Posts Tagged ‘Peak’

Cloudveil Inertia Peak Touring Pant Men’s

Sale: $59.00 – Retail: $130.00 www.levelninesports.com If you are touring any peaks in your free time, it is polite to do so while wearing pants. These pants, in particular, would be perfect for wearing while touring. The Inertia fabric is heavy like polyester, but water resistant and breathable like soft-shell ski pants would be. These pants do not have any of their own insulation (nor does the fit allow much room for layers, besides some long johns), so they are best used as a 3 season hiking pant. Whether hiking, alpine touring (aka hiking with skis on), mountaineering (aka hiking with a compass and some climbing gear), or hiking down to the 7-11 for more PBR tall boys (aka drinking), these’ll do the job. For winter adventures, we recommend a heavier, more waterproof, ski-specific pant.

“Climbing Island Peak” Fredtrip’s photos around Chukhung, Nepal (blogs on climbing island peak)

Preview of Fredtrip’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Chukhung, Nepal Entry Title: “Climbing Island Peak” Entry: “Nov 10: Tengboche – Dingboche (4400m) I left Tengboche at around 7am, crossed a Rhododendron forest on the way down then went back up towards Dingboche. There, at Moonlight Guest House I met an English trekker who was going to Pheriche, a village 30min away, for an “altitude talk” from the medical unit installed there. After getting a Sherpa stew (local loaded soup with potatoes, noodles, rice, beans, vegetable..) and as it was only 2pm I joined him as it would be good knowing more about that stuff. Every year trekkers die from altitude sickness. On my way back from Pheriche I met this herder who told me having climbed the Everest. Here is what I learnt about AMS (Altitude Mountain Sickness): Basically the higher you go the lower the air pressure, meaning less oxygen for every breath. So the lungs breath faster to compensate. Problem is they expel more CO2 too which tend to lower the pH in the blood. The body can only function at a certain pH and a lower pH at high altitude has severe consequences. The body will do everything to balance the pH, including killing itself… Symptoms are headache, loss of appetite, sleepless nights and lethargy. Further complications include getting HAPE (high altitude pulmonary edema) and HACE (c …

Alta Peak a rewarding test for hikers

Alta Peak a rewarding test for hikers
The word alta means “tall” or “high” in Spanish, so it’s easy to assume Alta Peak is aptly named. And while Alta Peak is indeed quite tall and high, one glimpse from its 11,204-foot summit proves there are dozens of peaks up and down the Sierra Nevada more alta than Alta.

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