Alpine Happiness

[BirdManMike]

Here are a few from a couple years back that I took with an old Soviet rangefinder. I have some rolls of film in my freezer Ive been meaning to develop and scan from the past year or two and have another in a camera now but I have been a lazy and dont feel like doing the work (I could just send it out to have someone else do it, I guess ).

 

[TOGIE]

Anyone else notice that outside of the Flattops it's pretty damn tough to figure out what state these were taken in?

the montana ones really trip me up, i stared at some for a long time trying to determine if they were colorado or montana.

yours are a little easier, because, there's like, actually snow and ice on your mountains

 

[Irrelevant]

the montana ones really trip me up, i stared at some for a long time trying to determine if they were colorado or montana.

yours are a little easier, because, there's like, actually snow and ice on your mountains

Kinda, but 1/2 of mine aren't WA

 

[TOGIE]

Kinda, but 1/2 of mine aren't WA

dang. then your point is even stronger lol

 

[Irrelevant]

dang. then your point is even stronger lol

Nor are they MT or CO!

 

[WildWill]

This thread is kinda bumming me out. Don't get me wrong love my home and the life I have here but this thread makes me wish I had more then a handful of weeks a year to explore the high country. I can assure you the Oklahoma high alpine is quite lack luster.

 

[Irrelevant]

dang. then your point is even stronger lol

Here's an easy one though

 

[TOGIE]

Here's an easy one though
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i'll cheat and just guess: pnw?

i'm hesitant to throw out states lol

 

[BirdManMike]

i'll cheat and just guess: pnw?

i'm hesitant to throw out states lol

Its Everest. I can tell by the shorts.

 

[TOGIE]

Nor are they MT or CO!

you threw wind river picture or two in there didn't you?

 

[BirdManMike]

Here is something different - a bit more civilized and root of the word. Been a few years, this wouldve been the last trip I took, back in 2016.




A funny furiner fish.




Bird stuff (I like birds).

 

[BigHornRam]

Guess this one.

 

[Irrelevant]

you threw wind river picture or two in there didn't you?

I think there's a couple then several from ID

i'll cheat and just guess: pnw?

i'm hesitant to throw out states lol

That was was Rainier about 30 min after I ditched my skis because... I was realizing that while the skiing wouldn't be "hard" it was also ZERO mistake territory, and I'm not an mistake proof skier.

IMO that's what a 14-er should look like!

 

[Irrelevant]

Guess this one.View attachment 217276

Uzbekistan

 

[TOGIE]

I think there's a couple then several from ID

That was was Rainier about 30 min after I ditched my skis because... I was realizing that while the skiing wouldn't be "hard" it was also ZERO mistake territory, and I'm not an mistake proof skier.

IMO that's what a 14-er should look like!

they can also look like this though

(not my picture)

 

[TOGIE]

IMO that's what a 14-er should look like!

don't get me wrong though, i'm jealous that the PNW mountains more readily fall into the category of "mountaineering"

us rocky mountains states really just got stuck with high risk scrambling and long steep slogs unless you choose the class 5 route

 

[BigHornRam]

Peak in the back is popular.

 

[TOGIE]

i had alpine diarrhea not far from that lake down there like 7 hours earlier. i maintained my alpine happiness though.

 

[BigHornRam]

Uzbekistan

Cannon ass kiss country.
#kananaskis

 

[Irrelevant]

i had alpine diarrhea not far from that lake down there like 7 hours earlier. i maintained my alpine happiness though.

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#filteryourwater