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Not as many as some, but I'm still happy with my year totals.
I did:
Humphrey's Peak (AZ) 17 times, 7 in winter
Agassiz peak (AZ) 4 times
our local afternoon mountain: Mt Elden 28 times
Mt Taylor in NM
Hesperus Mt in Co 2x
Handies Peak 2x
La Plata Peak
Mt Elbert
Pikes Peak
Crestone Needle
Blanca Peak
Harney's Peak (SD)
a bunch of other local stuff
I hiked and climbed over 620 miles and 230,000' this year.
Blanca, Hesperus, Humphrey and Taylor are the 4 sacred peaks of the Navajo, if you care to know.
and of course, what might be my personal favorite for the year,
Mt Whitney MR on September 1st
I hope to re summit Whitney via the "trail" before the year is out.
Here's Q: for those that have done the MR and Crestone Needles standard route, which did you find harder. Because I thought the Needle was much harder.
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We vacationed in the Lassen Area in July,
We climbed Lassen on July 9th, and Broke Off Mountain on July 11th.
Alot of smoke from the fires..
Ron
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June: Mt. Hood
July: Half Dome
October: Mt. Whitney
numerous times: Mt. Diablo
Next year's list: Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, Half Dome, Pico de Orizaba
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Icehouse Saddle (April & May)
Mt. San Antonio (Baldy)--Devil's Backbone Trail May
Mt. San Gorgornio--Vivian Creek Trail (June 2 X)
Mt. Whitney (July)
Mt. San Jacinto (October)
And more trips than I can remember climbing the stairs and ramps with a 40# pack from the beach to the top of the cliffs. It's hard to find hills in the flatlands so you make them where you can. One woman commented: "You must be training for something; you're way too clean for a homeless person." I am a sight to be sure, among the scantily clad roller bladers and surfers, but it works.
2009 Goals
Similar Training Hikes
Snow travel/training course
3-4 14K Peaks, including MR on Mt. Whitney.
If I'm brave enough, Mt. Shasta (with a guide, of course)
Happy Hiking!
Karen
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It has been a few years since I last climbed Crestone Needle. (I've climbed it 5 times) I did the Whitney MR with Bob R last August. Crestone Needle is mostly Class 3/3+ & if you stay on route it is comparable to the Class 3 on MR, but the difficulty is alot longer in distance and altitude gain vs MR. Thus I would tend to agree with you that Crestone Needle is perhaps a little tougher & certainly the rough 4 wheel drive approach road is quite memorable & tougher than the road to Whitney Portal! This terrible road by the way is being closed by the Forest Service so it will involve about a 6 mile hike to base camp near South Colony Lake.
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San Gorgonio....June
San Jacinto.....June
Sitton Peak.....July
San Jacinto.....July
JMT.............August 4-26
including side trip to Half Dome
Mt. Whitney again...September
2009? I'm still dreaming
Happy Trails to all.
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Jan: Mt Washington, Mt Mansfield
Feb: Mt Tallac (snowboard descent)
Mar: Mt Whitney (Mountaineer's), Mt Tyndall (splitboard descent)
April: Donner Pk, Mt Langley (splitboard descent), Round Top (splitboard descent)
May: Wildrose Pk, Telescope Pk, Leavitt Pk (splitboard descent), Boundary Pk, Mt Dade
Jun: Mt Ritter, Clouds Rest, El Cap (dayhike), Church Pk
Jul: Mt Russell (East Ridge), Lover's Leap
Aug: Cathedral Pk (SE Buttress), Laurel Mtn
Sept: Mt Price, Mt Aggasiz, Mt Whitney (moonlight dayhike), Middle Pal (Secor Chute)
Oct: Highland Pk, Half Dome (Snake Dike)
Hoping 2009 is as successful!
Chris
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The highlights:
Feb: Mt Carillon
Mar: Mt Pater
May: Mt. Agassiz
Jun: Mt. Goethe, Mt. Morgan (N), Mt Stanford
Jul: Four Gables, Lamarck, The Hermit, Mt. Goddard, Leavitt, Stanislaus
Aug: Mt. Starr King, Cathedral Pk (SE Buttress), Mt. Humphries
Oct: Cho Oyu (26,904')
Nov.: Moapa Peak, Virging Peak, Old Woman Mt., Sheephole
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HI... My name is Laura, and I'm a peakbagger... I actually don't like that title very much. "Adventurer", "Explorer", "Wanderer"... I think those fit a might better. Alan, thanks for putting this up here. It made me go back into my calendar and take stock of the year, and was good prep for my christmas slide show, coming soon to a youtube near you... I won't put any numbers here. Suffice it to say I had a goal of climbing 52 new peaks this year, and I've got that with a bit of buffer. I've reached 52 week mark of doing 'something' every weekend (up to 56 right now). I stand at 33 weekends in a row of 'Touching 10K', even if Mike thinks it was cheating to drive to Mosquito Flat to hike with my parents. I've day-hiked, backpacked, top-rope climbed, ice-climbed, skied, fished, multi-pitched, night hiked, snow-shoed, pulled a sled, hauled in a resupply, took an Avi class, car camped, glissaded, swam, soaked, on-trail, off-trail, jeep road, cooked, played with friends, and on my own. And while everyone seems to be putting up their lists, y'all are forgetting the other part of Alan's query: what did you learn? I learned that I am truly blessed to live in a remarkable, yet small, part of the world. That mountaineers are a tremendous, competitive, passionate, and caring group of athletes. That mountains are to be revered and respected for all that they are and all that they reveal about ourselves. And that Curly was right. As for 2009: open a topo. I'm sure you'll find me out there somewhere. I'm still looking for the one thing.  From the luckiest girl in the world: Climb Hard, Be Safe. -L 
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I continue to enjoy reading the list of summits of peaks all over the country. The people on this board have some real experience and a love of hiking and climbing. It just goes to show Mt. Whitney is just one of many fine places to hike and climb to.
I was looking forward to the list from Moosetracks (Laura). I know she has been all over the place and pulled off some amazing stuff. Maybe she will someday narrow her list down to the "top ten of 2008"
What does one learn? A lot about one's self and how good it is to be out in the mountains with family and friends. It makes me feel more alive.
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The road could have been open or closed as it didn't matter to me since I had to pack it after parking my civic at 8800'. One thing, I felt the rock was not as grippy on the Needle vs the MR, and the traverse between the 2 gullies on the Needle felt harder than anything on the MR.
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Laura, you reminded me that I didn't even answer my own question, "what did you learn?" A couple of things, plus some reminders: Ugly reality: It gets tougher and tougher to keep up with Nathan. Ok, he was 19 and I was 57 when we hiked up Humphreys in September but it was a whole lot easier to keep ahead of him when he was 12 and I was 50...might have a little to do with his now being 6" taller than I am! (But, hey, we hiked the 5 miles and 3,200' up Humphreys in a shade over 3-1/2 hours, so not too shabby for a couple of flatlanders.) The early bird gets the worm: We hit the Humphreys trail at first light and even so, had to beat feet off the summit ridge because the t-storms popped up starting not much after 10 a.m. Any later start and we would have turned around before getting to the summit. (It was perfectly clear when we got to the summit but 45 minutes later there was lightning, rain and graupel as we headed back down.) Weather awareness: Watch the pattern for as many days ahead as you can. Keep your eyes open for building clouds and ears open for the first thunder. No sense in becoming a human lightning rod! (Certainly not a new lesson...but one that bears frequent reminders!) Start your kids early: (also not a new lesson, but...) As many of you know, I started Nathan hiking when he was 2 and backpacking when he was 5. All you have to do is read through the "highpointing" and "Mt. Ritter" sections of my web site to see what that will mean to you over the years. (skydiveken, take note...that newborn bundle of joy who joined your life in November [on my wife's birthday!] will be ready for adventures in a couple of years. By all means, take her along as far and as high as she is able. It'll be worth schlepping the extra weight when she's little to see the pride in accomplishment when some other hiker looks at her and realizes that she walked all the way out "there" under her own steam and says, "so you're the kid we've been hearing about that hiked all this way...wow!" Nathan got several of those attaboys on our first trip up to Ediza Lake by Mt. Ritter. People couldn't believe that a 5-year-old would go 8 miles in a day with a 25% body weight pack.)
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After getting back into hiking and backpacking after about 20 years off; here's what I hit as far as peaks. The big impetus was being successful in the Whitney Lottery.
July - Baldy, West Baldy, Baldy and Harwood via Devils Backbone using the ski lift both ways. I wasn't ready for big miles, but I wanted a lot of time as high as I could be.
August - San Jacinto and Mt Miller via the tram, miles and altitude
September - Mt Whitney MMWT over three days, lots of altitude
October - San Gorgonio overnighter via Fish Creek, miles and cold
I've also done a lot of lowland hikes here; just getting some mileage in mostly
and the best hike all year was about 2 miles on the Moonridge trail near Big Bear in August when I got my 13 year old stepdaughter to actually hike with me and the dogs. I was pretty happy that she did the whole thing without complaint and enjoyed it- kinda rare for the video/computer game crowd.
I'm thinking about Half Dome, the Grand Canyon and some others next year. Probably revisit some of this years as well.
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Sorry it's so big, but now you know what to look out for. Mount St. Helens "summit" (most of the summit isn't there anymore) Sept. 13 Remember $4 gas? Shock to have to put up with Oregon pump rats, it's illegal to pump your own gas between Sparks and Cougar!  As for 2009...looks like Glacier Park and a couch-potato adventure with my long lost aunt in Hayden ID.
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The 2008 season isn't quite over yet, get back to ya on this....
A few highlights:
Summiting peaks in Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Getting the high points of AZ, CA, NV. Seeing the Sedona area. Second year in a row of 100+ summits since moving back out west. Getting Nordic Lass up the MR (she wants Dragon and Russell in '09).
Wish list for 2009: much more of the same and the good fortune, health, the company to do it with.
694 miles covered,
268,663 feet of elevation gain or just under 51 miles
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Ptarmigan Peak (Summit County, CO) x2
Owens Peak
Telescope Peak
Lone Butte (aka "B" mountain) ~ 60times - my guess Bob R hiked this over 1000 times when he worked for NWC
goals for 2009
Quandary Peak
Mt Sniktau
Mt Elbert
Whitney by moonlight
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Wow HOYL talk about distorting the entire page.
I learned a couple of things.
One, is that you need a barometer of what you are capable of accomplishing physically through the changes in your life.
Two, you never know what you are capable of doing until you attempt something.
Three, you can accomplish amazing things at any age or state of health if you train and try.
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Hike of your Life I think I got a picture of you too!  Well...almost. Actually this was taken 7 days later on Sept 21. Mount Saint Helen over my right shoulder. While I climbed many mountains last year (for me) I passed on some other trips. I learned that the mountains will always be there and the best times were those spent with friends and family. Goals for 2009Just got my permits for 4 days in the Grand Canyon Hermits trail to Phantom Ranch. San G Jan? Thunder Bolt Starlight Middle Pal Shasta Mt Baldy Run to The Top Pico de Orizaba Aconcagua '09/'10
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It's always amazing to read where everyone has gone and done in the year...And to see that a lot of them are close to me in SoCal too! I had the epic adventure scheduled for summer, so I tried to get up towards Mt Baldy more regularly. So here's my list:
January
Ice House Canyon trail in the snow, only made it about 1.5 miles in two hours. Made some snow angels and then walked back out, parked on the ski lift road for an hour waiting for skiers to leave.
February
Sierra Club hut below Baldy. Again totally in the snow, but an awesome day wearing short sleeves and then watching the SAR guys practicing.
Hiked a couple of trails in Red Rock near Vegas, didn't write down which.
March
Quick afternoon jaunt to Cedar Glen, still quite a bit of snow on that trail too.
Also another hike to Ice House Saddle, where we had to bushwhack up the side and thru the snow fields. The map there was just at snow level (3 feet?) but 50 feet away was dry and sunny.
April
Jerimoth Hill, highest point in Rhode Island and state #3 for me. Had to go to Philly and Providence for work so we took advantage. Wife also did her first state highpoint. Put my feet into the Atlantic in Newport. Cold!!
May
Mt Baldy, up via Sierra Club (officially Baldy Bowl) trail and down over Devil's Backbone. Still snow at the top.
Mt Lowe, Echo Mountain, Inspiration Point, site of an old inclined railway above Alta Dena.
June
Speed-hiked thru Claremont Hills Wilderness Park a couple of times, trying to get that last-minute training done.
Hiked around Oak Creek in Sedona.
Mt Humphreys, highest point in AZ on June 15. Then we visited Mesa Verde National Park, which is pretty incredible when you think about the technology available to the builders.
Wheeler Peak, highest point in NM on June 17. Went up Bull-Of-The-Woods and came down via Williams Lake. Basically straight down the side and then glissade thru the pines towards the lake.
Black Mesa, highest point in OK on June 18. Thunderstorms around, cows on the trail, 95-degree heat. And not much scenery.
Mt Sunflower, highest point in KS on June 19. Drive-up, not a hike. But one more state crossed off the list.
Mt Elbert, highest point in CO on June 20. Great prime rib dinner in Leadville to cap off five states for the week. Visited nine states, drove 3300 miles, slept indoors twice, and hardly saw the interstate until the long drive home from CO. Incredible views, few people around, no timetable. And the CD player in the Ranger didn't work so we talked.
July
Timber Mountain, wife also summited this time.
Trail Crest, intending to be on the summit for sunrise but turned around due to lack of sleep and just way too cold at 3am. Had some fun exploring the Bristlecone Pine forest and also playing around in the Alabama Hills.
August
Mt Baden-Powell, my first trip there. What a great hike!
October
Ice House canyon to Cucamonga Peak.
Camelback Mountain on my last day in Scottsdale.
November
Took a friend from work and his young son up Ice House canyon, they tired out at the Saddle. Long way down so I could visit Cedar Glen again - an oasis of calm in that area.
Did the Redondo Beach Pier-To-Pier run on the beach with the wife.
December I rest.
I have learned that it's important to me to just get out. I usually hike by myself because I like the solitude. For the big trip this summer I brought my wife's son, we are both on something of a highpoint quest. (Alan, I don't think I'll catch you...) Plus he does half the driving and at 25 we can also share a couple of beers.
Next year: I want to do some over-nighters. I last backpacked when I was 12, way too many years ago. Also plan to do highpoints in Utah and Idaho for my summer trip. I just want to be out - I don't time my hikes, I don't have mileage goals, I just get away. I like reading this board because of the incredible variety of people and knowledge and experiences that are shared, it's a great community.
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All firsts for this year:
Tyndall - (July) solo North Rib
Irvine - (Aug) Thanks Steve
Baldy - (Aug)a few days away from the kids with my wife Abby while grandma visited
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