Ancestors

Written by Dr. Dirtbag on 2024-12-24 at 00:06

For a belated #MountainMonday, here is the natural lifecycle of a vicuña on Cerro Mercedario (6720m), the eighth-highest mountain in the Andes. Like most of the high Andes, it is extremely dry, with only a handful of glaciers and permanent snowfields, usually covered in penitentes. The peak is a straightforward walk on a use trail through scree, though it is about a 5000m climb from town.

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Toot

Written by Mountain Mindset on 2024-12-24 at 02:59

@drdirtbag Wow that looks like some wild mountains to experience. Bones to remind not to make any permanent mistakes. Only a convenient 5000m climb from town too. Wew...

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Descendants

Written by Dr. Dirtbag on 2024-12-24 at 04:05

@mountainmindset That was a good trip... https://drdirtbag.com/2019/12/26/cerro-mercedario/

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Written by Mountain Mindset on 2024-12-26 at 22:19

@drdirtbag nice, I got this ready for an inspiring read for the road ahead!

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Written by Mountain Mindset on 2025-01-01 at 23:07

@drdirtbag Its pretty amazing not only how how much you've traveled but equally how you've traveled. Have you ever done any interviews or blog posts into your philosophies, mindsets, Idk basic thinking of what goes into all this? Curious to hear/read more from you.

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Written by Dr. Dirtbag on 2025-01-01 at 23:35

@mountainmindset There's a bit on my about page (https://drdirtbag.com/about/), and I wrote a post recently about what constitutes "adventure" to me (https://drdirtbag.com/2024/09/11/on-adventuring/), but I don't do a lot of concentrated reflective writing.

I was also interviewed on the FKT podcast back when Buzz ran it (https://fastestknowntime.com/podcast/107-dr-dirtbag), but the main thing you'll learn is that I say "um" way too much...

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