Posted on 08/15/2016 6:49:43 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Canada’s Baffin Island is home to the highest concentration of unclimbed cliff faces on Earth. Naturally, the remote island has become a mecca for elite mountain climbers, known as alpinists. The pilgrimage is often made from Yosemite National Park in the United States, since the two attract a similar cadre of adventurers looking for a challenge. From the Yosemite mountaineering community, alpinists Cheyne Lempe and Dave Allfrey made one particular mountain the target of their climbing crosshairs: the Great Pillar. Even for a pair who are part of a young generation rising through the ranks quickly, a climb like the Great Pillar is deeply formidable. Beyond this, the two chose one of the most difficult routes, or “lines,” up the cliff face. Since the Canadian island straddles the Arctic Circle, heavy snow is possible any point, even in July, and the average temperature hovers below 15 degrees Fahrenheit. This climate is also ripe for polar bears. The more time spent on the ground, the more likely one is to come across them. It’s highly important to get on the cliff face as quickly as possible and stay there. This means sleeping while hanging from the side of the cliff. (Happily, this is something alpinists are fairly used to.)
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I smoked pot on top of Mt. Whitney once, which was probably not wise, and had to descend in the dark.
That is my sole claim to fame.
During a solo attempt at Mt. Tyndall and Mt. Williamson I got a nosebleed that lasted for two days. It just would not stop. I can still taste it in my throat. It ruined the trip, and the attempt.
When the civil war starts, I do not want you in my foxhole.
First, when the civil war starts, I won’t be in a foxhole. But, your weakling response has me guessing that you would be crying like a little girl for me to help you out of that foxhole.
“I think it’s an old pic from the 70s that was doctored or staged for a Jeep ad”
I hope so. It makes my hands sweat just looking at it.
And dangerous in all but the right vehicle or quad or motorcycle
Most folks use jeep CJ types or maybe Toyota four runners or FJ or tacomas
The occasional mad dog in a regular pickup 4wd or larger SUV
But tragedy strikes
I spent 3 months mountain hopping on Baffin Is doing surveys for North Warning site locations.
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