Monday, November 30, 2009
Alright, I hope you are all sitting for this one haha, I have a suggestion for 2 years from now. I read an article on Castanet back on Nov. 16th and I have decided I'm going to do this and I'm hoping all of you will be joining me. The mountain is Mt. Aconcagua and it is in Argentina. It is the highest peak in the western hemisphere at 23,000 ft., the good news it is totally hikable without aids such as ice axes or ropes.
The article I ran across to get me peaked (hahaha) about this trip, was a fund raiser to eradicate polio by the Rotary Club here in Kelowna. I'm not suggesting we do the climb for that but it is a good cause. The group of 7 doing this trip has hired Laurie Skreslet, the 1st Canadian to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and one of the guys going along is Finbar O'Sullivan who apparantly teaches mountaineering and climbing as well as avalanche safety right here in the Okanagan. I plan on contacting Finbar to discuss this after they get back from the trip. (they are down in Argentina now and start their climb on Dec. 5th) Obviously the biggest challange will be the elevation and altitude sickness so I am beginning to research that now. So that's it for now but I do intend on making this trip and no I did not fall on my head recently.
Anyone else finds any interesting info about this mountain or about altitude sickness feel free to post it here and we will see where this goes
Cheers
Rob
The article I ran across to get me peaked (hahaha) about this trip, was a fund raiser to eradicate polio by the Rotary Club here in Kelowna. I'm not suggesting we do the climb for that but it is a good cause. The group of 7 doing this trip has hired Laurie Skreslet, the 1st Canadian to reach the summit of Mt. Everest and one of the guys going along is Finbar O'Sullivan who apparantly teaches mountaineering and climbing as well as avalanche safety right here in the Okanagan. I plan on contacting Finbar to discuss this after they get back from the trip. (they are down in Argentina now and start their climb on Dec. 5th) Obviously the biggest challange will be the elevation and altitude sickness so I am beginning to research that now. So that's it for now but I do intend on making this trip and no I did not fall on my head recently.
Anyone else finds any interesting info about this mountain or about altitude sickness feel free to post it here and we will see where this goes
Cheers
Rob
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Poll
I just picked names of areas, if you have an idea on where to go, please choose the closest area described........ those who have voted, NO need to vote again..... not sure if you can vote twice...
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