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in reply to: Thank you, participants #50330
@MichaelJ wrote:
I myself really need to push the thanks for organizing over to Stephen. He did a TON of work for this event and it really came out the way it did thanks to him!
Agreed. I’m just the Web design geek. Stephen was really the driving force behind this year’s success. He even did some of the critical programming for the signups so I can’t take any credit for that aspect of the FOT48 Web site.
in reply to: Mt. Lincoln #50350We kept an eye on Lincoln and were happy to see it raised. Nice job!
in reply to: Overall Summary – 2004 #50346Add Carter, South
in reply to: Galehead flagger #50345I hiked down the Twinway towards the hut and scanned Galehead with bincoluars looking for a flag, but couldn’t spot it. Glad to here it was covered.
in reply to: Twin, South #50105What a perfect weekend. I spent last week battling a 104*F fever and it looked like I may not be able to participate. I felt better on Thursday and drank a gallon and a half+ of water, gatorade, and juice. I decided to definitely go. David and I left CT Friday morning and learned Chalie wasn’t going to be able to make it after hurting his foot during the week. He was very disappointed. I was still feeling a bit drained so we decided to hike up the North Twin trail to basecamp instead of huffing it eight miles into the Pemi as originally planned.
Saturday, we woke to clear skies and continued on up the North Twin trail. Around 9:00 AM, David mentioned it was around the time the tragic events of the day began three years prior. I reflected on why we were actually doing this and thought how amazing it was that there were summit teams all around the White embarking on their adventures.
We reached the East lookout on North Twin around 10:30 and admired the day as well as our destination. We quickly summited South Twin and began erecting our modest display. By 11:40, Old Glory was flying.
Our first three visitors knew of the event and were very thankful. They spent some time on the summit and even gave us a can of beer – thanks guys! One of the three then took a picture for us. Two other guys stopped by around nooon. The summit was surprisingly quiet despite being a beautiful September Saturday. I think there were a total of maybe only a dozen visitors. We flew the flag on the East side of the summit a hundred feet or so from the Twinway juction.
We were able to spot flags on 16 other summits. That’s 1/3 of the 48 4K’s!. The North Twin Flag was obviously the easiest for us to spot. Also with the naked eye, we could see flags on Hale, Zealand and after confirming with the binoculars, Bond. With the binoculars, we could also spot flags West Bond, Liberty, Lafayette, Garfield, Carrigain (East side of the tower), Field, Tom, Flume, Lincoln, and (we think) Eisenhower and Monroe! 😮 Visibility was great! South Twin has views of more 4K’s than many of the other mountains that I’ve been on.
We left the flag up until a bit after 2 PM and then headed out. The day was so nice that we spent more time on North Twin. The West outlook has great views of Franconia, Galehead and the hut, and the Pemi. The East outlook has amazing views of the Eastern Pemi and the Presidentials. We returned to camp around 6 PM and I was so drained that I was in my sleeping bag by 8 PM!
For all the images, click HERE.
in reply to: Website Updates #50014Configured the Gallery to allow Nested Albums in the 2004 Gallery:
in reply to: Feedback FOT48 – 2004 #50311@summit1 wrote:
We had a great day for the flags and great company for the hike to North Twin. We had alot of good comments about the flag and the whole idea of FOT48. We spotted flags on South Twin, Garfield, Lafayette, Lincoln, and Liberty. It was fun finally putting some faces with names at Mooseland. Sorry Greg, I never did get off my butt to come over to meet up with you, I guess I was being kind of lazy 😆 We had a great weekend, filled with great people and great views.
The North Twin Flag was obviously the easiest for us to spot. Also with the naked eye, we could see flags on Hale, Zealand and after confirming with the binoculars, Bond. With the binoculars, we could also spot flags West Bond, Liberty, Lafayette, Garfield, Carrigain (East side of the tower), Field, Tom, Flume, Lincoln, and (we think) Eisenhower and Monroe! 😮 Visibility was great and counting South Twin we were able to spot a total of 16 flags, or 1/3! 8) South Twin has some of the best views of many 4000’ers!
in reply to: Mooseland Grill Tally 2004 #49930Everyone please have a beer for me too. There was a chance that we weren’t going to be able to backpack into the Pemi because of swollen streams/low-lying areas. If that was the case, we were going to try to camp at Sugaloaf and then hit the grill. But I think we’re going to be okay so we’re going to backpack into the Pemi for Friday and Saturday nights. I don’t get to the Whites as often as I’d like so when I get the opportunity to, I need to take advantage of it to spend some time in the backcountry. I’ll be there in spirit though. Everyone enjoy, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing the pics posted to the Gallery when I return Sunday evening! :beer:
@SilentCal wrote:
With all the rain we’ve been having, take extra caution on all the stream crossings.
I was particularly concerned about this earlier in the week as we’ll be backpacking into the Pemi tomorrow, but I think we’ll be okay. The area has been pretty dry the past weeks, and we didn’t see the 12″ rainfall like the southern Appalachians did. Looks like the heaviest of the rain is on the way out. Hopefully this will leave a nice sunny and perhaps breezy day for Saturday.
in reply to: Did the……. #49967in reply to: Welcome to the 2004 Routes/Teams Forum #50098@Frodo wrote:
I strongly agree with MtnMagic, an email is much less obtrusive than a google search with an unexpected phone call… 😮
I also agree; Email is best.
in reply to: Did the……. #49964Check the dates in the first sentence.
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