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Re: Friends around a campfire…. Snowy Mountains high!
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2026 11:20 pm
by Elk Creek
Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:47 pm
Freezer wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 10:16 pm
Diver43 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 7:37 pm
Suffered from that on a trip to Utah and the surrounding parks. Wife booked a hotel Brian Head, not realizing that it was not only halfway between two locations we were visiting, but also one of the highest locations in Utah. 10-11K feet and we flew in from Miami. We both didn't feel well, but several bottles of water helped
I experienced a couple times while backpacking in the Sierra Nevadas as a Bot Scout leader. We called it hitting the wall. We had to split some of the boys gear between us just to get them to camp. When I hit the wall all I wanted to do was go to sleep.
At my age I now hit the wall getting the empty trash cans back to the garage in the summer
We are all getting there.
Re: Friends around a campfire…. Snowy Mountains high!
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 12:47 am
by sakodude
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 11:17 pm
shotgunshooter3 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:39 pm
You know it's a great group when the snow starts working its way towards you, everyone just kind of stares at it and grunts, and goes back to the fire without saying a word... and it was an absolute blast!
That was funny! Secretly Tom and I had our “we have to pull the plug if it gets too deep. We can go out to the south…” conversation.
Always good to have a contingency plan. I've seen that kind of weather dump 6" in short order before.
Re: Friends around a campfire…. Snowy Mountains high!
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 2:23 am
by Elk Creek
sakodude wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2026 12:47 am
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 11:17 pm
shotgunshooter3 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:39 pm
You know it's a great group when the snow starts working its way towards you, everyone just kind of stares at it and grunts, and goes back to the fire without saying a word... and it was an absolute blast!
That was funny! Secretly Tom and I had our “we have to pull the plug if it gets too deep. We can go out to the south…” conversation.
Always good to have a contingency plan. I've seen that kind of weather dump 6" in short order before.
Yep. Lots of moisture and cold temps with high winds! What’s not to love!
Re: Friends around a campfire…. Snowy Mountains high!
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2026 7:11 pm
by shotgunshooter3
sakodude wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2026 12:47 am
Elk Creek wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 11:17 pm
shotgunshooter3 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:39 pm
You know it's a great group when the snow starts working its way towards you, everyone just kind of stares at it and grunts, and goes back to the fire without saying a word... and it was an absolute blast!
That was funny! Secretly Tom and I had our “we have to pull the plug if it gets too deep. We can go out to the south…” conversation.
Always good to have a contingency plan. I've seen that kind of weather dump 6" in short order before.
We slept easy under the watchful eye of Andy and Tom's experience!
