Wow, talk about capturing a moment. -T On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com> wrote: > So today Lisa and I eschewed the opporunity to get pepper sprayed and > fight mobs of holiday shoppers. Instead we took advantage of beautiful > weather to hike up New Hampshire's Mount Washington. The trail we took > starts right at the lodge where we're staying; it's 4.1 miles to the > top, with about 4000 feet of elevation gain. > > Weather was good and snow depth wasn't too bad. We were told we > wouldn't need full crampons and so went with "mini spikes", which were > tremendously helpful: We saw many other hikers using crampons. > > As expected, the wind got stronger as we climbed higher. At the bluff > called Lion's Head it must have been 60-65 mph. The snow had been > blown clear of many places but where it did remain it wes quite deep > in spots. Occasionally I would place a foot and find myelf crotch-deep > in snow. That and the wind made for slow going. When we got to the top > the wind notched up *considerably*. We checked later (the top of the > mountain consists largly of an elaborate weather station facility) we > learned the wind at the top had been around 75 mph with gusts in the > mid 80's. It felt like it. In the photo linked below, Lisa is > literally hanging on to the summit marker sign to avoid being blown > away. > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lisa-1.jpg > > The whole journey felt like a lot more than the 8.2 miles it actually > was. I barely have enough energy to enjoy my beer now. But I'll manage > ;-) > > More photos later. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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