9th July 2010, 18:48
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9th July 2010, 19:57
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| Next stop: Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is one of the Colorado's 54 fourteeners with altitude of 14,110 ft above sea level located west of Colorado Springs town. A summit with elevation of 14,000 ft or above is called a 'Fourteener' in US which is a popular term widely used within US, but not in external world. There are 88 14ers in US, out of which there are 54 within Colorado state itself making it popular destination for hikers, skiers etc. The drive to summit provides some spectacular views at the same time it was so scary. As you ascend the summit with absolutely no guard rails and road looks as if driving into sky....it provides a complete different feeling mixed of scary & excitement & fun. There is nothing on top of summit except one snacks & gift shop where they prepare fresh doughnuts. There are three ways to reach the summit: by drive, by hike & by cog-railway which is a narrow guage rail road. After reaching the summit, my 8 year old son started complaining dizziness & headache. I understand he is having 'altitude sickness' and we decided not to spend much time there and quickly descended to lower elevation. It was one of the amazing drive I ever forget and must do for all travel enthusiasts.  Pics:           |
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10th July 2010, 00:13
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14th July 2010, 14:44
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14th July 2010, 16:00
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14th July 2010, 19:38
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The current registered native american population is 1.37% of total US population. The rest 98.xx% are "settlers" from different countries. | |||
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14th July 2010, 21:24
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| More pics of Pikes Peak:   Summit of the Pikes Peak @ 14,110 ft above sea level:  View from Top:  Some hikers hiking to summit:   There is a small check post kind of this is there while ascending the summit where a ranger will check the temperature of vehicle brakes. If its too hot they will not allow the vehicle further until it cools down because hot brakes may fail. If the driver is driving on brakes downhill usually brakes will get hot quickly. So they are sign boards to advice drivers to use "lower gear".     |
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14th July 2010, 21:35
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14th July 2010, 22:00
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| One last pic while ascending Pikes Peak summit:  The next stop is Royal Gorge Bridge near Canon City, CO. After ascending the pikes peak, we straight away headed to Canon City. The Royal Gorge Bridge is constructed in 1929 between two rims of Canyon which was the highest suspension bridge at that time. Length of the bridge is 1260 ft and height from canyon bed is around 1100 ft.    Arkansas River flowing at the bed of canyon  There are couple of main attractions at Bridge. One is aerial tram and its considered at America's longest single span aerial tram. This was constructed in 1968 with length 2200 ft and height above Arkansas river is 1178 ft. There is only one 35-passenger capacity cabin which rides from one end to another. The ride of tram also gave us a scary & excitement & fun feelings.   The red aerial tram cabin:    |
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14th July 2010, 23:04
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Like idle said, Columbus was first to land in US (then new found land) & soon followed by several sailors from Britain, French, Dutch, Portugese, Germans & started establishing their own colonies; they also fought in between for the territory. During these times, they befriended with the local tribes such as apache, nootka, iroquois, sioux, aztec to fight against other Europeans as well as killed the tribals. Finally, the Govt had a reservation for the dying tribal population in certain states in the form of reserved areas. Its a great blood shed story altogether. | ||||
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15th July 2010, 00:52
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| @ argee: Yes, its "like"...type Wiki says he was born at Genoa, present day in Italy, but later settled & died in Spain. Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Next set of pics from Royal Gorge Bridge: Pics while travelling in the aerial tram:   This is an attraction called Sky-coaster ride where couple of persons are tied and swinging towards the Gorge.   Tram arriving at other end to pickup visitors:   Bridge & Arkansas River     |
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15th July 2010, 01:22
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15th July 2010, 01:26
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| Senior - BHPian  | Wonderful pics idle !! Cadel Chapel was awesome. Quote:
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15th July 2010, 01:42
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| BANNED | Where's the pic of your screaming face while riding the sky-coaster  J/K. Amazing pics, thanks for sharing. Looks like you had a memorable long weekend. |
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