I knew that they are prepared. It’s still August. Not unusual, seems a bit early. I actually appreciate a frost in the mountains after summer along the Gulf Coast.
Wayne
Beautiful, Brutal, Done!
Thanks Wayne! It was more than one could ask for...in both beauty and challenge. Back home safe in WNY. Feeling blessed! Good luck with the weather. Pat ( the toughest IT dude in America) will be putting together what I expect to be an excellent trip report!
Thanks CJ!
One assumes that there was an appropriate Sublett County Party in honor of Y’all’s completion of this Epic Route?
Patman? IT? Who knew?
Wayne Out!
Hey now, Notbad is a super freaking tough dude. This was the hardest route I've ever done; the real deal. I'm swamped at work right now but hope to get a report up soon. I tracked the trip with a Suunto GPS watch and want to go through the data. Looks like we did around 35,000 feet of vertical climbing. Ouch!
Yikes! Ouch is right.
That’s higher than Everest if you started in Mumbai!
I’m envious. Time to get my old bones in gear!
Wayne
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Y’all do realize that...
If we talk about them, They will come.
Wayne
Its also humbling to design a route for yourself doing it entirely as a first by not skimping on making it easier taking in peaks that others had ignored on a WRHR traverse...without a mapset, accumulating data,.... which is what Skurka did. LOTS of elev change though. It's a demanding route. Congrats to Notbad and Patman.
Plenty humbling for this full time working father of 4 softball dad from suburbia! I mean *****....I got lost in the mall at Xmas time last year! Definitely enjoy attempting to up the skills game though...Thanks to Mr.Skurka for his fantastic work laying out such a beautiful vacation itinerary! Saw very few footprints......thanks a bunch for the congrats Dogwood...feeling accomplished!
OK, trip report is up in two parts:
https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthr...Version-Part-1
https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthr...39#post2222739