[cdt-l] Cavorting in Crested Butte
FJ
ephja at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 22 11:31:16 CDT 2006
disco & all others --->
i would love to make it to the butte but i have to work this weekend - that is one of the things i am trying to come to grips with. has anyone seen or heard from mags or pineneedle?? pineneedle was supposedly in twin lakes on the 20th.
still trying to find those socks but i hope to get them to you soon. my finish was good. failed to do the 13ers on sunday but did them on monday the 11th. even saved a dog which was the best part of the day.
enjoy the break and get back out and finish. say hello to everyone. i am selling gloves like crazy down here ====> sidewinder
----- Original Message ----
From: Lawton Grinter <lawtong at hotmail.com>
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 8:48:38 AM
Subject: [cdt-l] Cavorting in Crested Butte
Hello CDT-Liens,
Disco here. I have neglected to post anything thus far during my current
southbound thru-hike of the CDT with P.O.D. and for that I must beg your
forgiveness.
I wanted to update you all on the goings-ons of a lot of the southbounders
right now.
P.O.D. and I . . . along with Tradja, Jess and No Trace made it to Monarch
Pass on Wednesday the 20th. The 5 of us headed into Salida to learn of a
bit of bad weather coming to the Continental Divide Thurs-Sat. P.O.D. and I
are from Crested Butte so we made a few calls and now P.O.D., myself, Tradja
and Jess are all in Crested Butte waiting out this storm.
Both Mags and Skittles hitched into Saguache yesterday from Hwy 114 and
they'll now be hitching into Crested Butte today to wait out the rest of the
storm with us.
And . . . Speedo and Lovebarge got to Monarch Pass yesterday . . . after
climbing more 14'ers than I thought was possible on a CDT thru-hike . . .
spent the night at the Circle R in Salida and will be hitching into Crested
Butte to wait out the rest of the storm.
All told . . . there will be 8-9 CDT sobo thru-hikers in Crested Butte today
and tomorrow! Who would have ever thought Crested Butte would become a
reluctant CDT trail town. CB is approximately 1.25 hours from Monarch Pass.
Anyway that is the status of most folks . . . Pi and Ahab are somewhere (I
believe but am not positive) between Lake City and Silverton . . . or
possibly Creede if they decided to take a low route and get out of the snow?
Kevin and Frank are M.I.A. like Chuck Norris but possibly in Salida??
Monarch Pass had a couple of inches of snow on the ground yesterday and the
parking lot had about 1/2 inch of ice on the asphalt. And I'm guessing they
got a few more inches of snow last night. Crested Butte is at 9,000' and
it's snowing steadily as I write . . . so I'm sure it is really coming down
on the Pass.
We all plan to hit the trail on Sunday morning. We may need a solar powered
carbon-fiber snow plow to break trail though? Or possibly one made out of
spinnaker for weight savings??
Best, Disco
www.trailjournals.com/darkness
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