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Post by riccyfuller93 on Dec 24, 2017 6:28:30 GMT
Anybody interested or done it before?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 7:21:06 GMT
I knew a guy many years ago....through plastering his parents house in Market Drayton who did it .....sat with his parents looking at his photos he’d taken....absolutely breathtaking sharp/ clear and beautiful scenery. Always enjoyed rock climbing in the roaches in my younger days if that counts 🤪🤪
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Post by felonious on Dec 24, 2017 7:48:56 GMT
No, I've driven past the climbing wall at Audley a few times though.
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Post by tuum on Dec 24, 2017 7:54:55 GMT
I am interested in it but my interest only extends to reading about their exploits. There are some great books and videos on this subject. Absolutely fascinating men and women.
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Post by Mendicant on Dec 24, 2017 8:06:02 GMT
I am interested in it but my interest only extends to reading about their exploits. There are some great books and videos on this subject. Absolutely fascinating men and women. Same here. There are some good videos about K2, which seems to attract the most committed of climbers. Also Reinhard Messner was an interesting character.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 24, 2017 8:29:10 GMT
Did the rock climbing as part of the police cadet training in the Lake District, never again!. Abseiling was definitely the best part.
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Post by salopstick on Dec 24, 2017 8:54:28 GMT
I knew a guy many years ago....through plastering his parents house in Market Drayton who did it .....sat with his parents looking at his photos he’d taken....absolutely breathtaking sharp/ clear and beautiful scenery. Always enjoyed rock climbing in the roaches in my younger days if that counts 🤪🤪 Isn’t it just you walking up mow cop
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 9:01:11 GMT
Did a charity trek to Himalayas in 2002, we didn't actually do climbing as such, though there were one or two steep climbs and descents,but never needed ropes, we got to an altitude of just over 12,000 feet, just below the snow line, and I tell ya the altitude sickness was awful, amongst the many great memories was the sky at night, absolutely crystal clear and never seen so many stars, and every few minutes saw shooting stars, you just don't get such clear visions in urban areas.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 9:04:42 GMT
I knew a guy many years ago....through plastering his parents house in Market Drayton who did it .....sat with his parents looking at his photos he’d taken....absolutely breathtaking sharp/ clear and beautiful scenery. Always enjoyed rock climbing in the roaches in my younger days if that counts 🤪🤪 Isn’t it just you walking up mow cop Yeh, Isn’t it you and your friends from the shire at the top of a mole hill
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Post by basingstokie on Dec 24, 2017 18:14:57 GMT
I used to harbour aspirations to do a bit and did Kilimanjaro, but then went to Toubkal for a winter climb and freaked out badly with vertigo - had to get roped to a guide to come down as my legs wouldn't stop shaking. Never had it before, but that was the end of that.
If Toubkal had been successful (I did summit, but descending was awful) then I would have gone on for Mt Blanc and hopefully Aconcagua
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2017 19:10:16 GMT
I was harbouring thoughts of tackling the Twin Peaks tonight....well it is Christmas and you never know your luck.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Dec 24, 2017 19:20:26 GMT
I used to harbour aspirations to do a bit and did Kilimanjaro, but then went to Toubkal for a winter climb and freaked out badly with vertigo - had to get roped to a guide to come down as my legs wouldn't stop shaking. Never had it before, but that was the end of that. If Toubkal had been successful (I did summit, but descending was awful) then I would have gone on for Mt Blanc and hopefully Aconcagua I've got that particular t shirt as well. Hated every moment. When the legs went it was terrible.
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Post by felonious on Dec 24, 2017 19:45:04 GMT
I used to harbour aspirations to do a bit and did Kilimanjaro, but then went to Toubkal for a winter climb and freaked out badly with vertigo - had to get roped to a guide to come down as my legs wouldn't stop shaking. Never had it before, but that was the end of that. If Toubkal had been successful (I did summit, but descending was awful) then I would have gone on for Mt Blanc and hopefully Aconcagua You've just reminded me of a walk I did with a bird up Mam Tor. Going up was ok but she came back down on her arse
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Dec 25, 2017 4:42:05 GMT
It's something that's interested me for a while. Wondering how to get started with it. Only really interested in High Altitude Climbing.
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Post by tuum on Dec 25, 2017 4:45:44 GMT
I suffer from the odd bout of vertigo every 2-3 years. Always wondered what would happen if I was on a mountain when it happened. I walked round Ennerdale Water clockwise last week. For those who know it, I got to the crags about 3.15pm. This is small stuff, perhaps a 40m sheer drop, but I wouldn't want to be on there in the dark. I fly from Bangkok to Astana (Kazakhstan) on a regular basis. The flight is a morning one and you get absolutely fantastic views of the Karakoram range of mountains including K2. I spend hours staring out of the window trying to identify mountain peaks and towns based on the topography in front of me. Call me sad but I don't care. I love it. A friend of mine walked to Everest Base Camp a few years ago. I think it is at 18,000ft. I looked into this and it was a $1,000 for a 12 day trek. Quite reasonable I thought. This was for the 12 day trek only. It excluded flights to Nepal. This was a few years back so prices may well be $1500+ these days.
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Post by riccyfuller93 on Dec 25, 2017 4:52:52 GMT
I suffer from the odd bout of vertigo every 2-3 years. Always wondered what would happen if I was on a mountain when it happened. I walked round Ennerdale Water clockwise last week. For those who know it, I got to the crags about 3.15pm. This is small stuff, perhaps a 40m sheer drop, but I wouldn't want to be on there in the dark. I fly from Bangkok to Astana (Kazakhstan) on a regular basis. The flight is a morning one and you get absolutely fantastic views of the Karakoram range of mountains including K2. I spend hours staring out of the window trying to identify mountain peaks and towns based on the topography in front of me. Call me sad but I don't care. I love it. A friend of mine walked to Everest Base Camp a few years ago. I think it is at 18,000ft. I looked into this and it was a $1,000 for a 12 day trek. Quite reasonable I thought. This was for the 12 day trek only. It excluded flights to Nepal. This was a few years back so prices may well be $1500+ these days. That's brilliant. Would be a dream for me to climb Everest or K2. Both really fascinating peaks, especially K2 because of it's difficulty.
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Post by tuum on Dec 25, 2017 5:12:48 GMT
I suffer from the odd bout of vertigo every 2-3 years. Always wondered what would happen if I was on a mountain when it happened. I walked round Ennerdale Water clockwise last week. For those who know it, I got to the crags about 3.15pm. This is small stuff, perhaps a 40m sheer drop, but I wouldn't want to be on there in the dark. I fly from Bangkok to Astana (Kazakhstan) on a regular basis. The flight is a morning one and you get absolutely fantastic views of the Karakoram range of mountains including K2. I spend hours staring out of the window trying to identify mountain peaks and towns based on the topography in front of me. Call me sad but I don't care. I love it. A friend of mine walked to Everest Base Camp a few years ago. I think it is at 18,000ft. I looked into this and it was a $1,000 for a 12 day trek. Quite reasonable I thought. This was for the 12 day trek only. It excluded flights to Nepal. This was a few years back so prices may well be $1500+ these days. That's brilliant. Would be a dream for me to climb Everest or K2. Both really fascinating peaks, especially K2 because of it's difficulty. You are a braver man than me. I will stick to reading books about it and watching the documentaries. I imagine to climb K2 is the culmination of 5 years+ of dedicated mountaineering tackling peaks of ever increasing difficulty. Having said that. The legendary Don Whillans and Joe Brown spent a lot of their time on The Roaches. It seems that The Roaches can provide some technical challenges for experienced climbers. My football coach fell and lost his life while climbing on The Roaches.
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Post by crowey on Dec 30, 2017 7:09:09 GMT
tuum, used to do some climbing when at school in the 70s. My mate & I were supposed to go climbing in the Karakorams after we left school (his father was the Vice-Ambassador in Islamabad at the time.) Unfortunately it never happened. He is now the doctor on many of the British Everest expeditions. His claim to fame is having taken the highest altitude blood sample in the world. He was always a brilliant climber, but not sure if he’s ever summited (he’s 59 now so I suppose running out of time to do so)
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Post by alsagerstokie on Dec 30, 2017 12:46:07 GMT
The Nepalese have just announced a ban on solo Everest Climbs. Do you agree with this?
I often wonder weather to many people are climbing the mountain. One reason for so many deaths is to many people waiting at Hillary Step.
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 1, 2018 22:59:12 GMT
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Post by flea79 on Feb 2, 2018 10:11:17 GMT
I read this last night, what a horrendous trip, the hallucination thing is pretty scary
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Post by Northy on Feb 2, 2018 10:19:08 GMT
I've only done the 3 peaks 24 hour thing, nothing beyond that, although walking up to the ground on Wednesday was probably similar conditions
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2018 11:47:10 GMT
Never done the high altitude stuff but I do regularly get up to the mountains in Snowdonia and the Lake District to bag a few.
A few years ago during the winter, owing to reduced daylight hours I decided to keep nipping into the Peak District and did the top 40 highest there. Not much in altitude but good fun bagging them all the same.
I love the peace and tranquility that can be found upon the mountains. A place where you can really clear your head, contemplate all sorts of things and generally just unwind. Absolutely love it.
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Post by tuum on Feb 4, 2018 0:59:58 GMT
Never done the high altitude stuff but I do regularly get up to the mountains in Snowdonia and the Lake District to bag a few. I love the peace and tranquility that can be found upon the mountains. A place where you can really clear your head, contemplate all sorts of things and generally just unwind. Absolutely love it. ...not much piece and tranquility on Snowdon in Summer...more people at the top than you would find at Vale Park. I have just spent 2 hours watching numerous clips of Crib Goch. I might recommend it to my brother to conquer his fear of heights.
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Post by cheeesfreeex on Feb 4, 2018 2:52:23 GMT
Valley Uprising on Netflix is a great doc. Free climbing hippies and renegade base jumpers in Yosemite and whatnot. The almost sheer faces of the Half Dome and the nose of El Capitan. Have friends involved in the climbing, though one mate recently shattered his heel so has calmed down. Their dads were part of a climbing group in the 70's who met at The Mermaid Thorncliffe and The Crag at Danebridge {think that's still Staffs Climbing hq}. Regular trips to the Alps and Pyrenees. They're strong armed squat rock monkeys, low centres of gravity passed on etc. I've never had the body type nor inclination for owt more than a bit of bouldering or a scree scramble.
Fascinating stuff, in awe of the steel cajones.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 8:39:05 GMT
Never done the high altitude stuff but I do regularly get up to the mountains in Snowdonia and the Lake District to bag a few. I love the peace and tranquility that can be found upon the mountains. A place where you can really clear your head, contemplate all sorts of things and generally just unwind. Absolutely love it. ...not much piece and tranquility on Snowdon in Summer...more people at the top than you would find at Vale Park. I have just spent 2 hours watching numerous clips of Crib Goch. I might recommend it to my brother to conquer his fear of heights. Yeah, there are certain summits I steer clear of, Snowdon being one. Climbed it a few times now and every time the top has been swamped with people. No doubt I’ll do it again if I’m with someone who hasn’t done it but other than that I keep well away. There are others where you barely see a sole all day though. I much prefer these. Less altitude but much more rewarding. Crib Goch... hmmm 😉
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 4, 2018 19:06:26 GMT
I often wonder weather to many people are climbing MT Everest. One reason for so many deaths is to many people waiting on the hillary step. So by the time they reach the summit. They have even less time before they have to descend. So then rushing and making mistakes on climb down, or getting caught in storms and that on way down as taken longer to to get there so out of the window for climb and then the harsh conditions get to them. Dont know if you agree. All those years ago when Hillary and Norgay did it and the few aftwewards it was such a great achievement. Yet know it seems anyone wants to and think they can climb it. £ will sort that. In reality its a mountain that shoud be respected and i dont think everyone gives it that respect.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 19:45:15 GMT
I often wonder weather to many people are climbing MT Everest. One reason for so many deaths is to many people waiting on the hillary step. So by the time they reach the summit. They have even less time before they have to descend. So then rushing and making mistakes on climb down, or getting caught in storms and that on way down as taken longer to to get there so out of the window for climb and then the harsh conditions get to them. Dont know if you agree. All those years ago when Hillary and Norgay did it and the few aftwewards it was such a great achievement. Yet know it seems anyone wants to and think they can climb it. £ will sort that. In reality its a mountain that shoud be respected and i dont think everyone gives it that respect. Yes money has a big part to play nowadays. You pay your money and book your place, often a few years in advance. If the weathers bad on your summit day you really should step down. You’ll lose your money and not summit but you’ll be alive. All too often people are trying to summit because they’ve paid to do so, often paying with their life. There’s also the fact that so many are now on the mountain it’s always going to cause problems. How people can walk over dead bodies to achieve their goal is beyond me. As for respect, well any mountain deserves respect, even the relatively lower level UK mountains can kill if you’re not careful. Not sure how many Crib Goch claimed in 2017, they don’t make the headlines anymore 🙁
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Post by alsagerstokie on Feb 4, 2018 21:26:08 GMT
I often wonder weather to many people are climbing MT Everest. One reason for so many deaths is to many people waiting on the hillary step. So by the time they reach the summit. They have even less time before they have to descend. So then rushing and making mistakes on climb down, or getting caught in storms and that on way down as taken longer to to get there so out of the window for climb and then the harsh conditions get to them. Dont know if you agree. All those years ago when Hillary and Norgay did it and the few aftwewards it was such a great achievement. Yet know it seems anyone wants to and think they can climb it. £ will sort that. In reality its a mountain that shoud be respected and i dont think everyone gives it that respect. Yes money has a big part to play nowadays. You pay your money and book your place, often a few years in advance. If the weathers bad on your summit day you really should step down. You’ll lose your money and not summit but you’ll be alive. All too often people are trying to summit because they’ve paid to do so, often paying with their life. There’s also the fact that so many are now on the mountain it’s always going to cause problems. How people can walk over dead bodies to achieve their goal is beyond me. As for respect, well any mountain deserves respect, even the relatively lower level UK mountains can kill if you’re not careful. Not sure how many Crib Goch claimed in 2017, they don’t make the headlines anymore 🙁 I think the Nepalese government have put a restriction on climbing it which is good and shows maybe for them its not all about money. The Sherpa's if I remember rightly were fed up a while back.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2018 21:43:03 GMT
Yes money has a big part to play nowadays. You pay your money and book your place, often a few years in advance. If the weathers bad on your summit day you really should step down. You’ll lose your money and not summit but you’ll be alive. All too often people are trying to summit because they’ve paid to do so, often paying with their life. There’s also the fact that so many are now on the mountain it’s always going to cause problems. How people can walk over dead bodies to achieve their goal is beyond me. As for respect, well any mountain deserves respect, even the relatively lower level UK mountains can kill if you’re not careful. Not sure how many Crib Goch claimed in 2017, they don’t make the headlines anymore 🙁 I think the Nepalese government have put a restriction on climbing it which is good and shows maybe for them its not all about money. The Sherpa's if I remember rightly were fed up a while back. I think the Nepalese restrictions were largely down to the mess people were making. The mountain itself is littered with gas bottles, equipment, even bodies they can’t retrieve. The base camp area is also strewn with rubbish although efforts have been made in recent years to tidy the place up a bit. Summit attempts are limited now but you can still go to base camp for a grand or so.
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