Re: [Philmont]: Rock Climbing at the Garden of the Gods

For some reason, Asian tourists were particularly fascinated.
Surrounded by this almost unique natural wonder, some would instead
spend an hour or more watching and filming/photographing us, and then
get back on their buses and leave. Perhaps they were hoping to provide
videotape for the next episode of "When Disaster Struck".

Jim Moss: BSA Law wrote:
> Read this and laughed out loud.
>
> Tourists, Tourons, or Touristas, I love to show off!
>
> Jim Moss
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
> Behalf Of Dr. Bob Klein
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:25 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: [Philmont]: Rock Climbing at the Garden of the Gods
>
> I have climbed twice in the GotG, and second Jim's opinion on its
> difficulty. In addition, I believe that special permits are now required,
> and they ain't cheap. There are also Draconian fines if the city has to
> come rescue you - something that used to happen fairly regularly (it is my
> understanding) because most climbers climbed on the east faces, but the
> weather approaches from the west (and you don't know it's coming til it's on
> top of you). The poor quality of the rock, and the added expense, is why I
> switched to Quest Camp.
>
> Of course, there IS something rather heady about being 150 feet up New Era,
> and having hundreds of tourists taking your picture....
>
> - Dr. Bob
>
>
> Jim Moss: BSA Law wrote:
>
>>Climbing at Garden of the Gods is tough. Soft sandstone, similar to
>>the desert of Utah, where pro pulls regularly and bolts come out also.
>>
>>Jim Moss
>>

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Received on Fri Feb 25 06:24:04 2005