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  1. #1
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    TR: Longs Peak Summit Ski Descent

    Route:
    Longs Peak Trailhead 9,400’
    Loft Route
    Ski Descent of Homestretch to Keplinger’s Couloir to Loft Couloir

    Stats:
    -Elevation Climbed: 5,000‘
    -Vert skied: 5,000‘
    -Mileage RT: 12.6 miles

    http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripre...&cpgm=tripuser
    Last edited by doumall; 04-15-2009 at 06:48 PM.

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    Cool, now we don't have to be polite

    Actually great TR you guys killed it.

  3. #3
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    Great TR! Gotta love the mixed climbing aspect of getting those higher more technical ascents.

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    Nice one.

    (Earlier comments about it here: http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83729)

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    Glad you put it up! Looks like a bad-ass time, that's all I can say!
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    Wow. Bad ass.

  7. #7
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    Saweet!!!!

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    I read this by dialup- havent seen the pictures yet, but even without pics, I love this TR, especially this:
    I really wish I could have captured the downclimb through the icefall with the camera. Instead it was meant for our memories and this brief description. As the snow fell it blew thick over the Loft’s east side. The icefall was the funnel for all this snow, so as we front pointed down the cliffs, a flume of snow poured over the tops of our heads. I remember looking down at Homi and just seeing snow spill off his body like he was in the middle of a water fall.
    No pics needed for that part anyway. The picture in my mind is beautiful enough.

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    I went to your original link and, the pictures actually look better here. I have been up Longs so many times, and by various routes (hiking/climbing). The summit descent is truly a huge accomplishment of athleticism and exposure and risk management. Very nicely done in variable conditions..probably some of the best for this descent.

    Just curious, were you able to start from the ranger station? What time?

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    Thumbs up

    what a memorable day - more type 2 fun than you can shake a stick at

    what doumall tactfully omitted from his kick-ass TR was that my tank was pretty much empty when we hit the loft. My day began a full day before we hit the trail with an early AM shift, followed by dinner with Fritz (who makes some gourmet shit, fyi), and finally a couple hours sleep before heading back out at 2am. Sadly, Fritz was out after his respiratory chlamydia flared up. Doumall was still game though, so we met in Boulder and got to the ranger station trailhead around 4am, and skinning shortly after. We were making pretty good time until we hit the loft and my 10 hr extended bonk set in. We kept at it. Talk of snow caves made doumall rock back and forth in a PTSD kind of way. We got back to the car well after 9pm.

    Doumall and I had only skied once prior to this trip, but you get to know a person pretty well on a sufferfest like this. His patience, focus and route-finding are all top-shelf. You can't ask for much more in a ski bud.
    cheers, dood


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    Chapeau!

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    Well, that's another thing I'm never gonna do.

    Nice work, though, obviously.

    But what exactly is "Clark's Arrow"? I googled it without success (lots of mentions, no explanations). Something to do with Lewis and Clark?

  13. #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by homi View Post
    Talk of snow caves made doumall rock back and forth in a PTSD kind of way.
    You forgot to mention the drooling

    Quote Originally Posted by homi View Post
    I didnt notice me sitting in this pic at the bottom till now, sweet shot bro!

    Quote Originally Posted by homi View Post
    You can't ask for much more in a ski bud
    Right back attcha man

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    But what exactly is "Clark's Arrow"? I googled it without success (lots of mentions, no explanations). Something to do with Lewis and Clark?
    Dont know the origin of the name, but its just a arrow some dude (maybe a clark ) painted on that rock a while back so people could find this route. Similar to the red dots on the Keyhole route.

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    Quote Originally Posted by homi View Post
    Doumall and I had only skied once prior to this trip, but you get to know a person pretty well on a sufferfest like this.
    Ain't that the truth!

    Love this TR, pushing it for sure. Awesome

  16. #16
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    Burl. That's where it's more about the mountaineering than the skiing.

    How did Keplingers look?

  17. #17
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    I would NOT want to climb that in ski boots. Or even self-adhering shoes!

    Out. Standing.
    "I said flotation is groovy"
    -Jimi Hendrix

    "Just... ski down there and jump offa somethin' for cryin' out loud!!!"
    -The Coolest Guy to have Ever Lived

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    Steeeeeeeeeeep!!!!
    It's got more paprika.

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    Down climbing waterfalls, come on Homi you can get steeper than that!

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    Nice effort.

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    Nice one lads. That's a tough line.
    Knowledge is Powder

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    CAW!!!!

    CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!! CAW!!!!
    CAW!

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    bump for ski stoke

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    Siiiickness
    . . .

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    TheTimeChild is bumping up old stoke for the new season to come. Please Ullr, let it snow.

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