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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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Andy Schmidt
Formerly Fuu
Joined: 02 Jul 2007
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With a group that size, I can't imagine how there wasn't a sing along. Please tell me there was a sing along.
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loper
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loper
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 Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:02 pm |
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Of course there was!
We started with
'Climb every mountain.......'
and ended with
'Slip-sliding away, Slip-sliding a-way-ay a-a-ay, the nearer your destination the more you keep sliding a-way-ay'
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wamtngal
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wamtngal
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Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:23 pm |
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| Matt wrote: | | Where we parked, there were three young guys departing at the same time, but they didn’t have snowshoes and didn’t make it to the summit. On the way down, I met one of them postholing, and was appalled to see that he was wearing soaking wet bluejeans. Somehow he survived, but it was funny just to recognize my own reaction. When I noticed the jeans, I found myself internally exclaiming in horror, “Oh my God, he’s wearing cotton!” |
And Matt is too modest to tell everyone of his heroic efforts in pulling said jeans-wearing-dude out of a posthole that was up to his armpits...and how the dude's friends were nearly to the bottom waiting for him...if Matt hadn't been around that guy's buddies would have had to slog back up to pull their friend out. The jeans guy said Matt "saved my life." Yea Matt!
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Opinions expressed here are my own.
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TrailPair
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wamtngal,
Obvioulsy soaked jeans guy was inexperienced.....yet his buddies left him behind! You gotta wonder....wtf were these guys thinking?
Thanks to Matt, soaked jeans guy survived. I wonder if he goes out into the mountains with his "buddies" again.
For K and me, we had a great time, and enjoyed meeting ya'll....and hope to see you on the trail again sometime. 
This thing called work is interfering with my play
This thing called work is interfering with my play
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goats gone wild
Mr. Goat
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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Location: Vampireville |
Matt, you are one heckuva nice guy, in so many ways. 
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
.....leaving me wanting to return over and over in what ever capacity that may be, even if one day my knees are too old and I can only see the mountains from my porch.
Jason Hummel
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EastKing
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EastKing
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Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:51 pm |
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Wow, you have got some great pictures. Looks like an incredible time. I would love to do the Persis to Index traverse sometime. Do you think it would be better or summer to do. Awesome trip. I'm jealous!!!
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Dayhike Mike
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Joined: 02 Mar 2003
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Totally jealous! Looking like you guys had a really great time!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke
"Ignorance is natural. Stupidity takes commitment." -Solomon Short
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cartman
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:35 am |
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Thanks Matt for organizing a fantastic trip, it was a great group to get out with. Sixteen people--new record (until I do a TNAB).
| EastKing wrote: | | I would love to do the Persis to Index traverse sometime. Do you think it would be better or summer to do. |
Goes in winter or summer; loper has done it twice, she says to camp by the tarns ont the other side of the saddle between the large flat summit and "Persindex" (Persindex being the rightmost of the three pointed peaks that are just to the left of the flat summit as viewed from Persis). Summer would avoid any avalanche hazard but would be more scrambling across boulder fields instead of easy booting on snow. With a full pack and good snow conditions, would probably be less effort on snow.
I want to do the entire traverse, it's really gorgeous up there, especially in fall. Tempted to try it as a day trip.
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Just Todd
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Just Todd
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:48 am |
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Finally getting around to adding LOTS to the plethora of Persis pics
Thanks Matt, and everyone else, for the trip! That was a blast!
I shoulda worn a hat though - aloe vera is my tincture of choice today for the sunburn; I've put more emphasis on it today by wearing a red shirt 
You can see more of mine at my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schneider1/sets/72157604533184696/
Maybe we can do the whole traverse when we can actually see the dirt?
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Sunset is an all day process.
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Bloated Chipmunk
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Thanks for the great TR & pics everyone!! I almost joined this trip as I had been to Persis last yr. (or the yr. before?) & enjoyed it....but after hearing about the shoulder-deep postholing on the way down,  maybe it's not a terrible loss that I missed it. 
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
Home is where the hiking is.
"Peaks that have come and gone four times should halt a man in his steps." -- William O. Douglas
A balanced diet is a margarita in each hand.
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Stefan
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Stefan
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:32 pm |
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thanks for sharing. great pics everyone
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gone
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:48 pm |
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Too many great pics to pick a favorite - great report, great trip, great shots!
Thanks for sharing them all!
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Schmidt Alti-Dude
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Matt, you forgot the golden rule (according to us). You're supposed to contact us see if we have any trips planned for the same weekend you are going to do something spectacular like this. That way you could have postponed the trip until we were able to join you .
Anything stated by me in no way reflects the attitudes or opinions of my wife
Anything stated by me in no way reflects the attitudes or opinions of my wife
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twodogdad
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