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Hiking and Climbing Adventures

Welcome to Hiking & Mountaineering Blog! Sharing my personal hiking & climbing experiences, photos, other ‘s excursions, upcoming hiking events mainly in So Cal, other blogs mainly in the news plus links to information of interest to all hikers, mountaineers & mountain lovers. Updates to Hiking & Mountaineering are expected almost daily, so please check back often.

Skyline Trail Trip Report with Pictures by David Stewart recently

David has graciously offered to car pool with me to Mt Baldy.   He has moved here from Florida and needs someone who knows the trails.   If I can easily hike Baldy again I am prepared to tackle Skyline again at age 75 after a three year absence.

http://www.4u2byte.com/skyline/skylinehike.html

 

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Posted: June 18, 2013, 8:53 pm

New Page of Personal Climbing News Websites at Summitpost - June 17 2013

This thread will be updated daily and starts with a Karakorum update -
Also a video by Alan Arnette of the Little Bear - Blanca W Ridge traverse

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/post925916.html#p925916

Broad Peak and K2 (in the background)

Little Bear

 

Three of yesterday's urls

http://drdirtbag.wordpress.com -- seano -- Updated

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com-- Kraig Becker -- Texas -- Updates every few hours every day

http://chamconditions.blogspot.com/ -- Charlie Boscoe -- UK and France

http://chamconditions.blogspot.com/2013/06/aiguilles-marbrees-traverse-general.html


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Posted: June 17, 2013, 4:46 pm

The Alpinism of Tad McCrea Video + The Grand Charmoz in the Alps

Tad covers different areas in this interesting video
Matt Helliker and Jon Bracey tackle a first free ascent in the Alps
Lofoten Image by Silvia Mazzani of Summitpost

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=40968

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68128

http://www.summitpost.org/from-presten-view-over-the-djupfjorden-lofoten/718330/c-791501

Lofoten in Norway

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Posted: June 15, 2013, 9:56 pm

Upcoming Meetup Trip to Zion + News on Peaks Below 8000 meters

The Coachella Valley Meetup group is going canyoneering in Zion
Climbing news on peaks below 8000 meters by Explorersweb

http://www.meetup.com/Hiking-Coachella-Valley

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=pakistan-climbing-other-than-eight-thous_137115869

http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com  --  Raheel Adnan  --  India

http://www.pauloroxo.com

http://alpinist.com/doc/web13s/newswire-broken-tooth  --  David Crothers in Alaska

 Paiju Peak

 K6

 Broken Tooth - AK

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Posted: June 14, 2013, 8:15 pm

Giripremi's Lhotse-Everest 2013 Video + First Ascent of Peak 34

I found this video on Explorersweb
Plus First Ascent of Peak 34 by Anna Pfaff and partner of Colombia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EQmyHYfE7ns

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?source=http%3A%2F%2Fgiripremi.com%2Flhotse-everest-2013-promo%2F&lang=en

 

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http://www.climbingmadness.blogspot.com/ -- Anna Pfaff -- Colombia -- First ascent of Peak 34 in Bolivia 

 

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=first-ascent-of-peak-34_1371006257

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted: June 12, 2013, 4:12 pm

Climbing K2 Video + Ueli Steck Climbs N Face of the Monch

A long but dramatic K2 video this season
Ueli Steck trip report with pictures on the steep face of the Monch
Everest time lapse video - down below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6wO5usgoq3s

 

 

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uelisteck.ch%2Fen%2Fnews%2Fnews%2F364-moench.html&lang=de

 Monch

 

 

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Everest time lapse video

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=40959

 

http://www.eliasaikaly.com/

 

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Posted: June 11, 2013, 5:17 pm

Updated Climbing Adventures on Personal Websites at Summitpost

The latest climbing and hiking news -
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/personal-websites-t2819-2280.html.   --  Please scroll down the summitpost url for the latest

http://pathadley.smugmug.com/2013/Mount-Humphreys-June-8-2013/29891417_N2vNDP#!i=2564638476&k=Xsk9jv2  -- Pat Hadley -- California -- Mt Humphreys

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/ -- Kraig Becker -- Texas -- Updates every few hours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Bw7NtcEKI&feature=player_embedded#  -- 100 years on Denali Video

http://vividrea1ity.blogspot.com/2013/06/ho-chi-minh-trail-journey.html  -- Vitaliy M -- California -- Updated in Yosemite

http://www.summitpost.org/mt-shuksan-north-face-14-car-to-car/852482  --  Steph Abegg  --  Washington

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Posted: June 10, 2013, 8:52 pm

The First Ascent of Mont Blanc in 1786 by Balmat and Paccard

Thanks to Eric Viola on Summitpost.org for this excellent illustrated article
Also video of the Central Alasks Range

http://www.summitpost.org/the-1rst-ascent-of-mont-blanc/850467

 

 

 

 

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http://vimeo.com/67690291

 

 

 High Sierra

http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Scrambles-in-the-Range-of-Light/t355n.html

 

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Posted: June 10, 2013, 3:44 pm

Summer Karakorum Teams Arrive + Woodring Peak E Ridge 5.1 + San Jacinto Mt Peaks Still Rising

Numerous Karakorum Peaks teams are ready to go on K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak etc
Seano is on a climbing spree - the latest is Woodring - E Ridge
San Jacinto Mountain Peaks still rising

http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2013/06/summer-2013-k2-nanga-parbat-broad-peak.html

http://drdirtbag.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/woodring06.jpg

 

http://www.mydesert.com/article/20130608/LIFESTYLES08/306080054/San-Jacinto-Mountain-peaks-still-rising?nclick_check=1

 

 

 

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Posted: June 9, 2013, 4:33 pm

Tour de Longs Peak Video and Trip Report by Alan Arnette

Alan has climbed Longs Peak for the 30th time and posted this interesting video

http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2013/06/08/climbing-a-classic-longs-peak/

http://www.alanarnette.com/alan/alanhome.php

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Posted: June 8, 2013, 4:07 pm

Climbing from Sea to Summit Around the World

This website covers the challenge of climbing the highest peaks of the area from sea level

http://www.angelfire.com/or/petermarsh/stsclimbs.htm

 

 

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Posted: June 6, 2013, 3:51 pm

Videos of Hikers in Trouble + Climbing News Websites

This videos shows a hiker attacked by bees while rock climbing - He died

http://videos.huffingtonpost.com/hiker-dies-following-bee-attack-517522234

 

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http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/personal-websites-t2819-2280.html  --  Scroll down to the last entry

 

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Posted: June 4, 2013, 6:41 pm

The Best Cable Car Rides in the World

Here are the most outstanding gondola and cable car rides in the world
Also Alan Arnette recaps the current Everest Season (below)

http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/play/worlds-5-most-thrilling-cable-cars-285325

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/cable-cars/#page=1

 

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway
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http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/everest-2013-alan-arnette-recaps-season.html

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Posted: June 3, 2013, 6:08 pm

New Page on Personal Websites on Summitpost forum - June 2nd

The latest climbing adventures on Summitpost and various climbing news websites

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/personal-websites-t2819-2280.html

Denali

http://alpineinstitute.blogspot.com/2009/07/denali-photos.html 

The Previous Page

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/personal-websites-t2819-2265.html

http://www.summitpost.org/is-there-a-mutated-strain-of-contagious-summit-fever-on-huascar-n-small-four-months-in-peru-part-xii-small/851301

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Posted: June 2, 2013, 9:17 pm

Upcoming June Hiking Trips in the Mt Baldy area + Hawaai Mt images

More trips will be posted on this website if you missed these.
Also Hawaai Mountain images
Cactus to Clouds Trip Report {below}

http://www.meetup.com/Hiking-Coachella-Valley

  Iron to Baldy

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Cactus to Cclouds Trip Report

http://www.summitpost.org/yoga-on-c2c-5-26-13/851092

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Posted: June 1, 2013, 9:04 pm

Tina Fiori is now on Denali - Video shows their Progress + 80 year old summits Everest

Skyline graduate and my friend and protage Tina is now on Denali
Also - 80 year old climber claims new Everest record (Video below)

http://aaidispatches.blogspot.com/2013/05/denali-team-2-2013-dispatch-10.html

http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic.php?t=4155&sid=3d6864ed202f9e103c509fed92a921e7


http://aaidispatches.blogspot.com/2013/05/denali-team-2-2013-dispatch-13.html

UPDATE - Tina has summited - Congratulations
http://aaidispatches.blogspot.com/2013/05/denali-team-2-2013-dispatch-15.html


Tina is on the top right

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80 YEAR OLD CLAIMS NEW EVEREST RECORD

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22644717

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Posted: June 1, 2013, 4:05 pm

Fun on Mts Agassiz, Dade and Abbott with Calicokat

Jim spent the Memorial Day weekend in Yosemite and took some great pictures
The latest climbing news on Personal Websites on Summitpost
Great weather on Denali  --  See below just above the facebook link

http://mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic.php?t=4166

http://calicokat.smugmug.com/Hiking/Sierra-Nevada

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http://www.summitpost.org/mount-logan/154947-- Josh Lewis -- Washington -- Mt Logan
http://www.alpinejosh.com
http://www.alpinascent.com

http://www.alpinist.com/doc/web13s/newswire-laurens-lacuna-allen-zimmerman

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/with-spring-himalaya-season-over-all.html
http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=weather-window-brings-high-denali-succes_136997105

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=lhotse-wrap-up-spring-2013_1370027819
http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com  --  Raheel Adnan  --  India  --  Lhotse Update

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Posted: May 31, 2013, 9:16 pm

Valery Rozov Base Jumps from 7220 meters from Everest + Annapurna Range F/A

Valery is a famous base jumper from Russia
A First Ascent in the Annapurna Range (below)

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=40914

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/video-base-jumper-leaps-from-everest.html

http://www.redbull.com/en/athletes/1331579155503/valery-rozov

http://www.explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?url=valery-rozov-base-jumps-from-mt-everest_1369929159

 

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http://alpinist.com/doc/web13s/newswire-gandharva-chuli-andron-pogacean

 

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Posted: May 30, 2013, 6:00 pm

Great Mountains and Great Mountaineers Videos + Everest 60 Years Ago

Thanks to Laura for sending me this great website with interesting videos
Also pictures from the first successful climb of Everest (below)
My latest posts on Personal Websites at Summitpost (below - Scroll down to the bottom)

http://www.igluski.com/mountaineering-videos

 Annapurna

 Everest

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Pictures from the first successful climb of Everest 60 years ago

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22691414

 Hillary and Tenzing

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Latest climbing news on Summitpost

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/post923090.html#p923090

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Posted: May 29, 2013, 10:09 pm

Learning From Other Peoples Mistakes On Skyline

Mt mtsanjacinto.info forum had this interesting article on how people misjudge the dangers of the Skyline Trail especially when they start too late in warm weather.

http://mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic.php?t=3590

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Posted: May 27, 2013, 10:28 pm

Juanjo Garra Rescue Underway on Dhaulagiri

Spanish climber Juanjo Garra has a suspected broken ankle near the 8000 meter level on Dhaulagiri.
The latest news is at the bottom of Raheel Adnan's blog

http://altitudepakistan.blogspot.com/2013/05/dhaulagiri-juanjo-garra-suffered.html

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?source=http%3A%2F%2Fjuanjogarra.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F05%2F26%2F26-maig-continua-el-rescat-de-juanjo-garra-i-kheshap-sherpa%2F&lang=es

http://theadventureblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/himalaya-2013-climber-stranded-on.html

Update

I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT HE DIED

http://www.explorersweb.com/offsite/?source=http%3A%2F%2Faltitudepakistan.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F05%2Fdhaulagiri-juanjo-garra-suffered.html&lang=en

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Posted: May 27, 2013, 1:09 pm

24 Peaks Redlands Hiker Begins his 24 Hour Quest

Yesterday (Friday) Paul Melzer began his long hike at 6.00 pm  under a full moon

http://blog.pe.com/redlands/2013/05/24/24-peaks-redlands-man-begins-mountain-quest/



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Posted: May 25, 2013, 7:59 pm

Two New Routes Cap Off the Ruth Gorge season + Greenland video

New routes in the Ruth Gorge of Alaska
Greenland rock climbing video - below

http://alpinist.com/doc/web13s/newswire-bradley-johnson-new-routes

 

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Greenland Video

 

http://www.climbing.com/video/payne-pringle-libecki-in-greenland/

 

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Posted: May 24, 2013, 5:39 pm

The Most Breathtaking Roads in the World + Arizona T/R

Most of the road photos are new
Also the Cedar and Sand website is updated with more great pictures - below

Click on the links for more pictures

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/03/roads-to-drive-before-you-die/

http://carsroute.com/top-15-most-beautiful-roads-in-the-world/

 

http://carsroute.com/top-15-most-beautiful-roads-in-the-world/ 

 

 

 

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Posted: May 23, 2013, 3:00 pm

Tragedy on Kangchenjunga - 5 climbers killed

Planetmountain had this news this morning (5/22)
Vitaliy has updated his blog with a technical climb of Middle Cathedral

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=40887

 Kangchenjunga

http://vividrea1ity.blogspot.com/2013/05/north-buttress-v-510a-of-middle.html

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Posted: May 22, 2013, 4:44 pm