OT - Where is this cliff found..?
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OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Does anybody recognize this cliff? I found it while browsing the net and cant find its location.
Very photogenic...!
Very photogenic...!
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
From the Internet: "Preikestolen or Preacher's Pulpit/Pulpit Rock is a massive cliff 604 metres above Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag plateau, in Forsand, Norway. The top of the cliff is approximately 25 by 25 metres, square and almost flat, and is a famous tourist attraction."
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Now that is some rock.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
The sad thing is, nowadays, I see a photo like that and I just assume it's photoshopped.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
I'd stop at that first rather large CRACK in the rock, even though logic says my puny 200 lbs wouldn't likely be THE event to topple the zillion-ton rock.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
and I was looking at how fun it would be to free climbing that crack in granite.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
That would be fun to climb but I'll use pitons and rope thanks.rjohns94 wrote:and I was looking at how fun it would be to free climbing that crack in granite.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
You guys are Nuts..! Just looking at that picture makes "things" pucker..!JReed wrote:That would be fun to climb but I'll use pitons and rope thanks.rjohns94 wrote:and I was looking at how fun it would be to free climbing that crack in granite.
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shall possess the highest seats in Government,
our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots
to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams
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our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Never said I had a clean bill of mental health.deerwhacker444 wrote:You guys are Nuts..! Just looking at that picture makes "things" pucker..!JReed wrote:That would be fun to climb but I'll use pitons and rope thanks.rjohns94 wrote:and I was looking at how fun it would be to free climbing that crack in granite.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
AAAhhhhhhh..... My home land.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Hollly molllly!!!! I ain't afraid of much but that exceeds my tolerance right there.
Well, I might could be persuaded to go up there with a parachute on. Maybe.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Climbing is too much like work. I'd rather rappel down instead.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
AJMD429 wrote:I'd stop at that first rather large CRACK in the rock, even though logic says my puny 200 lbs wouldn't likely be THE event to topple the zillion-ton rock.
I see that and I'm reminded of Wile E. Coyote jumping up and down on the cliff to wipe out the Roadrunner.
The seemingly secure part falls and poor Wile E. again plunges to his demise. The Roadrunner left to
defy gravity.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
THAT is one heck of a rappel!Gobblerforge wrote:Climbing is too much like work. I'd rather rappel down instead.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
At 604 meters, or approximately 1850 feet, its height is easily enough for a good parachute jump. Looks and sounds like a great time. There are very few things to compare with being in a parachute harness in the open air, but being there for the birth of your kids sure does.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
deerwhacker444 wrote:You guys are Nuts..! Just looking at that picture makes "things" pucker..!JReed wrote:That would be fun to climb but I'll use pitons and rope thanks.rjohns94 wrote:and I was looking at how fun it would be to free climbing that crack in granite.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
You would have to tie, gag and dope me to get me out on that rock!!!!!
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
I thought that was a bunch of Obama Voters that have gone there after they have realized the error of their ways.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
I'll go ahead and put that on the list of places to not get anywhere near.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
The rapel always feels better after a tough climb. My son and I would be all over that like melted butter over hot toast!
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
rangerider7 wrote:I thought that was a bunch of Obama Voters that have gone there after they have realized the error of their ways.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
So when are we going? I say we make it a Leverguns meet.rjohns94 wrote:The rapel always feels better after a tough climb. My son and I would be all over that like melted butter over hot toast!
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
There's a cliff on the Aran Islands off Ireland with an even better view and no "will it break off?" question.....
It's the center of a Bronze Age (occupied up through viking times) fortress on the island. I'll post a pic one of these days.
Nice 1/2 mile or so walk up to appreciate the flight in and drive there to get to the walk......
It's the center of a Bronze Age (occupied up through viking times) fortress on the island. I'll post a pic one of these days.
Nice 1/2 mile or so walk up to appreciate the flight in and drive there to get to the walk......
Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
MrMurphy wrote:There's a cliff on the Aran Islands off Ireland with an even better view and no "will it break off?" question.....
It's the center of a Bronze Age (occupied up through viking times) fortress on the island. I'll post a pic one of these days.
Nice 1/2 mile or so walk up to appreciate the flight in and drive there to get to the walk......
My wifes family is from the Aran Islands though we never went there. We visited Ireland for our honeymoon but ran out of time.
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Yep, me to. I get vertigo just looking at that picture!Charles wrote:You would have to tie, gag and dope me to get me out on that rock!!!!!
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
It looks like a neat destination to me...very cool.
Yosemite has some similar "views." the Half Dome diving board comes to mind. That'll get your heart racing.
Yosemite has some similar "views." the Half Dome diving board comes to mind. That'll get your heart racing.
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Trying to link photos.......won't work grr.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
Its in Norway. It is a heck of hike back to it as I remember. I did not know what I agreed to when I said I would go but the view is quite nice. One advantage of working for an oil company is the travel. I regret not duplicating this photograph on my own. I tend to shoot the shots. Also it was windy when I was there so the edge was definitely "verboten".
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Gobblerforge thanks for the pic taken about an hour from my house! Drove over the Gorge quite a few times in my 29 years.
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
That sure does look like Julia Roberts just a smiling in the red.....
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Re: OT - Where is this cliff found..?
JReed, I'm in. could catch a MAC flight.
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Sounds like a plan.rjohns94 wrote:JReed, I'm in. could catch a MAC flight.
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