Mountains

[Redder Lurtz]

I'm a bit pissed but I love mountains, me. 

[Mook]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65903063

 

[Bjornebye]

14 hours ago, Mook said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65903063

 

 

Ben's an absolute chancer, that lampost's nearly bigger than it 

[Atticus Finch]

15 hours ago, Mook said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-65903063

 

Maybe someone had just opened the ark of the covenant up there 

[Bjornebye]

24 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said:

Maybe someone had just opened the ark of the covenant up there 

 

Or Simons up there working on his next invention, Stainless Steel Water 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

"Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the Earth?"

 

[TheBitch]

Just watched a documentary called Meru. 
 

It is superb. 
 

Also watched one on K2 last week called K2: Siren of the Himalayas. 
 

That’s a beast of a mountain. 
 

 

[Jose Jones]

3 hours ago, TheBitch said:

Just watched a documentary called Meru. 
 

It is superb. 
 

Also watched one on K2 last week called K2: Siren of the Himalayas. 
 

That’s a beast of a mountain. 
 

 

K2 isn't in the Himalayas though is it? 

 

[Mook]

4 hours ago, Jose Jones said:

K2 isn't in the Himalayas though is it? 

 

 

Karakoram range apparently.

 

Good knowledge that, I'd always thought it was in the Himalayas.

[TheBitch]

15 hours ago, Jose Jones said:

K2 isn't in the Himalayas though is it? 

 

This is excellent knowledge, JJ, it’s a fact I knew, have known for years, is mentioned numerous times in the documentary and still I didn’t cotton on. 
 

I remember reading a Reinhold Messner book years ago and I’m sure it used to be 1 in 3 people attempting to summit K2 died, obviously it’s much, much less than that now but it’s still known as the hardest 8000er to climb. 

In 2009 nobody summited at all, in comparison to about 300 people summiting Everest. 
 

I’ve watched a couple more today, first one is The Alpinist, which follows Marc-André Leclerc, a Canadian free solo maniac. 
Second one was called Kilian Journet: Path to Everest. 
 

This is the second one I’ve watched on Journet, the first was called Summits of my life. 

 

Anyway mountain films. Get on them. 

[VladimirIlyich]

2 hours ago, TheBitch said:

This is excellent knowledge, JJ, it’s a fact I knew, have known for years, is mentioned numerous times in the documentary and still I didn’t cotton on. 
 

I remember reading a Reinhold Messner book years ago and I’m sure it used to be 1 in 3 people attempting to summit K2 died, obviously it’s much, much less than that now but it’s still known as the hardest 8000er to climb. 

In 2009 nobody summited at all, in comparison to about 300 people summiting Everest. 
 

I’ve watched a couple more today, first one is The Alpinist, which follows Marc-André Leclerc, a Canadian free solo maniac. 
Second one was called Kilian Journet: Path to Everest. 
 

This is the second one I’ve watched on Journet, the first was called Summits of my life. 

 

Anyway mountain films. Get on them. 

I've seen a couple of documentaries on them and it's scary shit. There is a youtube channel called David Snow and it has that stuff on it.

[Walter Sobchak]

What a lovely thread to find on here.

 

I came into mountain walking/climbing late in life and a couple of years ago completed the 3 Peaks. 
 

Scafell Pike was a bitch but the views of the fells were something else.

 

Big Ben was the most physically demanding thing I’ve ever done. 
 

Yr Wyddfa/Snowdon is always great fun.

 

I did it for charity and raised a couple of grand. After this I set about on a 5 year plan to walk all the 6 traditional routes on Snowdon, climb Pen Y Fan and climb the two Irish mountains. So 2 years into the 5 year plan I’ve completed 5 of the 6 paths, having done Snowdon Ranger (mid April in the snow) this year and potentially earmarked one more climb in august to maybe do Watkin and complete the 6. 
 

Big respect to Mook and Bitch on this thread for their deeds. Killian Journet has been mentioned on here, he climbed Everest twice in one week without oxygen as well. I mean, where do you fucking start with that?

 

Love the 14 peaks doc with Nims. I follow him and his company Elite Exped on Instagram and often stare for hours at the pics of the 8000s he does. In the doc he climbs one hungover. Fuck me.

 

Due to a complex medical condition I can never dream of climbing or doing Everest Base camp. Not sure Ben Nevis was my limit as it was bloody hard, but maybe a 2000m one could be doable, maybe even Kilimanjaro, who knows. 
 

Id definitely like to do the CMD. Think that would be one to do after the 5 year plan along with the glyders. 
 

 

[Walter Sobchak]

I’ve also had a look at doing my mountain leaders through work. Trying to build up my mountain time so I can get on it.

[TheBitch]

I’ve wanted to do the CMD for years, but having already climbed Ben Nevis I keep waiting for some of my mates to say they want to do it and I’ll take them up that route and I find other peaks to tick off instead. 
 

I’m (slowly) ticking off the Trail 100 (fuck you work) that’s a cracking list to get your teeth into if you want a long term challenge. I’m on 51 to date. 

[Bernard Diomede]

Currently half way through the tour de Mont Blanc and staying in courmeyer. Some boss views already. Second picture is the summit of Mont Blanc which we got a view of yesterday. 

[Bernard Diomede]

A few more from the alps recently 

 

 

[Mook]

Fucking amazing pictures, thanks for sharing them.

[Champ]

One of my ideas for my ‘diamond jubilee’ is to do Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowden (apologies). I’ve climbed Ben Nevis before but it’s so long ago it doesn’t count any more

[Paulie Dangerously]

Not quite mountains but this is my view 

[VladimirIlyich]

Fuck off you lot with your adventurous lives! I'm very jealous.