Congrats to Mark on the front page TR, good stuff

peladoboton wrote:you guys need one of those depressurized sleep tents...

....I will be making some of those 3-day weekend runs to Denver in May and June...great time for Keiners if anyone is interested.

Is that an invitation or a suggestion? Also, I'm working on a petition to have 4000 vertical feet of crust removed from under Colorado to make the elevation less nausea-inducing, if anyone's interested in signing.

drjohnso1182 wrote:Congrats to Mark on the front page TR, good stuff. Also, I'm working on a petition to have 4000 vertical feet of crust removed from under Colorado to make the elevation less nausea-inducing, if anyone's interested in signing.

Thanks...Snowmass made for a great couple of days...despite the nasty weather.

FWIW...I had the worst headache EVER on our first day in Colorado when we were hiking near Independence Pass. I've never had a headache so bad... rest of the week was OK.

MarkDidier wrote:

drjohnso1182 wrote:Also, I'm working on a petition to have 4000 vertical feet of crust removed from under Colorado to make the elevation less nausea-inducing, if anyone's interested in signing.

As long as most of that 4000' gets relocated to the upper Midwest I'm on board!

Just came back from rmnp and a trip report coming soon

just took another youth group to Mammoth Cave -- down, not up, alas.

Just got married...

Life is good.

Alpinist wrote:Just got married...

Life is good.

Congrats dude, I'm taking the plung myself next fall.

outofstep80 wrote:

Alpinist wrote:Just got married...

Life is good.

Congrats dude, I'm taking the plung myself next fall.

Thanks - and best of luck to you!

Alpinist wrote:

outofstep80 wrote:

Alpinist wrote:Just got married...

Life is good.

Congrats dude, I'm taking the plung myself next fall.

Thanks - and best of luck to you!

No offense to the Midwest but this is most likely the best "New" thing out there right now!

Word is that lots of ice will be farmed at Sandstone this year.

aedwards wrote:Word is that lots of ice will be farmed at Sandstone this year.

thats pretty cool but, I'm taking the winter off to rehab and let some old injuries heal. I'm thinking that this year will be stellar for ice and snow because I'm not going to be able to go and have fun in it.

grabbs146 wrote:

aedwards wrote:Word is that lots of ice will be farmed at Sandstone this year.

thats pretty cool but, I'm taking the winter off to rehab and let some old injuries heal. I'm thinking that this year will be stellar for ice and snow because I'm not going to be able to go and have fun in it.

You're not going to join us in CO this winter?? I'm going to make another try at Longs in March/April.

Alpinist wrote:You're not going to join us in CO this winter?? I'm going to make another try at Longs in March/April.

I hope to be good by then. I'll say yes 100% closer to january. I talked to andy and he said he was going to CO. in dec. to do greys and torreys

I get so excited when there's a new posting about the Midwest, only to find that they are all about *leaving* the Midwest to do something.

Please, people, let's talk about what's new in the Midwest, not the new things we are doing somewhere else.

I enjoyed fall colors backpacking in Tennessee this weekend. Is that Midwest? The accent is the same as southern Indiana.

Arthur Digbee wrote:Please, people, let's talk about what's new in the Midwest, not the new things we are doing somewhere else.

easy bro. we need to take any post we can get here in the midwest but, I hear what your saying.

I had an awesome week sport and trad. climbing in southern IL. last week. I climbed my first 5.10b
it was on top rope but, I think I crossed a big barrier for me. The fall colors and weather were great.