The Before/After thread

Cuberant said:
BEFORE: Taking my grandson to bag his first peak on Antelope Island

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DURING:

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Kullaberg63 said:
It went well. About a 60 mile loop, doing almost precisely what Allen calls the Dirty Devil North. Short November days challenged us to get to water every evening, and the last day was a 20 mile slog finished in moonlight. But this was right before the real cold hit, so it was really nice out there in the canyons.

The crux was the down climb thru the Wingate into Twin Corrall, so expertly photographed by @slc_dan above. Although it wasn't super exposed, and the difficulties probably didn't quite get to the advertised 4th class. The dog did really good too, which was a relief.

We almost had more trouble finding a 3rd class way into remote Larry Canyon at dusk on day 2. Mostly because of said dusk!

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Huge areas of slick rock characterized the upland between Robber's Roost and No Man's.

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Short narrows near the exit of No Man's.

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Scant sun at camp this time of year

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Is there water down there?
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Wild. Well done, Jan! Good piloting and good photographing. What is that brown pyramid tent you are sporting? A prototype?
 
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I'm off Friday so going to head out to The Twin Eagles campground on the edge of the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike National Forest. It's one of the few campgrounds near me open year round. Plan is my first winter overnight, and the first overnight ever for Mr Duncan. I wanted a campsite i could drive up to in case we have to bail, but also a place that allows dogs on the trails.
 
kimbur96 said:
I'm off Friday so going to head out to The Twin Eagles campground on the edge of the Lost Creek Wilderness in the Pike National Forest. It's one of the few campgrounds near me open year round. Plan is my first winter overnight, and the first overnight ever for Mr Duncan. I wanted a campsite i could drive up to in case we have to bail, but also a place that allows dogs on the trails.
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Turns out Twin eagles campground was closed. So we headed to RMNP for a quick overnight. The herds of elf were amazing. No hiking as the NP's don't allow dogs on trails.
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Before planning my first overnight winter backpack. Called the Rocky Mountain National Park today to inquire about wilderness permits they said just come on up everything is open. Plan is to stay at the upper mill creek site and day hike around Beirstadt lake. 12/31-1/2
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Jackson said:
I once again failed to post a before. Here's the after.

Took my snowshoes for a test run up Neff's Canyon. Seems I always go there when it's raining/snowing. Strong winds, but the snow came down lightly, for the most part.

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So how'd you like 'em? Is this your first time on "shoes"?

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Cuberant said:
So how'd you like 'em? Is this your first time on "shoes"?

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They worked well! I headed off the trail after a bit and they floated pretty well for how powdery the snow was and how steep the angle was.

I've snowshoed 3 times before this. Decided I like it enough to get some of my own!
 
A quick before-after, because this doesn't happen everyday:

Before: Climbing Mt. Baldy, at 10064' the highest peak in Los Angeles basin.

After: Went well. As we stood on the summit a helicopter came in for a scenic lap, lost control and crashed on a ridge below us less than 200 yards away. We ran down, thinking about the gore we would find. Amazingly, the injuries were light requiring just some bandaging and shock treatment. The four guys had rented the bird, were wearing outfits suitable for Venice Beach and after calming down started Facebook'ing live and flying a drone.

It was bitter cold and windy, and soon they retreated to the smashed helicopter, and we moved on. A SAR team flew in and picked them up after an hour.

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Kullaberg63 said:
A quick before-after, because this doesn't happen everyday:

Before: Climbing Mt. Baldy, at 10064' the highest peak in Los Angeles basin.

After: Went well. As we stood on the summit a helicopter came in for a scenic lap, lost control and crashed on a ridge below us less than 200 yards away. We ran down, thinking about the gore we would find. Amazingly, the injuries were light requiring just some bandaging and shock treatment. The four guys had rented the bird, were wearing outfits suitable for Venice Beach and after calming down started Facebook'ing live and flying a drone.

It was bitter cold and windy, and soon they retreated to the smashed helicopter, and we moved on. A SAR team flew in and picked them up after an hour.

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Wow!!

From an LA news article:
"The summit is reachable by a hiking trail from the east side, and the initial emergency call came from a hiker who saw the helicopter go down, Nelson said."

Were you the one that made the call?

Also, it's interesting that they would hop out of the wreckage and do a live video given the circumstances.
 
Before: North Fork Park hiking/snowshoeing. Mules Ear trail today.

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