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| Thu Oct 3, 1:15 AM ET
| Rich Pedroncelli
Posted on 10/14/2002 10:21:45 AM PDT by Conagher
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To: DoughtyOne
You claimed you were the expert, then guessed at the probable number. If the figures you gave are off by 25%, it makes a difference. I found an actual number for Longs Peak, one of the most popular 14ers to climb - 15,000 climbers a year, plus there are many folks who attempt 14,000 foot peaks and don't make it all the way up. I would imagine Mt. Bierstadt gets even more traffic, because it's only five miles round trip and an elevation gain of less than 3,000 feet from the Guanella Pass trailhead, maybe an hour's drive from Denver. Like I said, I estimated there were five hundred people on Bierstadt when I climbed it on a Saturday morning - there must have been 200 people hanging out at the top when I got up there. Estimate 1,000 people each weekend, another 1,000 during the five weekdays, thirteen week climbing season and a few hundred more lunatics who climb it in fall and winter. Easily 25,000. But go ahead and demand more exact details. I've seen the problem firsthand. You haven't. I've been above timberline many times. You haven't. But don't let that stop you. Nitpick away if it makes you feel better.
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posted on
10/14/2002 6:14:34 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
To be honest, I'm glad you came back to have the last comment. I'm sure you and I agree on much more than we disagree, so I'm sorry I hung in there on this to the point that I did. In some instances, like on El Capitan, I would certainly agree that stuff should be carried out. In other places I believe my take might be more appropriate. Thanks for arguing your position forcefully. Take care.
To: dirtboy
this actually is a serious matter. You can't turn over a rock on some of Colorado's 14,000 foot peaks without finding a nasty surprise underneath.Under rocks is where liberal socialist DemoRAT envirowackos are found. Didn't you know?
To: DoughtyOne
No problem, freepers can get into a good argument and not hold it against each other later.
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:24:14 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: Navy Patriot
Under rocks is where liberal socialist DemoRAT envirowackos are found. Didn't you know?Dang, and all this time I thought they were month-old turds. Forgive me, but you can undertand my confusion, as similarities abound between the two...
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:25:32 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: DoughtyOne
In other places I believe my take might be more appropriate. Hey, I use your method most of the time when I'm in the woods.
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:26:24 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: dirtboy
Thanks. In light of some of my earlier comments, that was nice of you. Take care.
To: dirtboy; DoughtyOne; COB1; humblegunner; Flyer; dix; antivenom; bobbyd; eastforker; iamright; ...
Well, I would not ask for advice regarding guns from someone who doesn't shoot.Do NOT bring my Constitutional rights into a Colorado shit issue!!!!!!
Back the hell up! You are stepping over a line now.
Stay safe; stay armed.
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:39:51 PM PDT
by
Eaker
To: Eaker
I would venture that Dirtboy is as strong a second ammendment supporter as any of us.
To: DoughtyOne
I would venture that Dirtboy is as strong a second ammendment supporter as any of us.That is why I was so polite, though I do not agree.
I did not say what I really felt.
Stay safe; stay armed.
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posted on
10/14/2002 7:57:04 PM PDT
by
Eaker
To: Conagher
This looks like the work of the Anal Retentive Chef.
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posted on
10/14/2002 8:04:51 PM PDT
by
slimer
To: Eaker
Do NOT bring my Constitutional rights into a Colorado shit issue!!!!!! Back the hell up! You are stepping over a line now. Uh, it's a comparison. Don't like it? Fine, I'll do another one. I wouldn't ask for advice on, say, cars from an enviro-nut granola-eating tofu-reeking bike riding Boulder liberal.
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posted on
10/15/2002 5:43:56 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: E Rocc
Oh poop! I could not see the improved target! The pic did not turn out!
To: tuckrdout
Oh poop! I could not see the improved target! The pic did not turn out!
It's up now.
-Eric
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posted on
10/15/2002 11:25:03 AM PDT
by
E Rocc
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