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A loop above Bakerville.
Re: Two obscure 12ers on a smoky day
Re: My big Platoro loop - sometimes it pays to ...
Re: A rare visit to Memory Lane
The Annual Bierstadt Climb 6/23/26
Re: The Big Beautiful Loop rides again.
Re: Meet Me in Saint Louis
Re: A tough but rewarding day in the Raggeds
Re: Looking forward to a long day …
Re: Say Yes! to some amazing views
Re: (not) A big, beautiful loop
Re: Mt Trelease and a visit to airplane crash site
Re: Buck 'o' my eye
Re: Grenadiers: Wham Ridge, the Trinity's, and ...
Re: The Island in Colorado National Monument
“[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than the main point, and those who only wander in high places become part of the story.
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-- Rebecca Solnit
A mountaineer and his friend were both patients in a mental hospital. One day, while they were walking around the hospital's swimming pool, his friend jumped into the pool and promptly sank to the bottom. Thinking quickly, the mountaineer jumped in and pulled his friend out. When the medical director heard about the mountaineer's heroic act, he immediately ordered him released as he was considered mentally stable. When he went to tell the mountaineer the news he said, "I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged, as you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving your friend's life. The bad news is that your friend hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him." The mountaineer said, "He didn't hang himself, I hung him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"