Skiing all six Mt. Washington drainages in one day

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Dr. Dasypodidae

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I have not seen this one posted here, so please see link. For background, in the late 60's or early 70's, Old Hutpersons Gard and Shel Perry (Dartmouth) with Mark Kingsbury (UNH, CMH, R.I.P.) skied all six drainages on Mount Washington over an entire spring break, which they wrote up in the AMC's Appalachia magazine.

The three participants in the latest effort pay homage to my student (aka Salida), who did the Tucks snowpit study with me last winter, in a shot near the top of Oakes Gulf (i.e., Salida did not make it back east from the Wasatch this mid-April).

I could have posted this one under either the "do you want your kid to run lose in Tucks?" or the "kid survives three nights out in the Northern Presi's without bivi gear" thread, but then thought the slides deserved their own thread.

You can skip the 5-min Swedish Death Medal music video, if you wish, and go right to the slides.

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157573
 
That's a big day! Kudos to them!

I know Greg well as he was a former intern at the Observatory, as was Salida of whom you give homage to. Great group of guys who are SERIOUS about their skiing!
 
That's a big day! Kudos to them!

I know Greg well as he was a former intern at the Observatory, as was Salida of whom [you] they give homage to. Great group of guys who are SERIOUS about their skiing!

Thanks, Jim.; JFYP. I should add that Greg (gpetrics) was on all three trips to dig snowpits in Tucks with us two winters ago. Agreed; these guys are hard core b/c skiers. Salida told me that the Tucks snow rangers scolded Greg a couple of weeks ago for skiing Dodge's in "usafe conditions." Hmmm, I wonder if that was before or after the avy took those two climbers down 800 ft? :rolleyes:
 
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