MbPost.com -- It's SP for Mountain Biking!
Calling all mountain bikers! MbPost.com is SP's first sister site. Like SP, it is a collaborative content community, but it is focused on mountain biking instead of climbing.
This site is in its infancy right now, so many popular areas and trails are still "open". The site is built using the same core code as SP, so you'll instantly feel right at home with the navigation and features.
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Nov 9, 2008 5:29 AM by Gangolf Haub
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A Matter of 49 vs 51
by Gangolf Haub
„Warmth is overrated. A photographer doesn't need to be warm. It's the light that counts.“
I keep mumbling discontentedly as we are hiking through the village of Ardez in Graubünden's Unterengadin region in eastern Switzerland. We just parked our car at the local train station and are heading out for a long hike through the southern reaches of the Silvretta Group. We have just surfaced from a very rainy weekend, after which snow covered the mountains down to 2500m. Two days ago we made a first attempt on Plaschweller (2534m), one of the northernmost mountains of the Ortler Group. Yesterday – after being blown back out of the Schlinig Valley by ice cold and fierce winds – we hiked up to St. Martin im Kofel, a village “high” (1750m) up on Vinschgau's Sonnenberg, the sunny side of the valley. Today we intend to cross the Furcletta Saddle at 2800m. Just now we have been arguing about the direction and Judith has decided that we hike counter-clockwise. She figures that we'll have the morning sun warm us during our hike in Val Tasna in the east of the loop while the afternoon sun will do the same while we'll return through Val Tuoi on the western leg. I fear that I'll have to point my camera into the light, thus obtaining imperfect shots.
But who am I to complain? After all Judith holds 51% of the shares of our relationship...
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Reynolds Mountain, Glacier National Park
by Brad Snider
It was brisk and sunny morning at Logan Pass, which I agree with Bob Sihler is easily the most fantastic setting of any trailhead I have visited. Two days earlier I had been introduced to the grandeur of Glacier National Park. Along the lower ramparts of Going-to-the-Sun Road, the aspens were at their peak of color. At the trailhead the tundra was a colorful autumn mix of reds, greens and yellows. And above it all rose the hulks and horns of some impressive mountain peaks. From Logan Pass, it was evident that the snow from a week earlier was intent on sticking to the north-facing slopes of the surrounding mountains. I had originally intended to climb the highly-exposed north face of Reynolds Mountain, but the approach from Logan Pass was the same no matter which route I chose, so I decided to get a better look at the face as I approached. Along the easy approach I had great views of Oberlin Peak, Clements Mountain and Bearhat Mountain.
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Mangart, Vevnica/Veunza and Via della Vita
by saman
As we continued our way, the rain began to fall. I asked the others' opinion about changing the plan and going to bivacco Nogara instead of risking the hart ferrata of Via della Vita, but they weren't so worried about the weather and finally we proceeded on the original route. The rain also stopped later, so it proved to be the right choice.
The ascent to the start of the ferrata however, wasn't as quick as the first walk in the forests of Fusine. It was four o'clock wher we reached it. We had another pause, take our harnesses and VF equipment, and some chocolate and raisins also:)
Probably the hardest point was the first few meters of cable in a chimney, with a steepness of more than 90 degrees. We had quite heavy rucksacks and they appeared to pull us back to the groung. Finally we managed to pass this point.
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Home Is Where the Heartache Is
by Bob Sihler
It is dawn in Yellowstone, again. I love dawn here. It is not just because the traffic, especially the RV and bus traffic, has not arrived yet. It is not just because of the glow the early sunlight casts on the trees, meadows, hills, and mountains; or because of the mist that rises from the streams and turns a blinding white as the sunbeams strike it. It is because the world has begun again, the primordial world, a few remaining slivers of which Greater Yellowstone, along with just a handful of other places in the world, preserves in hoped-for perpetuity.
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A Guide to Piscatorial Acts in the Wilderness
by FlatheadNative
Multiday climbing in the mountains presents many options of overnight accommodations. While perching on the side of a mountain or staying a hut certainly has its advantages for a high start as well as enjoyable sunrise/sunset options; others enjoy spending evenings and mornings around the shores of a mountain lake. For those who desire this type of approach the options for how to spend that time are endless such as staying in the tent and reading a good book, playing cards or spending time in great conversation with friends. Perhaps a more enjoyable pursuit would be to bring a fly rod and spend some time fishing for trout.
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