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EatsTooMuchJam
  
location:
Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Squirty "Stickybuns" von Cherrypants
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<Reply # 20 on 7/11/2008 2:26 PM >
|  | | | I don't know if there's enough of me to satisfy 3. Besides, I only have eyes for Lexi and Orogeny.
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
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Orogeny
  
location:
39 degrees 44 minutes N, 104 degrees 59 minutes W
Raping people in drains since the summer of '07...
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 21 on 7/11/2008 5:23 PM >
| | | | maybe you'll have better luck with junkyard, imprez. or not...
Subduction leads to orogeny. Duh. |
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junkyard
location:
LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 22 on 7/15/2008 1:52 AM >
| | | | I can't even say why that wouldn't happen without getting my post deleted. But we'll be there probably between Aug 6-8. Anyone interested should PM me for a phone # and we can sort it out. Otherwise you risk getting beat by a fuckin 4 year old. She's got cajones.
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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lexiphoto
  
location:
Denver, Colorado
Gender: Female
UE Den Mother
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<Reply # 23 on 7/16/2008 4:10 PM >
| | | | damn I might be in missouri then
Nothing Satisfies Like Beef! |
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Twystr
location:
39.2N, 104.17W Elev. 6535ft
Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 24 on 7/16/2008 5:50 PM >
| | | | Some insulator collectors did this location in 2002 and 2006, following the powerline. Is that the only way to access the powerhouse, or is there a way following an abandoned powerline into there from cripple creek?
both powerlines used rare insulators on them, the line to pueblo used Locke-25s which were all-glass and because there arent but a handfull of whole ones in the hobby, they pull in an easy $2500+. There are pieces of them all along the line. The line to Cripple Creek used R. D. Mershon and Boch patented insulators, which were made of porcelain. They are also quite rare. I was gonna hotlink some pics but i cant get ti to work, so heres the url instead
Locke-25
http://www.insulat...tures/?id=83947995
boch patent
http://www.insulat...ures/?id=163189539
mershon patent
http://www.insulat...tures/?id=32814833
powerhouse:
http://www.insulat...tures/?id=92355664
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either."
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cavemonkey
location:
berthoud,Colorado
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 25 on 7/17/2008 4:44 AM >
| | | | theres got to be a damn road bed into that place, period. anyone find it on sat photos? water crossings dont bother me to much in my rig...
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Twystr
location:
39.2N, 104.17W Elev. 6535ft
Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 26 on 7/17/2008 5:27 AM >
| | | | Posted by cavemonkey
theres got to be a damn road bed into that place, period. anyone find it on sat photos? water crossings dont bother me to much in my rig...
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from what i've read, you can get close, but the last 3 or so miles are very hairy if you're following the "line" from the canon city area.
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either."
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misplacedfriday
location:
Queen Creek, AZ
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 27 on 7/17/2008 9:06 AM >
| | | | Who's still down for the Aug 6-8 date?
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imprezawrxsti
location:
Portland, OR
Gender: Male
nothing is true; everything is permitted
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 28 on 7/17/2008 9:22 AM >
| | | | Posted by misplacedfriday
Who's still down for the Aug 6-8 date?
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as far as i know, i am.
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Orogeny
location:
39 degrees 44 minutes N, 104 degrees 59 minutes W
Raping people in drains since the summer of '07...
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 30 on 7/17/2008 10:25 PM >
| | | | i think i am too. i'll request it off tomorrow.
Subduction leads to orogeny. Duh. |
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junkyard
location:
LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 31 on 7/19/2008 4:53 PM >
| | | | I looked at topos and that old road just looks like it could be a deathwish with the bridges out. I would like to try, but I bet we'd get there faster walking. No point in trying and then wasting most of the day and not getting there. We could scout it out on the way back. I'd bet a sixer it is impassable. And does anyone know a place I can go and buy that pass or sticker or whatever? I won't have time to get one in the mail before I leave anymore. Or I could pay someone back if it's just something you can pick up easily.
[last edit 7/19/2008 5:02 PM by junkyard - edited 1 times]
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 32 on 7/19/2008 5:13 PM >
| | | | I love coming back to these forums after a hiatus to find things like these. If you'll have me, I'll try and make it aug. 6-8, though my employers may get pissed (I just requested 4 days off to go caving down in the wet mountains). I'd love to go though, sounds like a good time.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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misplacedfriday
location:
Queen Creek, AZ
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 34 on 7/20/2008 12:42 AM >
| | | | Do we really need those nature pass things? I didn't know it was that important.
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junkyard
location:
LaCrosse, WI
Gender: Male
Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.
| | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 35 on 7/20/2008 2:56 AM >
| | | | Otay, you can get the $10 stamp at most any sporting goods store, also like every Wal-Mart. I'm gonna do that, they are easy enough to find. My group is going on Aug 8th like at the butt crack of dawn. That's a Friday, so anyone will only have to take one day off most likely. I suggest we camp at the resevoir. Take 67 south off of 24, West of Colorado Springs. Goes past Pikes Peak and through Cripple Creak and Victor. Looks like FR 861 / Skaguay Rd, East out of Victor. We're camping out the night of the 7th. I've got a Coleman stove and may or may not have any firewood left. Bring beer, some good local stuff and brats, burgers, whatever you want. Make sure to bring plenty of water and some snack stuff for the hike, granola bar type shit, sandwiches, whatever you want. This will be a LONG day, no whiners. I would bring at least a gallon of water per person, it will get lighter as you go anyway Plus you can drink all you can before we leave, I don't think anyone will see you pee. Worst case is we can drink out of the stream, might get sick, maybe no, but it's better than being dead. And make sure your belly is full before we go. I just wanted to stress this because my first time at Gilman I ended up sharing my 2 qts of Gatorade with 2 other people. One of them was some sort of super explorer the past few days according to him, yet he forgot to bring anything for an all day trip to an abandoned town. Must have figured that the water still worked.....
I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner!
Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite.
Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com |
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atmdenfer
location:
Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 36 on 7/20/2008 5:11 AM >
| | | | | I just wanted to stress this because my first time at Gilman I ended up sharing my 2 qts of Gatorade with 2 other people. One of them was some sort of super explorer the past few days according to him, yet he forgot to bring anything for an all day trip to an abandoned town. Must have figured that the water still worked..... |
Gotta love macho-man-tough guys. There's a few people who won't ever go underground with me again for exactly that reason. Dammit, I'm sounding responsible and not drunk, aren't I. Lemme try schlurringk my wordshh. How'ssh that?
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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Orogeny
location:
39 degrees 44 minutes N, 104 degrees 59 minutes W
Raping people in drains since the summer of '07...
| | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 37 on 7/20/2008 8:38 AM >
| | | | sounds like a plan, junkyard. i am fairly intoxicated at the moment, so bringing booze won't be a problem. i also requested time off so i should be good to go. i have a tent or two that could be brought along if needed.
Subduction leads to orogeny. Duh. |
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EatsTooMuchJam
location:
Minneapolis, MN
Gender: Male
Squirty "Stickybuns" von Cherrypants
| | | | | | Re: Front page of the Colorado Springs Gazette today
<Reply # 39 on 7/20/2008 3:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by Orogeny
sounds like a plan, junkyard. i am fairly intoxicated at the moment, so bringing booze won't be a problem. i also requested time off so i should be good to go. i have a tent or two that could be brought along if needed.
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You? Intoxicated?
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."
-Tom Waits |
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