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This place is deader than...

by CastillejaMiniata » Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:51 pm

...the alpine tundra in winter (excepting some ptarmigan and occasional large mammals).
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Re: This place is deader than...

by lcarreau » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:28 am

CastillejaMiniata wrote:...the alpine tundra in winter (excepting some ptarmigan and occasional large mammals).


What place are you referring to ? I think SP's forum threads have been pretty DEAD lately. Makes me want to go outside and frolic in the snow ..

That's right, WE HAVE NO SNOW. Keep forgettin' ... I'm living in Arizona.

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by Baarb » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:47 am

lcarreau wrote:
That's right, WE HAVE NO SNOW. Keep forgettin' ... I'm living in Arizona.

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Really? Most times I've flown between California and NM this time of year it's looked pretty snowy down below. Maybe it's just a lucky flight path as it sure looks pretty.
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Re: This place is deader than...

by lcarreau » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:00 am

Baarb wrote:
lcarreau wrote:
That's right, WE HAVE NO SNOW. Keep forgettin' ... I'm living in Arizona.

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Really? Most times I've flown between California and NM this time of year it's looked pretty snowy down below. Maybe it's just a lucky flight path as it sure looks pretty.


You must have been looking down on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Are you sure you weren't flying over Utah ???

One time I flew from Tucson to LA, and boy were my arms tired ..... :D
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Re: This place is deader than...

by CastillejaMiniata » Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:57 am

SP in general, but yeah, the CO and Mexico boards to be sure.

Humphrey's usually has some snow in the winter. There's definitely about a foot of it here at 8,000' in Northern CO.
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by Noondueler » Sat Dec 03, 2011 7:55 am

lcarreau wrote:
CastillejaMiniata wrote:...the alpine tundra in winter (excepting some ptarmigan and occasional large mammals).


What place are you referring to ? I think SP's forum threads have been pretty DEAD lately. Makes me want to go outside and frolic in the snow ..

That's right, WE HAVE NO SNOW. Keep forgettin' ... I'm living in Arizona.

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You oughta be in the sunny bay area Larry. It was 70 today and crystal clear. Yesterday we had high winds with gusts up to 60 above 1,000'. Although nothing like conditions on Neptune where temps drop to minus 360 degrees f and wind speeds reach 550 mph. That would keep James T. Kirk Enterprise bound, watching Flash Gordon reruns, quite hesitant to boldly go where no man has gone before.
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Re: This place is deader than...

by Bill Reed » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:48 pm

Maybe it's time for another letter thread. How bout Z ?? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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by Noondueler » Sat Dec 03, 2011 4:09 pm

Bill Reed wrote:Maybe it's time for another letter thread. How bout Z ??
What is a letter thread? Please explain.
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by MarkDidier » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:23 pm

Noondueler wrote:
Bill Reed wrote:Maybe it's time for another letter thread. How bout Z ??
What is a letter thread? Please explain.


Bill is referring to the thread X which was later changed to Y.

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/5280-magazine-screw-up-t60265.html

Bill, we'd have to start with a different letter as the Z thread was already started. :D

http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB3/z-t60461.html
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by CSUMarmot » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:36 pm

So what?
Dammit kid get off mah lawn!!!
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by lcarreau » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:29 pm

Noondueler wrote:... Although nothing like conditions on Neptune where temps drop to minus 360 degrees f and wind speeds reach 550 mph. That would keep James T. Kirk Enterprise bound, watching Flash Gordon reruns, quite hesitant to boldly go where no man has gone before.


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by colint » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:59 pm

Alpine tundra soils support a very active microbial community during the winter where the snow is deep enough.
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by Kiefer » Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:28 pm

"This place is deader than...

...Heaven on a Saturday night." (-Thanks be to L. Cohen)

I move that someone starts a thread about republicans, guns, Newt, taxes and the planet Pluto to stir things up a bit! :o
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Re: This place is deader than...

by SoCalHiker » Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:50 pm

sjarelkwint wrote:all that is no longer allowed in off-route

Last year and years before it was still normal to make mountainpages and trip reports in winter. Nowadays no new stuff is popping up ...

SP is still the best website for me due to its database of mountains and routes, no longer to get feedback, ideas and help with a problem ...

SP is obviously dying ...


Thank God that in dire times like this we can all count of active contributors like you :wink:
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Re: This place is deader than...

by lcarreau » Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:55 pm

SoCalHiker wrote:
Thank God that in DIRE times like this ...


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8hhNrIX3sY[/youtube]
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