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Comparison of Denali, K2, Everest, Chimborzo, Aconcagua, and Mt Vinson Mountaineers are obsessed with physical altitude always creating lists such as the 8,000 meter peaks, the Seven Summits, the Colorado 14'ers, and countless others. However, just like wind and humidity affect the temperature that you feel; latitude, temperature, and weather affect the altitude that you really feel and the variances can be significant enough to move peaks in and out of various lists. A previous post showed that geodists are able to calculate the physical height of mountains anywhere in the world within an accuracy of a meter. So why do mountaineers care...

    Ahh, the joy of training for a big expedition is always an interesting topic.  Over the year I have followed a couple blogs on people heading to the Himalaya and it seems that the topic is one that generates as many opinions as it does methods.   Having been on a few Himalayan expeditions myself over the past 25 years, it always gets me a little excited.  But that experience also tends to make me look at my own experience with a critical eye, and so I thought I would write about it. I think the underlying value of...

https://www.wildsnow.com/14949/ilimani-bolivia-ski-descent-climb/   It's always fun to be a guest blogger.....especially when it's on backcountry skiing's  top shelf sites, Wildsnow.com !   

By Mike Marolt   The mountain is so high, so big!  I feel small.  The fear in my mind is real.  It drains me.  But it also is a hurdle that needs to be crossed so I eagerly move on.  Step by step, breath by breath, the weight on my pack straps digs into my shoulders.  I feel the sweat from my effort on my back and neck, and the wind somehow finds it’s way through the layers of my clothing to chill me a bit.  I pull my hood over my head and continue.  I am tired and weary,...