Background here. I was living in Puebla Mexico at an elevation of 7k prior but my blood oxygen on the mountain was 93 during the accent. My guide said thats good? Can anyone give insight on normal blood oxygen parameters when climbing above 10k feet?

Taken Enroute to Mardi Himal Trek 📸 Anton Jankovoy

I’m looking for advise on routes and perhaps partners to attempt to climb some peaks on Colorado Springs area I was wondering if anyone knows any routes or wants to try something sometime

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Hey everyone!

I’m completely new to climbing, though I’ve always been a fan of long hikes. Growing up, my dad and I would look at mountains, joking about how we could climb them someday. Now I'm 25, and for the past two months, I've been obsessed with the idea of climbing.

I think this all started two months ago, after I had a little accident while carrying camping chairs back home with my girlfriend. I tripped and fell backward, and for some reason, that evening, I started watching climbing videos online—mostly snowy climbs. Since then, I can’t stop thinking about it!

There's a 2000-meter (6560-foot) mountain near my city that I’ve set my sights on. My plan is to take a bus up to a nearby ski resort and then do a 3.5 km (2.2 miles) hike to the summit. Including the return, it'll be around 7 km (4.4 miles) in total. These distances and times are just estimates based on Google Earth, so I expect the whole trip to take around 3 hours, but I know that can vary.

I'll include an elevation profile I found, showing the steepest section, to give you an idea of the terrain. Maybe this climb sounds easy for some of you, but since I like to be cautious and I’ve never seen this mountain in person, I have no clue if this will be manageable or challenging. Any advice from more experienced climbers would be much appreciated!

One other thing I’d love your input on: I’ve been learning how to dress for winter and layering correctly. I watched a lot of videos and picked up a few things—some fleece layers, a softshell jacket, and a waterproof (5000mm) softshell rain jacket. I also bought a trekking pole, though I had to buy some gear second-hand to stay within budget. The only items I’m still missing are a pair of pants and a thermal base layer. I shop mostly at Decathlon since it’s budget-friendly and accessible where I live.

Do you have any tips for other must-have gear or preparation steps? And from your perspective, do you think this peak will be manageable for a beginner like me? Any advice you have is welcome, and thank you so much in advance to anyone who replies.

Happy climbing, everyone!

Hi!

This summer I bought and read TFTNA and I started training following its guidelines (currently in 6th week of Transition Period) but I still have some questions on how to plan my training. Probably lots of you have read it and can answer my questions because I missed some information from the book or you just sorted it out on your own while putting it into practice. Here the questions:

1)How to measure time? How should I count different activities (strength training, climbing, etc.) towards my weekly volume? Should each activity have the same weight? When climbing for several hours with rest periods, how should I count that time? Should additional activities like stretching, foam rolling, or even long walks be included in the weekly volume?

2)What about stretching? In the book there is not a single mention to stretch training or flexibility. When I trained for competing in track running (way more repetitive than mountaineering), stretching was a vital part of our program. I am quite stiff, specially in my hips, so for me it is not only to stretch muscles after a work out, I take advantage of dedicated flexibility and mobility sessions. I think it allows me to prevent injures and I'd like to keep doing it.

3)Do you do the strength routine as it is described? I found it a bit naive, it may work for very untrained people and I like the specificity of some exercises but I'd do a routine with big exercises as deadlift, squats and military press where I can move enough weight to be sure I am in strength range and not in hypertrophy and after that, I'd do the accessory exercises as box steps and other stuff to train stabilizer muscles and the gesture I will do later in the mountains.

4)I do not get the ventilation feedback for zone training. I've been training with zones since I started running at high school. Most of the years with HR and the last years before I stopped competing with lactate. So, as I do not want to be that serious anymore (and I am waiting for Black Friday to buy a new smartwatch with chest strap for HR) I decided to train by sensations these first weeks. I have a deviated nasal septum (just translated that I hope you understand what I mean) so I'm not a good nose breather and even with that, I can easily sustain Z2(said by HR) training with nose breathing so it does not help me when I go running or hiking trying to maintain Z1.

Thanks! I'm eager to hear your point of view.

Hey all, fairly new to mountaineering but I just moved to Mammoth Lakes for work and I was wondering this time of year what would be some good mountaineering routes in the area.. I’d appreciate some advice thank you!

Hey all, I’m somewhat new to mountaineering and I just moved to mammoth lakes but I was curious if this time of year there are mountaineering routes that would be doable near me? Much appreciated, thanks!

Hello everyone, I want to climb the Aiguille de la Grande Sassiere in November, I have no experience in mountaineering, but I have more than enough fitness for it given the hikes I have been able to do. Do you advise me to attempt the climb alone or to wait until next summer? If yes, with what equipment?

Hey guys, me and a friend of mine are planning to hike Mount Fuji November 17th . We’re not trying to reach the summit if we do that would be awesome! Can someone point us in the right direction on how to get from Tokyo to Fuji? We’re so lost right now. Any advice would help!

My friend is missing on Mt. Hood in Oregon as of 11/6. His last ping on AllTrails is on the PCT Oregon Section G near Zig Zag Falls, 2-3 miles from the Timberline Lodge (by my estimates). He had started from below and hiked up the Paradise Park 778 trail. I am a hiker, but not in snowy conditions. If anyone is in the area soon, PLEASE keep an eye out for him. His name is James. Thank you. (Yes, search and rescue is also looking, I just really wish I could be out there myself)

Update: No changes as of 11/8 around 4pm PST. The search continues. SAR team leading the operations (thank you! praying for you!). Appreciate anyone who plans to be in the area to keep an eye out for him. White skin, brown hair, about 6'3". Thank you everyone!

Update: As James' sister-in-law shared below. James very sadly died and was found on 11/8. Please, please take care of yourselves out there. Buy the expensive gear if it will keep you safe. My love to this community and all the support you have shown us. Thank you

Bernese Alps compared to Grand Teton

Highest of Europe vs Highest of North America

Nanga Parbat towering over Chamonix

Dhaulagiri over Tetons

Annapurnas rising from Lauterbrunnen Valley

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Nanga Parbat over Lauterbrunnen

Denali vs Dhaulagiri comparison

Annapurna Fang and South vs Denali

2 biggest juts

Alright y’all, I have over a half dozen backpacks and all of them my head/helmet hits the back when looking up when on 3/4th class terrain making it so I can’t look up very well. I get that alpine packs tends to be narrower/taller and skinny, but does anyone have any recs for backpacks that may work better with a helmet? My back measurement is 17”. Feature wise I like my mystery ranch packs the best and I get the S/M but I have to put them in the lowest adjustment which makes the pack stick up further. Cross posted for input for different types of activities.

Trying to decide between Osprey Transporter, Mountain Hardware Expedition, and Sea to Summit Duffle.

Just need something multiuse for kit and travel. Ideally uber durable. Thank you!

I was shown a technique in a course long back. I can't seem to recreate it.

Suppose you are at the bottom of a crevasse and need to get up to the top. You are mostly uninjured but you need to self-rescue. All you have is a top rope (anchored at the top and thrown down perhaps by an inexperienced 2nd). You need to ascend up this rope. You have neither jumar nor prussiks/cords nor any other devices. Just you in your harness and the top rope.

You can tie the rope to your harness and make foot loops and keep pulling yourself up, but there's nothing to capture your progress. Maybe you're not even strong enough to pull yourself up all the way.

The technique that was shown involved making a foot loop from 1 strand of rope. Then use the same strand to make a friction hitch looped around both strands of the rope taken together. Similarly another loop and friction hitch tied to your harness. It's tough to explain in words.

Now you can hang off the harness, take the load off the foot loop and move its friction hitch up the top rope. Then you stand on the foot loop. Move up the hitch tied to the harness. Something like that.

Is anyone aware of such a technique and could give maybe a reference to it from a book or maybe a video link? And its name too.

Thanks!

Hi all I’m currently stuck between the decision of taking on a big mountain for my entrance into the world of mountaineering or starting with a BMC type course. I’m a 23yo M who is passionate about adventures in nature and specifically the mountains. I enjoy extreme sports like ultra-running and rock climbing and also the slower paced long distance multi day hiking (2 weeks being my longest). I had an experience on a glacier without equip or a team which has lit a fire in me to do it the right way as it was the most intense and profound moment of my life. So I’m currently travelling in South America and need advice into which would be a more beneficial experience in total. My current options are between signing up for a big summit being Aconcagua which I know is very ambitious for someone with bare to none experience. But I think mentally and physically I’m prepared for it, but of course lacking in the departments of skills and knowledge which I’d like to think I could pick up along the way as I read it is not a very technical ascent. The other would be to take a mountaineering school program in Ecuador or Peru and there seems to be quite a few different options involved with that.

just received my jacket after purchasing it from Ebay, the seller did produce proof of purchase, however l'm still a bit skeptical and want to know for certain as I invested quite a bit of money into this jacket. I did try the water beading test, and yes, it did bead but not fully, I don't know whether it's supposed to leave a patch after you pour water on it, the seller did mention that he hasn't used it in over a year so maybe a fresh dwr coating is needed?

Hi guys, I need to replace the straps for the sleeves and other parts of my jacket. I found the OEM north face ones really weak, fading apart just after 1 ski season. Do you have any suggestion for replacements or tricks in order to not install the new ones incorrectly? Thanks :)

Hello I am interested in starting mountaineering but don't have too much to spend on clothing and equipment and was wandering if there are any good sites for used pieces? If it's going to be safer for me I will buy items new when needed but want to keep some money in the bank.

Thank you for any help.

Hey all,

Is mountaineering alone a realistic possibility? I have taken a climbing course that was an introduction to rock climbing and glacier traverse in the Chamonix-Mont Blanc area. But courses are very expensive and I don't have the money to continuously spend in this way to learn, and I do not have friends that share any of my hobbies. I have tried making posts on Facebook and forums to find strangers to climb with but no hits. I do not want to wait around forever for others to be ready like I am to explore and spend my time in the mountains.

There is a baseline level of risk involved in these extreme sports that I accept but is there a realistic possibility that I can climb and summit mountains alone while learning techniques through practice and youtube tutorials? I don't have a deathwish but this seems like my only option.

Any guidance is appreciated.

I’m looking for a high end, high storage capacity (50+5-10L at minimum) and ultra low weight backpack (don’t care about the price tho, as long as I keep it in the long run).

I recently came across the new ULTRA 50 backpack (on the internet) from the ULTRA collection from the Samaya brand. One of my friend has the ULTRA 35 (35L version of it). He told me that it looks like it is ready to crack open at any time on the first rock scratch.

Any opinions on that backpack collection ? Or on dynema tearing/abrasion resistance ? (The backpack is in dynema).

what is the minimum dynema thickness according to you for a nice mountaineering backpack, which is gonna be kissing quite a few sharp rocks for sure in its lifetime ?

First off: I am not a climber and have massive respect for you all.

I flew an FPV drone to the Matterhorn summit back in Feb 24 and wanted to share it not just for clout but for informative purposes too, even though it is snow covered it follows the Hornli ridge route all the way up. If anything it hopefully inspires you to get out and see the world. Feel free to share the video among your other mountaineering friends

The PSA in the description includes info on safety - I know some can be annoyed by drones in the air while climbing - we were certain there would be no-one climbing at the time, in Feb with heavy snow the night before. Although I may have freaked out when I saw the St Bernard statue at the summit 😅

Enjoy! 😎

I, 18M need help.

Guides are very expensive and I cannot afford them. I will be taking safety classes for a day though, which is about all I can afford. Are there any mountains in america that would be safe for a group of beginners to summit, while posing a bit of a challenge and offering great views?

I've heard of El Dorado Mountain, but I'm not sure how difficult it is.

I'm new to this so please suggest how I can enjoy a cost-effective mountaineering trip.

Hi all, I know it's a tad far streched... but i''m trying to identify the mountain range in this image. Does anyone have any idea ? I have no info aside from that image.

I’m climbing Mont Blanc in late June. I’m torn between getting B2 or B3 boots. I personally think B3’s are overkill, and on the heavy side. Although, the last place you want to be is 4,500m+ when your feet have become ice blocks.

Could someone please recommend the most suitable boots for late June? With weight being a factor. Many thanks.

BD Viper vs Petzl Quark

Apologies in advance if there was a similar topic before.

I am interested in your opinion.

I am a relatively experienced mountaineer, not great, not terrible.

I would like some advice. my intention is to climb some kind of mixes, multi pitch ice routes, up to some kind of medium difficulty, I'm not chasing some "wild" grades. I also intend to climb more technically demanding peaks, as well as ravines.

I would like to combine all of the above with one ice axe, all round peace of equipment that will do well in all situations.

according to my kind of research, my choice somehow narrowed down to petzl quark and bd viper.

I would like you to share with me your experiences for the mentioned axes, advantages, disadvantages... also if someone suggests some others, your opinion is welcome.

thanks in advance and apologies if I was unclear, English is not my first language EDIT: climbing grades I am able to climb and intend to: M7-M8; WI4-WI5