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HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:12 am
Visual Trivia:
#1 : name these 4 peaks...
#1-bonus : name the peak the picture is taken from.
dima
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by dima » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:09 pm
My theory was wrong. Need a Sean or a Taco to tackle this.
Elwood
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by Elwood » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:32 pm
How about Ross, BP, Iron & Baldy from somewhere to the SSE.
dima
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by dima » Tue Jan 07, 2020 2:51 pm
The top of Ross has trees, though.
dima
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by dima » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:00 pm
Harwood, Baldy, Dawson, Pine. Do I win?
dima
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by dima » Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:01 pm
From Gobbler's Knob!
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:03 pm
dima wrote: ↑ Harwood, Baldy, Dawson, Pine. Do I win?
Bingo!
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:04 pm
dima wrote: ↑ From Gobbler's Knob!
Double Bingo!
Tag you're it - post the next puzzle.
dima
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by dima » Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:55 am
OK then. This one should be easy, but I'm still not entirely sure.
Not my photo. From
here . A few weeks ago somebody took this image of the snowy peaks from the city somewhere:
What were they looking at?
dima
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by dima » Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:23 pm
Actually wait, that one isn't hard. Maybe
this is what I was thinking of. Harder.
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:45 am
dima wrote: ↑ OK then. This one should be easy, but I'm still not entirely sure.
Not my photo. From
here . A few weeks ago somebody took this image of the snowy peaks from the city somewhere:
What were they looking at?
Brown on the left, Harvard on the right, everything in between!
dima
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by dima » Fri Jan 10, 2020 11:40 am
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Do the other one:
What's the big snowy thing in the middle? Or the thing behind it?
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:08 pm
dima wrote: ↑ Yeah, yeah, yeah
Do the other one:
What's the big snowy thing in the middle? Or the thing behind it?
Snowy thing in the middle is probably Mendenhall. behind it is that long E-W ridge with Magic Mountain on it?
Sean
Cucamonga
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by Sean » Fri Jan 10, 2020 1:10 pm
dima wrote:What's the big snowy thing in the middle? Or the thing behind it?
Mt. McKinley and Mendenhall Ridge in back.
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by dima » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:21 pm
Sean wrote: ↑
Mt. McKinley and Mendenhall Ridge in back.
Bam! I had no idea until I looked it up
dima
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by dima » Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:30 pm
I guess you must do one now? Do one now!
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Sun Jan 12, 2020 10:40 pm
NOW! lol
Sean
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by Sean » Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:29 am
Okay, you should know the peaks in the distance, but which peak am I standing on? Only one guess per player!
dima
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by dima » Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:36 pm
Wouldn't you see Ross Mtn ridge first? Ross mtn!
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Mon Jan 13, 2020 9:33 pm
Ross - though it seems too high.
Elwood
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by Elwood » Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:36 am
Rattlesnake?
Sean
Cucamonga
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by Sean » Tue Jan 14, 2020 12:46 pm
Nope. Anymore guesses?
Elwood
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by Elwood » Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:02 pm
Iron
HikeUp
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by HikeUp » Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:29 pm
Mt. Hawkins
dima
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by dima » Tue Jan 14, 2020 2:33 pm
S Hawkins? We're running out of peaks
Sean
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by Sean » Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:26 pm
dima wrote: ↑ S Hawkins? We're running out of peaks
Yes!
dima
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by dima » Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:56 am
What? Really? Turns out the view from S Hawkins, Copter and Ross is somewhat similar. And you were looking at Fish Fork AND Iron Fork. This was my second guess, and I already posted a photo. Rico, want to do one?
Uncle Rico
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by Uncle Rico » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:43 pm
dima wrote: ↑ Rico, want to do one?
Let me troll through my pics.
Tom Kenney
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by Tom Kenney » Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:54 pm
There are 4 named peaks in this one: