“Not Nak, we’ll do just Yak.” - gallery Yak Peak

Yaks are the mammals that live at the highest altitudes in the world. They can climb up as high as 6100 m, can weigh up to 550 kg and can carry up to 100 kg of load. The Sherpas of Nepal generally call the males of the species for “Yak” and the females “Nak”.  We didn’t see any real yak yet in our life, but we did see and summit Yak Peak in British Columbia yesterday together with amstaff Magnum. On our way back we decided not to climb Nak Peak because the view was exactly the same as from Yak Peak. In Tibetan mythology, yaks are represented as the messengers of the gods living in high places, so I tried to listen to the message from Yak Peak without any luck. The view is great. I would love to go back and try to rock - climb it one day because of Yak’s stunning and solid granite surface.

ps: we had the cherry war on the summit, and I won:

… I ever saw <<

/…/ William C. Slingsby, the British father of Norwegian mountaineering said about Stetind: “The ugliest mountain I ever saw”. Perhaps this had something to do with his failure at achieveing the summit. Stetind was first ascended in 1910. /…/

The other day I was trying to put together an essay in norwegian about Gorans and mine trip to Needle Peak, when I got an email and a picture from friend of mine in Norway who was challenging us to climb norwegian’s Needle Peak, namely Mt. Stetind. On Wikipedia I’ve read that Arne Næss has climbed it. So I am thinking: if Arne Næss could do it, so can we.

Below you’ll find some pictures from our trip to Needle Peak.