"Maxprop" wrote in message
We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We
yelled
at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a pro
ski
patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.

Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!

Bob Crantz wrote:
"Maxprop" wrote in message

We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We

yelled

at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a pro

ski

patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.


Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!


I climbed Quandary. That's the one right beside Breck, right. I didn't
ski it though. Summer climb.

Gaz

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Bob Crantz wrote:
"Maxprop" wrote in message

We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We

yelled

at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a pro

ski

patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.


Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!


I climbed Quandary. That's the one right beside Breck, right. I didn't
ski it though. Summer climb.

Same here. I don't recall anyone skiing it back then, at least no one I
knew. Today however there is almost no limit to what folks will try. The
accessible approaches to Quandary's summit are seriously steep, IIRC. It's
been a while.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
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Bob Crantz wrote:

"Maxprop" wrote in message

We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We

yelled


at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a pro

ski


patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.


Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!



I climbed Quandary. That's the one right beside Breck, right. I didn't
ski it though. Summer climb.


Same here. I don't recall anyone skiing it back then, at least no one I
knew. Today however there is almost no limit to what folks will try. The
accessible approaches to Quandary's summit are seriously steep, IIRC. It's
been a while.

Max


Have you ever heard of the Three Peaks Yacht Race?

http://www.sleepmonsters.co.uk/site_3peaks/index.php3

Its a brilliant idea for a different race. The topography here on
Vancouver Island and on the Sunshine Coast is right for a similar event.
What a blast it would be.

Gaz

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Bob Crantz wrote:

"Maxprop" wrote in message

We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans
and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He
was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We

yelled


at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a
pro

ski


patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.


Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!



I climbed Quandary. That's the one right beside Breck, right. I didn't
ski it though. Summer climb.


Same here. I don't recall anyone skiing it back then, at least no one I
knew. Today however there is almost no limit to what folks will try.
The accessible approaches to Quandary's summit are seriously steep, IIRC.
It's been a while.

Max
Have you ever heard of the Three Peaks Yacht Race?

http://www.sleepmonsters.co.uk/site_3peaks/index.php3

Its a brilliant idea for a different race. The topography here on
Vancouver Island and on the Sunshine Coast is right for a similar event.
What a blast it would be.

Too old for that sort of thing now.

Max

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Bob Crantz wrote:
"Maxprop" wrote in message

We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans
and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He
was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We

yelled

at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a
pro

ski

patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.


Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!


I climbed Quandary. That's the one right beside Breck, right. I didn't
ski it though. Summer climb.

Same here. I don't recall anyone skiing it back then, at least no one I
knew. Today however there is almost no limit to what folks will try. The
accessible approaches to Quandary's summit are seriously steep, IIRC.
It's
been a while.

Max


Quandary to the NE is a big ramp. Real popular for helicopter skiing. I've
skied it about 4 times.

Check out the run he

http://www.14ers.com/photos/Quandary...ndarypeak.html

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Quandary to the NE is a big ramp. Real popular for helicopter skiing. I've
skied it about 4 times.

Check out the run he

http://www.14ers.com/photos/Quandary...ndarypeak.html

Nice photos. Looks the same as when I was there 30 years ago. The face we
generally see is the south one, from Hoosier Pass. And it's very steep
there--steeper than I'd care to ski at my age.

Max

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
We did 32 Fourteeners before moving out of Colorado, including Elbert,
Massive, and Harvard. Our intent was to do them all, but we ran out of
time. Oddly enough we only experienced electrical activity on Evans and
Uncompahgre. On Umcompahgre we saw a teen get struck and killed. He was
fascinated by his long hair standing straight out from his head. We
yelled
at him to get the *%&$*& off the peak, but he just ignored us. We did
Gray's and Torrey's in the snow, same day as most folks do. I was a pro
ski
patrolman at Breckenridge at the time, and part of our training was
mountaineering, which included climbing and skiing crud in untouched
snowfields. We climbed three Fourteeners to their peaks during our
training.

Have you skied Quandary?

Amen!

No. Actually one of our most arduous 'ski trips' was along the Divide just
opposite the Ten Mile Range above Breckenridge. We took a couple of radio
technicians up to a repeater on the crest. It had stopped functioning for
some reason. On the way down the snow was pure deep crud with a thick,
vicious crust atop about 3' of soft. How we didn't break a couple of legs
is one for the gods.

Max