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re: I want to retire early and move to Montana
Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:52 am to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:52 am to RogerTheShrubber
In an ideal world, it'd be glorious to have a camp that one can spend weeks or a couple months at a time but to live and that be your life permanently, something about it feels like your are too diverted from reality and the world and it'd get boring.
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Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:56 am to RogerTheShrubber
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Not to mention, -20 isn't the norm in most of Montana. Avg. Jan high in Bozeman is around freezing, avg. low is in the teens
Good to know. thanks Roger
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With the right gear you don't get cold
Posted on 9/26/13 at 10:57 am to Chad504boy
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In an ideal world, it'd be glorious to have a camp that one can spend weeks or a couple months at a time but to live and that be your life permanently, something about it feels like your are too diverted from reality and the world and it'd get boring.
Guess it depends on where you are in life and how many attachments you have. Kalispell, Bozeman, Missoula aren't really frontier but are far removed from a large city, which most folks dislike.
Read on city-data that in the lower 48, the most distant one can be from a road is 22 miles, somewhere in Yellowstone NP. With technical advances and communication the way it is today, it's hard to be detached unless you really really want to be.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 11:15 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
Jackson Hole is badass too.
Grand Tetons:
JHole (Steep and Deep):
Grand Tetons:
JHole (Steep and Deep):
Posted on 9/26/13 at 11:28 am to W
I want to climb the Tetons badly.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 11:58 am to LSUintheNW
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I want to climb the Tetons badly.
Agreed but I won't climb in snow or ice. Crampons suck.
No feeling.
This is feeling:
Posted on 9/26/13 at 12:38 pm to W
Awesome
not a fan of crampons myself, in some cases I have no choice.
I want to go in the summertime.
not a fan of crampons myself, in some cases I have no choice.
I want to go in the summertime.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 12:46 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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the most distant one can be from a road is 22 miles, somewhere in Yellowstone NP
Interesting. Most of Yellowstone is very remote which is hard to remember when fighting the crowds for parking spots. In some ways it would be cool if they would open more of it up but I guess that would just attract even more people. I have a real love/hate relationship with the place and really should only go in the fall.
One thing I learned this summer - Big Bend has less light pollution than anywhere else in the lower 48. Remote as hell too but not a great place to retire and move too. A few die hards have done that at Terlingua but no thanks.
Favorite T-shirt of the summer:
Posted on 9/26/13 at 3:16 pm to Tigris
Thanks for not posting a K2 shirt.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 3:21 pm to Tigris
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Favorite T-shirt of the summer:
Nice..
Saw one this summer that said "It's not the size of your city that matters, but the size of the mountains in the background."
Sitka, AK has become a popular "retirement" place. I am starting to dig that town more and more. Really amazing location.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 9/26/13 at 4:43 pm to Mr. Allman
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The only people from Montana that I have ever met are from Bozeman and it's 3 GORGEOUS sisters.
That's awesome because I've been there 8 times and seen nothing remarkable. I brought my wife once (then my girlfriend) and according to my friends there, she was the hottest girl in Bozeman at any given time.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:14 pm to Motorboat
There are hot women all over this earth.
Finding them is a different story.
Tons of hot women in the mountains.
Ski resorts are some of the first places to scout for them.
Finding them is a different story.
Tons of hot women in the mountains.
Ski resorts are some of the first places to scout for them.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:29 pm to W
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There are hot women all over this earth.
Finding them is a different story.
Tons of hot women in the mountains.
Ski resorts are some of the first places to scout for them.
I've found good looking women everywhere.
If you want to find fit, attractive women, look for nordic skiers. X-country skiers are some of the finest women you will find.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:43 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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If you want to find fit, attractive women, look for nordic skiers. X-country skiers are some of the finest women you will find.
Agreed.
Extra bonus points to the women that flash the summit by skis then bind the those same blades together, only to ride back down on a snowboard.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:54 pm to RogerTheShrubber
On another (strange) note, would my bear hats attract or distract bears?
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:56 pm to W
Guy in this small town of Skagway started his own "international" ski race to get good looking women from Juneau and Whitehorse YT to come to his town. It's been going on for over 25 years. LINK
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The race was devised with either mischievous or sympathetic intentions.
"The ski race was started to get women into town in the winter," Buckwheat said, bluntly.
He had never put on skis before, but he had seen spandex, and he wanted that stretchy flashy fabric in a higher quantity in his town of choice. He knew skiers tended to wear Lycra, and there were skiers around the Southeast region of Alaska as well as White Horse, so he started a race, with the single ploy of getting more women in tight clothes into Skagway. It worked. The 27th Annual is coming up on Saturday, March 23.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 5:59 pm to RogerTheShrubber
This man you've posted about is a human genius.
I'd drink a whiskey, or eight, with him.
Hell, I'd even buy some Lycra to keep his theme party going strong.
I'd drink a whiskey, or eight, with him.
Hell, I'd even buy some Lycra to keep his theme party going strong.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:00 pm to W
He's a cool guy. Works as the Tourism Director for Skagway. For years, he recited
Robert Service poetry to tourists in the summer. One of the many characters around here.
Robert Service poetry to tourists in the summer. One of the many characters around here.
This post was edited on 9/26/13 at 6:03 pm
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:15 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Robert Service
The elders in my climbing club recite his work around the fire as the bottle is passed around.
Posted on 9/26/13 at 6:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Robert Service
I had to google him and I'm glad I did.
See my bear question above?
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