Winter Peaks for Beginners
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Winter Peaks for Beginners
Bill shared on Facebook, so I'll share it here.
Bill has added a new section to the website, Winter 14ers For Beginners.
The link is under the "Routes & Planning" dropdown menu.
https://www.14ers.com/winter14ers.php
This was a project Ryan Richardson and I started a couple years ago. We discussed the topic of winter peaks for beginners and what they needed to know. A draft here and there, and then I finally wrote it up. Ryan and Brad McQueen took the draft and added content. We made edits. Then we had Kevin Baker have a read through.
It's probably not perfect. And some people might have a different opinion about a few things.
Bill wrote the ski section.
We hope this will provide quality information to those hikers that want to start looking at winter peaks; and provide the beginners with enough knowledge to not only enjoy the the snow covered summits, but to do it safely.
We want to thank Bill for allowing us to add content to this amazing site. It was very gracious of him to let us add, not a trip report, but a full section.
Joel
Bill has added a new section to the website, Winter 14ers For Beginners.
The link is under the "Routes & Planning" dropdown menu.
https://www.14ers.com/winter14ers.php
This was a project Ryan Richardson and I started a couple years ago. We discussed the topic of winter peaks for beginners and what they needed to know. A draft here and there, and then I finally wrote it up. Ryan and Brad McQueen took the draft and added content. We made edits. Then we had Kevin Baker have a read through.
It's probably not perfect. And some people might have a different opinion about a few things.
Bill wrote the ski section.
We hope this will provide quality information to those hikers that want to start looking at winter peaks; and provide the beginners with enough knowledge to not only enjoy the the snow covered summits, but to do it safely.
We want to thank Bill for allowing us to add content to this amazing site. It was very gracious of him to let us add, not a trip report, but a full section.
Joel
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Very cool and nice resource.
I think I'd just highlight that "winter 14ers are not for beginners" though.
You can be a "winter beginner", but not a "beginner"as most people would use that word!
I think I'd just highlight that "winter 14ers are not for beginners" though.
You can be a "winter beginner", but not a "beginner"as most people would use that word!
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Love to see this - should be helpful to many!
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Hope you don't mind some small edits/qa:
https://www.14ers.com/winter14ers.php?p=5
"Facemasks" should probably be, "Face masks".
There's also encoding issues,
"Gloves or mitten?" should probably be, "Gloves or mittens?"
There may be more
https://www.14ers.com/winter14ers.php?p=5
You probably want the colon after "day" to be a period, or lowercase the f in "From"You will be hiking in changing temperatures and conditions throughout the day: From still and bitter cold in the morning,
"Facemasks" should probably be, "Face masks".
There's also encoding issues,
‘up' and
Those funny chars should probably just be single quotes. Although those single quotes should be double quotes, if you follow the rest of the style you're using.‘down'
"Gloves or mitten?" should probably be, "Gloves or mittens?"
There may be more
Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
That's a great resource. Thanks for compiling it.
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Good info, maybe add a section highlighting the importance of having a beard, and some tips on how to grow one?
Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Semantics!
Absolutely.
That's advanced info. We might be able to convince Brad to teach a "masters" class in beards, but there would need to be a prereq of 10 winters peaks.
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Add a "the"
This is awesome though. Well done.
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
I like it
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Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego. -Nietzsche
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego. -Nietzsche
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
Did someone say snotcicles?!
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Re: Winter Peaks for Beginners
I literally haven’t loled like that in a long damn time! (Justin’s photo)justiner wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:50 pmDid someone say snotcicles?!
Still cracking up