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not a elk or sheep hunt, but could have been The 2020 Bob Marshall Wilderness Open. This is my sixth straight year of giving it a shot and very happy to report I was able to finish. A put a full year of training under my belt to try and stack the odds in my favor as much as possible. We averaged around 30 miles per day and climbed ~ 16,000', almost a third of the route under snow (and the majority of those on snowshoes). Few pics [img] https://imgur.com/I0LzID9.jpg[/img] [img] https://imgur.com/MECEUuF.jpg[/img] [img] https://imgur.com/RP7tV1G.jpg[/img]
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STUD!!!
Congratulations!!!
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Congrats warden! Pasting the last 3 pictures, because I want to see them:
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You're an animal! Well done!
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Great job. Well done...
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thanks guys! thanks cwh2 for posting the rest of the pics in the neighborhood of 8 lbs, that's with consuming a little more than 3000 calories per day; great weight loss program would recommend it highly to everyone!
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Awesome pics, thanks for sharing
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That’s awesome. Congrats.
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Nice job, great pictures, wish I could do that.
How many days did it take to cross?
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thanks fellas! Nice job, great pictures, wish I could do that.
How many days did it take to cross? We were shooting for under 72 hours, but the snow was the deepest I've experienced in six years of doing it- so it slowed us down considerably. I'd estimate we were in significant snow for 30-35 miles- either on snowshoes or postholing if we thought it was short lived. We arrived at Glenn Ck on the N Fork of the Sun River on Monday night (Saturday morning start) at about 8:30 PM. We were pretty well spent and had to decide to trudge the additional 14 miles to the finish (likely after midnight as our pace had really slowed) and camp at Gibson dam (no way we could have drove home that night) and make the under 72 hour goal OR camp where we were at, enjoy an hour of daylight in a beautiful spot, eat a relaxing supper, get a big fire going to dry our gear AND be able to make it to the Buckhorn Bar in Augusta for burger and beers for lunch. Well that was the easiest decision we had ever made
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Did you go completely around the Chinese Wall? Took that route about 30 years ago. Definitely burnt some calories.
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Did you go completely around the Chinese Wall? Took that route about 30 years ago. Definitely burnt some calories. No we dropped down Moose Ck to the NF of the Sun River, so roughly a third of it. Last summer we did a trip that started at the very north end (Larch Hill Pass) and went all the way to the south end (White River Pass) ON TOP of the wall That was an arduous trip as well as we had to exit the Wall several times due to being clipped out, drop down a bunch and then climb back on. I have a trip planned this summer to go through the Chinese Wall via a little know notch called Trick Pass and then continue through the middle of Prairie Reef as well, through a saddle we discovered scouting this winter. great country to be sure!
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Wow. Congrats for finishing 'ward. That looks like a trip where you pick your traveling companions very carefully.
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Wow. Congrats for finishing 'ward. That looks like a trip where you pick your traveling companions very carefully. Thank you Sir! God yes, the wrong person(s) could be disastrous. It definitely helps to have like minded companions and better yet if they've done it before- my guys check both those boxes
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Big respect!! Congrats and well done!
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Wow,
You sir are officially one tough hombre.
Much respect from here too.
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That is a truly big deal. Congrats. What stove and food combo works for that type of effort?
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