Dallas climbers missing in Oregon

[All-American]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Your tallest peak is 14 feet above sea level in Ok? And you ran to the top of it?

As a former Kansan, I can identify with those tall moehills they call hills in those necks of the woods.

That's not what she said. She said she's climbed every peak above 14K in OK. And so have I.

And so have YOU, come to think of it.

[DirtyHippieUTE]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Does anyone know about mountain climbing? Is it reasonble to do winter climbs like this? Or was this crazy-risky?

I've done some alpine climbing.

It all depends on the experience of the climbers. I have some friends who make "mid winter" summit attempts, some are strictly summer guys.

Doing a peak in winter just adds a whole other degree of difficulty and gives bragging rights. Kind of like saying you did a century ride on a single speed.

Personally... I'm not a fan. Even some of the "easy" peaks (Timp, Kings, Deseret, Lone Peak, etc...) become extremely technical in the winter.

[hyrum]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Your tallest peak is 14 feet above sea level in Ok? And you ran to the top of it?

As a former Kansan, I can identify with those tall moehills they call hills in those necks of the woods.

No surprise they aren't 14k, but I guess you've never seen the Wichita (not KS) Mountains, nor Ouachita Mountains

Oh well, your loss.

http://www.rockclimbing.com/routes/N...hita_Mountains

[MikeWaters]

Hope is fading into oblivion for the two lost climbers. They found a camera (on James?) and the CNN article implies they didn't look good. They still maintain a theory that they could be alive somewhere underneath all that snow.

The cut rope they found isn't promising either.

It all sucks.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by All-American

That's not what she said. She said she's climbed every peak above 14K in OK. And so have I.

And so have YOU, come to think of it.

We can all say that we've climbed every 14K mountain in Utah as well.