the Matterhorn il Cervino 2014

 the crag at Voltourneche in Italy

 The Matterhorn, il Cervino from Cervinia, the first view of the mountain in the evening

 the first refuggio above Cervinia

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 the Abuzzi "hut" with apple strudel

 Cam climbing above the little village

Preparing to Climb a Mountain

 People sometimes ask, how do you get ready to climb a Himalayan mountain?

 First, go to Mexico and climb Orizaba, the 3rd highest peak in North America

 Then go to Hawaii and find some old lava crags and climb up Koko Head.

 

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Then hike two hours  into El Cajon a couple of times and  do a few long and strenuous climbs with Josh

 take a trip to Moab and schedule a 2:00 meeting every afternoon to hike in Provo Canyon

Then hike up to Mt. Millicent before the ski lift opens. and ski down.

Then hike 30 miles in two days carrying a pack in the snow to the top of Mt. Whitney.

 Hike up toward the Everest ridge on Mt. Timpanogas until well after dark.

 Be sure to sleep at Brighton as often as possible.

Mt. Whitney

 3 mile walk to the trail head, took the wrong trail, 4 extra miles, carrying snowshoes, tent, novels, took the wrong trail again going up to scout lake, looking for places to camp, when I arrived at the lake, the sun was going down, and discovered everyone else had gone to the next lake "only a thousand feet up", arrived around 10, set up tent, cooked dinner.  Woke up at 4 am and started hiking with crampons,  saw the beautiful east face of Mt. Whitney, but hiked instead up the steep snow coullor to icy slabs and the summit. Back at the trail head at 9:30  PM, after some sketchy descent on the ledges, back to the car at 11:00, over 30 miles in two days.

Ocean to Mountain

 To climb a mountain
To climb a really big mountain, I started with the ocean, then El Cahon

Then climbed Kokohead on Oahu