Backpacking

[tooblue]

Great pics, tooblue. That place looks beautiful. How were the bugs up there?

We go in late August to avoid the bugs. In the bush during a portage, if you pause you will get eaten alive. At the camp grounds and on the lake they are mostly non existent. It was a great trip.

[tooblue]

Looks awesome. I know a guy who used to do a 2 week canoe trip somewhere in Minnesota every year. He owned 8 canoes himself and a trailer to haul them all. He'd organize the entire deal - round up 14-16 people to go and have them each pay around $1,500 to cover the costs of food, fuel, permits, etc. They'd drive from Utah and then usually make a couple of stops sightseeing along the Canadian border on their way home.

He said he started by doing canoe trips into Shoshone in Yellowstone each year - but he found that going to Minnesota there were fewer issues with wind and mosquitos (really?). He enjoyed portaging to get a couple of lakes in and said that for most trips, by day 2 they were deep enough into the wilderness area that they didn't see another soul until they were coming out again.

There are several entry points to the park where there are outfitters. We entered at the second busiest, renting our canoes and paddling across a lake with cottages on it. The first portage took us from that lake into the interior where there are no motorized vehicles of any kind. Rangers are flown in on float planes to maintain camp sites, and in case of emergency the only way out is rescue helicopter.

[PaloAltoCougar]

The step-brother and business partner of a close friend was hiking Mt. Whitney Friday when, still some distance from the summit, his group decided the terrain was too dangerous to go farther. On the way back down, a small boulder struck the guy, propelling him down the mountain and over a 60-foot cliff, killing him instantly. He was a very fit 52-year-old.

Be careful, BP, and others!

[BigPiney]

The step-brother and business partner of a close friend was hiking Mt. Whitney Friday when, still some distance from the summit, his group decided the terrain was too dangerous to go farther. On the way back down, a small boulder struck the guy, propelling him down the mountain and over a 60-foot cliff, killing him instantly. He was a very fit 52-year-old.

Be careful, BP, and others!

Yikes, so scary and sad. I wonder if he was going up the mountaineers route. I have done that a few times. Most people just go up the trail, which is not scary in the least.

i successfully climbed a 13,900 ft peak today.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Yikes, so scary and sad. I wonder if he was going up the mountaineers route. I have done that a few times. Most people just go up the trail, which is not scary in the least.

i successfully climbed a 13,900 ft peak today.

Based on more recent information, I'm now uncertain if it was Whitney, as my friends were told it was "near" Mt. Whitney. I'll learn more in the coming days, but the tragedy remains regardless. Nice job, btw, on today's ascent.

[hostile]

This is from our campground near Dollar Lake on the hike to King’s Peak.


My 11y old at the top of Utah

[BigPiney]

Based on more recent information, I'm now uncertain if it was Whitney, as my friends were told it was "near" Mt. Whitney. I'll learn more in the coming days, but the tragedy remains regardless. Nice job, btw, on today's ascent.

Thanks. I'll see what I can find out at work tomorrow. That are a bunch of 14ers in the area. So terrible.

[chrisrenrut]

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This is from our campground near Dollar Lake on the hike to King’s Peak.


My 11y old at the top of Utah

Wow, still lots of snow up there. When we went around August 15th a few years ago, there was no snow and very few springs to get water from.

[creekster]

Thanks. I'll see what I can find out at work tomorrow. That are a bunch of 14ers in the area. So terrible.

As it turns out the guy was a good friend of mine. I was told he had been planning to climb three consecutive 14ers over the weekend and was surprised when PAC said it was on Whitney. There were a couple of 14ers he had attempted but not previously completed. I understood that was where he was going. But, in the end, the exact location doesn’t matter too much. It was just a freak accident.

This is so incredibly sad. He was probably the nicest person I’ve ever known.

[BigPiney]

As it turns out the guy was a good friend of mine. I was told he had been planning to climb three consecutive 14ers over the weekend and was surprised when PAC said it was on Whitney. There were a couple of 14ers he had attempted but not previously completed. I understood that was where he was going. But, in the end, the exact location doesn’t matter too much. It was just a freak accident.

This is so incredibly sad. He was probably the nicest person I’ve ever known.

I am so sorry. What a terrible loss.

Being in this area, I hear of too many of these accidents.

[Bo Diddley]

Wow. Sorry to hear that, Creek. God bless.

[tooblue]

As it turns out the guy was a good friend of mine. I was told he had been planning to climb three consecutive 14ers over the weekend and was surprised when PAC said it was on Whitney. There were a couple of 14ers he had attempted but not previously completed. I understood that was where he was going. But, in the end, the exact location doesn’t matter too much. It was just a freak accident.

This is so incredibly sad. He was probably the nicest person I’ve ever known.

That has to be very challenging to deal with—so, very sad.

[tooblue]

[QUOTE=hostile;1425411]This is from our campground near Dollar Lake on the hike to King’s Peak.


My 11y old at the top of Utah
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Awesome

[Topper]

Cascade Mountain in the Andirondacks.

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[BigPiney]

Skeleton found near CA's 2nd highest peak, Mt Williamson.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/apnewsbre...212904418.html

I have done this mountain, great hike.