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Traversing Mexico’s Sleeping Beauty

Posted on January 10, 2024October 22, 2025 by Backcountry Fever

DAY 8 – Izta Summit Day Midnight came quickly as it always does.  Not sure why we had to start that early again and our guides really didn’t have a good answer.  We only had 4,000′ of elevation in 4 miles, very much like a typical day in Utah.  Granted, we were starting from 13,000′…

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Mount Whitney: Summit via the Mountaineer’s Route

Posted on June 24, 2021January 7, 2026 by Backcountry Fever

DAY 4: From Standstill to Summit Push When we got up the next morning, the rain had stopped but the sky had turned gray and moody again. The real concern came from the only other group up there that day — three rock climbers planning to do the East Buttress.  Somehow, they’d gotten word from…

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