is mountaineering only for rich trustfund babies?

This is just climbing, mountaineering is even worse, its all of this stuff plus ice ax, crampons, way more expensive boots, all the snow gear that still lets you sweat a lot. Climbers can just wear rags and live out of vans and collect abandoned gear

>>2828554 (OP)
>is mountaineering only for rich trustfund babies?
Nope. Most mountaineers are poor

I do mountaineering (not climbing) and my gear cost about as much as tent/sleeping bag/other odds and ends for backpacking. If you don't have other hobbies the initial cost hurts a bit but after that it's not so bad. What fucking sucks is $1k+ guided climbs, but I don't know anyone else who would do glacier travel with me, so I mostly avoid it and just do winter scrambles, easier summits and such.

>>2828566
>I do mountaineering (not climbing)
You do hiking.

>>2828577
>but I don't know anyone else who would do glacier travel with me
where are you located anon?

>>2828577
Any tips getting into it? I'm not interested in climbing, but would like to do more exciting winter camping

>>2828554 (OP)
Read Kokou no Hito

>>2828554 (OP)
No. I got into it as a student, living entirely off a couple of scholarships and a part-time tutoring job. You just need to choose your targets carefully, obviously you can't afford to climb Everest or Denali unless you have a decent income.

>>2828577
>I do actual mountaineering!!
no
>muh gear is cheap!!
also no
You larp on /out/. That's what you do.

>>2828554 (OP)
Every outdoor hobby is. Not because the gear costs that much, but because poor people cannot take so much time off of work.

>>2828554 (OP)
no

>>2828554 (OP)
No it's also for young, autismos and sociopaths that get sponsored by being just on the edge of killing themselves for attaboys from a bunch of crusties and granola losers so that Chouinard can sell more microplastics!

>>2828554 (OP)
You might be onto something anon. Neither of my parents went to college but then my dad did well in business (boomer luck mode) and while I won't inherit a ton of money but I may get maybe 100k or something.

Anyways, my point is their success set me up to go to college and now I have a nice job where I make 6 figures. I finally, at 35, bought some mountaineering boots and ice axes, crampons. It was a HUGE major purchase for me and I felt guilty doing it...but now I ice climb 3-4 times a year (yes, that's it unfortunately) but I really love it and it makes me feel like a mountaineer even though it's fairly basic stuff.

That said, my point is that it took me many years to save up enough to justify it. I prioritized buying a house, paying off my car, and having NO debt except for my house. then I finally bought expensive gear.

>>2828743
bitter cope

>>2828554 (OP)
>couple grand spent on someones hobby
>YOU MUST BE RICH TRUSTFUNDY TO AFFORD ALL THAT!

>>2828807
kidlet detected

>>2828554 (OP)
When I was a teenage rock climber making $8 an hour at my local climbing gym I thought that spending a thousand bucks on climbing gear was an absurd burden. Then I grew up a little, graduated from minimum wage, met some people with some hobbies that were actually expensive, and realized I was being a retard. A basic set of climbing gear can be had for less than a $1000. Alpine climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering gear will cost another couple thousand. Maybe $5k if you want to be an all around mountain athlete. Less if you look for deals and buy used gear, more if you want brand new arcteryx clothing to go with your whole kit. Compared to many other sports, mountain sports are cheap.

>>2828554 (OP)
Always have been

>>2828554 (OP)
>30 quick draws
Why?

>>2829813
Also
>23 cams
>No nuts
Wtf are you even doing?
>5 ropes to match your five pairs of shoes
What in the absolute fuck are you doing?
Is your hobby climbing or collecting shiny aluminum?

>>2828558
>he doesn't just bum group gears by offering to belay
all you need is a harness/helmet/shoes if you're a total bum

>>2828554 (OP)
https://diaryofapunter.substack.com/p/on-breaking-my-neck-doing-what-i
its for retards

>>2829814
>No nuts
There are, they are at the top under the shoes

>>2829814
>5 ropes
How many ropes is too many? I got a skinny single 9mm, and 10mm cragging rope, and a pair of 30m doubles for glacier travel

been thinking of picking up a pair of 50 or 60m doubles for more serious alpine

>>2830324
It honestly depends on what you use them for. You can never have enough ropes, in my experience.

Post your mountaineering gear corners, /out/

>inb4 he doesn't have a mountaineering gear corner because he doesn't mountaineer

>>2830514
Something about this screams "used 1-2 times a year"

>>2830514
Why do "mountaineers" wear derpy hats like that? What's wrong with a beanie or a normal baseball cap?

>>2830532
Judging by the condition of it, it's used never.

>>2830588
>beanie
only gym climbers wear beanies

>normal baseball cap
nothing wrong with that, most of the people in my mountaineering club wear a normal ball cap + sun hoodie as long as it fits under a helmet
only the instagram posers (who don't get invited to many trips because of their attitude) wear garish stuff like that patagonia clown hat