Mt Hood mystery #47...

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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by Koda » August 8th, 2016, 10:54 am

definitely a play on shadows, but I cant get away from seeing that alien face? It looks a lot like the alien face on Mars...


coincidence? I think not... :ugeek:
lightweight, cheap, strong... pick 2

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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by retired jerry » August 8th, 2016, 11:36 am

what am I going to talk about now?

"No one goes that high on the traverse, do they?"

It looks like it would pretty straightforward to get up there, but hard to tell how steep it is from your angle

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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by forester » August 8th, 2016, 12:27 pm

The infamous Face on Mars...it approaches...

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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by kepPNW » August 8th, 2016, 12:40 pm

retired jerry wrote:what am I going to talk about now?

"No one goes that high on the traverse, do they?"

It looks like it would pretty straightforward to get up there, but hard to tell how steep it is from your angle
I'm thinking it's gotta be in the 7200'-ish range. Here's looking across at it from 6600'...
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    Six-image (3x2) pano, taken from that cool rock outcrop just shy of trail's end.

The snowfield that the 4 is casting its shadow upon, ...
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... can be used to find the same cliff in this zoom on the first shot...
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    Lower cave entrance ~6700'. Outcrop (on ridgeline) behind 4 at ~7440'.

I have three different tracks from folks who've done the traverse, and none have gone as high as 6700'. I'd have to guess it's right about here...

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    N45.38136° W121.72172°

Well above a typical traverse. (If there is such a thing?)
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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by retired jerry » August 8th, 2016, 12:50 pm

funny how that shadow creates the "4"

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Re: Mt Hood mystery #47...

Post by Chip Down » August 11th, 2016, 8:03 pm

I love this thread.
Some will read it and sarcastically sigh "fascinating." :roll:
Others will read it and sincerely exclaim "fascinating!" :geek:

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