As long as other people are going to the high peaks and writing up their experiences, I feel absolved of the responsibility. Hey, I got married, that’s enough commitment for one life. This morning I found all sorts of evidence of high country wanderings, such as: <\/p>\n
Calipidder has posted a bunch of pix<\/a> from her weekend of four-wheeling and geocaching.<\/p>\n Rebecca also posted a comment referring Mount Whitney hopefuls to Mount Langley, another “easy California Fourteener.” I googled said mount and found this page telling how to get up there.<\/a> I also stumbled upon this interesting discussion: California Fourteeners, from easiest to hardest<\/a>. One writer’s assessment of the five easiest: <\/p>\n 1. White Mountain – 14 miles RT – Class 1 – ~2000+ feet elevation gain <\/p>\n 2. Mt. Langley – ~21 miles RT – Class 1 – ~4000+ feet elevation gain <\/p>\n 3. Mt. Whitney – 22 miles RT – Class 1 – ~6000+ feet Elevation gain <\/p>\n 4. Mt. Muir – 20 miles RT – Class 3 (from the Main Mt. Whitney Trail) – ~6,000 feet elevation gain <\/p>\n 5. Split Mountain – ? miles RT – Class 2\/3 – ? elevation gain – North Ridge Route via Red Lake <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Speaking of Whitney, here’s a nice write-up<\/a> about a daring chap going up the Mountaineer’s Route. <\/p>\n The worthy Sierra Descents<\/a> blog points to another fine blog for big-hill adventurers: Sierra Journal,<\/a> written by a Bay Area techie. <\/p>\n Don’t worry if the boss busts you scanning these links on the company dime. Just explain how reading about the outdoors reduces your fundamental urge to burn the office down. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As long as other people are going to the high peaks and writing up their experiences, I feel absolved of the responsibility. Hey, I got married, that’s enough commitment for one life. This morning I found all sorts of evidence…<\/p>\n