Most difficult hike I've ever made...

[stoopid]

http://www.the-boogiemen.com/hiking/#Gothics

Went for a hike this weekend. 12+ miles and 3500+ ft of elevation climbing later I have these photos... enjoy!

[crackityjones]

Word, I love camping dude

[stoopid]

Originally posted by crackityjones
Word, I love camping dude

Uh, camping is driving your SUV into the woods and pitching tent. This required a little more effort than pressing the gas :p

[Clutch]

Sweet pictures man, I think these are better than the last time you posted one of your hiking trips.

[stoopid]

Originally posted by Clutch
Sweet pictures man, I think these are better than the last time you posted one of your hiking trips.

To get nice shots it's partly luck (weather) and part determination (carrying a 60lb pack up 3000-4000 feet for hours on end).

Maybe a little insanity.

needless to say I'm bringing a CD of a few pics to my local camera shot to have them made into professional prints.

[Mt_Goat]

Very nice! It reminds me of when I was you growing up and hiking in eastern Pa. and N.Y.


Then I moved to Alaska after 9 years in the Army and was spoiled rotten.

Here was a 10 day outing where we got dropped off by a bush plane and hiked another 8 miles with 60 Lb. packs then covered at least that much (all of it up and down 1000's of ft.) every day looking for Ovis Dalli.

[Mt_Goat]

Here is another from the same trip.

[stoopid]

Those mountains are strangely lush... small grass I think they call it, very nice texture and good camera work :)

About 6,000ft peaks, right? Nice stuff.

[Mt_Goat]

Originally posted by stoopid
Those mountains are strangely lush... small grass I think they call it, very nice texture and good camera work :)

About 6,000ft peaks, right? Nice stuff.
Good job figureing the elevation, they are just a ted higher as I was at about 5,500 ft. in the first picture. Same pic the large mtn in the back is 9,218 ft. Both pics were done with remote control after being set-up prior to the shot with a Canon F1-AE. I love taking pictures also and will post more here shortly as I'm looking for things to keep me occupied lately and need to scan my slide collection to disc anyway. I do like your page with your hikes. ;)

[stoopid]

Originally posted by mtgoat
I do like your page with your hikes. ;)

I thought it would be the easiest way of sharing my weekends with friends (since most of them don't hike and think I'm nuts to do it). Nice to keep a catalog too, gives me something to look back on and forward to on my next hike.

I was pretty far off on the elevation then, as you're in the valley at 5500... I was thinking that 9000 footer was 6000 or so :p

Isn't Mount Washington like 6700? 9,000??? That's insane!

[Mt_Goat]

This was in the Alaska Range during the end of August. The Alaska Range is really the northernmost extension of the Rockies. We were about 80 miles West of Mt. Denali.

During the summer of my 16th year on Earth I hiked the Appalation Trail solo from Crampton Gap, Md. to Unionville, N.Y. and back to Blue ridge summit in Pa. for just under 600 miles.

[stoopid]

At 16 I wish I had known about hiking, as I would have that time to hike 600 miles :p

Man, if I told work tomorrow I needed a leave of absence to hike the appalacian trail they'd probably suggest I find other employment.

C'est la vie.

Think Giant mountain is my next hike. May invite a guy from work who's done Mt Washington a while back. There's so much to hike in the Adirondacks, and it's so close, I don't see the need (right now) to go anyplace else.

Tell ya what, if I take this hiking thing real serious anytime soon, I may plan a trip to Alaska when I head west in the coming years. Those pics are truly astounding.

Curious -- how far (and what sort of ascent) would I have to hike to be sitting where you are in those photos? I know the trail system is a little less developed out there due to the sheer vastness of their wilderness, so I'm imagining 50 miles or so... topozone has limited alaska maps :(

BTW, did you get your goat? (Ovis Dalli) Based on the rifle leaning against your pack I'm guessing you weren't there documenting their feeding patterns :p

[Mt_Goat]

There are no trails to where I hunt or hike. It would be about 230 mile through all kind of forest and crossing at least 5 major rivers without any kind of aid to get to where I am in those pictures.

On that particular hunt I didn't get my quarry. I did however get a fairly nice Mt Goat on another trip and a decent one before that. Just to keep this straight Mountain Goats are Oreamnos Americanus and Dall sheep are Ovis Dalli. The animal in my avitar is a Mt Goat and the picture below is a Dall sheep.


http://www.mountainmonarchs.com/dl0015.jpg

[stoopid]

Yikes, 200 miles and rivers... guess that's why you got dropped in there. :p

Goat=sheep in this red neck's mind. Beautiful animals either way.

[COGeek]

Very cool... I'm just now preparing (by eating a healthy breakfast) for a hike up to 12,367 feet. Almagre Mountain, a peak just south of Pikes Peak. Starting out at about 7,000 feet. It usually takes 8.5 hours round trip.