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A new arch discovered in Colorado

 
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PostPosted: 10/3/2006, 11:52 am    Post subject: A new arch discovered in Colorado Reply to topic Reply with quote

member Scott Patterson from Summitpost.org went climbing in western Colorado and discovered a huge arch that nobody has ever seen before.
This is what He had to say:
"Outlaw Arch is a large arch in NW Colorado. While climbing Outlaw Peak and descending Outlaw Arch Canyon, we discovered something special by surprise. What we (Stephen Ho, AJ, Mike Kelsey, and I) discovered in the canyon and on a bench on the side of Outlaw Peak was a large natural arch. We knew it was big, but didn't have time to measure the arch. Last week, I returned with Jeff Foxe and got accurate measurements on the arch. At 206 feet, it turned out to be the 9th largest known arch in the world, and the largest "new discovery" reported in the United States since Wrather Arch (Paria River Canyon) was first reported in the 1950's. Only one arch since then has been reported to be over 200 feet and it is in Africa in 2004. One may wonder how an arch could be hidden for so long (until 2006!), but there are three main reasons.

1. Since it stands against the cliff wall, it really isn’t visible from the air unless you know it is there. Now that we know it is there, it is visible on photos taken from the air.

2. The arch is not visible from below, and you can’t get to it from below.

3. The arch is well hidden in a remote canyon, and the route to get there is very obscure.

Before this one was discovered, the 10 largest known spans are below:

http://www.naturalarches.org/big9.htm "

To See more on this go to:
http://www.summitpost.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=279234#279234
http://www.summitpost.org/canyon/231295/outlaw-arch-canyon.html

Yes this is history in the making!!!!!!
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PostPosted: 10/3/2006, 1:39 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Very cool -- to find something new that was always there ....Thanks for sharing Smile
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PostPosted: 10/3/2006, 10:20 pm    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

That is cool!
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