Adventure Story
The editors at Backpacker Magazine have generously invited DeLorme to participate in their 2010 Summit for Someone climb on Mt Langley in California. This hike is part of an annual campaign to raise money to "give inner-city, urban teens the chance to experience the wonder of the wilderness for themselves."

The following snip from the Big City Mountaineers SFS website describes the climb in the southern Sierra Nevada range...

"Mt. Langley is the southernmost peak in the Sierra above 14,000 feet. Overshadowed by its popular neighbor Mt. Whitney, it receives much less traffic while still offering excellent views and an aesthetically fun route to its summit. There are beautiful views of the Mount Whitney group, the Great Western Divide, Olancha Peak, and the Owens Valley. The trail leading from the Horseshoe Meadows trailhead to the summit is approximately 9 miles. The terrain is over a well-maintained trail with a reasonable grade to Cottonwood Lakes.  The scenery is spectacular starting off in a Jeffrey Pine forest and winding through three different temperate zones with the summit being well above timberline in an alpine environment." -Big City Mountaineers

We will be using the latest GPS system from DeLorme and SPOT, our satellite messaging partner, to track our progress on the climb and send messages back to this SPOT Adventures page as well as e-mails and text messages to friends and family, and posts to our followers on Twitter and Facebook.

Stay tuned for live updates as the climb progresses!

Chip Noble
Team DeLorme
Blog.DeLorme.com