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Epic adventure. Beautiful views of the mountain. Thanks for sharing your journey. You made it seem so easy. I’ll be doing the 7 days Machame route with Altezza January 2025. I don’t do so well with high altitude so I’m already prepared with all the meds, patches, teas, ginger candy, etc. Congrats on summiting! 🎉 🍾
@@Gettinglostonthetrail thank you so much! You know, it’s actually pretty gradual with the altitude, especially with the 7 day route. The only big day is the summit day where you go from about 14k to 19k in one push. That can be the day where you may really feel the effects of the altitude. Hope it all goes well though!!
@@peytonclark2476 Hi Peyton, good question. We did this in 3 days total. The first day we hiked up past White Pass and camped just below the high camp on an outcropping of rocks that was melted out. We summited on day 2 and originally planned to stay at our same campsite. However, a storm rolled in that evening and we were forced to move camps back closer to White Pass bc we were so exposed at our original campsite. Day 3 we packed up and hiked all the way out. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching!
@@Emil-Thefrizzywanderer Hi there, we did not see any signage for any type of pass for trailhead parking. We didn’t put one out nor did we see anyone else with a pass of any sort. Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for this, it brought back many memories from a climb in 1979 as part of our (4 of us) preparation for climbing Mt. Huascarán (which, I believe, nobody achieved that year as it avalanched pretty much continuously). Crossing the moraine was torturous, but we did it in the afternoon and then camped on the col overnight and summited the follow day. Spectacularly clear day. Something very special. Sad to see how climate change has changed the views. Things then were still very much in their infancy; 'guides' in Huaraz had wooden boards with nails through as crampons..
@@weeksteach thank you for sharing your story with us. We love hearing about people’s experiences. Amazing to hear how far the guides have come 😆. It certainly is an incredibly beautiful part of the world. Surely the views are quite different now from your time there. Thanks for watching!
I know I mentioned this frequently but I learned that geography classes in some other countries teach people that Denali & Aconcagua are on the same continent.
Haha thanks so much! Yeah we may have been a little overzealous with this agenda. Certainly glad we didn’t run up Baldy trail though. Beautiful hike. Thanks for watching!
Sorry that happened to you guys. I've been in a similar situation in that we made it to Camp 4 by day 3 and then top of the fixed lines (on a rest day)... then we got weathered in for about a week and had to come back down. I think of Denali often and may like to go back some day with the right crew. We had a crazy downclimb from 4 to 3 including one nerve-racking crevasse fall and felt very glad to get down safely and home to our families. Mountain will still be there!
Wow! Sounds like a heck of an adventure. This one is tough to swallow at the moment given how much effort we put into training (as I’m sure you’ve done yourself). But you’re right, mountain will still be there! Thanks for watching and your comment!
Absolutely stunning footage. Very sorry to hear about the setback but you made it back safely, and your system is dialed for next time or a different adventure. Thanks for the inspiration!
Congrats! Fun climb (and great video). We did it about a month ahead of you and there was still some snow in various places, especially right before the false summit. Our summit day was quite cold, rainy and we had no views as we were in a cloud! But this looks pretty ideal.
Thank you so much! This was definitely a fun climb. Sorry to hear the weather wasn’t great for you…guess you’ll just have to go back and climb it again!
There’s really not a ton you can do training wise to prepare for altitude, unless you live somewhere where you can get to higher altitudes of course. Staying hydrated is very important and will help tremendously. There are also some supplements that claim to help, such as ginkgo, that you can find on a quick google search. Don’t know how much validity there is to that. Best of luck to you! Thanks for watching!
@@marriedmountaineers thank you for replying. Will be sure to watch the rest of your videos. Looks like you have both had one hell of an adventure. Look forward to more. Best of luck
Hello, I want to thank you for your great videos. We show your vids at our federal ranger station here in WA. They are great to share with the public. Please keep making ad-free videos in the same style and length! Looking forward to adding more of your WA vids to our playlist. : )
Haha thank you so much and thanks for watching! Congrats on Massive. It’s never easy being at altitude. It’s always interesting at elevation, just never sure how you’ll respond each time. We did Mt. Elbert back in September last year and kept looking over at Mt. Massive wishing we would’ve had time to do it as well.
We spent 2-3 hours there in 1979. we intended to melt snow for water but the snow was all pissed on. but we did the mountain anyways...then drove to Yakima the next day rehydrating on rainier beer
Used to do 9z and 10z in my 30z and this isn't as exposed, but at almost 68, I got adrenaline FOR you when she shot you standing on the crest. TYVM for the rush. I still do Miner's Flat on Whitehorse, but not to the top now. Enjoy while you can as ankles and knees get janky as you get older; big sigh to follow.
Hey whats the name of the big obvious path to the left, if youre looking at Stuart from the base, like the path just before Cascadian, it goes straight up? I wonder what that path is like
Thanks so much! There are some pretty big crevasses up there. Wouldn’t recommend doing it unroped. However, we did encounter a guy climbing solo up there so it can be done.
Just chiming in because of your question. Sloan Glacier is an active glacier. I’ve climbed it as late as October and the crevasses then are large enough for a house to fit inside them. Really on, you are walking over those crevasses. Any glacier can be traveled without a rope, but mountaineers rope up for the chance of falling through. There has been some big rescues on Sloan, don’t be that guy but of course your call.
Thank you! Truth be told, we’ve been inspired by some of your adventures in the Olympics that we’re trying to make it more of a priority to spend some time out there this year!
Thank you btw for posting this video! See Mt Townsend is the first hike I ever did. I hiked it with my Dad many times after. He was my best hiking buddy. We Hiked St Hellens and all over the Olympics and Ea Wa. I moved from Western Wa so hiking Townsend isn’t an option. But I cherished every bit of your video, as I’ve done that one dozens of times. I knew every spot you were at, and the next switchback you’d come to. My foot would inevitably cramp just as I was coming up to summit. Mt Elenor is another great one!
Thank you for sharing that story with us! We love hearing things like that. So glad the video brought back such fond memories for you. We hope to spend some more time in the Olympics this coming year. Thanks so much for watching!@@jillo.6473
Hello, in 1988, there was no moraine to cross. The glacier covered the entire lower part of the mountain, and there was no refuge, but the bivouac site remained the same. Pierre and I were well acclimatized, but reaching the summit was still challenging. I have a few souvenir photos. Greetings from Switzerland!
@@marriedmountaineers I don't have many scanned photos (it was 35 years ago!) but I'll send you some on your e-mail. I wish you many more mountain trips. Claude
The moraine demoralized me a lot. I leaved my watch in camp, and promised to myself not to ask ro mi guide how many hours left or things like that. After some hours we reached the glacier and felt more optimistic.
Thanks so much! There’s just one shorter section down Bigelow that’s a little sketchy. A rappel wouldn’t be a bad idea at all, but it can be done without it. Up to you as to whether or not you want to carry the rope and gear for it haha. Good luck!
Beautiful video, thank you. I climbed Sherpa Peak in 1974 over a fair amount of the same terrain. I certainly recall how tiring it was to have to climb back up to the pass on the way out. At the time being 16 I thought it would be "easy" to get Stuart the same day. Wrong. I wonder if I could have done all that in 11 hours then, our trip was in a more sedate 2 days with the mountaineers.
I hiked the Wonderland Trail CCW in 7 days also, but starting and ending at Longmire way back in 2001. I remember each day being tough with the mileages and elevation changes, but awesome scenery and an amazing experience. Great to relive this hike through your hike!
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing that. Yeah, some of the mileages were tough on a few of those days but the scenery definitely makes up for it. I would imagine every year the WT offers something a little different. Thanks for watching!
