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04-28-2009, 11:03 AM #76
It hurts so good! heh
But seriously fellas, great journey, write-up and photos and thanks much for sharing.
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04-28-2009, 11:28 AM #77
kick ass summit. Luckily you didn't join the lost souls in el rio de las animas perdidas.
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04-28-2009, 11:39 AM #78Registered User
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Nice death march.
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04-28-2009, 11:55 AM #79
Awesome. Way to get after it.
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04-28-2009, 11:56 AM #80Registered User
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04-28-2009, 11:59 AM #81
Awesome TR.
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04-28-2009, 12:03 PM #82Goals are good but don't let them kill you.
SAR groups exist because of people like you.Last edited by tone capone; 04-28-2009 at 12:30 PM.
"The skis just popped me up out of the snow and I went screaming down the hill on a high better than any heroin junkie." She Ra
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04-28-2009, 12:05 PM #83
I vote McClelland for armchair quarterback of the year award!
But seriously nice work, friggin' awesome TR, and thanks for the inspiration.
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04-28-2009, 12:23 PM #84
Nice McClelland. All this TR needed was a butt-hurt hater whose Mom bought him an Outward Bound trip for graduation.
Serious question for Summit: if you were to do it over again, would you bring the cross-country set-up? I know they don't weigh much, but still.Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?
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04-28-2009, 12:33 PM #85
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04-28-2009, 12:39 PM #86
Very admirable vision quest.
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04-28-2009, 12:54 PM #87
mclelland = took a guided backpacking trip once
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04-28-2009, 12:58 PM #88
Are you kidding me?
I'm so tired of nanny state faggots like you I could puke.
Did Lewis and Clark take a NOLS course?
They went in, and got out without the safety bob douchebag squad aka SAR!
Nice armchair quarterbacking pussy.
People can walk around in the mountains and do whatever the fuck they want, how they want. Live and let live, douchebag.
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04-28-2009, 01:09 PM #89
that sounds supremely awful.
well done."The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" --Margaret Thatcher
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04-28-2009, 01:20 PM #90
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04-28-2009, 01:24 PM #91
wow, that looks like and sounds like it was hell. badass experience though that you guys will have forever
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04-28-2009, 02:04 PM #92
I would have, but I would have left the XC setup at the start of the plowed section instead of pointlessly carrying it for many miles in hopes the snow would return to the tracks. And we both would have brought hiking shoes. Hindsight is 20/20...
Actually, if we had to do it again, we'd do (and Adimmen advocated) the trip in say Feb (if if *if* the avi conditions allowed) since then maybe the tracks would be snow covered all the way. I would have brought a pull sled for once we got through the first 4 mi of side hilling avi debris, then XC'd the tracks all the way to the ford (which should be super shallow then). That would have made the trip so much easier.
Of course, with this 20/20 hindsight, coverage in the chutes would have been even shallower that time of year so... meh... sometimes you can't make everything fit. Oh well!Originally Posted by blurred
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04-28-2009, 02:28 PM #93Registered User
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Sumit and Adimmen... Dam good work boys.
Funny to track down this trip report as my buddy Tyler and I skied on Animas mountian about a month ago. We found and became abscessed with this area in the much the same way as you, good old Google Earth.
We started by skiing from Molas Pass, off the east side of MT Snuffles and down to the river. Looks like we had more snow then your trip, but were plagued with many of the same problems. We did bring real shoes though, and dam that must of been tuff on the dry tracks in ski boots.
I'm need to run to work so don't have much time to write. I'll be out of town for a few days after that too.
Would love to chat more about your trip later on. You can see a small write up on ours at http://www.rhythmsofgravity.blogspot.com/.
Cheers,
Evan Ross
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04-28-2009, 02:30 PM #94
Hall of Motherfuckin' Fame.
not counting days 2016-17
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04-28-2009, 02:47 PM #95
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04-28-2009, 02:50 PM #96click click boom
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I'm torn between the TR and the NOLS douche as to which was more entertaining.
Nice work boys. I know that canyon up the tracks and that would suck worse than you described. Animas was worth it. Epic line in a place not many will ever see. Crazy how much awe is hiding back there.
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04-28-2009, 03:31 PM #97
You guys must have some potent hydro to think that was fecible.
You should have brought a raft to cross the river, running shoes for running the tracks, moleskin for summy, a 12er of coors light for camp or maybe just used the train.
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04-28-2009, 03:41 PM #98
bwahaha, "NOLS douche" ... definitely added a twist to this TR. Wait, how many TRs have YOU posted, NOLSie?
As for the TR itself - AWESOME. Great writing, great pics, and cool story! Had been waiting for this for a while! Awesome job guys.
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04-28-2009, 03:53 PM #99
This has to be one of my favorite TR's of the year! Great work. P_Mcposer has the right idea about rafting in and rafting out. Next time find a friend with a raft. Better yet buy some giant old Dancers off Craigslist and slide the skis in and your boots. It'll be fun.
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04-28-2009, 03:57 PM #100
I just re-read this and felt compelled to post again. This TR is awesome. Pics, words, backstory, dedication, etc...
In my short time as a mag, definitely the best TR I have seen go up.
Nice work fellas.
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