some meds to help with altitude sickness.

That would be cool to smoke one at base camp. I tell people that when I was in the Army and did mountain training it was the toughest thing I did while in. The elevation, my short legs, and ruck sack just killed me. I rather swamp training anytime.

 

[Lestat]

If you look closely, you can see that green tent in the background of this picture. Shows the scale/distance traveled.

 

[Lestat]

that tent is long gone now

 

[SaladFork]

here is where we camped, you can see the face behind with tracks in the snow. It got pretty damn cold at night, overnight lows were well below freezing.

The black canisters and the yellow in the front are "bear cans" where you put anything you have that could attract a bear (food, things that smell). As you can see, no trees grow at this altitude, and there isn't much in the way of wildlife either, but marmots can chew into tents in search of food occasionally.

Nice tent, so wind worthy... nice when you have no tree's for shelter, finding anchor points is a bitch though lol.