I know this is not part of the challenges, so you may disregard this if you'd like but, I just wanted to help out and share that a hiker Ling Dao has been missing since Wednesday 6/12 at Mount Whitney.
I am hoping they find him, but they are still searching from the latest update.

Here is a Reddit forum where his brother describes his last…[Read more]

Hi everyone! I am from soCal and am planning on doing the NorCal challenges. That said, I figured I should ask if anyone wants from soCal challenges want to do the NorCal Peaks with my friend and I.

I am usually free fridays – sundays and I plan on driving from Orange County to NorCal, with my friend, a couple of trips to take down the 6 norCal…[Read more]

IF you are an REI Member, it's that time of the year again; you get 1-full price item 20% and 1-rei outlet (online) item 20% from May 17-27 2019.

I also want to note: REI changed their pricing on rented gear (disappointed). So for example; I use to rent crampons for $10, picked up thurs night – returned friday night. But the new system is that I…[Read more]

This is not an encountered problem, but as forums get longer and longer I do realize that I need to click on the last pages to get the most updated posts of that specific forum. I was wondering if the latest forums can be the top of the forum; this is more of a recommendation, but I think would be useful as Forums get bigger.