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re_guderian
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"High elevation" with Land Cruisers you say? Back in my skinny days as a Mormon missionary in Peru at a pass called Ticlio. That was my first exposure to Land Cruisers, and a big reason why I got an FJ60 later on.
15,806 feet. 1984 FJ60, interior roll bar, center facing jump seats, and (if it were possible) even more gutless than normal at that altitude. This was taken in 1987 on a trip from Lima to Tarma. The bottom image is a Google street-view image of (more or less) the same view today. The glacier is gone.
15,806 feet. 1984 FJ60, interior roll bar, center facing jump seats, and (if it were possible) even more gutless than normal at that altitude. This was taken in 1987 on a trip from Lima to Tarma. The bottom image is a Google street-view image of (more or less) the same view today. The glacier is gone.
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re_guderian
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No Land Cruiser, but me kickin' it at 12,087' in the Deep Creek Mountains near the UT/NV border on top of Ibapah Peak end of August looking way down on the salt flats of far eastern NV. Great hike, and used the Cruiser to get out there (> 250 mi. dirt roads/4WD trails around the Deep Creeks and down through western UT/Eastern NV.) ~5,800' elevation gain in ~7.5 miles. Love that area for the remoteness. Though this year I could actually pull in a cell signal from the summit. But my wife still wouldn't answer...
The spike in the rock is leftover from the US Coastal and Geodetic survey in the 1880's, when they were plotting the 39th Parallel from Pike's peak to the Sierras. William Eimbeck and company spent months on top (and built the stone windbreaks). Fascinating history. Also next to the old Pony Express route. I took a short nap up there, and laid down next to an old square nail that I'm sure was left over from that vintage. The red brick is also from that era. They had a pad with a brick base where they stored magnets for some use in determining the location of the magnetic pole.
The spike in the rock is leftover from the US Coastal and Geodetic survey in the 1880's, when they were plotting the 39th Parallel from Pike's peak to the Sierras. William Eimbeck and company spent months on top (and built the stone windbreaks). Fascinating history. Also next to the old Pony Express route. I took a short nap up there, and laid down next to an old square nail that I'm sure was left over from that vintage. The red brick is also from that era. They had a pad with a brick base where they stored magnets for some use in determining the location of the magnetic pole.
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One of my favorite places in the Sierra Mountain Range @ 8000' in California along the upper tributary of the East Fork Kern River. There are higher places in the Sierras but this is within the Golden Trout Wilderness area and is vehicle accessible.
Lewis Mill Telluride Co ~12,500'
To get to Lewis Mill in a vehicle is near impossible. First you need to get access to Bridal Veil Falls Power plant. Once through the gate is a series of not maintained tight switchback today only used as a hiking trail leads to Lewis Mill. On my trip I could feel the hate from the hikers I passed.
To get to Lewis Mill in a vehicle is near impossible. First you need to get access to Bridal Veil Falls Power plant. Once through the gate is a series of not maintained tight switchback today only used as a hiking trail leads to Lewis Mill. On my trip I could feel the hate from the hikers I passed.
Pearl pass?
The view off of it, yep.
Mattman
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Is this an altitude competition? Oh wait, elevation Haha, I know I know, not LC related but I couldn't resist.
Images from the USAF Lockheed U-2, which I was a crew chief on. 70,000+ feet
Haha, I know I know, not LC related but I couldn't resist. Images from the USAF Lockheed U-2, which I was a crew chief on. 70,000+ feet
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Awesome @LandCruiserPhil!! One of the greatest, pristine, still very largely intact sites we've ever been to! ( thanks to the help of right minded folks and the hist. society) Truly a tme portal. I really wish Az sites we not constantly vandalized, abused and destroyed or looted. Just think, Martinez for example, along with countless others could've been real time capsules of history as well
Lewis Mill Telluride Co ~12,500'
To get to Lewis Mill in a vehicle is near impossible. First you need to get access to Bridal Veil Falls Power plant. Once through the gate is a series of not maintained tight switchback today only used as a hiking trail leads to Lewis Mill. On my trip I could feel the hate from the hikers I passed.
Awesome @LandCruiserPhil!! One of the greatest, pristine, still very largely intact sites we've ever been to! ( thanks to the help of right minded folks and the hist. society) Truly a tme portal. I really wish Az sites we not constantly vandalized, abused and destroyed or looted. Just think, Martinez for example, along with countless others could've been real time capsules of history as well
Actually I the way I found my way to the mill I was "delivering" a needed tool to the guys that are some of the best timber framers anywhere doing some repairs on the structure. There is also a very cool cabin for those that get stuck up there do to weather. If it rains or snow you are not coming down the trail in a vehicle and living to tell about it.
murf
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Awesome @LandCruiserPhil!! One of the greatest, pristine, still very largely intact sites we've ever been to! ( thanks to the help of right minded folks and the hist. society) Truly a tme portal. I really wish Az sites we not constantly vandalized, abused and destroyed or looted. Just think, Martinez for example, along with countless others could've been real time capsules of history as well
the difference between having to hike to a site vs being able to drive up to it. I find the vandals are inherently lazy....
So true when a trail starts at 10,400' if cut out most unless you are in
Is this an altitude competition? Oh wait, elevation
Images from the USAF Lockheed U-2, which I was a crew chief on. 70,000+ feet
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That is EFFIN BADASSSS!!!!
Flying past the Rincon Mountains looking East from a dirty window (Thank you American Airlines).
Tucson, Arizona.
12,095 at Independence Pass in Colorado.
