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Full Trucker · 10-15-2007, 03:06 PM

I doubt any of the posts I make will be considered "quality" but any users from Ridemonkey probably already know that. I'll be participating this season though... now that I've decided to return to a snowboarding sort of life for the winter instead of moto.

EatSkiSleep · 10-15-2007, 05:38 PM

Seems like this contest is really stirring some intrest in slopemonkey... I think I will come back, becasue, why not... Winter is coming.

SkaredShtles · 10-15-2007, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by EatSkiSleep

Seems like this contest is really stirring some intrest in slopemonkey... I think I will come back, becasue, why not... Winter is coming.

And Full Trucker is here now! This place is gonna ROCK this winter.

Public_Enemy · 10-16-2007, 12:36 PM

I'm still betting that as soon as the ipod is gone this place will thin out quick

.:Jeenyus:. · 10-17-2007, 03:18 AM

i always forget about slopemonkey. maybe this will keep me motivated to remind myself.

Firewall · 10-18-2007, 03:53 PM

OK, this is my first "Quality Post" (and my first post ever, for that matter).

Ever considered skiing on a volcano along the border with Iran? Then Mt. Ararat is the place for you. The 2.7 by 3.2 kilometer permanent ice cap on the 17,000 foot peak of this volcano flows in the form of moving glaciers in most places. From about November through March, the entire region is under a blanket of snow. Along the roads at the base are poles with markings up to around 8 feet to measure snow depth. A six foot snow pack by Spring time is not unusual.

So what if you want to ski this mountain? Well first you need to get a "Sports Visa" to go up onto it. Then make reservations at a local hotel in Doğubeyazit, the town at the base on the Turkish side. I recommend the "Golden Hill" as one of the most modern and safest. "Safest"??? Well yes, in Doğubeyazit you can often hear gun shots at night amid the calls of the Imams from their Camilar (mosques) at 5AM every morning. You know that you are over your jet lag when you begin to sleep through that. This area is in Turkey, but its right at the border with Iran and Armenia. Lots of Turkish troops are based here. In fact most every time I've visited, we had an armed Turkish patrol assigned to escort us up into the hills.

So now you are there and have your visa and hotel. There are guides such as "Ararat Trek Tourism Co." (Dr. Ismail Beşikçi Caddesi No. 123, Doğubeyazit Turkiye -- +90 542 461 91 19) which can help you get gear and get you up on the mountain.

Ther are no lifts (come on... this is the edge of civilization!). You will need to drive up as far as you can go, then hike the rest of the way in with your gear. You can rent a local Kurd and his donkey to haul stuff for you (by the way, in spite of the fact this that area is officially "Turkey", most everyone there is of Kurdish descent although most of the soldiers in the area will be Turkish). The Turks are your friends, the Kurds are your friends, but watch out for the local trouble makers: PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party - terrorists), mafia, Hesbola (not to many here), and common criminals.

I recommend NOT going too high because of glacial uncertainties and rocks beneath the steep slopes. Stay on the fresher snow at lower altitudes.

Now, if you are REAL lucky, you may run headlong into Noah's Ark (Nuh'un Gemisi), but were the Ark to have landed on Mt. Ararat, should we expect to find it intact? It would likely have been destroyed over the past 6 to 10 thousand years in the ice flows. It is interesting to note that the P-38s and bombers which landed on Greenland’s glacier only a half a century ago became entombed in over 80 meters of ice which upon their recent rediscovery showed severe distortion and crushing from the half century of glacial creep. What would have been left in more than 60 centuries! Besides, the book of Genesis states that the Ark came to rest “in the mountains (plural) of (the region of) Ararat.” It does not state that the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat. Mt. Ararat is a volcano of recent origin.

So, there you have it! If this is a bit much for you, you can always do "Plan B". Just to the East of Mount Ararat by a few hundred kilometers is the city of Erzurum Turkey, where there is a ski resort. The Dedeman Palandöken resort is located in Mountain Palandöken, which is just above Erzurum. (You can get a direct flight from Istanbul or Ankara to Erzurum). The mountain which is covered with snow for five months of the year, boasts of Turkey’s longest and widest range of pistes. No terrorists here, nor gun shots, but it won't be quite the adventure of doing Ararat.

Now, where's my iPod Touch???

jabuttri · 10-18-2007, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firewall

OK, this is my first "Quality Post" (and my first post ever, for that matter).

Ever considered skiing on a volcano along the border with Iran? Then Mt. Ararat is the place for you. The 2.7 by 3.2 kilometer permanent ice cap on the 17,000 foot peak of this volcano flows in the form of moving glaciers in most places. From about November through March, the entire region is under a blanket of snow. Along the roads at the base are poles with markings up to around 8 feet to measure snow depth. A six foot snow pack by Spring time is not unusual.

So what if you want to ski this mountain? Well first you need to get a "Sports Visa" to go up onto it. Then make reservations at a local hotel in Doğubeyazit, the town at the base on the Turkish side. I recommend the "Golden Hill" as one of the most modern and safest. "Safest"??? Well yes, in Doğubeyazit you can often hear gun shots at night amid the calls of the Imams from their Camilar (mosques) at 5AM every morning. You know that you are over your jet lag when you begin to sleep through that. This area is in Turkey, but its right at the border with Iran and Armenia. Lots of Turkish troops are based here. In fact most every time I've visited, we had an armed Turkish patrol assigned to escort us up into the hills.

So now you are there and have your visa and hotel. There are guides such as "Ararat Trek Tourism Co." (Dr. Ismail Beşikçi Caddesi No. 123, Doğubeyazit Turkiye -- +90 542 461 91 19) which can help you get gear and get you up on the mountain.

Ther are no lifts (come on... this is the edge of civilization!). You will need to drive up as far as you can go, then hike the rest of the way in with your gear. You can rent a local Kurd and his donkey to haul stuff for you (by the way, in spite of the fact this that area is officially "Turkey", most everyone there is of Kurdish descent although most of the soldiers in the area will be Turkish). The Turks are your friends, the Kurds are your friends, but watch out for the local trouble makers: PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party - terrorists), mafia, Hesbola (not to many here), and common criminals.

I recommend NOT going too high because of glacial uncertainties and rocks beneath the steep slopes. Stay on the fresher snow at lower altitudes.

Now, if you are REAL lucky, you may run headlong into Noah's Ark (Nuh'un Gemisi), but were the Ark to have landed on Mt. Ararat, should we expect to find it intact? It would likely have been destroyed over the past 6 to 10 thousand years in the ice flows. It is interesting to note that the P-38s and bombers which landed on Greenland’s glacier only a half a century ago became entombed in over 80 meters of ice which upon their recent rediscovery showed severe distortion and crushing from the half century of glacial creep. What would have been left in more than 60 centuries! Besides, the book of Genesis states that the Ark came to rest “in the mountains (plural) of (the region of) Ararat.” It does not state that the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat. Mt. Ararat is a volcano of recent origin.

So, there you have it! If this is a bit much for you, you can always do "Plan B". Just to the East of Mount Ararat by a few hundred kilometers is the city of Erzurum Turkey, where there is a ski resort. The Dedeman Palandöken resort is located in Mountain Palandöken, which is just above Erzurum. (You can get a direct flight from Istanbul or Ankara to Erzurum). The mountain which is covered with snow for five months of the year, boasts of Turkey’s longest and widest range of pistes. No terrorists here, nor gun shots, but it won't be quite the adventure of doing Ararat.

Now, where's my iPod Touch???

I tried pretty hard to get close to the mountain hoping to climb it and have a look for my self. Unfortunately for me and every other white or western person in the world the domanant government in the area tends no to feel like risking the noah's ark theory. this leads to a little acess problem.

Public_Enemy · 10-20-2007, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firewall

OK, this is my first "Quality Post" (and my first post ever, for that matter).

Ever considered skiing on a volcano along the border with Iran? Then Mt. Ararat is the place for you. The 2.7 by 3.2 kilometer permanent ice cap on the 17,000 foot peak of this volcano flows in the form of moving glaciers in most places. From about November through March, the entire region is under a blanket of snow. Along the roads at the base are poles with markings up to around 8 feet to measure snow depth. A six foot snow pack by Spring time is not unusual.

So what if you want to ski this mountain? Well first you need to get a "Sports Visa" to go up onto it. Then make reservations at a local hotel in Doğubeyazit, the town at the base on the Turkish side. I recommend the "Golden Hill" as one of the most modern and safest. "Safest"??? Well yes, in Doğubeyazit you can often hear gun shots at night amid the calls of the Imams from their Camilar (mosques) at 5AM every morning. You know that you are over your jet lag when you begin to sleep through that. This area is in Turkey, but its right at the border with Iran and Armenia. Lots of Turkish troops are based here. In fact most every time I've visited, we had an armed Turkish patrol assigned to escort us up into the hills.

So now you are there and have your visa and hotel. There are guides such as "Ararat Trek Tourism Co." (Dr. Ismail Beşikçi Caddesi No. 123, Doğubeyazit Turkiye -- +90 542 461 91 19) which can help you get gear and get you up on the mountain.

Ther are no lifts (come on... this is the edge of civilization!). You will need to drive up as far as you can go, then hike the rest of the way in with your gear. You can rent a local Kurd and his donkey to haul stuff for you (by the way, in spite of the fact this that area is officially "Turkey", most everyone there is of Kurdish descent although most of the soldiers in the area will be Turkish). The Turks are your friends, the Kurds are your friends, but watch out for the local trouble makers: PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party - terrorists), mafia, Hesbola (not to many here), and common criminals.

I recommend NOT going too high because of glacial uncertainties and rocks beneath the steep slopes. Stay on the fresher snow at lower altitudes.

Now, if you are REAL lucky, you may run headlong into Noah's Ark (Nuh'un Gemisi), but were the Ark to have landed on Mt. Ararat, should we expect to find it intact? It would likely have been destroyed over the past 6 to 10 thousand years in the ice flows. It is interesting to note that the P-38s and bombers which landed on Greenland’s glacier only a half a century ago became entombed in over 80 meters of ice which upon their recent rediscovery showed severe distortion and crushing from the half century of glacial creep. What would have been left in more than 60 centuries! Besides, the book of Genesis states that the Ark came to rest “in the mountains (plural) of (the region of) Ararat.” It does not state that the Ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat. Mt. Ararat is a volcano of recent origin.

So, there you have it! If this is a bit much for you, you can always do "Plan B". Just to the East of Mount Ararat by a few hundred kilometers is the city of Erzurum Turkey, where there is a ski resort. The Dedeman Palandöken resort is located in Mountain Palandöken, which is just above Erzurum. (You can get a direct flight from Istanbul or Ankara to Erzurum). The mountain which is covered with snow for five months of the year, boasts of Turkey’s longest and widest range of pistes. No terrorists here, nor gun shots, but it won't be quite the adventure of doing Ararat.

Now, where's my iPod Touch???

Sweet but you should post this in the trips section or something.