By best I mean
>best views
>requires effort but isn't very dangerous

The best mountain doesn't have to be the highest one but considering that my favorite mountain is currently the highest one I've ever climbed (Rysy in Tatra mountains, 2499 m) I think it often correlates.

I think Elbrus (highest European mountain if you stretch the definition of Europe) with 0.15% mortality rate is a good candidate, unlike Mont Blanc with 0.5% mortality rate. But the problem is that Elbrus is in Russia which means high crime rate and need for a visa.

There are also relatively easy mountains in Alps like Schrankogel (3497 m) and Breithorn (4160 m), although Breithorn is mostly known as easy because you can get a cable car up to 3820 m which takes away most of actual hiking.

Norwegian mountains are smaller but it's my dream to go there cause mountains protruding straight from the sea seem so beautiful.

Trails with no major peaks are a different category. They don't require as much effort but they can be beautiful too. Stołowe mountains are an example and they're my second favorite mountains I've been to, after Tatra. One day I certainly will visit the Slovak paradise for the same reason

>tl;tr
Those who have mountain experience in Europe, post the best mountain/trail you've ever been to and the one you want to visit

Going to be in C-Ville for a few years, What are some good or obscure places to check out in the National Park? I know Big Meadows has some of the last natural night sky sites on the East Coast
Also into /x/ locales so any hotspots there that aren't just le spoopy hick house would be good too

Anyone here enjoy visiting and searching for ancestral sites? Some of the youtube people and blogs I watch are really into this kind of thing. I kind of get it, it's cool to see a nice petroglyph or pictograph or cliff dwelling and I always do some research to see if there are any good sites in areas I'm visiting. I'd love to find an arrowhead, that would definitely be cool. But I still always end up thinking that most of the ancestral stuff here is both not that old and not that impressive compared to what other old civilizations pretty much everywhere else in the world have left behind.
We (USA) have nothing that compares to the colosseum, the acropolis, the great pyramids, machu picchu, chichen itza, angkor wat, borobodur, terracotta army etc. Even the cave art in Europe is way more technically impressive and also tens of thousands of years older. I guess there's the angle that Native American stuff is interesting exactly because they were so primitive, it's like stepping way further back in time even though it's not actually that old. And for us Americans we're obviously more connected to this land and these people, and for many of us they're our direct ancestors, so naturally we'd be drawn to this stuff more.

Anyway post some cool petroglyphs or pictographs or ruins you've seen.

Are forests capable of selectively yeeting annoying people?

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-tree-kills-google-employee-20790840.php

>google software engineer
aka 200k a year to do absolutely nothing at all

also, anyone remember of the story of that white woman who married a guy who worked for gizmodo or some tech blog in SF and they were driving to a lodge in southern oregon and decided to cut through crazy forest roads in november because the woman was leading them and the cucked asian husband just did what she told him and they ended up stuck in the snow and he left to get help and froze solid and she survived?

Easily the best /out/ state in the lower 48.
>tallest mountain in lower 48
>best coasts in lower 48
>three of the biggest cities full of nightlife and other activities
>a shit ton of public land
>mountains
>desert
>you name it, we have it
>even has yearly fires for pyromaniacs
>some of the hottest women in the country
>most women are practically naked on the beaches
>can dress like a hobo and no one will judge you

>HIKING

How the fuck am I meant to find where these fuckers are in the UK???
I want to help do my part and get some tasty morsels while at it but it feels like it's impossible to find which rivers/streams these fuckers inhabit.

whats the strangest/worst place you've found a tick?

My rules are:

Some logistical support (mule to move 20-25kg of gear to Basecamp in-out).
No porters.
I have to port my own gear from Basecamp to the higher camps.
Normal route (15-19 days depending on weather and how I acclimate)

Aconcagua has very little technical difficulty (maybe crampons but no climbing or roping on the normal route), the altitude is a bitch however.
I chose February to start the expedition because it's low season and less chances of summer storms.

What would your training regime be /out/?

anyone got experience with waxing cotton tarps? i was thinking about making a traditional aussie swag cus im a luddite but all the info about waxing cotton online is shite and i dont wanna buy a 60 dollar tiny little waxed cotton sheet just for it to add 50 pounds to my rucksack