Does anyone do any mountaineering?

[alfred russel]

I've done some recent hiking, and thought this could be a new hobby. I'm not going to climb vertical walls of ice or anything, but maybe some higher nontechnical peaks. I was curious if anyone else has an interest in this or done any climbing.

[Ideologue]

I freeclimbed El Capitan.

[MadImmortalMan]

I climb, but not really the sheer cliff face type of thing with ropes. Mostly trails and some rock crawling. Both on foot and 4x4.

[dps]

I have been know to climb stairs--does that count?

[alfred russel]

I climb, but not really the sheer cliff face type of thing with ropes. Mostly trails and some rock crawling. Both on foot and 4x4.

I have no interest in sheer cliff face stuff with ropes. Have you climbed anything higher altitude?

[alfred russel]

I freeclimbed El Capitan.

I know that isn't true because it would require you to leave South Carolina.

[Ideologue]

I've left South Carolina plenty of times.

[alfred russel]

I've left South Carolina plenty of times.

Daytrips to Charlotte and Atlanta? 

[Ideologue]

In the past few years, yeah.

[Monoriu]

Mountaineering means pushing the "add gradient" button when I am on the running machine. 

[alfred russel]

In the past few years, yeah.

[MadImmortalMan]

I climb, but not really the sheer cliff face type of thing with ropes. Mostly trails and some rock crawling. Both on foot and 4x4.

I have no interest in sheer cliff face stuff with ropes. Have you climbed anything higher altitude?

Mostly in the 10,000-14,000ft range. Nothing I needed oxygen for.

[Caliga]

I've climbed a couple of easy mountains, including Mt. Phillips in New Mexico and Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains.  I did Mt. Phillips when I was a teenager and it was a piece of cake.... Clingman's Dome a few years ago and not so much...

The neat thing about mountain climbing is experiencing the very rapid climate transition.  With Clingman's Dome, you're on top of the mountains above the treeline in the freezing wind, and then you come down the mountain and you're in a warm subtropical rain forest.

[MadImmortalMan]

One thing I do notice is that when I take out of town visitors with me, they tend to get winded more easily than I do. Except my cousin from Denver. I sleep every night at 5000 feet. So you can't discount the difference in the air up high. It definitely matters.

[Caliga]

One thing I do notice is that when I take out of town visitors with me, they tend to get winded more easily than I do. Except my cousin from Denver. I sleep every night at 5000 feet. So you can't discount the difference in the air up high. It definitely matters.