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  1. 04-24-2007, 12:55 PM #1
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    TR: Longs Peak Summit Ski Descent 4-22-07

    Route:
    Longs Peak Trailhead 9,400’
    Loft Route
    Ski Descent of Homestretch to Keplinger’s Couloir to Loft Couloir

    Stats:
    -Elevation Climbed: 5,000‘
    -Vert skied: 5,000‘
    -Mileage RT: 12.6 miles

    http://www.14ers.com/php14ers/tripreport.php?trip=2973
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  2. 04-24-2007, 01:04 PM #2
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    fucking great TR.
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  3. 04-24-2007, 01:05 PM #3
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    ...but I like my skiing mixed with cheap booze, foul language, and fast women.

    Way to tag a big line though.
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  4. 04-24-2007, 01:07 PM #4
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    Nice sufferfest!
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  5. 04-24-2007, 01:08 PM #5
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    Great writeup, and a killer line. Way to go man.
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  6. 04-24-2007, 01:14 PM #6
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    Thank you.
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  7. 04-24-2007, 01:21 PM #7
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    FKNA nice. Are your partners dynafits a newer model? I haven't been keeping up with this years offerings that close.
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  8. 04-24-2007, 01:34 PM #8
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    Nicely done. That has too be one of the harder ones on the list.
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  9. 04-24-2007, 01:43 PM #9
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    Cool. The climb looked like more fun than the ski. I like the shots coming up near Ships Prow and the Trough.

    Longs is a tough one to get with good conditions. I've been waiting for the north face to fill-in for the past few years and it still hasn't quite gotten there. Longs is all about timing.
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  10. 04-24-2007, 02:10 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo View Post
    FKNA nice. Are your partners dynafits a newer model? I haven't been keeping up with this years offerings that close.
    pretty much the same thing as the comforts, but theyre now called verticals
    they replaced the somewhat fragile (depending on who you talk to) red volcano with a more burly grey pyramid tepee type thingy.

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  11. 04-24-2007, 03:43 PM #11
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    Burly!

    I boiled my thermometer, and sure enough, this spot, which purported to be two thousand feet higher than the locality of the hotel, turned out to be nine thousand feet LOWER. Thus the fact was clearly demonstrated that, ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, THE HIGHER A POINT SEEMS TO BE, THE LOWER IT ACTUALLY IS. Our ascent itself was a great achievement, but this contribution to science was an inconceivably greater matter.

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  12. 04-24-2007, 03:57 PM #12
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    wow, you guys are nuts!
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  13. 04-24-2007, 05:33 PM #13
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    Damn! You guys were pushing it hard. That sounded like an exhausting route with lots of exposure. Pure Sickness!!!!!!
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  14. 04-24-2007, 05:36 PM #14
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    Most excellent, really enjoyed all the photos!
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  15. 04-24-2007, 05:45 PM #15
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    bad ass, love that mountain. great shots
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    nice work guys.... way to kill it.
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  19. 04-24-2007, 10:38 PM #19
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    I can get that much vert on a sled in 15 minutes!

    alright, just kidding. Coolness guys. I was one of the first few to ski that route back in the late 90s. Sick line.
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  20. 04-25-2007, 03:19 PM #20
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    Thanks for the comments

    Cool. The climb looked like more fun than the ski. I like the shots coming up near Ships Prow and the Trough.

    Longs is a tough one to get with good conditions. I've been waiting for the north face to fill-in for the past few years and it still hasn't quite gotten there. Longs is all about timing.
    Definitely a fun climb, especially through the Loft. I have been waiting for the N face for the last few years, guess I am just impatient. I think it would be an easier day overall, by a significant margin. If you knew the route out to the Loft well enough, climbing the Keyhole or N Face and skiing this route would work well too. Keplinger's looked pretty unskiable for 200' below the notch but would be a nice continious vert afterward.
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  21. 04-25-2007, 03:21 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by sledneckripper View Post
    I was one of the first few to ski that route back in the late 90s. Sick line.
    Just curious, how does one know this sort of thing? Not trying to insite flame
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  22. 04-27-2007, 04:22 AM #22
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    heh. missed this one the first time around
    posted in the new thread

    pechelman's right - verticals.
    they work pretty well, it's the spirit 3s I'm not loving
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    sickness! thanks for reminding me why i need to move out west after school!!!
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