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blitz_boy
Member
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 8:35 pm: | 
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Can anyone tell me what kind of shape the fire tower at Maple Mountain is in? Is it possible to climb it? Also - how long does it take to clomb to the tower from the Tupper landing. |
brian
Moderator
Post Number: 292
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 11:27 am: |
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It takes 2 to 2.5 hours to walk up from the lake.
Someone else who has been there in the past year or two will have to tell you what kind of shape it is in. |
kim
Member
Post Number: 63
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 4:25 pm: |
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I was on a trip there in the spring. One of our crew climbed it and lives to tell the tale.
He said that it swayed in the wind a bit? |
ed
Moderator
Post Number: 129
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, November 15, 2004 - 7:06 pm: |
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I think , the bolts are a bit loose on some of the cross bars, but if the cupola floor is still solid then it makes for a nice climb.
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alscool
Member
Post Number: 50
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 8:46 am: |
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blitz_boy
Member
Post Number: 3
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 8:34 am: |
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Thanks for the information and the photo. I am not planning to go until next Aug so I will check back in the early part of next summer to see if anyone has made the climb. |
mike_r
Member
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 - 10:42 pm: |
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I was a member of a small group of advanced level Boy Scouts that climbed the tower in August 2004. We started at Tupper Landing and completed the climb in just over an hour moving at a moderate pace. There is a sheer face of rock that is visible from quite a distance. This is climbed via a rusted steal ladder propped up against it at a fairly precarious angle. The tower itself is in remarkably good shape, the only possible concern is the wooden floor which creaks slightly.} |
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