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I'm looking for some mountain anywhere in the wolrd that will be an amazing experience to climb. I'm only a beginner and have not done much technical climbing, but would be interested in something challenging that would maybe require some ropes, ice picks, cramp-ons (sp?) etc. Also what are some good learning programs or guided programs for climbing?

Any reccommendations?

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I am considering Mt. Ranier or Kilamanjaro (sp?)

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Mt. Hood is possibly the second most-climbed mountain in the world after Mt. Fuji. It is a good beginner's mountain, requiring rope-up, a glacier walk with crevasses on the way, and a rock climb at the final ascent. It can be done in one day.

If you are looking for something truly challenging, though, Mt. Hood may seem too much of a cream puff. It has been climbed by people in their 80s, young children, unathletic housewives and office workers - just about anyone ambulatory can climb it, if they are determined to do so.

― Aimless (Aimless), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Also what are some good learning programs or guided programs for climbing?

Exum Mountain Guides in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Mountaineers in Seattle, probably. The National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), though the focus of many of their programs is different.

I've always wanted to climb Rainier, and it can be done, without substantial experience, in two days. But lots of people seem to get in trouble or die doing it.

You can climb Mt. Whitney, without any technical experience, in a single day. It is supposed to be a very strenuous hike, though. Other, lesser, still famous mountains you can just walk up include Pikes Peak in Colorado and the weather-heavy Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. There are also many peaks in wilderness areas of the Rockies that you can climb with little to no technical experience, though it's not a good idea without general outdoor/backpacking experience.

There are, of course, rewarding things to do in the mountains besides getting to the top.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Hiking up a mountain to the point where it would be dangerous to go further without technical skills might be frustrating, but you might find that being on the mountain is enough.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Mt Shasta is a good "first" climb... and pretty accessible on the main route, but there are other routes of greater difficulty. You have to use crampons and an ice axe (rented in the town) but it's not real technical. Still, people die nearly every year. I lost my big toenail from the climb. The were cut off very slowly in an emergency room.

But jesus, if you have the funds, go to Kilamanjaro! I went and climbed Mt Musala in the Balkans and had a blast.

― andy, Monday, 18 October 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.sandandsearealestate.com/Homes_Sold/1218_Mariners_Cove/1002142f.jpg

― Jimmy Mod always makes friends with women before bedding them down (ModJ), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.coastcountry.com/recreationslo/graphics/bishopslo.jpg

― Jimmy Mod always makes friends with women before bedding them down (ModJ), Monday, 18 October 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Please to provide subtitles, Mr. The Mod

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Bottom is Bishop's Peak, top one is San Luis Mt., two of a series of nine volcanic peaks in San Luis Obispo County, CA

― Jimmy Mod always makes friends with women before bedding them down (ModJ), Monday, 18 October 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't climbed it, but Picacho in Baja is supposed to be awesome. Not high (just over 10,000) but really remote and brutal... there's often ice but I don't think you need crampons.

http://www.blueroadrunner.com/picacho.htm

― andy, Monday, 18 October 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

So, it looks like I'm going to Mt. Washington in a few weeks to hike to the summit, assuming pesky things like 100mph winds and blizzards and frigid cold don't prevent me from doing so. I'm going with a mountaineer guy who's done it dozens of times and am pretty excited for the trip.

Has anyone here done this in the winter before? Advice?

― don weiner, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

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