I really didn't consider hiking to be a good workout until I took it up in the 90's and came to exactly the opposite conclusion. My first 4 major hikes were up Half Dome in Yosemite.
Hero Image: Rebmann Glacier at the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro
1966 - Helvellyn (3118ft) and Scafell Pike (3209ft, highest point in England, with my sister)
Half Dome from Washburn Point (photo courtesy of the internet). The trail is up the far (out-of-view) side of the rock
Half Dome from Washburn Point (photo courtesy of the Google maps) showing Vernal and Nevada Falls
1997 - Half Dome (Nov 1 - cables "down": I summited anyway, you have to kind of drag yourself up) (8846ft)
1999 - Half Dome, Yosemite (8846ft)
2003 - Half Dome, Yosemite (8846ft)
2004 - Half Dome, Yosemite (8846ft)
2005 - Yosemite Falls height 2425ft
2000 - Emigrant Wilderness backpacking
2010-12 Camelback
2013-06 Boggs Mtn, CA
2013 - Mt Dana,CA (13061ft), the highest mountain in Yosemite Natl Park
2016-04 Trekking the Andes
2014-08 Mt Snowdon, Wales
2014 - Mt Snowdon, Wales 3560 ft
2014 - Pulpit Rock, Preikstollen. 1982 ft above Lysefjorden
2014 Pulpit Rock, Preikstollen, Norway. I really couldn't get closer than a few feet from the edge. It's 2000ft straight down
Link to Cocora Valley Trip The Cocora Valley is the principal location of the national tree and symbol of Colombia, the Quindío wax palm (so it isn't really a…
I really didn't consider hiking to be a good workout until I took it up in the 90's and came to exactly the opposite conclusion. My first 4 major hikes were up Half Dome in Yosemite.
Hero Image: Rebmann Glacier at the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro
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