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June 6th, 2018 at 1:45:31 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Wizard
I will be flying there and having to rent a bike out of Colorado Springs. I'm sure they have had the request before for good climbing bikes so will hope they have some with a large cluster in the back or small one in front.


This place might work, although most people rent bicycles with fat tires to ride down the mountain.
https://www.bikepikespeak.com/frequently-asked-questions
June 18th, 2018 at 1:04:58 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world's highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.

Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak. "It is disgusting, an eyesore," Pemba Dorje Sherpa, who has summited Everest 18 times, told AFP. "The mountain is carrying tonnes of waste."

As the number of climbers on the mountain has soared -- at least 600 people have scaled the world's highest peak so far this year alone -- the problem has worsened.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/mount-everest-high-altitude-rubbish-dump-033148000.html
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June 26th, 2018 at 3:24:24 PM permalink
Wizard
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Sorry guys, but I never even got started on the Pike's Peak bike climb. However, I'm proud to say I did summit the state high points in Colorado and New Mexico. Here is a picture from Mount Elbert CO.



The reason? There is a combination:

1. I was sore from Mount Elbert. Biking Pikes Peak would have had to be the following day.
2. Scattered thunderstorms were predicated that day. The weather turned out okay in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek but the skies did look threatening in the morning, when I was planning to do it. It wouldn't have surprised me if it rained at higher elevations.
3. I admit I knew this before, but the very narrow shoulder always gave me pause. I'm big on big safety and try to stay on bike paths, or at least bike lanes, as much as possible.
4. The Pikes Peak railway had closed for the 2018 season and probably permanently. This would have induced even more car traffic.

I feel kind of the fool after all this training and build up.
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June 26th, 2018 at 3:38:33 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
I'm big on big safety and try to stay on bike paths, .


A fall in your 50's is not like
a fall in your 20's. When I had
my barn built, the guys putting
on the roof were early 20's.
They fell off twice that I know of,
and bounced right back up. Try
that at 53 and let me know how
it goes.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
June 26th, 2018 at 3:44:17 PM permalink
Pacomartin
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Quote: Wizard
Sorry guys, but I never even got started on the Pike's Peak bike climb. However, I'm proud to say I did summit the state high points in Colorado and New Mexico.


So you reached peak elevation in not just one, but two states.

A normal "mea culpa".

Sorry guys, but I never even got started on the Pike's Peak bike climb. Massive beer chugging at high altitudes meant I couldn't wake up.
June 26th, 2018 at 3:56:40 PM permalink
Wizard
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So you reached peak elevation in not just one, but two states.


Yep. That is eight western state high points now: CA, OR, WA, NV, AZ, UT, CO, and NM.
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June 26th, 2018 at 3:59:19 PM permalink
rxwine
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You need a drone to document your adventures. This video done with a $700 drone. You only live once. (probably)

You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
June 26th, 2018 at 4:45:44 PM permalink
Ayecarumba
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Congrats on bagging two peaks Wizard!

How was the Mt. Elbert climb? Did your training prepare you for the altitude adequately? I understand the trail head is at 9k+'.
June 26th, 2018 at 4:58:48 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Ayecarumba
Congrats on bagging two peaks Wizard!

How was the Mt. Elbert climb? Did your training prepare you for the altitude adequately? I understand the trail head is at 9k+'.


Thank you! This was my 6th peak above 14,000 feet, including one above 17,000. The night before I slept in Twin Lakes CO, which is at 9,200 feet. As usual, climbing this high is much more challenging, but nothing I can't handle.

South Mount Elbert Trail -- Forest Service information.
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June 26th, 2018 at 5:28:52 PM permalink
Wizard
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Here is my video of the Mount Elbert climb.


Direct: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=Cxqp056Gtb8
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