this is a video of me and my Dad stopping to take a breather on the cliff face
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Also on our California trip we climbed half dome as a warm up hike for Whitney. Round trip was 18 miles. We started at about 5am. Oh, and if you like hiking and your interested in what is called 14ers then a good web site is 14ers.com.
we hiked about an hour by the first pic. (in pic one) Miles hiked 3, miles till summit 6, and miles back to car 15.
pic 1
(pic two) We hiked 5 miles. It's about 7am and we can see the summit but don't see how we are going to get there. 4 miles till summit, 13 miles back to the car.
pic 2
(pic 3)We are about to climb a false summit and then climb the last mile. The last mile is a cliff face you must climb up to the summit (and we will use cables to help us climb). One mile to summit. 10 to the car.
pic 3
(pic 4) Just started the face. It's not to steep yet but it gets worse. 2,000 feet to summit, 9 miles back to car.
pic 4
(pic 5) I don't know if you can see me but I'm standing on the edge of the cliff with a 4,000 ft drop under me.
pic 5
If you feel up to the challenge, I highly suggest this climb. It was a lot of fun and very beautiful to see Gods creation. It brings your mind off of worldly things and allows you to see just how big our God is.
we hiked about an hour by the first pic. (in pic one) Miles hiked 3, miles till summit 6, and miles back to car 15.
pic 1(pic two) We hiked 5 miles. It's about 7am and we can see the summit but don't see how we are going to get there. 4 miles till summit, 13 miles back to the car.
pic 2(pic 3)We are about to climb a false summit and then climb the last mile. The last mile is a cliff face you must climb up to the summit (and we will use cables to help us climb). One mile to summit. 10 to the car.
pic 3(pic 4) Just started the face. It's not to steep yet but it gets worse. 2,000 feet to summit, 9 miles back to car.
pic 4(pic 5) I don't know if you can see me but I'm standing on the edge of the cliff with a 4,000 ft drop under me.
pic 5If you feel up to the challenge, I highly suggest this climb. It was a lot of fun and very beautiful to see Gods creation. It brings your mind off of worldly things and allows you to see just how big our God is.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
A few months ago me and my Dad went on a hiking trip to California. It was a fun trip we climbed the tallest mtn in the us round trip hike was 21 miles. (oh and btw the mtn is called mount Whitney, ya I know Whitney doesn't sound intimidating like mount Kilimanjaro or I like to say kill a man jaro but Whitney was still ruff) and here's some pics.
we started at about 2am, and we hiked about 3hour by the first pic and we where at base camp. 5miles till summit 16 miles till we make it back down to were we started.
We hiked another hour or so to get to the snow chute
After a long strenuous push up the snow chute we had hiked about 9miles, it was 9am and we lost a lot of time in the chute. We still had enough time to reach summit before lunch. 2 miles to summit 12 miles back to the car.
And finely 21miles latter were there on top of the us at 14,500feet.
Pics just don't do it justice as to how beautiful it really is up there or how hard or long the hike was.
we started at about 2am, and we hiked about 3hour by the first pic and we where at base camp. 5miles till summit 16 miles till we make it back down to were we started.
We hiked another hour or so to get to the snow chute
After a long strenuous push up the snow chute we had hiked about 9miles, it was 9am and we lost a lot of time in the chute. We still had enough time to reach summit before lunch. 2 miles to summit 12 miles back to the car.
And finely 21miles latter were there on top of the us at 14,500feet.
Pics just don't do it justice as to how beautiful it really is up there or how hard or long the hike was.
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