Backpack Elbert?

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DaveLanders
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Re: Backpack Elbert?

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supranihilest wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:06 pm
jibler wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:50 pm allegedly he says something about it somewhere?

I never actually saw it in print myself - I was just screwing around over there and saw the potential for the route like 5 yrs ago.

a little part of me is still claiming this route as my discovery - even though I always assumed I was not 1st to find it.
It's the north ridge and is route 9R5 in the third edition of Roach's 14ers guidebook. Also part of Massive Mania. Not a new route.
Most definitely not new, and also ridiculous to think about taking a 6 year old on. You are up high for a really long time, although there are ways to bail
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