2010
August
The Great Mt. Tallac Expedition Team
It was a beautiful day in the middle of August when a very sophisticated and select team of mountain climbers advanced on Mt. Everest (oh, did I say Mt. Everest..... I meant Mt. Tallac). The highly technical team included: a super stuntman, a world renowned bicyclist, a talented epicurian and nutritionalist (he really knows how to cook his steaks), a computer guru, a "Babe", a "token" snowboarder, and the groups driver. Below is a detailed account of the day long (and we really mean "long") activities. The day began at 7:00 am. The groups driver stuffed the team into his vehicle and began what was to be a four to five hour hike to the top of Mt. McKinley (oh, did I say Mt. McKinley.... I meant Mt. Tallac). The six hour trek turned into a 10 1/2 hour day. The team did meet some unexpected problems but like true champions and highly skilled athletes they perservered. Some of the problems included: beautiful wild flowers everywhere, where they had to be observed for extended periods of time and great rest stops. There was the beautiful weather and scenery also which was a obstacle. Even when the team reached the top of Mt. Whitney (oh, did I say Mt. Whitney.... I meant Mt. Tallac) then encountered a hive of wasps (no not white anglo saxon protestants) but real bugs. The Token Snowboarder did decide to take the group on a side adventure of his choice. Typical Snowboarder. The chimpmunks at the summit did like Z-man's freeze dried bananas (oops.... I gave away who was the super stuntman). Below is a written account with photos of the harrowing experiences of this brave and adroit group of individuals. On a more serious note it should be pointed out that three of the team were in their 70's. The Babes were just awesome and the 50 something group was spectacular. The only disappointment was the 60 something entrant. He seemed to be lost alot..... What a goob!

The Team

Super Stuntman / World Renouned Bicyclist / Nutritionist / Computer Guru / "Babe" / Token Snowboarder / Group's Driver & Unoffical Coach
The Beginning

Hey where's the driver????

The beginning of the accent / oh, we had to stop and see the beautiful waterfall

The group forges on / hey where's the cyclist???

Oh there's the cyclist... / a stuntman named "Crazy Dick" Where did that come from???

It's not a partridge in a peartree, it's a grouse / we had to stop and look at a lilly pond???? (let's get moving)

Why are all you stopping and staring at the driver. Let's keep moving up the hill....

Come on... get up.... keep moving....


Keep moving people...

What??? We're stopping for a lunch break???? We'll never get there....

Well, it was kind of a nice lake, wasn't it....
The following photos are what you do when you get lost off the trail... way to go Snowboarder

OK, we found the trail again.... let's get going.....
Age groups


50 plus group / 70 plus group

This Dork is the sole representative of the 60 plus group

Back on the trail again.... / we had to bury someone....

The babe and cyclist / The cyclist and babe

The group is getting ready to ski down the cross on Mt. Tallac / Whoa! That's kind of steep (but there is a little snow still left)
The Conquering of Mt. Tallac (unfortunately the mountain did kick our ass...)

Ralph, Pat, Z-Man, Pat, Ali, Harold, and Joanne

Hey the driver's making moves on the "Babe"...

OK, nice view but let's go / We're going down???

The two babes get going

Oh no, the nutritionist is running low on calories

We had to stop along the way and smell the flowers.... another delay tactic used by the group (bunch of tree huggers)

We had to stop at the goddamn lake again?????

Oh, why don't we just stop and look at all the beautiful scenery again.... (Hey, it is pretty nice isn't it???)

Down, Down, Down we go....

What? Another rest stop.... looks like exhaustion stop to me!

The babes again....

The last rest stop.... Are we ever going to get back to the truck????
The finish line for Pat (73 years young)

Not bad for being in their 70's.... pretty awesome!!!!

Z-Man (70 years young) / Ralph (71 years young)
Special accolades go out to our stellar team for their tenacity
Stunt Man: Dick Ziker, World Renowned Cyclist: Joanne Zerg, Nurtritionist: Ralph Brown, Computer Guru: Pat Nobriga, Token Snowboarder: Harold Anino, The "Babe": Ali Pohl, and the dork driver - ex-coach: Pat Pohl