still fuckin with climb cuz climb pays: the ILX hiking thread

PANSY

http://www.theflowerexpert.com/media/images/growingflowers/flowersandseasons/winterflowers/pansy/pansies.jpg

l-r: tza and her stupid pansy pals

consider the pansies

look at this fukkin pansy

lol

From last August. My campsite after a thunder-and-hail storm:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4494915541_7ee0dac975_b.jpg

wow!

omg the scenery is gorgeous as fuck!

cascades?

it looks like some fantasy dream world

It's the eagle cap wilderness in NE Oregon. Not easy to get to. Yup, it's gorgeous as fuck. One of my all time favorite haunts.

I think you posted a wdyll photo from that spot cause I realized that I live pretty close to the Wallowas and haven't been there yet.

i want to go to there

;_;

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Yeah. I put up a WDYLL pic of me at Wonker Pass in the southern part of the Wallowas, maybe last Sept. I've just been pining away for them lately and thought I'd share part of the reason why with ILX.

some friends have been down there a couple of times but we got snowed out the one time we tried; I really want to do it this summer some time

i have not actually been hiking since getting back to tennessee, but in anticipation of it i went and bought myself the nicest hiking boots i have ever owned in my life. they're still stiff as hell, i'm wearing them around town to break them in a little. so sweet though. i feel sort of guilty about spending so much money, so i need to take some real hikes to justify it.

wowza, nice kicks! i've been hiking in trail runners for so long i can't imagine wearing boots anymore.

don't feel guilty! good footwear makes SO much difference! i think my hikes since i got my current boots have been like 10x more enjoyable just because my feet are happier.

yeah, on one hand at the level i'm likely to use these things there's no real need for them. but also because of that, i figure they should last me a good long time. and feel good doing it.

my hiking boots got took while drying in front of the lodge I worked at :(

sneaker man ever since

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Great shot and place Aimless!

wow: http://perpetualweekend.com/wordpress/?p=333

― caek, Tuesday, April 6, 2010 9:27 AM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark

wowowowowowowowowo

i know.

makes me want to make changes to my life.

seriously

how much does it pay

100 berries

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/stratodab/SouthernSpiral/P1050914.jpg

srsly gonna drop out of school

oh man this one looks like they are about to jump into another dimension!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/stratodab/SouthernSpiral/P1050822.jpg

just, damn. good to know some ppl do that shit.

I am pretending there has been a groundswell of interest to see a couple more pics of my hike last August. Another campsite. It was a very hot day.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4497757160_c40041f127_b.jpg

Keep 'em coming Aimless

I was a couple miles off trail for this one. The lake is called Hidden Lake and the granite ridge is the backside of Eagle Cap:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2726/4497757518_41f4bdaa41_b.jpg

Holy amazing!!!

I always love to see pics of ppl's adventures!

One last pic. This was a brief lifting of the rainstorm that dogged me the last two days of the trip. The trail is leading up to pass over an 8000 ft. ridge. On the other side was 7 miles of trail leading back down to the trailhead and my car.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4497757942_f4c016ce69_b.jpg

Nice shots, the place looks amazing.

It's one of my favorite corners of the universe. To see it properly, you absolutely need to load up a pack, hoist it, and get more than one day from any road. That's where the best magic happens.

wow

bad fuzzy pic but i saw this guy today:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2z59e9z.jpg

himingood

him was!

I'm going back to this place sometime this year, will strike a pose this time...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/2706419643_6893fec3ea_b.jpg

I'm kind of glad you didn't try to upstage the clouds.

nice photoshop work! j/k

Hope you don't mean me?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carljgodwin/sets/72157606398062088/

i was kidding. it is such an amazing picture that it almost does not seem real.

oh, sorry for minor tantrum.

aw. no worries. i should have been more clear. where is that picture exactly?