Insane? Sane? Tame?
How you define
adventure is up to you
Hanging
Around
Rock
Climbing
KATIA VORO TNIKOVA, 54
Growing up in Moscow,
Katia Vorotnikova says, she
and her climbing club scaled
dilapidated buildings. Since
moving to New Hampshire
10 years ago, Vorotnikova,
54, climbs each weekend. So
what vertical challenge tops
her wish list? Oh, nothing too
nuts: just climbing Argentina’s
22,841-foot-high Aconcagua.
Interested? Check out
Exum Mountain Guides to
climb in the Tetons (307-733-
2297; exumguides.com) or
HighXposure Adventures
(800-777-2546; high-xposure
.com) to climb on upstate New
York’s Shawangunk ridge.
Mountain
Hiking
If you’re in good cardiovascular shape, try a “
walk-up” mountain like the south
slope of Mount Whitney in
California; at 14,505 feet, it’s
the tallest mountain in the
continental United States.
For novice climbers, the 1.3-
mile trail to the peak of Stone
Mountain near Atlanta makes
a great first summit.
Scaling the
Lowest Heights
TK CREDI T
ROCK STAR
Vorotnikova finds a
foothold on a New
Hampshire rock face.
ILLUSTRATIONS B Y MICHAEL SLOAN
Walk to the highest point in
our flattest state: Britton Hill,
on Florida’s Panhandle, has
several paved paths that lead
to the granite marker atop the
345-foot-tall “peak.”
