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jimlup

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16. That's the Maroon Bells!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Mon Aug 19, 2013, 11:36 AM

Aug 2013

I am climbing all of Colorado's 54 14-thousand foot peaks. Those are the Maroon Bells near Aspen. They are on my list but I'm very wary of them. They are know to climbers as the "Deadly Bells" because the rock is all shit.

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awesome... FirstLight Aug 2013 #1

Reposting for sure. madamesilverspurs Aug 2013 #2

Thanks for identifying the place; I recognized it but couldn't remember the name! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #4

near Aspen... Maroon Bells is one of the most photographed locales in the country. hlthe2b Aug 2013 #6

Indeed! In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #3

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #5

K & R femmocrat Aug 2013 #7

frackin' right, frackin's wrong rurallib Aug 2013 #8

k&r... spanone Aug 2013 #9

Not only no... n/t hootinholler Aug 2013 #10

Wow--just wow! classof56 Aug 2013 #11

Kick & recommended. William769 Aug 2013 #12

K&R. Fracking Frenzy must be stopped now. Poisoning our water supplies needs to be a referendum. Overseas Aug 2013 #13

Well said, and thank you. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #14

Funny and true thablueprint. Aug 2013 #15

That's the Maroon Bells! jimlup Aug 2013 #16

They won't be happy... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2013 #17