Re: Notso Nutso Alternative San Juan Routes . . . 
| April 09, 2017 06:01PM |
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Husker Hank Wrote:
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> . . . I've always been curious about Rail-
> road Pass to the south of Wolf Creek . . .
> {and} Elwood Pass.
Some notoriously loco dude beat you to it, Hank -
About 5½ years ago: see [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for further conjectures - and a couple of maps!
> Not surveyed but at least talked about was Otto
> Mears going over Engineer or Cinnamon Pass
> but he had enough problems getting to Animas
> Forks and it gets a LOT rougher further on.
For photos of Cinnamon Pass - and that same nutso dude at the top thereof - see [ngdiscussion.net].
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2017 06:03PM by Johnson Barr.
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> . . . I've always been curious about Rail-
> road Pass to the south of Wolf Creek . . .
> {and} Elwood Pass.
Some notoriously loco dude beat you to it, Hank -
About 5½ years ago: see [ngdiscussion.net] et seq for further conjectures - and a couple of maps!
> Not surveyed but at least talked about was Otto
> Mears going over Engineer or Cinnamon Pass
> but he had enough problems getting to Animas
> Forks and it gets a LOT rougher further on.
For photos of Cinnamon Pass - and that same nutso dude at the top thereof - see [ngdiscussion.net].
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2017 06:03PM by Johnson Barr.
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Johnson Barr | April 09, 2017 06:01PM |
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