Another Mystery Photo Quiz?

[Jazzbo]

Where in the White Mt's were these photos taken from today 3/7/09? Will the VFTT people who talked to us today please keep silent?

 

[NewHampshire]

Hale or maybe even East Hale?

Brian

 

[Jazzbo]

New Hampshire guessed it!

Oh well ... I thought this would be tricky, but New Hampshire guessed it. Normally Hale is normally a viewless summit, but a mischievous person named Mark used a shovel to build up a nifty viewing platform to enable marvelous views that hale is capable of providing. Here's the uncropped view of the first picture.



Here's Mark hard at work. Guerilla theater at it's best! What some people will do for a view from the top.



His snow tower and many happy hikers.



Here's Mark! Thanks a lot Mark! You really made our hike to Hale special!



Couple of more views. Here's Willey Range.



North Twin



Peak above the Nubble

 

[vegematic]

Hey, that's a great tower. Makes me want to rush up Hale to take advantage of it. Almost.
-vegematic

 

[NewHampshire]

Me and Silentcal once considered a real whacky idea for our friend Pucknuts who finished his 48 on Hale (he picked it because it was an easy hike his kids could possibly do). We were going to hike up with an 8 foot step ladder so he could get views. Unfortunately Silentcal could not make the day, and I was not about to hike a ladder up by myself

Brian

 

[SherpaKroto]

Hale used to have those views for free. The first time I climbed it we camped on the summit on the night of the first US/Soviet space vehicles (7/17/75). We could clearly see them as they circled the earth. The next day we were off to Tom's viewless summit

It's always been a fun climb in my book.

 

[Stan]

It's always been a fun climb in my book.

... and an easy one ... though, I thought you were only 39

 

[bigmoose]

Yeah, SK, you could "clearly" see the space vehicles.... It must have been the vitamins? :>)

 

[TrishandAlex]

Oh, very cool platform!!!!!