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 GuruBushHippie
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 Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. 
#16721206 - 08/18/12 05:31 PM (8 months, 24 days ago) |
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The following video was taken at "13 Corners" just outside of Ely, MN. It's a flooded open-pit mine and it's fucking terrifying. The reward is so worth it though!
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150983705357479
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Absent Minded
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 Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16722798 - 08/18/12 10:46 PM (8 months, 24 days ago) |
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that's awesome. Wish we had stuff like that here. I'd probably get all psyched up then bitch out once I got to the ledge though hahah
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sheekle: fuck peace love and unity
sheekle: death despair and misery
sheekle: is where it's
"Foremost among them was the suspicion that my strange and ungovernable instincts might do me in before I had a chance to get rich. No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction – toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat." - The good Doctor
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duff monkey
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: Absent Minded]
#16726030 - 08/19/12 01:19 PM (8 months, 23 days ago) |
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: Absent Minded]
#16726280 - 08/19/12 02:01 PM (8 months, 23 days ago) |
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The camera makes it that much harder. I think we had six takes before that when I said I was gonna go, but by the time the camera got rolling i'd bitch out. The film doesn't do it justice at all though. It's a gnarly fall.
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Absent Minded
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16726407 - 08/19/12 02:20 PM (8 months, 23 days ago) |
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That was you? very nice man. How many feet do you think it is? I'm guessing 50-60?
edit - just looked up your town on wiki, a weird habit I have whenever I hear of a new place - your average low temp in January is NEGATIVE 9 and the high is 14? I give you credit my man, I could not live in that environment.
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sheekle: fuck peace love and unity
sheekle: death despair and misery
sheekle: is where it's
"Foremost among them was the suspicion that my strange and ungovernable instincts might do me in before I had a chance to get rich. No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction – toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat." - The good Doctor
Edited by Absent Minded (08/19/12 02:23 PM)
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: Absent Minded]
#16726455 - 08/19/12 02:31 PM (8 months, 23 days ago) |
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Absent Minded said:
That was you? very nice man. How many feet do you think it is? I'm guessing 50-60?
edit - just looked up your town on wiki, a weird habit I have whenever I hear of a new place - your average low temp in January is NEGATIVE 9 and the high is 14? I give you credit my man, I could not live in that environment.
I actually just worked there for the summer guiding canoe trips. I got invited back for winter though so i'll be getting my frozen as handed to me by january  I actually live in NC, but I love Ely. To answer your question though, basic geometry puts it at 64-65 feet.
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Absent Minded
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#16733215 - 08/20/12 08:06 PM (8 months, 22 days ago) |
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oh god, enjoy that! haha. you're taking the job? Good for you.
I've been to NC once, a very long time ago, and only to the outer banks so I guess I only hit the touristy spots you could say. Still, I liked it a lot there. Really laidback place for the most part, from what I could tell at like 10 years old
I remember whatever interstate we were on had these growing in the medians for miles, I was blown away:
http://nargil.ir/plant/images/pic/393/Canna%20generalis%2019.jpg
really cool flowers.
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sheekle: fuck peace love and unity
sheekle: death despair and misery
sheekle: is where it's
"Foremost among them was the suspicion that my strange and ungovernable instincts might do me in before I had a chance to get rich. No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction – toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat." - The good Doctor
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 bryguy27007
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: Absent Minded]
#17345506 - 12/06/12 06:46 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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Holy shit Guru! That's a massive jump. Good work. I'm definitely going to scope out Miner's and 13 corners when I go up there next. Thanks for the video.
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: bryguy27007]
#17345520 - 12/06/12 06:49 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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bryguy27007 said:
Holy shit Guru! That's a massive jump. Good work. I'm definitely going to scope out Miner's and 13 corners when I go up there next. Thanks for the video.
It was nerve racking as fuck! Such arush though. Plus when i finally did it my balls felt massive
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bryguy27007
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#17345639 - 12/06/12 07:06 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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GuruBushHippie said:
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bryguy27007 said:
Holy shit Guru! That's a massive jump. Good work. I'm definitely going to scope out Miner's and 13 corners when I go up there next. Thanks for the video.
It was nerve racking as fuck! Such arush though. Plus when i finally did it my balls felt massive
I think that was actually them feeling numb.
Can't even imagine. Well, I can imagine, but I don't know if I could do it. 30 is probably my highest. Maybe 35, but probably not.
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: bryguy27007]
#17345661 - 12/06/12 07:10 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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bryguy27007 said:
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GuruBushHippie said:
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bryguy27007 said:
Holy shit Guru! That's a massive jump. Good work. I'm definitely going to scope out Miner's and 13 corners when I go up there next. Thanks for the video.
It was nerve racking as fuck! Such arush though. Plus when i finally did it my balls felt massive
I think that was actually them feeling numb.
Can't even imagine. Well, I can imagine, but I don't know if I could do it. 30 is probably my highest. Maybe 35, but probably not.
Once you get the itch it's hard to stop. You just wanna go higher. That's moment when you finally jump and you shut your mind off and let your body do the work is absolute zen to me.
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bryguy27007
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#17345669 - 12/06/12 07:11 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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You are making me want to jump so bad.
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: bryguy27007]
#17345670 - 12/06/12 07:11 PM (5 months, 7 days ago) |
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You are making me want to jump so bad.
I'm making myself want to jump 
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ClaudeRains
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie]
#17354525 - 12/08/12 12:10 PM (5 months, 5 days ago) |
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Nope.
Wait...
...nope.
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"Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,/
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet,
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming."
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: ClaudeRains]
#17354542 - 12/08/12 12:15 PM (5 months, 5 days ago) |
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Nope.
Wait...
...nope.
That's what I said the first time I stood at the top. Once I finally did it it was fucking incredible!
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ClaudeRains
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: GuruBushHippie] 1
#17354573 - 12/08/12 12:23 PM (5 months, 5 days ago) |
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GuruBushHippie said:
That's what I said the first time I stood at the top. Once I finally did it it was fucking incredible!
Whenever I do something ridiculous like that, I quote Prince Vultan.
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"Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,/
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet,
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming."
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GuruBushHippie
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Re: Watch out for that first step, it's a doozy. [Re: ClaudeRains]
#17354629 - 12/08/12 12:36 PM (5 months, 5 days ago) |
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