Corrected, it was Saturday, I think the altitude got to me..
Edited by HighPlainsMedic, 04 April 2011 - 01:43 PM.
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Ok I like a challenge but..
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 12:29 PM
I did a solo up Flattop Saturday, my wife's cousin was in town, and well, I am the third wheel when they are around. It was harder than I thought it was going to be... The snow on the east face of the mountain is all getting scoured out,
Corrected, it was Saturday, I think the altitude got to me..
Corrected, it was Saturday, I think the altitude got to me..
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 12:59 PM
Deliciously brutal!
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(A tad windy, eh??)
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(A tad windy, eh??)
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 01:44 PM
Wow. That's windier than Aaron after he's had 5 beers.
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 01:53 PM
That must be some cousin!!
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 01:57 PM
John, on 04 April 2011 - 01:44 PM, said:
Wow. That's windier than Aaron after he's had 5 beers.
Jeff, glad to hear it was harder than expected but you persevered.
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 02:40 PM
Woo!!! I LIKE IT!!! 
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Posted 04 April 2011 - 02:49 PM
That video really captured the conditions! It was 75 here and windy, but not that windy 
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Posted 05 April 2011 - 03:10 AM
Wow! It was hard enough for me to get to Flattop on a nice day. I can't imagine me being up there in that wind! Thanks for showing me what it was like up there!
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 06:22 AM
THAT looks like a challenge!
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Posted 06 April 2011 - 10:04 AM
Man that was so windy it was blowing your pole in circles. Great Video!
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 07:18 AM
Your pole kinda reminds me of those "Wyoming Windsocks" , a chunk of drill stem pipe set in the ground with a log chain welded to it.......
Edited by JDgreen, 07 April 2011 - 08:09 AM.
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Posted 07 April 2011 - 06:27 PM
JDgreen, on 07 April 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:
Your pole kinda reminds me of those "Wyoming Windsocks" , a chunk of drill stem pipe set in the ground with a log chain welded to it.......
The last mile or so from the last corner / home stretch to the top.. was just like the top.. been denied x 2 other attempts this winter,
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Posted 08 April 2011 - 02:18 PM
JDgreen, on 07 April 2011 - 07:18 AM, said:
Your pole kinda reminds me of those "Wyoming Windsocks" , a chunk of drill stem pipe set in the ground with a log chain welded to it.......
LOL!! Might as well be the north pole!
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