"Because it's there."

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I hope that's a beer he's drinking.


Nice helmet-cam vid of the aiguille du midi on the Mt Blanc massif outside of Chamonix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqsn9FhupGk&NR=1

 

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I hope that's a beer he's drinking.


Nice helmet-cam vid of the aiguille du midi on the Mt Blanc massif outside of Chamonix:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqsn9FhupGk&NR=1

I think he was recording the altitude on the barometer.

I'm quite happy that there are few tramways in Alaska.

 

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I think he was recording the altitude on the barometer.

I'm quite happy that there are few tramways in Alaska.

Yeah, Mt Blanc is a bit of an anthill.

 

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Yeah, Mt Blanc is a bit of an anthill.

Like a climbing gym........

 

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Like a climbing gym........

With a moat full of Frenchmen.

 

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With a moat full of Frenchmen.

Where are the Frenchwomen?

 

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Where are the Frenchwomen?

Switzerland and Italy if they have any sense.

 

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Switzerland and Italy if they have any sense.

I need to go to Italy......

 

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I need to go to Italy......

I liked it there. A lot. I want to go back and see the Dolomites again.

 

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I liked it there. A lot. I want to go back and see the Dolomites again.

Never been........

The mountains would be fun

So would the roads in a little open top Fiat Spyder with Glo in the right seat.....

 

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Never been........

The mountains would be fun

So would the roads in a little open top Fiat Spyder with Glo in the right seat.....

They would be. You could do both...the roads in the Dolos are wild. And Glo as a copilot would be hilarious. She's so...Italian.

I gotta dig up a pic for you. Stand by...

 

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This pic is probably already somewhere in this thread, but after I got home I saw this road in a commercial for tires or something.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/007_NR2.jpg

 

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They would be. You could do both...the roads in the Dolos are wild. And Glo as a copilot would be hilarious. She's so...Italian.

I gotta dig up a pic for you. Stand by...

I couldn't think of a better interpreter. Besides, she'd make me look good in the convertible.

This pic is probably already somewhere in this thread, but after I got home I saw this road in a commercial for tires or something.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/007_NR2.jpg

That is a famous chunk of road. I can't name it, but I've seen it before.

One part of me would like to see more roads in Alaska and the other part doesn't. I know they will come, eventually.

 

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http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li5hrdKFMJ1qhc0guo1_400.jpg

 

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http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li4a9xQ3kw1qdp82do1_500.jpg

 

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no sleepwalking

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhyahsbIXr1qzpxv1o1_500.jpg

 

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li64cdkJ3v1qakf4ko1_500.jpg

 

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Geezers on the crest ridge.

http://www.sierra-nevada-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/geezers-raspones-trip-small-40.jpg

A mountaineering traverse of the Raspones ridge in the Sierra Nevada

Story and more photos

 

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You chaps ever seen a movie called Nordwand (North Face). A German pic with incredibly accurate climbing scenes. Way better than the Eiger Sanction.

 

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http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8b3c6lW81qcipy4o1_500.jpg

 

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http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8b3c6lW81qcipy4o1_500.jpg

Pitons, hobnailed leather boots, hemp rope oil skin anoraks and body belays.

 

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Pitons, hobnailed leather boots, hemp rope oil skin anoraks and body belays.

Not much gear made with a petroleum or gas liquid base on that trip.

 

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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa...........

 

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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa...........

Uh, that's a link.

 

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http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lifxb7QwqW1qi8c2qo1_500.jpg