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Illiniza Norte
- Date:
- 23.08.2010
- Characteristic:
- Hike
På tide å legge ut noen bilder nå, men det kommer ikke turrapport!
Husker ikke så mye fra turen, bortsett fra at det var en kjempefin dag, vi fikk med oss en hund på tur (aner ikke hvor han dukket opp fra) og jeg kom tilbake med stor hodepine etter å ha blitt altfor tørst ila. dagen.
Guagua Pichincha
- Date:
- 21.08.2010
Our breakfast was scheduled for 6.30am, so we could be picked up by 7am and make our way to the next mountain on our acclimatization – Guagua (‘baby’) Pichincha. Sadly the breakfast was pretty meagre for several hungry mountaineers, we got a couple of slices of papaya and a small croissant. It wasn’t exactly a substantial amount of food to go climbing mountains on! Fortunately we were going to be passing by a bakery/grocery store along the way to the mountain, so I picked up some extra fruit and things to snack on. Today, we drove up another mountain road leading up to a farm at around 3700m. It was pretty windy when we got out, and felt a lot fresher than the previous day’s balmy stroll! The remainder of the road continued up towards ‘Cruz Loma’ at 4100m, where a lot of tourist >>>
Pasochoa
- Date:
- 20.08.2010
After breakfast I was met by Franklin at the Auberge Inn where I had been staying for a few nights. Franklin was our mountain guide for the 9-day trip arranged by the company ‘High Summits’ based in Quito. Today would be an easy acclimatisation walk up a hill outside of Quito. The rest of the group were waiting for me on the bus. There were 4 Germans (Andrea, Tomas, Elke and Michael), a Spanish bloke (Mathias), and an American who didn’t appear to have done any kind of mountain climbing/walking at all (Nick). They all seemed quite friendly people from first impressions anyway. Our first stop of the day was the baguette shop, on our journey to Pasochoa. A lot of the height was gained by bus, and we got off at about 3600m, which meant less to climb. It was a shame as it was a nice track >>>
Yorkshire 3 Peaks
- Date:
- 31.07.2010
After much talking and emailing with my friend Sue we decided to meet somewhere other than the Lake District for some walking. I'm not sure how we wended up deciding on this route now, but for some reason it had an appeal which we could not resist. So the plan was made. I drove up from Leicester and Sue came down from Dumfries, and we both met up at the youth hostel in Ingleton on a very rainy Friday evening. Initially we would have been in a dormitory sharing a full dormitory with about 6 other women but we decided on a rather cunning plan to bag one of the smaller and empty 2-bed dorms by talking and smiling very sweetly to the guy at the hostel reception. Our excuse was that we were getting up very early the next morning and of course did not want to disturb other guests, so could we perhaps >>>
Wastwater to Honister
- Date:
- 03.07.2010
This was the second day of a 2-day backpacking route, the first of which took my sister and I from Langdale to Wasdale over some fine peaks. From the Wastwater youth hostel, where we stayed the night, we took the somewhat laborious trudge back up the road to get to the foot of Yewbarrow, the first fell of the day. Unluckily for me, I discovered my platypus had a leak in it and I had more drink absorbed into the padding on the back of my rucksack than I had left in the water reservoir itself. So it wasn't a particularly good start to the day, but I had the chance to try and fix things up before we got onto the ascent properly. So Yewbarrow was a new fell for me, and I was quite impressed with it. It's a lovely spur which takes you quite rapidly up the fell in a northesterly direction, and although >>>
Scafell Pike from Langdale
- Date:
- 02.07.2010
This was the first of a 2-day backpacking trip with my one-year-younger sister. After driving up to the Lakes on an unusually busy Thursday afternoon, we stayed at the youth hostel in Grasmere and then drove down to the National Trust car park at Dungeon Ghyll the next morning. From here it was a nice stroll down the valley to the Band, and a straightforward ascent with the views of Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle took us up to Three Tarns. I'd done this route many times before, so there's very little to say other than from Bowfell we carried on to Esk Pike while enjoying the views of Scafell's west-facing slopes. Esk Pike is one of my favourite viewpoints, because not only do you get the airy drop down over Great Moss and Eskdale itself, but also across to the Scafell-Great End massif >>>
Table Mountain
- Date:
- 05.06.2010
Ascent from the city centre up Platteklip Gorge. Very sunny and very hot, with the only respite from the heat while between the walls of the gorge! Once at the top of the gorge though, it's a pleasant little bimble across the plateau to get to the highest point, take the compulsory tourist-type photos and then head back down. I actually did it the proper tourist-type way and walked across to the cafe at the topmost cable car station, where I bought something to drink and eat and used some very clean toilets. And then paid a ticket for a ride down too!!
Cruach Adrain
- Date:
- 12.04.2010
The hardest part of this walk was not at all the fact that you climb 2 munros. It's the route finding to get on the right mountain! For some reason, even with the superb sunny weather and visibility, it took me a little while to figure out the way to get through the forest and onto Grey Height, the first hill which leads onto Cruach Ardrain. But I had all the time in the world, so it didn't matter too much. It was nice to get out onto open mountainside and be able to see where exactly I was though! It was a slightly colder day compared with the two previous days of walking, but it was mostly due to a little extra wind than a drop in air temperature. I wasn't so impressed by Cruach Ardrain itself; the route seemed nice enough, but it wasn't quite as aesthetically pleasing as the two neighbouring >>>
Ben Lui
- Date:
- 11.04.2010
- Characteristic:
- Hike
- Distance:
- 22.0km
On recommendation from a climbing friend, I chose to take a hike up Ben Lui. I was staying at the youth hostel in Crianlarich so it made sense to find something close by. It was a bright and lovely spring morning in the central highlands, and I was very excited to get hiking after a short drive down the road to the car park at Dalrigh, between Crianlarich and Tyndrum. It was about 5 degrees when I left the car park and started on the slightly tedious track leading up beside the Cononish river. It's about 6 or 7km of flat stony track to walk along until you actually start an ascent, but with magnificent views of Ben Lui's eastern face overlooking the route, it wasn't all that bad really. I was overtaken on several occasions by bikers, some with skis fixed to their rucksacks and some without >>>
Ben Arthur
- Date:
- 10.04.2010
After sleeping at the very grand Loch Lomond youth hostel the previous night, I took a short drive a bit further north to Succoth where I could make an ascent of the Cobbler. It was warm, sunny and felt properly into summer; however I had neglected to bring a map with me and was kind of hoping that the route up would be obvious. Fortunately for me though my hopes were fulfilled and after getting out of the forests, I couldn't get too lost on the nice footpath which was currently filled by lots of other eager hillwalkers. Great views of Loch Long and of the jagged profile of the Cobbler itself pretty much defined the hike, and there was some nice opportunities for scrambling to get to the top as well. It was a bit hazy though - my only complaint about the very warm and sunny weather! After some >>>
