DuatDweller on 28/11/2025 at 00:28
You know I could try to contact Adam Baldwin in Utah, so you can all reunite and have a Baldwin party or something like that.
Tocky on 28/11/2025 at 05:06
I think I took a look at the Emmons glacier side and ruled it out as too difficult. We are older and shorter of breath these days. I'm afraid we are tourists now. I used to climb moderate mountains like Pinnacle in Arkansas but never was an El Capitan guy trying for a record or anything. That guy died the day before we got there trying to beat his own record anyway.
But I do know the taste of the apples you speak of in your writing. Along route 4 maybe 40 miles from the Astoria bridge there was a little town with a covered bridge over Gray's river we stopped at and I stole a few from an ancient tree. I'm sure they would taste better as hard cider. I was hoping to save the seed if they were any good but alas. They were similar to Granny Smith and I've never been fond of those. I'm not sure they would grow in our temperate zone anyway. We have climbed another swath. I think it's savannah now? Something like that. We can't even grow wild cherries anymore. I've tried. I wish you could have tasted our June apples. I didn't know how unique they were until they were all gone. Anyway here is my wife catching me stealing.
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https://i.imgur.com/7WZgKwZ.jpegmxleader on 28/11/2025 at 05:39
Quote Posted by DuatDweller
You know I could try to contact Adam Baldwin in Utah, so you can all reunite and have a Baldwin party or something like that.
The actor from Full Metal Jacket? I'm probably not related to him.
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That guy died the day before we got there trying to beat his own record anyway.
Seems like a lot of people get injured or killed trying to do more and more extreme things. Sometimes it comes down to overconfidence. In my former life of white water rafting and kayaking it seemed like most of the deaths were kayakers that had a lot of experience.
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But I do know the taste of the apples you speak of in your writing. Along route 4 maybe 40 miles from the Astoria bridge there was a little town with a covered bridge over Gray's river we stopped at and I stole a few from an ancient tree. I'm sure they would taste better as hard cider. I was hoping to save the seed if they were any good but alas. They were similar to Granny Smith and I've never been fond of those. I'm not sure they would grow in our temperate zone anyway. We have climbed another swath. I think it's savannah now? Something like that. We can't even grow wild cherries anymore. I've tried. I wish you could have tasted our June apples. I didn't know how unique they were until they were all gone. Anyway here is my wife catching me stealing.
I love apples from random old apple trees. Sometimes they are good to eat off the tree and other times they make good pies and hard ciders.
Nicker on 28/11/2025 at 13:26
We had on old heritage apple tree. Medium sized fruit, great flavour, zero shelf-life. Straight from the tree to your mouth or the stock pot, for glorious apple sauce. But within hours of being picked they were wasp-food.
DuatDweller on 29/11/2025 at 01:29
Quote Posted by mxleader
The actor from Full Metal Jacket? I'm probably not related to him.
No man, the Mormon missionary.
