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Congrats Steve! Climb on, and best wishes on your next adventures!
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Thank you, all. Eddie, super glad that the US Grant report was helpful to you and Randy. I don't write a whole bunch of reports, because so many people have put some excellent stuff out there and often I have nothing more informative to add, but I try to contribute some info, since I have relied so heavily on this site over the years. It was super fun talking to on the ranch and I can't believe we've not met face to face since...that seems a shame.

Now that I"m finally admitting to being middle-aged, I look at some of the days put up and the pace of completion by so many impressive younger people on this site, and I get both astonished and envious. I so wish I had begun hiking and climbing in my 20s instead of my mid 30s.
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Congrats, and stylish choice of finishing peaks! I haven't done quite a few on your pageant list; maybe this fall...
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Congratulations on a most wonderful accomplishment.
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Congrats, Steve!

You've done it in a style that even a lot of these many young hotshots can't match.

(Also, I echo every word you said below: there's already so much good info out there - including from you; nobody really needs to read my drivel.)
Marmot72 wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:20 pm Thank you, all. Eddie, super glad that the US Grant report was helpful to you and Randy. I don't write a whole bunch of reports, because so many people have put some excellent stuff out there and often I have nothing more informative to add, but I try to contribute some info, since I have relied so heavily on this site over the years. It was super fun talking to on the ranch and I can't believe we've not met face to face since...that seems a shame.

Now that I"m finally admitting to being middle-aged, I look at some of the days put up and the pace of completion by so many impressive younger people on this site, and I get both astonished and envious. I so wish I had begun hiking and climbing in my 20s instead of my mid 30s.
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My deep thought about a shallow thing yesterday was, how do you know you’re getting older?
When you’d rather go all the way around a downed tree
vs. over it to preserve the knees. Do you do this? I do and I also wished I climbed back in my 20’s vs. late 30’s, 40’s
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Blazintoes, I definitely go around downed trees, but the other thing I do much more frequently for the knees is taking up the whole trail on the descent - you know, weaving all across it to minimize the drop - much like how you mountain bike a trail to pick the best line. Damn knees. But I guess they'd be even worse if I"d begun sooner!
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Marmot72 wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:19 pm Blazintoes, I definitely go around downed trees, but the other thing I do much more frequently for the knees is taking up the whole trail on the descent - you know, weaving all across it to minimize the drop - much like how you mountain bike a trail to pick the best line. Damn knees. But I guess they'd be even worse if I"d begun sooner!
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Thanks for sharing the pageant Steve! A really cool read. Congrats on an awesome list! It was fun getting some peaks with you and sharing some brews after!
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