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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Sun 01 May, 2022 7:19 am

Yep.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Mon 02 May, 2022 12:26 pm

Sorry, I was away for the weekend.
Where was I in Asia when I took this photo?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby ribuck » Mon 02 May, 2022 7:13 pm

Annapurna Base Camp? I remember a river of glacial moraine a bit like that.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Mon 02 May, 2022 9:12 pm

Not Annapurna base camp.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Tue 03 May, 2022 9:49 pm

Right country, wrong base camp.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Wed 04 May, 2022 7:26 am

Everest base camp and amazing you got all the tents out of the photo.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Graham51 » Wed 04 May, 2022 9:01 am

Yes, it was at Everest Base Camp. No tents in October, just hordes of people who must have stepped aside for me.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Thu 05 May, 2022 3:38 pm

Sorry for the delay.

Canada, the name of the falls seen, in this photo, from an unusual viewpoint, but the falls are quite well known.

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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 06 May, 2022 10:41 am

No idea, but this seems to have a rock climbing route on it that looks to get to a similar position - Takakkaw Falls, Yoho NP BC.

Edit: This guy confirms my suspicions:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Fri 06 May, 2022 12:32 pm

Well done JohnW. Exactly correct! Over to you.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Fri 06 May, 2022 3:58 pm

The wonders of google images, and some persistence. I assume you climbed it?
USA:
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Glacier Bowl on Mt Alyeska, Chugach National Forest via Girdwood, Alaska USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Fri 06 May, 2022 6:47 pm

Yes, the crux is getting past the slow parties.

Are you in the Sierra's?

Although I feel one would have to dig a crevasse first on that remnant to fall in one.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Sat 07 May, 2022 10:49 am

sandym wrote:Yes, the crux is getting past the slow parties.
Are you in the Sierra's?
Although I feel one would have to dig a crevasse first on that remnant to fall in one.

You'd have no problem passing me. I'd be standing at the bottom admiring the view.
A long way from the Sierras. I did walk a bit further in after I saw MTBs going down there.
There are a few big cracks in it when you get closer.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Mon 09 May, 2022 10:15 am

A long way north.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Mon 09 May, 2022 4:30 pm

Hm, chossy rock, tiny, remnant glacier, way north of the Sierras, are you in Alaska? Although that is a teeny, tiny glacier for Alaska.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby sandym » Tue 10 May, 2022 10:59 am

OK, scratch that guess and ask "are you in Hawaii?"
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 10 May, 2022 11:23 am

sandym wrote:OK, scratch that guess and ask "are you in Hawaii?"

Definitely not.

sandym wrote:Hm, chossy rock, tiny, remnant glacier, way north of the Sierras, are you in Alaska? Although that is a teeny, tiny glacier for Alaska.

I am in Alaska. I did see a lot of magnificent glaciers there, this one is probably an exception.
Probably a bit tough without more detail. Here is a shot I took about 15 mins earlier on the trail, looking to my left.
Please excuse the smoky view, there were some major fires in the area at the time:
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Alyeska Resort and nearby peaks from Mt Alyeska, Chugach National Forest via Girdwood, Alaska USA
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Tue 10 May, 2022 1:02 pm

Well that's the Alyeska Resort, just out of Anchorage I think.

There's some glacier remnants scattered around the ski field. Are you up there ?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby johnw » Tue 10 May, 2022 2:08 pm

Last wrote:Well that's the Alyeska Resort, just out of Anchorage I think.
There's some glacier remnants scattered around the ski field. Are you up there ?

Correct, I'm at the Glacier Bowl on Mt Alyeska. Over to you.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Tue 10 May, 2022 3:07 pm

Thanks john. Next. Europe
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Sat 14 May, 2022 10:36 pm

seems nobody has a clue so I'll just guess Dubrovnik to get the game up the top of the page.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Sat 14 May, 2022 10:41 pm

A few hundred km SE of there. This place has interesting (to me) byzantine connections
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby GregR » Sat 14 May, 2022 10:57 pm

Last wrote:A few hundred km SE of there. This place has interesting (to me) byzantine connections


Last guess for the evening...Durres Albania.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Mon 16 May, 2022 12:16 am

a long way further
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Tyreless » Mon 16 May, 2022 8:29 am

Narrowing it down…. Somewhere on Crete?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Mon 16 May, 2022 1:31 pm

Closer, but too far
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby wobbly » Tue 17 May, 2022 5:30 pm

Monemvasia ?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Wed 18 May, 2022 12:49 am

wobbly wrote:Monemvasia ?

Correct wobbly. Fascinating place but don't go in the middle of summer.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby J M » Wed 18 May, 2022 9:39 am

Monemvasia, Greece?
I'd be curious to know the Byzantine connection!

Edit - oops, didn't see this had already been answered. Carry on.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)

Postby Last » Wed 18 May, 2022 10:09 am

[quote="J M"]Monemvasia, Greece?
I'd be curious to know the Byzantine connection!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monemvasia

There's more out there. The town pictured is a very well preserved Byzantine town.
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