Man Hikes to the International Space Station

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Man Hikes to the International Space Station

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Well, sort of. 1.3 million vertical feet in a year, apparently all on the Incline and Barr Trail. Wow.
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awesome!
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i hiked to the international house of pancakes at 3am once. it was delicious.
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1.3 million feet/7,500 feet on Barr Trail = 174 times in a year. Not my cup of tea, but hey, heck of an accomplishment.
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Independently wealthy? Retired? Disability?
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peter303 wrote:Independently wealthy? Retired? Disability?
maybe he has a night job, or a day job or no job and just felt like hiking almost every day :D
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peter303 wrote:Independently wealthy? Retired? Disability?
He's certainly not disabled. :)
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Floyd wrote:1.3 million feet/7,500 feet on Barr Trail = 174 times in a year. Not my cup of tea, but hey, heck of an accomplishment.
530 times up the incline, 34 times up the Barr Trail. Even more tedious, IMO. :)
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Talk about mind numbingly boring... :)
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Starkey wrote:Talk about mind numbingly boring... :)
Perhaps the mind-numbing repetitiveness serves to silence all thoughts and promote Zen enlightenment? I climb, therefore I am... :?:
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fleetmack wrote:i hiked to the international house of pancakes at 3am once. it was delicious.

:D
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14erFred wrote: Perhaps the mind-numbing repetitiveness serves to silence all thoughts and promote Zen enlightenment?
It's certainly better than choad-numbing repetitiveness.
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