December 2008 Archives

Mitchell Peak

Trent

Trent, United States
Trip in United States ~ Beginner difficulty

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Destination: Above the California Smoke Clouds of June 2008How do you plan on doing that? Summit Mitchell PeakWhere? Jennie Lakes Wilderness - tucked in around Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Forest. Couple hours outside of Fresno, CA..How long? Easy. 2,000 foot ascent over 3.1 milesWanna see more pics? Click here Summertime 2008 was a mixed bag of spontaneous as well as planned adventures. The last weekend
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Cirque Peak

Everett

Everett, Canada
Trip in Canada ~ Moderate difficulty

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A slow start to a cold day. I was shaking the frost off the tent at around 7.00, which is my gentle way of letting Carmen know that it’s time to wake up. Conor and Lex tumbled out of their tent soon after, into the cold wet morning that hung around us like a damp towel. We rolled up our kit and it quickly became
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Mont Blanc

Hannu

Hannu, Finland
Trip in France ~ Professional difficulty

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Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, an aristocrat and a physicist from Geneva Switzerland was interested in geology and was a keen alpine traveler in the late 17 hundreds. He had been looking through his scope towards the highest peaks in the Alps and made calculations that a huge white dome and a mountain massive above a valley of Chamouny would have to be the highest
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