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climber
The Granite State.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 18, 2012 - 04:27pm PT
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We all climb, and we are all fun hogs.
What's the best peak you've summited?
Mine, unusually, is Katahdin. It's in a remote place with a great knife edge ridge.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 18, 2012 - 04:44pm PT
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I say Clyde Minaret , but perhaps Cathedral Peak because I've been up there with many different climbing partners , girlfriends , relatives .
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stilltrying
Trad climber
washington indiana
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Aug 18, 2012 - 04:52pm PT
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North Palisade.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 18, 2012 - 05:07pm PT
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Aug 18, 2012 - 05:12pm PT
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I don't know. Each one is good when you are climbing it.
It's a toss up for me. I used to think Cathedral Peak. That last pitch(with the incredible exposure) is fantastic, but I really enjoyed the NW buttress on Tenaya, and the NW ridge on North Peak was hella fun.
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nopantsben
climber
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Aug 18, 2012 - 05:34pm PT
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torre trieste.
approach: awesome, you get the best view of the mountain.
routes: all are hard classic and long.
summit: no words.
descent: takes time, you get to see most of the mountains.
all in all a great peak to climb.
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Roadie
Trad climber
Bishop, Ca
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Aug 18, 2012 - 05:40pm PT
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Clyad Minaret, hands down.
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Aug 18, 2012 - 06:22pm PT
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I know it sounds cliche' but Cathedral Peak is quite nice.Done it ton-o-times and probably won't stop.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Aug 18, 2012 - 06:23pm PT
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The last one.
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Cloudraker
Sport climber
San Diego, CA
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Aug 18, 2012 - 06:27pm PT
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Lembert Dome
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 18, 2012 - 06:32pm PT
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The one I'm thinking of.....
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Aug 18, 2012 - 09:47pm PT
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pingora
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pile
Mountain climber
Lost in SoYo, FREAKIN" spencer!
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Aug 18, 2012 - 09:54pm PT
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Lone Pine Peak is my personal fav. Its got it all, its beautiful and its a big mountain
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Aug 18, 2012 - 09:58pm PT
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St. Peter's Dome
Or
Cynical Pinnacle - South Platte - Colorado
Done Mt. Hood and Mt. Adams. Not so much into the big Mountains.
Snake Dike was good on Half Dome and Upper Cathedral Spire via The Regular Route has to be at the top of the list.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Aug 18, 2012 - 10:11pm PT
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Acid. Learned a lot that day:-)
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Charlie B
Social climber
Santa Rosa, Ca
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Aug 18, 2012 - 10:12pm PT
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Cathedral for sure. I'm trying to complete the sierra peak baggers list right now and have slogged up many peaks. Cathedral is what started it all for me and has fueled my love for peaks.
Side note- The hulk sucks, I don't go into the backcountry to wait in line.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Aug 18, 2012 - 10:36pm PT
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Mt Blanc, solo of Brenva spur (totally easy but spectacular) in Sept so I had the whole Italian side of the peak to myself almost the entire time. The place may be notoriously a zoo with the crowds, but it's a fantastic place to be with virtually no one else around.
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Bowser
Social climber
Durango CO
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Aug 18, 2012 - 11:36pm PT
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Little Bear, Blanca and Ellingwood in a day.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 18, 2012 - 11:40pm PT
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Mt. Rubidoux...RJ
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Aug 18, 2012 - 11:49pm PT
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That's interesting... Round Top was really my first Sierra Peak. Soloed the second class route back in my early backpacking days a gazillion years ago in the summer. The whole thing is pretty loose and in my ultra-n00b state I was rather sketched out., But it was nice being up there, on the remnants of a volcanic core! Love that area!
Best peak: not really climbing, but got up to about 16k on one of the ribs of Machupuchare. I was on a trek and pretty much stopped where the ultra hard core shepherds stop, Beautiful peak. Officially closed, at least then though I saw a couple of people heading in to climb it.
Eric
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