Flatiron

[cactuscat]

Did Flatiron to the peak yesterday with Canyon Dweller - Phrankster, what happened? We were followed by a group of snowbirds who made it all the way up, including a 73 year old on his third time. I hope I can still do that at 73!

[Shawn]

I hike with a now 70 year old guy, and will be more than pleased if I can do as well. Just don't quit!
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The bear went over the mountain to see what he could see.

[phrankster]

My apologies, I REALLY wanted to make that hike, but something personal came up and I just couldn't make the hike But I'm sure there'll be other times, hopefully I can make it then and finally meet you guys.

[Canyon Dweller]

That was an increadible hike!
Thanks for taking me up there Cactuscat.
Just to let you know i pulled over on the side of the road to take some pics of the Flatiron. It was a good spot to take pics.
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[phrankster]

Canyon Dweller are you going to post any of those pics so I can see what I missed? Let me know next time you guys are going so I can make another attenpt to join you.

[Canyon Dweller]

i took quite a few pics, I will post them on summitpost.com when i get them developed. some are still in my camera, so those will take a long time to develope.
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[cactuscat]

[Canyon Dweller]

I really wanted to get a good pic of the whole mountain. The trail head is too close to the peak to see it. 88 has alot of really good views of the peak.
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Mountains are there to be climbed!

"Meaningless! Meaningless," says the teacher, "Utterly Meaningless, Everything is meaningless."-Ecclesiastes 1:2

[kiluam]

crappy left knee is going crazy on me now..must have jacked it up somehow, though i didnt really notice it until the car ride home..this was last saturday (the 1st) and it is still irritating me today..otherwise the hike was fun..it was the first time doing that hike after abuot 4 or 5 yrs..so it was like new again..good feeling..not remembering what was coming up next...
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cut me some slack jack

[plummer150]

[kiluam]

its an excellent feeling..and then its like oh yeah..i remember that..

im a geologist in the making, and so now everywhere i go, i pay way more attention to the surroundings and everything makes sense for the most part..and the stuff that i just looked at before and said "wow, thats amazing" i can relate it to how it became like that..thats coolest part for me.for flatiron, since i was here last about 4 yrs ago, i basically just blew it off as just rocks..i can appreciate it more now..in a different perspective that is.

i cant wait to go to havasupai two or three months from now..i havent been there since 2001...really looking forward to any new surprises that place may have that i missed before.

in other words im in a very advanced stage of havasu falls denial
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cut me some slack jack

[plummer150]

[phrankster]

[cactuscat]

I've heard of the "green room", phrankster. It's described in one of Craig Childs' books. Sounds awesome! If I can figure out which book it was, I'll let you know.

[phrankster]