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Climbing mountains or climbing the walls
Category: Escape
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we picked up some new friends along the way and coached at least one of them right to the top when their friends passed on going any further with a “no frikkin way” !
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It wouldn’t be a proper outdoor holiday without getting to a summit of something
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we had only scratched the surface we decided to try and cover a lot of ground, get to the North and East edges of the park and check out the wildlife along the way.
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Without writing about 400 pages ad using a million photographs it would be impossible to share the complete glory of the scale, diversity and sheer beauty of Yellowstone National Park so I’ve decided just to focus in on the 3 days we spent there and the key thing we took in which gives you some…
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You can see why many say the Tetons are their favourite mountains in America, lacking foothills like many ranges it suddenly shoots straight up so is dramatic and majestic in equal measure
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A willingness to drive for hours (the scenery, roads and gas stations stocked like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory make it fun) , get up early and “go for it” as well as staying flexible and fluid also help – as do basic map skills.. but.. its really easy
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quite simply the most amazing trip of out lives as we toured 5 US states and visited 6 of the most famous national parks during a loping 3000 mile road trip around the Colorado river basin
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the views from it pointy summit are truly stunning
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Its frozen ropes, sodden gloves, painful and somehow also numb fingers, running noses and feet of frozen pins and needles.
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the journey in life echos the climbs.. the plans (or lack of), the decisions that need to be made, the sacrifices, the mistakes
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Davy making easy work of routes certainly motivated me to push hard but finally the pump and weakness of my grip (told you its been a while) got the better of me!
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3 days, 3 adventures, heights, ancient stones and an incredible find
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