Speed glider rescued atop Quandary

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Speed glider rescued atop Quandary

by MarthaP » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:57 pm

Crap. Here's something else I'll have to try.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14080679

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Re: Speed glider rescued atop Quandary

by moonspots » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:35 am

MarthaP wrote:Crap. Here's something else I'll have to try.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14080679
:shock:

Yeah, if it were not for the fact that I'd COMPLETELY bust my ass wide open, it looks like fun:

http://www.maniacworld.com/Ski-Gliding.html

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by MarthaP » Tue Dec 29, 2009 1:11 am

AAAAACKKKK!!!!

So I guess it's safe to presume rock skis are in order? :lol:

Hell, still looks like fun. Just don't catch an edge....

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by BrunoM » Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:41 am

Is that the Eiger northface?


Holy **** :shock:

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by glacierpaul » Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:42 pm

Now that is cool! Scary, but cool! Hey Martha, I bet you could do some of James Peak, then get blown all the way back to Evergreen, that would be a video. BTW, I may just try that out up here, but I don't want to visit Kansas :lol: .

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by Sierra Ledge Rat » Fri Jan 01, 2010 10:42 am

MarthaP wrote:So I guess it's safe to presume rock skis are in order?


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14080679

"...compound fractures in both legs..." (4th paragraph)

Yeah, that's something I've never experienced. I ought to give it a try.....


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