Meetup group on Maroon Bells
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TaylorHolt
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
I'm disappointed in the lack of torch and pitchfork grabbing in this thread. Come on folks, this is summer. I had higher hopes.
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
I SMELL BLOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Lemmiwinks wrote:I'm disappointed in the lack of torch and pitchfork grabbing in this thread. Come on folks, this is summer. I had higher hopes.
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
Their website calls it the "Maroon Bells 14er "hike"". It is not a hike and that type of language is not very suggestive of the organizer having a great understanding of what the group is getting into. Hopefully the event gets cancelled, if not I hope everyone is safe if it does happen.
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
The organizer explains in the description that it's more than a hike.taylorzs wrote:Their website calls it the "Maroon Bells 14er "hike"". It is not a hike and that type of language is not very suggestive of the organizer having a great understanding of what the group is getting into. Hopefully the event gets cancelled, if not I hope everyone is safe if it does happen.
And I'm not sure where the "21" came from, I only see 9 there. Maybe they were tipped off.
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
It was 21 at the start of this thread, but I think people are steadily dropping out. Bet a few have read this thread.JeffR wrote:And I'm not sure where the "21" came from, I only see 9 there. Maybe they were tipped off.
Reality is, those that aren't prepared for the difficulty will turn around either during or at the top of the 2,800' of suck.
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
"Reality is, those that aren't prepared for the difficulty will turn around either during or at the top of the 2,800' of suck."[/quote]
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JeffR
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Re: Meetup group on Maroon Bells
Yup. And that might actually be a good thing for them, looking at the weather forecast for the hike.bergsteigen wrote:It was 21 at the start of this thread, but I think people are steadily dropping out. Bet a few have read this thread.JeffR wrote:And I'm not sure where the "21" came from, I only see 9 there. Maybe they were tipped off.
Reality is, those that aren't prepared for the difficulty will turn around either during or at the top of the 2,800' of suck.
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