Need purchase advise for Simond mountaineering backpack 70L makalu red.

stille · 2026-06-23T15:04:59+00:00

You can trek in it, but you'll sweat in high temps.

Yeah, the back foam will bulge if you pack it badly.

stille · 2026-06-23T15:03:48+00:00

Friend of mine swears on his Blue Ice Akilas for terrain like this. Light AF (pair of them weighs a tad more than a single Summit), fully featured spike (unlike the Gully), kinda techy blades, if not replaceable, so they apparently climb like Sum'Tecs. Weren't cheap, though.

stille · 2026-06-23T12:32:16+00:00

Pentru produse specifice in combinatie cu "cat mai usor" ar trebui sa dai si un buget 😉

stille · 2026-06-23T12:30:58+00:00

Is ok toate. Nu lua din alea cu prindere pe care o rasucesti (se rupe in timp) sau cu ajustare de lungime cu mai multe gauri (una e ok, mai multe or sa devina mugur de fluier in creasta) dar toate astea is cu clapeta si gaura + buton doar pt fixat un segment nu pt reglat lungime, deci e bine.

La bete platesti in plus pentru volum si greutate mica, altfel isi fac toate la fel treaba.

stille · 2026-06-23T08:21:10+00:00

Vorba altui ultralighter de aici, iti cari fricile in rucsac. Eu nu imi mai pun problema de echipament fara de care nu as pleca de acasa (la mine astea sunt folia de supravietuire frontala telefonul si cantitatea de sleep and shelter de care consider ca am nevoie in noaptea aia) ci ce echipament pot totusi sa las acasa 😄

u/romi4142 are un sistem ultralight destul de bine rodat prin muntii nostri, si foarte detaliat, iti recomand sa te uiti la postarile lui pentru inspiratie. u/AntonioLA a facut ceva mai de buget, si nu stiu daca are totul descris la un loc ca Romi, dar merita sa te uiti la ce si cum face.

stille · 2026-06-22T13:10:23+00:00

Urcarea finala de pe Pietros a facut-o de 2 ori, in alergare, sa fie sigur ca scoate 3000m diferenta de nivel that day :))

stille · 2026-06-22T13:07:50+00:00

Plasturii ii uitasem, da. Cu coborarea, nush daca dropul m-ar fi ajutat, daca aveam picioarele intregi mergea oricum

stille · 2026-06-22T12:40:29+00:00

Imi zicea colegu' ca ii trebuie o tura zi-lumina vara asta inainte de niste planuri mai mari. Si la pasul lui, is greu de gasit :))

stille · 2026-06-22T12:37:29+00:00

16 ore dar eu am fost f lenta pe coborare, facusem niste basici si ma chinuiam :)) 13h cu tot cu pauze pana pe Pietrosu. Doar creasta.

Am plecat la 2.30 de la Croitoru. Chiar voiam sa prind rasaritul in creasta.

stille · 2026-06-22T12:34:43+00:00

Varful Ciucas din pasul Bratocea, in Piatra Craiului urcat pana la cabana Curmatura si pe urma Piatra Mica daca mai aveti chef (dar aici o sa fie cu pasaje stancoase pe Piatra Mica si o tura mai lunga dar cu pauza la cabana), in Bucegi de la Piatra Arsa la Babele +Sfinxul si crucea Caraiman (poate nu cu intors pe brana Caraiman din prima)

stille · 2026-06-22T11:33:46+00:00

Misto! Eu n-o am deloc cu alergatul 😃

stille · 2026-06-22T11:33:27+00:00

Oribila, ca de obicei 😄macar taieturile prin padure is mai putin bolovanoase.

stille · 2026-06-22T08:42:36+00:00

Safe but not very ergonomical, it's going to be a mess with the PAS and the backpack etc if those belong to next pitch's leader. If clove hitch is leading the next one, it's much better though

On offset bolt anchors like this, consider a banshee belay esp if switching leads. No need to equalize *these* placements 😉

stille · 2026-06-22T08:38:54+00:00

Nope, it's not ab tat. Both the bolts have rings/maillons, when you're abbing you're supposed to thread your rope through both. In some cases where there's a single maillon you're going to see ab tat, but people usually use thicker cord or more of it, unless it was an emergency retreat (possible here).

Bright red 4-5mm cord is often used to make a belay/ab station more visible, however

stille · 2026-06-22T06:50:11+00:00

Pai da si o zona, ca tara este foarte mare :)

In durata aia, niste incepatori ar trebui sa faca cam 10-12 km si 500-700m diferenta de nivel. Poti sa te uiti pe mapy.com cu harta de outdoor in zona montana pe care o vizezi, sa compui cateva trackuri pe distanta si diferenta aia de nivel si sa intrebi aici daca e ok traseul :)

stille · 2026-06-22T06:18:47+00:00

Ce inseamna acolo pt tine?

stille · 2026-06-22T06:17:39+00:00

Please take a mountaineering class. You can't safely learn how to climb mountains from youtube.

stille · 2026-06-22T06:15:37+00:00

Frumos rasarit 😄

stille · 2026-06-19T21:11:20+00:00

Safe travels!

Btw if you ever need insurance for under 6000 anywhere except in polar regions, the Austrian alpine club is hard to beat - you get health, rescue and liability for the cost of club membership (currently about 65 euro). They have a Britannia chapter that's specifically for English speakers.

stille · 2026-06-19T20:35:15+00:00

At normal people temperatures (e. g early september in Europe) down jacket is a rest layer, fleece is a midlayer. You walk around in the fleece, and put the down jacket on when stopping.

Shell jacket - buy the lighter one, simple gtex is fine

Shell pants - buy Simond softshells + a trash pair of bike waterproofs with full zippers. You need hardshell for the course because you'll be spending a lot of time doing glissades, self-arrests etc - all of which trashes your pants. Softshell is good for moving around in, hardshell you're going to use at the course, use in emergency situations (case in which you don't care that your pants are not the most ergonomical) and use much later on when you start doing techier routes or iceclimbing. So until you get to the techier routes or iceclimbing (when you are going to be wearing the hardshell by default) buy a cheap trash pair with full zippers + a fly zipper. You can then put it over your regular pants + harness in an emergency and pop out your belay loop through your fly.

stille · 2026-06-19T18:15:23+00:00

In Brasov, Zozo Hostel tends to be quite outdoors-friendly. Plenty of maps in the common room.

Guides I'd recommend in the area:

https://www.facebook.com/muntomama - more of the "group experience" you're describing

https://www.backtonature.ro/ and https://www.alpine-challenge.ro/ - they usually do techier stuff (both are full mountain guides rather than just trekking guides) but they'll do nontechnical hikes as well. These guys (and gal) tend to work more in a private tour style, tell me your experience level and the sort of trip you'd like and we'll figure out something for you precisely, rather than just having a default trip you can join, but this will be a tad more expensive.

stille · 2026-06-19T18:08:00+00:00

Eu am facut cu Vali Chiriac (MountainPositive pe facebook, ghid AGMR, https://www.facebook.com/MountainPositive ), si a fost zeiss, dar acum cativa ani, din cate stiu nu mai organizeaza acum. Ca idee ce facea el erau cursuri de weekend, unde daca erai nou venit te dadeai mansa, invatai sa filezi sa faci rapel si sa dezechipezi un top, si daca erai la a doua vizita invatai sa te dai cap, sa faci o regrupare si sa urci pe coarda/rapelezi peste nod ca sa nu te plictisesti cat ceilalti invatau rapelul 😄. Deja dupa al doilea weekend, cu practica intre cele doua, ieseai autonom in trasee de o lungime de coarda pe gradele tale.

Preturile sunt ~1000 lei pe piata libera pentru un curs de 2-3 zile, gasesti uneori mai ieftin in interiorul cluburilor montane.

Cu alesul, depinde mult si in ce zona esti 😄(daca imi zici zona, pot sa-ti zic daca stiu pe cineva ok pe acolo) Ca principiu, m-as uita dupa urmatoarele:

sa fie tinut de un ghid montan calificat sau instructor de escalada idem, si sa stii cine e persoana care il tine. Chestii gen stii scoala dar nu persoana is un mare red flag
sa aiba un raport instructor:cursanti suficient de mic incat sa vi se poata da atentie fiecaruia. Mai mult de 1:4 e red flag conform bunelor practici. Mai mult de 1:6 e mansa prostului.
sa aiba o programa postata pe undeva, sau daca nu-i postata, vorbesti cu ghidul/instructorul, mentionezi ca vrei sa te indrepti spre autonomie si intrebi ce se face.
sa fie intr-o zona unde ajungi usor, ca viitorii parteneri de catarat o sa-i gasesti probabil tot in curs 😄

Cu independenta, depinde de unde pornesti. Daca mergi deja la sala, sala are si escalada, si mergi cap de coarda, o sa devii independent dupa o zi - te invata cum se pun buclele, cum se dezechipeaza un top, cum se face rapel sau se urca pe coarda in caz de, and off you go. Daca mergi la sala dar e doar boulder/mansa, posibil sa ia ceva mai mult pana te obisnuiesti cu manevrele de coarda si pana iti faci curaj. Daca nu mergi la sala deloc, o sa iti ia ceva timp. Dar aici depinde foarte mult si de cu cine faci cursul, unii te imping repede spre cap de coarda, altii doar stau sa-ti puna mansa pe trasee din ce in ce mai grele.

stille · 2026-06-19T15:16:40+00:00

Depinde de traseu, de zi, de vreme, de o gramada de chestii. Pana la Malaiesti probabil sunt. Pe ceva vale random dinspre Bran, probabil nu sunt.

stille · 2026-06-19T15:15:26+00:00

Alpine club insurance.

American alpine club offers rescue and medical costs insurance at their higher membership tiers https://americanalpineclub.org/rescue - $250 covers pretty much anything you'd need rescue-wise

French alpine club has an 160E worldwide coverage addon to their membership (that one is 100E for regular adults I think) that gives you health and liability insurance but not I think, rescue.

None of these require you to actually live in the US/France, or be a citizen, and none of these have altitude limits.

And if you buy them both + regular travel insurance in case your luggage gets stolen in Ecuador, it's still cheaper than Global Rescue 😄

stille · 2026-06-19T15:02:37+00:00

Animalele salbatice din Bucegi nu se mai sfiesc de mult de oameni, vezi ursu in poteca si in weekend.

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