Capitol Peak Knife Ridge

“Maybe here's a helpful webpage. . . .
http://www.14ers.com/routemain.php?route=capi1&peak=Capitol%20Peak%20and%20Snowmass%20Mountain”

“Wow! What a climb. Certainly not for the light-hearted!

Where is Capitol Peak. I'm assuming CO but what range?”

“elk”

“precision. check the trips page, i have that, plus all the other routes. we're up to potentially 6 peaks now. i recently added torreys and grays for saturday. some of us are driving/flying in on friday

also, have you figured out what days you can attend?
last edited: 3/13/08 5:25:31 AM”

“I've gotta climb that.

Geezo that's some nice BP porn!”

“im really looking forward to Capitol!

Im kinda planning to go do Snowmass over Memorial Day wknd - I'll get a good look at Capitol across the way - weather permitting. Last time i was up on Snowmass, i was entombed in a snowstorm! Couldn't see 20 feet.”

“roam, so youre going to try to make the capitol climb? we're hiking to capitol lake on thursday and climbing friday
last edited: 3/13/08 7:10:17 AM”

“Um, hopefully Snowmass isn't blizzard in over Memorial Day. :p

Of course, with me along, it means there will be nothing but clouds and possibly blizzard-like conditions. Perhaps I should just bail now. >:\”

“i'm hoping to crash - might be the best chance/excuse that i have to drive all the way over there.

MsD - dont
you
dare.”

“all the way over there

oh WAH youre a few hours drive from one of the greatest peaks in the lower 48 states. such a hardship”

“yeah, but have you noticed what i have to go past to get there?”

“lol... I really don't intend to. It will be my first 14'er. I need not be a virgin anymore.

But Goddess help me... if there are blizzardesque conditions, Mother Nature and I might have it out right then and there. :p”

“Don't fool around with mother nature!

”

“yeah, but have you noticed what i have to go past to get there?¡±

lots of purdy mts?”

“lots and lots - like these for example:

”

“I actually prefer this representation of the Earth Mother.



I'm actually quite surprised I wasn't struck down by lightening after my previous post. It's a good day!”

“Roams pic of the distracting mountains is the best representation of Gaia I've seen in a while.

Forget lightening. She has a sense of humor. Let's see if you can drag yourself out of the root trap when you try to go pee this time.

Yeah, keep talkin' smack MsD. This time your pants will be down.

;)”

“Thanks - i believe i'll see about getting that one printed and hang it somewhere.”

“lmao

Good point.

I'll get mine when I least expect it. ;)”

“CB - I don't yet know when I'll get there, but I hope a day or so early. We'll see.”

“are you still planning on just the weekend, or are you thinking about doing the whole thing?”

“Probably just Capitol Peak. We'll see though.”

“youll want to be in denver no later than thursday morning, then. rent a car and drive to the trailhead. we'll see you in camp”

“actually, we could probably meet you at the trailhead. i'm leaning towards spending 2 nights at the base of crestone needle. twould be simple to coordinate our efforts to arrive at the trailhead at the same time”

“It all rather depends on work scheduling on how much I can attend.

I'll check in with the trip threads this week end and catch up on all that's planned.”

“okey dokey. this trip is designed to be very flexible. ppl can come and go as they please, or if someone wants to do something differently, they can”

“kewl stuff”