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in reply to: New poll: 2005 Flags on the 48 #50551
For some reason for me I think that we are making too many little decisions for such a simple event and thus making it over complex. I’m for keeping it simple, hell we could simplify it to just posting this as an event in the “events” area of Darren or Greg’s site. One day, as close to the 11th as posible, up-down-remember, maybe a brew with some buds after and call it a day. Is that, that difficult to pull off here?
in reply to: Time to pay the piper #50393How about keeping it on a volunteer basis like it was first started as? This looks like it’s forming into a business venture rather than a solemn remembrance event.
@Frodo wrote:
…we met Laurie Burt (the president of the AMC, who was also staying there). She asked me what we were planning on hiking this day, and I told her all about the Flags on the 48, and that we were representing Mt. Adams. She seemed positive about the event, but did joking state “I won’t notify the Forest Service about what you are doing”
Frodo,
Not to dis Ms. Burt, I’m sure she knows what she is talking about, I’m also sure she was more kidding than serious. I just remembered that last year when I did Madison, I met a US park ranger at the top. He actually helped me raise the flag, took my picture, shook my hand and thanked me for doing what I was doing. He said that he heard about FOT48 and thought it was a great idea. So, I guess in hind sight, you could have said “they already know…”. Just an FYI.
LOMU
We started a little late 10:15 and made it up to the top, it was my girlfriends first mountain climb and we made it up by 1:15, I was impressed! The climb was more than I anticipated at times, but we made it up and down with no incidents. We flew the flag from about 1:30 to 2:30. I think our tardiness threw some people off as some people were surprised that Jefferson ended up being covered. While at the top, I recieved numorous thank-yous and comments of encouragment. I did, however, recieve one confirmed negative reaction consisting of a conversation between two French speaking hikers that pointed at the flag, made a comment and sarcastically laughed. Being a conscientious represenative of our U.S. I did nothing but stare them down, though I felt like chucking a rock at them. I had a great time a Mooseland. :beer:
:flag: May God Bless The USA! :flag:
in reply to: Post-event gathering #48888MOOSELAND!
in reply to: Member Rankings #49448I think the ranking is perfect now.
I look forward to taking off my boots, putting on my sneaks and meeting some of you afterwards. Last year I decended so quickly, I got to Mooseland way early and decided to head home. Not this year!
in reply to: Looking back…Moving forward #49166LOMU, sorry for the word mixup. By sponsoring a peak, I meant signing up for one.
No prob Cal, I was just checking to see if I understood you correctly. I getcha now. Thanks for reiterating! I concour.
in reply to: Looking back…Moving forward #491618. Publicity was much better this year and we need it to keep snowballing. New Year’s resolution should be to get at least one other person to join your group or sponsor a peak.
What do you mean by sponsors?
in reply to: Flags on the 48 Patches #49147the8re wrote:
However I still suggest (and this may already be playing into Frodo’s thinking) that we avoid passing money around without this shelter in place. It only takes one disgruntled person to complain to the media and/or the IRS that money is changing hands and a whole lotta bad PR comes down.Yes. Agreed. I’d rather keep discussions of donations, etc. off the boards as well, please.
I concur. Anything making this look like a buisness would in the end make us all look like 4 star a$$ holes.
in reply to: Trip Reports #49051As seen in “My Thoughts on Today’s Event!”:
Ahh-yupp! Well it’s nice to know you have dependable help…not. Team LOMU turned into LOMU, lonely LOMU. I had to do a quick reassessment of my flag pole design. I determined that my design from last year was too much to carry. I dug through my gear and found that my tarp pole would work perfect if doubled up. I found the hike annihilating; I over packed in anticipation of poor weather and could have gotten better sleep (so, stupid!). Something about thinking your running way late and being in trees constantly makes progress seem slow. A funny part was right around the time that I was getting discouraged, I stopped for a breather. In the process of reaching for my water I dropped a trekking pole which disturbed the largest bees nest I have ever heard. Well nothing like the vision of having a beard of bees to kick start your pace. I envisioned the movie “My Girl”, and those episodes of Tom and Jerry involving bees in a formation of an arrow. Anyways after emerging from tree line it turned into a fantastic hike, I can’t complain about the weather and I was dedicated to the cause. I got nothing, but positive feed back even from the US Park Ranger that was at the summit. He snapped a photo and told me he appreciated what we were doing (he had already known about the event.). I saw, no other flags on any peaks and started wondering if I had the right day. After an hour of flag flying I descended, a truly awesome day. Stopped by the Moose Land Grill at about 5:30 and the place was empty, 4 cars max. I waited for about 20 min. and boogied back home. Great Job People! Great Job America!
Log: I started up Valleyway at about 9:15 (a little late), but Frodo insisted 3 hrs was plenty of time. You were right on dude!
I peaked at approx. 12:15 let several people know what the cause was and all found it to quote one person “inspiring”.
I began my decent at approx. 1:20 stopping only for water. Hammered down and got to my car at 4:25.
in reply to: Peak count (2003) #49066Peak Name: Madison
# of people in party: 1
Short description of rigging and pole system: Store bought tarp poles doubled up for extended height. 3 nylon guy lines. (I liked my design from last year better, but the weight trade off was too good to pass up.)
Any suggestion on improvements/changes for next year (optional): All the coordinators have done a fantastic job. I would just continue to pursue new avenues of exposure. I attempted to help you guy’s through radio media, but recieved no responses.in reply to: Best Quotes from your hike? #49099While applying the duct tape to my blisters my sock hand puppet/hiking partener mentioned that “The best thing about putting on duct tape on, is taking it off!” Further hand puppet quotes included “Heads up some one’s coming!” & “Hey it stinks in here!”. Hey, I hiked alone improvisions were a matter of survival.
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