Originally Posted By BrianLe
For a mountain with no water (no tarns, nothing), my inclination would be to base camp at the bottom and climb the mountain as a day-hike.


That's what I generally do here too. On occasion I will camp on a ridge or peak where's there's no water. Usually that's because a hiking buddy wants to. I prefer to camp in the valleys and hollows where water is near, or near a spring. We have some nice springs here and some of them are astoundingly close to the top of a ridge or peak, which never ceases to amaze me.
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