Greyline #4 - moderated

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Hopefully my greyline brothers 👊 enjoy this dusk sunset as much as I did. Started pouring rain about 20 minutes after this pic. Supposed to rain most of the day tomorrow, of course it’s my day off.

We need the rain though. Dad has been complaining about his garden being dry. I’m trying to talk him into setting up a drip line for irrigation but he isn’t too worried.
 
Good morning GLers!!! Last night, I bought a Costco rotisserie chicken and made some mashed potatoes. What a freaking deal, even with inflation out of control and through the roof, you can always count on Costco! This allows me to take time and have some fun/mental health therapy out in the water...which is way better than working my behind of just to hand over to the rich men North of Richmond.

greatscoot said:
It's to keep that CRK looking smooth and unused.
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Not to worry GS- I used the hell out of that Zaan last night; pretty hard use carving up that succulent chicken!
GAGL said:
Beautiful scenery 👍
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Likewise! That is absolutely stunningly beautiful scenery up in that mountain valley. Where exactly is that location wise on the map? And thanks for the temperature conversion, looks like it's going to be getting pretty cold up there. We hit about 80 again yesterday, beautiful sunny day and the water was amazing, but cold compared to the 72 degrees we had for about 3 weeks prior to that last storm that came blew through.
GAGL said:
New Greyline thread is so much better than the old one!

Thanks for moving it, mods!
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Not sure about the old one....but this new thread here in the CC sure rocks!

BlackKnight86 said:
Kelama, how do you like your Zaan, compared to a Sebenza?
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Hey good top of the morning to you, BK! I actually prefer my Zaan much more than the Sebenza. I honestly thinks the Zaan is CRK greatest masterpiece out of all of his brilliant designs.

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The surf was small yesterday, but we have a decent swell bringing some 4-6' energy to our Coastline.
I use my big Hawaiian Conch Shell to call the waves. I swear to God, I use to bring my "Support Conch Shell" (and yes here in California I'm allowed to bring my support shell inside our Ralphs grocery store and I can blow it whenever I want). It's loud!

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KELAMA said:
Where exactly is that location wise on the map?
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The Länta valley is in the Canton of Grisons, my favorite part of Switzerland. Definitely going there again next winter and ski down the glacier.

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Backcountry skiing is my thing and Grisons is perfect for my styke of skiing. The mountains there are less steep and more connected, compared to central Switzerland. I spend a lot of time there during winter, going on multi day tours, sleeping in iglous or snow caves. Last season was the worst in over 20 years though. Almost no snow while the rest of the world had record snow falls...

I saw parts of California had 600in of snow last season.

I hope i'll manage to visit Alaska for skiing within the next two years, we'll see...
 
GAGL said:
The Länta valley is in the Canton of Grisons, my favorite part of Switzerland. Definitely going there again next winter and ski down the glacier.

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Backcountry skiing is my thing and Grisons is perfect for my styke of skiing. The mountains there are less steep and more connected, compared to central Switzerland. I spend a lot of time there during winter, going on multi day tours, sleeping in iglous or snow caves. Last season was the worst in over 20 years though. Almost no snow while the rest of the world had record snow falls...

I saw parts of California had 600in of snow last season.

I hope i'll manage to visit Alaska for skiing within the next two years, we'll see...
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^ AMAZING! I really appreciate you sharing this, I love the mountains....but to be able to go out up such extremely rugged and challenging conditions, and excel, takes a pretty tough mind set and love/passion for wanting to be up there; kind of how I feel when I'm out doing my thing in the Ocean. Now I think I'm starting to understand, why your part of the World, ALWAYS wins ALL of the medals in some of the Winter Olympics disciplines!

On your Lanta Valley Cantons adventure, did you set out by yourself and do you meet many other people when you're up there?

Did you ever read the book written by Joe Simpson, his unbelievable miracle survival story, Touching the Void? One of the most incredible survival stories I've ever read, right up there with Into Thin Air. FWIW: I have no desire and would never even consider climbing Mount Everest, even with all expenses paid.
 
I only watched the first couple of minutes of this....& plan on watching the rest of this tonight. It looks so spectacularly beautiful there!

 
KELAMA said:
^ AMAZING! I really appreciate you sharing this, I love the mountains....but to be able to go out up such extremely rugged and challenging conditions, and excel, takes a pretty tough mind set and love/passion for wanting to be up there; kind of how I feel when I'm out doing my thing in the Ocean. Now I think I'm starting to understand, why your part of the World, ALWAYS wins ALL of the medals in some of the Winter Olympics disciplines!

On your Lanta Valley Cantons adventure, did you set out by yourself and do you meet many other people when you're up there?

Did you ever read the book written by Joe Simpson, his unbelievable miracle survival story, Touching the Void? One of the most incredible survival stories I've ever read, right up there with Into Thin Air. FWIW: I have no desire and would never even consider climbing Mount Everest, even with all expenses paid.
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Yeah, going uphill isn't the nicest thing to do. Somehow i can't stop myself from going to the mountains, it's hard to describe. Being closer to God might be my best explanation of why.

I went there with a friend, he's not really into moutaineering but enjoys going on easier hikes with me. I don't mind hiking/climbing for 14 hours, lol.

We met maybe four people, the valley isn't really known, yet. I hope it stays that way and none of the influencers find it any time soon.

Haven't read the book but watched the docudrama. Tough guys for sure.

Everest isn't on my list, just too many tourists that don't belong there.

I'd love to climb K2 and Annapurna...maybe some day. We were planning on climbing Ama Dablam but then the Coof© hit...

Ama Dablam:

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Nebuchadnezzar said:
Jdottinger Jdottinger Thanks for the invite brother.

Slow day down here in the swamp. We finally got some rain the other day and I had to add water to the pool this morning, go figure.

Keeping an eye on this disturbance in the Gulf.
This is a great resource to track storms:

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Man, I was on holiday 2 weeks ago in the gulf. They’re evacuating the area where I stayed. I’m hoping the storm peters out and just blows off some shingles. Smoke sent to anyone near the gulf!
 
Jdottinger said:
Man, I was on holiday 2 weeks ago in the gulf. They’re evacuating the area where I stayed. I’m hoping the storm peters out and just blows off some shingles. Smoke sent to anyone near the gulf!
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Looks like 50-50 cat one or two. Some models have it higher but too early to know.
Prayers for those in the path for sure, hope it fizzles out.
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they've put in evacuation orders on the coast already. even Pasco county I heard. now to see where the eye hits and the storm surge and tornados that drop in north east quadrant.
thats the really bad stuff. rest is lots of wind gusts and nonstop rain. tree topples over and hits vehicles or house and power down routine. never fun but survivable.......
 
jbmonkey said:
they've put in evacuation orders on the coast already. even Pasco county I heard. now to see where the eye hits and the storm surge and tornados that drop in north east quadrant.
thats the really bad stuff. rest is lots of wind gusts and nonstop rain. tree topples over and hits vehicles or house and power down routine. never fun but survivable.......
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Batten down the hatches and stay safe.
 
I'm watching the local news hurricane coverage...its comical..beside the usual scare folks to death who don't know better routine......

they got a news truck on a highway with a normal rain storm going on and acting like it's all extreme and dangerous.🤣

the media have truly become complete 🤡s.
 
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