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09-26-2009, 01:54 PM #101
Yeah, lots of dying glaciers out there. According to the locals, this summer the firn line was higher than anyone could remember it ever being. Many glaciers had retreated 1/2 mile or more from where they were drawn on maps. Big bathtub rings on the mountainsides where the glaciers are retreating faster than the alders are colonizing.
Cool story. Doing anything in the wilderness was so much more core a generation ago. Like Don and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Munday"]Phyl Munday[/ame] who discovered Mt Waddington. Those two did huge, unmapped icefield ski traverses and skied peaks through BC while cooking over wood fires. I mean, how does that even work? Carry cordwood on one's rucksack? Ski to treeline each night?
Tana Lobe was the big question mark for the trip. We didnt know if we'd be able to cross the glacier and there was also the possibility of it not bridging Granite Creek. We talked about the possibility of having to v-thread the ice and rap into the river, which sounds terrifying. Worst case, we would have back-tracked to iceberg lake and called the pilot from the sat phone.
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09-26-2009, 01:59 PM #102The Shred Pirate Roberts
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This is so fucking awesome. Must go there!
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09-26-2009, 02:06 PM #103
So, just re-read this again. This is really an amazing TR, both words and photos.
Gnarwhale, if you have the time, I would love the hear the background on this coming together. You touched upon it in some responses, but it would be cool to understand (high-level at least) the immense logistics that go into a trip this remote and long.
Thanks.
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09-26-2009, 02:13 PM #104Registered User
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so fucking cool. nice work
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09-26-2009, 02:21 PM #105
It was totally worth coming out of lurk-mode and making my first post just to tell you how FUCKING AWESOME this TR is.
EPIC CITY.
Well done, sirs.
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09-26-2009, 02:22 PM #106Registered User
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AWESOME!
That is all.
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09-26-2009, 03:40 PM #107
Most epic modern adventure I have ever seen documented. Amazing images of things I could never have imagined. I really appreciate you sharing them. It's my lifelong dream to live adventure that big someday. Thanks for showing how its done. Congratulations and good luck on your future plans.
"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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09-26-2009, 05:22 PM #108
incredible pictures. definitely a trip to consider in the future. THANKS!!
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09-26-2009, 06:18 PM #109Registered User
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Epic trip of a lifetime. Thanks for sharing.
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09-26-2009, 06:55 PM #110
I'm supremely jealous. That trip obviously kicked ass!!
Thanks for sharing, some of those shots are awesome!"I just looked down to see if I was wearing my seatbelt, and I'm sitting at my desk in my room."
http://www.flickr.com/photos/owencaprell/
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09-26-2009, 07:34 PM #111
Absolutely incredible. Thank you for taking the time to share.
Old's Cool.
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09-26-2009, 07:48 PM #112
Gorgeous.
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09-26-2009, 08:41 PM #113
Epic! Coolest TGR post ever!!!
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09-26-2009, 08:42 PM #114Skibum2
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Wow! Now that was a TR.
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09-26-2009, 08:58 PM #115
yep, that kicked ass. Honestly, one of my favorite parts, was finding work to pay for the ride back.
Talk about Into the Wild man, geesh...
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09-27-2009, 05:45 AM #116
Unbelievable adventure!!!
Congratulations to this outstanding trip.
Great pictures, great write-up....... great everything!
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09-27-2009, 05:52 AM #117Hugh Conway Guest
looks like a fun trip. the mundays fucking rocked
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09-27-2009, 06:45 AM #118
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09-27-2009, 07:07 AM #119Registered User
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WOW...........Amazing
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09-27-2009, 08:00 AM #120lady jesus got banned!
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Thanks for sharing - great read!
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09-27-2009, 02:12 PM #121_
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09-27-2009, 04:08 PM #122
Tremendous.
Somehow I suspect the four of you aren't finished adventuring yet.
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09-27-2009, 05:16 PM #123"And I love it that other senior members apparently don't realize when they're jonging someone who's sarcastically jonging someone that they know is making a sarcastic funny...
we're now in some sort of irony wormhole." -DAFTC
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09-27-2009, 06:12 PM #124
fuckin awesome.
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09-27-2009, 06:33 PM #125Registered User
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That is unfuckingreal
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