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Post by hikingtiger on Aug 26, 2015 7:10:51 GMT -8
The "leap of faith" is a little wider now. (Scroll down to the first video) rotten rock |
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walkswithblackflies
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Aug 26, 2015 12:00:55 GMT -8
Yikes!
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BigLoad
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Post by BigLoad on Aug 26, 2015 19:25:01 GMT -8
No! I'm not crossing that.
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toejam
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Post by toejam on Aug 27, 2015 4:26:55 GMT -8
I've wanted to do that traverse for a long time. When I climbed North Maroon there was a goat family crossing it and I wasn't willing to try it alone. I have a friend in CO who's climbed everything and says you can do the traverse unprotected going from Maroon to North Maroon, like the guys in the video. Going the other way is significantly more difficult and you want a rope to rappel the steep sections. Don't remember him talking about leaping over chasms.
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Post by vinovampire on Aug 27, 2015 6:51:19 GMT -8
Yikes!  There's a trail near me that has a small jump that people around here call "The Gap." I hate jumping it even though the implications are MUCH lower and the fall would be few feet onto essentially flat ground. That video was horrifying. |
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Post by hikingtiger on Aug 27, 2015 7:33:58 GMT -8
Supposedly, you can climb down to the ledge visible to the right, bypassing the gap, then climb back up.
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Post by 1camper on Aug 27, 2015 9:26:40 GMT -8
Wow!! Hey at least it wasn't raining...
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Post by starwalker on Aug 27, 2015 10:33:42 GMT -8
I enjoyed that, even the part about the rescue.
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Post by Westy on Aug 27, 2015 11:45:35 GMT -8
Thunder Pyramid across the street is on my list. You had a fine day!
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Post by no_granola on Aug 28, 2015 7:56:53 GMT -8
you oldtimers are getting soft . . .
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 28, 2015 18:42:24 GMT -8
I liked that last line in the video: "yeah, you're not gonna want to try that."
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Post by Hungry Jack on Sept 3, 2015 17:57:25 GMT -8
The rock on the Bells is horifically fractured and unstable. I won't go near that traverse.
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Post by amaruq on Sept 4, 2015 5:57:30 GMT -8
I have no faith in that awful looking rock.
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