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"To provide information and instruction about world-wide basic to advanced alpine mountain climbing safety skills and gear, and on and off trail hiking, scrambling and light and fast Leave No Trace backpacking techniques based on the foundation of an appreciation for the Stewardship of the Land, all illustrated through photographs and accounts of actual shared mountaineering adventures."
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TraditionalMountaineering is founded on the
premise that "He who knows naught, knows not that he knows naught",
that exploring the hills and summitting peaks have dangers that are hidden to
the un-informed and that these inherent risks can be in part, identified and mitigated by mentoring:
information, training, wonderful gear, and knowledge gained through the
experiences of others.
The value of TraditionalMountaineering to our Friends is the
selectivity of the information we provide, and its relevance to introducing
folks to informed hiking on the trail, exploring off the trail, mountain travel and
Leave-no-Trace light-weight bivy and backpacking, technical travel over steep
snow, rock and ice, technical glacier travel and a little technical rock
climbing on the way to the summit. Whatever your capabilities and interests,
there is a place for everyone in traditional alpine mountaineering.
Copyright© 2002-2014 by Robert Speik. All rights
reserved.
A QUOTE FROM 1871
See yonder height! 'Tis far away -- unbidden comes the word "Impossible!"
"Not so," says the mountaineer. "The way is long, I know; its difficult --
it may be dangerous."
"It's possible, I'm sure; I'll seek the way, take counsel of my brother mountaineers,
and find out how they have reached similar heights and learned to avoid the dangers."
He starts (all slumbering down below); the path is slippery - and may be
dangerous too.
Caution and perseverance gain the day
-- the height is reached! and those
beneath cry, "Incredible! 'Tis superhuman!"
This is a passage we found on page 161 of "Scrambles
Amongst the Alps" by Edward Wymper,
first published in 1871 and reprinted 1981 by Ten Speed Press, Berkley, CA.
WARNING - *DISCLAIMER!*
Mountain climbing has inherent dangers that can in part, be mitigated
