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was here ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/jWyWqgY.jpg)
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Sweet!!! Is that Mt. McKinley in the background?
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Sure - eat cake in front of the starving peasants!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Sweet!!! Is that Mt. McKinley in the background? No. East end of Crescent lake on the Kenai peninsula.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Rode in from Carter lake side. First mile is steep, about 1100’ gained. Well deserved rest. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/TR4BduD.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Q3Krban.jpg)
Last edited by ironbender; 08/23/23. Reason: Pics
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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The brown horse is facing Wrong Mountain - aptly named. I may not recall correctly, but the one behind the horse may be "Right Mt". Just over the other side of the latter is Moose Pass. The last year before regs went to full curl, I was near the top of Wrong Mt when I saw 3 rams come over the crest of Rt Mt and bed down. One looked shootable, so down the slope I went (@2 hours up, 22 minutes, flat, down) , across the valley, and hard climbed toward the sheep. When I broke the brush line, I looked back and saw two guys starting up behind me, but when they saw me they stopped to watch. I was younger then........  I shot that legal wide-flare 7/8 ram at about 330 yards, (pre rangefinder) an average estimated distance between map contour, eyeball, and duplex reticle, using Stub, a 17 inch barreled RU77 in 30-06. When I got up to where he had flopped down out of sight, I could not initially locate him. He was laying 1/4 mile and 1500 feet lower down the slope, by the map. I gave him another kick and he wound up about 100 feet off a game trail out of there. The next fall I was up there and met a couple guys who were telling me how they watched that ram spectacularly tumble end over end all the way down to where I found him - Yep, the two that had started up behind me. One of the biggest black bears I have ever seen, I saw on Wrong Mountain, about where the brown horse is facing. Good memories, beautifull country. Rainbows in Carter Lake, there too. I should hike up there again (sheep are drawing permit there now), just cuz.
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The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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Tell me that Mrs. Bender had a fly rod and you prepared her a Grayling lunch . . .
"You've been here longer than the State of Alaska is old!"
*** my Grandaughters
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"You've been here longer than the State of Alaska is old!"
*** my Grandaughters
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Quite a few people flogging the water. No fish harmed by anyone.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Sure,,it's pretty and all,
but what was for lunch?
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I had a rollup of the previous night’s chicken fajitas, a couple bite size chocolate bars, and some fig bars. Spousal unit had apple slices dipped in peanut butter. Horses had grass.
Thanks for asking! 😆
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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BTW, it was *almost* too hot.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
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--ironbender
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All kidding aside,looks like a very relaxing place.
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Thanks rong.
If Alaska isn’t god’s country, I can see it from up there!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Yesterday mine was just down five miles from here. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/h69oANn.jpg)
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Beautiful country and horses..... you're a blessed man.
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Good looking photos Mike.
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