How to Win Those K2 Skis…
Yes, tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23, at 10:00am Mountain Standard Time is the moment we have all been waiting for – Super Cluesday. As I type, the skis are being FedEx’ed, wrapped in velet and hand-carried in the dark of night by special agents who are sworn to secrecy. Like most of my skiing related schemes, this contest was developed on the fly, so I appreciate everyone’s patience and enthusiasm in going along with it. There will be others, so any feedback is welcome, and please, no whining – this isn’t Deer Valley.
Hopefully by now, you have a good idea of the peak in question. From here, it is important to think like a ski mountaineer, as after all, the prize is a pair of backcountry skis and hopefully going to someone who will use them for that purpose. The skis are located at a man-made structure which could be augured into the mountains, or accessible by car. You can get there by using backcountry skiing techniques like skinning, skiing, walking or climbing. It is a real place.
Format to win:
To help make it fair and keep a wild-ass one-off guess from winning, the format is to answer all of the five questions correctly in this format:
Clue #1 – Continent: (your answer here)
Clue #2 – Country: (your answer here)
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: (your answer here)
Clue #4 – Peak: (your answer here)
Clue #5 – Exact location: (your answer here)
… then send it in as a comment. Pretyping the answer to the clues you already know might help.
For background research, you might check out skiing in this excellent zone, including maybe the local alpine club, popular watering holes (hey, this could be a rough descent), photos, townships, Google Earth (my favorite trip planning tool) or perhaps places to stay. The answer can be found on the internet – you need not have been there to find it. Locals might have a slight advantage, but Super Cluesday happens in the middle of the night for them, so if they are awake (and haven’t chugged too many Tui’s) they deserve to win.
Good luck & happy turns!
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Cool idea, thanks!
Looks like I’m getting sucked into this thing…
Hi
Here is my answer for the K2 skis comp
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia (Australia/NZ)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Ball Shelter
Hi Jody –
Is that your final answer? If so, hold that thought until the final clue is given tomorrow at 10:00am then send it in just like you did.
This has been heaps of fun, vicariously reliving past travels this way! Looking forward to tomorrow!
I am positively shaking with anticipation, No sleep for this little wasichu tonight!
hoping to win,
Good quiz pity its 4am in the morning when the clue comes up!!
Testing
Clue #1 – Continent: (your answer here)
Clue #2 – Country: (your answer here)
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: (your answer here)
Clue #4 – Peak: (your answer here)
Clue #5 – Exact location: (your answer here)
putting my name in the ring?
registering
Also registering… Looking forward to the mad dash!
Cool contest, and great website to boot.
registering
testing the pre-register
Answer 1- Oceana
Answer 2-New Zealand
Answer 3- Sourthern Alps
Answer 4-Mt. Cook
Answer 5-tasmins saddle
Answer 1- Oceana
Answer 2-New Zealand
Answer 3- Sourthern Alps
Answer 4-Mt. Cook
answe 5 Kelmens
Australasia
New Zealand
Southern Alps, Main Range
Mt Cook
Ball Hut
Actually, rereading the clue i think i ended up at plateau hut. otherwise the same.
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
Topomap mapsheet H36
E2282600, N5732200
Clue#1 Continent Australisia
Clue #2 Country New Zealand
Clue # 3 Mountain Range Southern Alps
Clue #4 Aoraki/ Mount Cook
Clue #5 Exact Location Grand Plateau Hut