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Just returned from the vicinity of Driskill Mountain
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:29 pm
The weather was uncharacteristically clear for this time of year and the summit was visible in all its majesty. If you've never made a trek in the off season, it's a totally different experience. In a few weeks you'll hear dozens of languages being spoken as teams gather from around the world. Lines of porters will be ferrying equipment to higher altitudes, and vendors will fill the market stalls hawking their wares. But now it's just indigenous people living much the same slow paced life their ancestors did.
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Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:33 pm to Jim Rockford
Mt Driskill is for posers these days.
The Chalk Hills in Catahoula Parish are where the serious go.
The Chalk Hills in Catahoula Parish are where the serious go.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:33 pm to Jim Rockford
You can see the states of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi high atop the summit on a clear day.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:39 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:their ancestors would never understand them through the gross southern twang they've developed over the years.
But now it's just indigenous people living much the same slow paced life their ancestors did.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:42 pm to SuperSaint
Impressive but doesn’t quite match up with Britton Hill in FL.
Highest point in the state at an unimaginable 345 feet above sea level.
On a clear day you can see clear into the next… county.
Wiki - Britton Hill
Highest point in the state at an unimaginable 345 feet above sea level.
On a clear day you can see clear into the next… county.
Wiki - Britton Hill
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:45 pm to Jim Rockford
Cool
This post was edited on 4/29/23 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 1/14/23 at 4:46 pm to Jim Rockford
Parking my car here
Posted on 1/14/23 at 5:42 pm to Jim Rockford
I want to make the trek to the summit. But I’ll wait until hunting season is over so I don’t get blown away by Big D and his Bubba firing into a moving bush.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 5:45 pm to Jim Rockford
Dude, acclimate easy. You don't want to risk pulmonary embolism.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 5:47 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:
Lines of porters will be ferrying equipment to higher altitudes
Sherpbaws
Posted on 1/14/23 at 5:49 pm to Jim Rockford
Sadly my climbing partner is aging and his doctor ordered no more low oxygen environments, so our yearly summit is now out of the question
Posted on 1/14/23 at 5:50 pm to Jim Rockford
We started with a group of 4 on the trek to the summit.
Only I made it back down
Lost 2 in a crevasse just short of summit
Was tough to tell their families about it
Only I made it back down
Lost 2 in a crevasse just short of summit
Was tough to tell their families about it
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:00 pm to Celery
quote:
Sherpbaws
I laughed way too hard at this.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:06 pm to The Boat
quote:
I want to make the trek to the summit. But I’ll wait until hunting season is over so I don’t get blown away by Big D and his Bubba firing into a moving bush.
This.
The hogs have run a lot of deer off in that area, not much season left, and folks are getting
itchy trigger fingers.
No thank you.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:11 pm to Jim Rockford
Base camp is all I can handle these days
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:27 pm to tide06
quote:
Impressive but doesn’t quite match up with Britton Hill in FL.
Highest point in the state at an unimaginable 345 feet above sea level.
On a clear day you can see clear into the next… county.
Louisiana likes to focus on being highly rank at negative things and is the #2 ranked state in regards to having the lowest point of elevation. New Orleans being partly below sea level is good for something, and though it’s more likely to fill with water with just the right combination of events and drainage an area around Bayou Corn might someday help the state become #1. To stay #1 for the long term they will probably need the help of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:30 pm to mjthe
quote:
Parking my car here
You better make sure that you curb your wheels, and that your emergency brake is in good shape.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 6:48 pm to Bistineaubengal
quote:
The hogs have run a lot of deer off in that area, not much season left, and folks are getting itchy trigger fingers.
Why don’t they shoot the hogs
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Hope you took time to acclimate back to sea level, altitude sickness is nothing to fool around with.
Posted on 1/14/23 at 7:45 pm to Jim Rockford
You'll be remembered with the great pioneers who first topped the mountains of Everest. Well done, trailblazer.
Did you do it oxygen assisted or without?
Did you do it oxygen assisted or without?
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