tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post8362551230378521894..comments2024-03-21T03:56:28.972-06:00Comments on Jill Outside: Shades of the apocalypseJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-55143545062833612522020-10-03T09:43:59.697-06:002020-10-03T09:43:59.697-06:00Straight line windsStraight line windsThe Bike Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429787426847629210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-78101473353227902892020-10-03T09:27:05.969-06:002020-10-03T09:27:05.969-06:00I can't imagine hiking (er, crawling/climbing/...I can't imagine hiking (er, crawling/climbing/swearing) thru that! I remember long ago driving south from Norfolk VA thru Charleston a few months after hurricane Hugo CRUSHED the area. The devastation was like nothing I'd ever seen...huge forests of quite large trees where 4 out of every 5 was just snapped in half, some still attached and most broken all the way off littering the forest with an impenetrable maze, but there was no trail thru this, I think it would have been nearly impossible to go even a few hundred yards in off the highway. But in your case many were completely toppled with enormous roots standing vertical...that's just insane! Seriously, I can't imagine it, and you both went THRU it! The storm required to do such a thing would be quite rare (thankfully)! As always, beautiful pictures, but also as always, they just don't do justice to seeing things first-hand. Your memories and experience dwarf any attempts to capture it on camera.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-74969136588683000672020-10-03T08:30:26.559-06:002020-10-03T08:30:26.559-06:00Back in 1999 we had a Derecho in Minnesota that hi...Back in 1999 we had a Derecho in Minnesota that hit the Boundary Waters hard!! Worth a dive into Wikipedia. It showed me how vulnerable we are as a species and so dependant on our technology to live a very privileged life compared to those who went before us and built the world we enjoy today. Tho....Gia takes everything back in time....:).<br /><br />Jeff CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-71820200565144891632020-10-03T07:50:55.554-06:002020-10-03T07:50:55.554-06:00Wow, what a interesting and catastrophic situation...Wow, what a interesting and catastrophic situation. Glad y'all came through it safely.Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152831329347482311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-40594274879785550692020-10-02T22:54:10.489-06:002020-10-02T22:54:10.489-06:00Interesting. I wonder if Arapaho National Forest w...Interesting. I wonder if Arapaho National Forest will apply for an exemption. I honestly don't see how they could complete the work without one. It would probably take many thousands of hours of paid labor. <br /><br />My hands are my body part that "doesn't get cold." I've been known to go gloveless down to 0 degrees. However, if I ever complain about being cold and I'm still not wearing gloves, I hope someone will slap me. Maybe not physically, but just remind me that I'm uselessly cooling all of this blood circulating to my core, and to knock it off and cover up. <br /><br />Still, my experience with venting heat through my hands does help me better understand why people choose to wear shorts. Leg coverings are just one of the most difficult layers to add and remove, so once you pick something, you're mostly stuck with it.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-81906927605169638562020-10-02T22:46:49.688-06:002020-10-02T22:46:49.688-06:00Haha, indeed. We definitely had that discussion — ...Haha, indeed. We definitely had that discussion — what our final turnaround time would be, and then acknowledging we were more than an hour past it. Truth is, I was willing to do just about anything to avoid climbing back through that. I was convinced we could walk the road to Tabernash. From there it's only a 76-mile cab fare back to our car. :P Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-2886336951091797432020-10-02T22:43:03.011-06:002020-10-02T22:43:03.011-06:00The mass destruction of big, healthy trees was sho...The mass destruction of big, healthy trees was shocking. I wasn't too worried about being caught out after dark. We didn't have much in the way of bivy gear, but I still had a lot of food and batteries for my headlamps. Walking all night would have been unpleasant, but we could have gotten ourselves somewhere. I figured there are worse things than hiring an Uber to drive us from Tabernash to Eldora. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-76860205807802563412020-10-02T22:40:41.669-06:002020-10-02T22:40:41.669-06:00I've been up Evans five times already this sum...I've been up Evans five times already this summer. The pavement can't be much worse, but I do expect a lot of cold discomfort during the long descent. I put this off for much to long and may not get around to it before the snow anyway, given how bad the air quality has been. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-56192676291036186302020-10-02T22:14:10.830-06:002020-10-02T22:14:10.830-06:00Ha. My legs don't get cold either, go Beat! So...Ha. My legs don't get cold either, go Beat! So that forest could probably apply for a chainsaw exemption. It has happened before in situations like this. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166776565191771729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-41130214298607891982020-10-02T21:19:03.839-06:002020-10-02T21:19:03.839-06:00What an enduro that turned out to be. We've ha...What an enduro that turned out to be. We've had similar hikes through criss crossed tree debris from avalanches but they were short lived. I literally felt your pain from fighting through the unending snags, and the rising panic of "It's getting late, we should turn around" snuffed out by unrealistic optimism of "just a little farther." Suddenly you are too far to turn around, and must fight through. Epic hike that you will never forget. 30 years from now you will be lying in a warm cushy bed, "Hey Beat, remember when we..."<br />:) markBox Canyon Blog.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032055509766739436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-52279274209843334492020-10-02T21:07:05.025-06:002020-10-02T21:07:05.025-06:00Wow. Good it ended within the span of a normal day...Wow. Good it ended within the span of a normal day. All those decision points you encounter in the mountains like, "am I going to make it back home today and sleep in my own bed or am I going to huddle under leaves & branches and slowly go hypothermic?" are the types of things I think about on those runs. So far, so good. <br /><br />The number of healthy green pine trees that were down surprised me, that is not common. At first I thought they were sawed down, but... they just broke in half.mtnrunner2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974435572236740294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-28624795737694524562020-10-02T20:42:41.298-06:002020-10-02T20:42:41.298-06:00Careful riding down Mt. Evans - wheel-eating fissu...Careful riding down Mt. Evans - wheel-eating fissures in the pavement have opened up from what I hear.Joe in Durangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674553842036983922noreply@blogger.com