Injured hiker air lifted off Maroon Peak

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Scott P wrote: If people from Utah are Utahns, what does that make people from Tampa?
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tjmartn1 wrote:People from Fresno are not called Fresnans.
What? Why hasn't anyone corrected me until now? #-o
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LURE wrote:
Scott P wrote:I have just one question.

If people from Utah are Utahns, what does that make people from Tampa?
There it is! Now this threads really turning into a good time.

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And...English is weird and sloppy. That's what happens when you fuse two languages with entirely different structures (French+German).
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Bombay2Boulder wrote:
nsaladin wrote:
Conor wrote:Is there a thread where we trash talk Subaru Outback drivers with "Native" bumper stickers? Asking for a friend....
Wrong site: https://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comment ... yesterday/
I was just about to post that link. :lol:
Immediately what I thought of. Nice to know some of you from here lurk over there as well eh!
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Anyone hear lately how the guy rescued off Maroon is doing?
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Of course we all know who the real Colorado Natives are:
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I don't mean to jump on the anti-Texas bandwagon, but I'm going to go ahead and do that. Here is my conversation with a group of 4 hikers about a 1/3 of the way up the hike to Willow Creek Lake. One of the girls was coughing constantly and one of them had a big Coleman car camping tent strapped to the side of his pack.
Them: "How come you're not even breathing heavily"
Me: "I'm from Denver - I'm used to the altitude. Where are you guys from?"
Them: "Texas"
Me: "Are you going to summit the peaks tomorrow?"
Them: "We're going to try"
Me: "What's that for?" (pointing to the AUTOMATIC RIFLE (AR19) that he had strapped around his neck!!!)
Them: "bears"
Idiots
I doubt they made it much further. I know they didn't make it to the lake. Good thing they turned back.
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Ar19? Automatic? Must have been a beast to carry it around his neck. I guess he's trying to help the grass grow better. You sound as ignorant as them Douglas.
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I don't know the first thing about guns (and not ashamed in the least). That's what he said it was. Maybe he was the "ignoramus". Or maybe it was an AR 15 -I wasn't too focused on the number - more on getting away before he started shooting things.
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highpilgrim wrote:Anyone hear lately how the guy rescued off Maroon is doing?
Why would that be of any interest on this thread?

But seriously, yeah. Any update?

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douglas wrote: That's what he said it was.
Well I apologize for the comment then. They are just idiots from Texas.
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myfeetrock wrote:Well I apologize for the comment then. They are just idiots from Texas.
Lotta that going around.

But to be fair, not every Texan can be Gus, or Captain Call. Those are Texans I can appreciate. Too bad there aren't more of them.
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