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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 1, 2017 - 10:00am PT
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All more obscure than Lembert Dome but worthy of attention. Like I say...it’s a big world out there.
Serve up some of your obscure gems!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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& donini raises the bar even higher...
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jgill
Boulder climber
The high prairie of southern Colorado
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Lankins Dome: Used to be one of my favorite soloing areas.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 1, 2017 - 02:45pm PT
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You bet they’re okay johnokner I’m going to bump this daily with a new picture for the nexr week to keep it fresh.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Great photos folks. I want to play too!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2017 - 04:20pm PT
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Daily bump for climbing content. Not an obscure peak in the background but the 6000 meter peak Thomas is standing on sure is.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2017 - 08:57pm PT
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Thanks mouse...here is a ST climbing content injection.
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Donini save the day again!
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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Wewie cavemonkey, that shet looks seck!!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mons Obscurum peaks on an "alternate" route towards Machu Picchu in 2007.
I never did figure out where we were on a map, or if the peaks were named.
Our highest pass was 15,100' & the inviting peaks were only two or three thousand vertical feet above it.
The night before the pass, we did have good views of a big peak to the south, or was it north? It was hell for me to be with a guided group of very competent Peruvian Indians that didn't need, or have maps for whitey.
On the positive side, our group of 4 friends had the last-moment surprise addition of a Lehman Brothers 25 year old Investment Banker, to our private trek. He suffered a night of altitude-sickness at our 12,500' camp & went down the next morning, while we old farts treked on.
We were not heart-broken.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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He went down as did Lehman Brothers...you had divested yourself no doubt.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jim! Per your comment: He went down as did Lehman Brothers...you had divested yourself no doubt.
He was the nicest Lehman Brothers investment banker I had ever met. Unfortunately, he had never been higher than Aspen CO., & after I gave him a pep-talk on altitude sickness, & he suffered a little in Cuzco, he became somewhat obsessive on the subject.
After he suffered all night at 12,500', he was slumped over & green, leaning on his tent the next morning. Heidi popped out of our tent, all frisky & fun, walked over to him & asked:
"Are you going to die boy?"
He went down soon after, then re-appeared at Machu Picchua, & he & the head guide, whose big tip had likely suffered, hated on us for the next few days of our tour.
Then Lehman Brothers went down early the next year. Poor kid. I bet he's making less than a million a year these days.
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