K2 SUPER CLUESDAY! Win’em, ski’em – Conquer the Earth.
Our story begins after you have been magically transported to the top of the peak identified (hopefully) in Clue #4…
It’s late afternoon and you have no headlamp, compass or topo map, but, pffft – who needs ‘em? Use the force Luke and just start skiing.
Stepping into your bindings, you cruise along a ridgeline with gobsmacking exposure on all sides. Glancing to the left and right, you come to what looks like a skiable line and turn off.
Gut-wrenching steep, exposed turns lead down a face. The sun is setting and there is mot much time. Sticking to the fall-line, you weave around seracs, icefalls and huck a few fifty-footers with blue ice landings all bathed in brilliant alpenglow. Where’s the photographer when you need him?
Then, shazaam! Stokage! You have made it through the crux of a suspected first descent! Relieved, you make big sweeping turns across a bit of a plateau, and then come to a glacier.
At the glacier, you take a skier’s left.
By now, it is pitch black and you are dodging crevasses by Braille for hours while staying on the glacier. This is misery…. when will it end?
Exhausted, you eventually see the outlines of some structures in the moonlight. Ahhhh, praise Allah…
Staggering up to the structures, you meet a climber geared up for an early alpine start and ask “Where am I?”
Instead of smiling and giving you a Vegamite sandwich like those infernal, AC/DC loving Aussies do, he fixes you with a steely gaze and reveals a BRAND NEW PAIR OF K2 TELE/AT SKIS.
Oh My God…!! Your knees tremble in eager anticipation of shredding Planet Earth. Tears of joy spring from your eyes.
Within one meter, where are you?
Winning format:
Continent: (your answer here)
Country: (your answer here)
Mountain Range: (your answer here)
Specific Peak: (your answer here)
Exact location: (your answer here… now!)
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Category: Chuting Spree Contest
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia/Oceania (Australia/NZ)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
Marcin
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania/Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
1. Australasia/Oceania
2. New Zealand
3. Southern Alps
4. Aoraki/Mt. Cook
5. Tasman Saddle Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Kelman Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact Location: Tasman Saddle Hut
1. Continent = Australasia, or Oceania
2. Country = New Zealand
3. Mountain Range = Southern Alps
4. Peak = Aoraki – Cook
5. Specific location = Tasman Saddle Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Tasman Saddle Hut, more specifically, if needed, in the outhouse
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia (Australia/NZ/Oceania)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt Cook (Aoraki)
Clue #5 – Exact Location: Haast Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania/Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Caroline Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia/Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Tasman Saddle Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Tasman Saddle Hut
Hi
Here is my answer for the K2 skis comp
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia/Oceana (Australia/NZ)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Caroline face
Clue #1 – Continent: (Australia-New Guinea)
Clue #2 – Country: (New Zealand)
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: (Southern Alps)
Clue #4 – Peak: (Aoraki/Mt. Cook)
Clue #5 – Exact location: (Empress hut)
linda glacier
No, no, no, no and no…
1. Australia/Oceania continent
2. South Island, New Zealand
3. Southern Alps
4. Aoraki/Mt. Cook Caroline Face
5. caroline Hut
I know! I know!! Chute, I’m not allowed to play.
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt. Cook/ Aoraki
Clue #5 – Exact location: Tasman Saddle Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia-New Guinea continent (Oceania)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook (Aoraki)
Clue #5 – Exact location: Tasman Saddle Hut
Continent: Australia/Oceania
Country: New Zealand
Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Peak: Aokori / Mount Cook
Specific location: door of the Plateau Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia/Oceana
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Hermitage accommodation house
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
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: Kelman Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Godley Hut
Hi
Here is my answer for the K2 skis comp
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia/Oceana (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
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania/Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Caroline Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania/Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: tasman Saddle hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceanea
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt. Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Empress hut
1. Continent = Australasia, or Oceania
2. Country = New Zealand
3. Mountain Range = Southern Alps
4. Peak = Aoraki – Cook
5. Specific location = Kelman Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps Clue #4 – Peak: Mt. Cook Clue #5 – Exact location: Bowie Couloir
I NEED NEW SKIS SO BAD!!!!
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Ball Shelter
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealad
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook / Aoraki
Clue #5 – Exact location: Ball Shelter
Clue #1 – Continent: Oceania
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Empress Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia (Australia/NZ/Oceania)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt Cook (Aoraki)
Clue #5 – Exact Location: ball Hut
1. Continent = Australasia, or Oceania
2. Country = New Zealand
3. Mountain Range = Southern Alps
4. Peak = Aoraki – Cook
5. Specific location = Old Balls Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: (Australia)
Clue #2 – Country: (New Zealand)
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: (Southern Alps)
Clue #4 – Peak: (Mt Cook)
Clue #5 – Exact location: (Mueller Hut)
Nope…. :)
Australia
New Zealand
Southern Alps
Mt. Cook
Tasman Saddle Hut Outhouse
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia, sometimes called Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt. Cook (Maori name: Aoraki
Clue #5 – Exact location: Plateau Hut
#1- Oceania
#2 – New Zealand
#3 – Southern Alps
#4 – Mount Cook
#5- Mueller Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia/Oceania/Australasia/Zealandia (though technically I don’t think New Zealand is part of any “continent”…
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Mueller Hut
Clue #1 Australasia
Clue #2 New Zealand
Clue #3 Southern Alps
Clue #4 Mt. Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 Unwin Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mt Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: Porch of Mueller HUt
Clue #1 – Continent: Australia/Zelandia
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Aoraki/Mount Cook
Clue #5 – Exact location: De Le Beche Hut
Clue #1 – Continent: Australasia (Australia/NZ/Oceania)
Clue #2 – Country: New Zealand
Clue #3 – Mountain Range: Southern Alps
Clue #4 – Peak: Mt Cook (Aoraki)
Clue #5 – Exact Location: Empress Hut
1. Continent = Australasia, or Oceania
2. Country = New Zealand
3. Mountain Range = Southern Alps
4. Peak = Aoraki – Cook
5. Specific location = Gardiner Hut
1. Australasia/Oceania
2. New Zealand
3. Southern Alps
4. Aoraki/Mt. Cook
5. Front Door of the Tasman Saddle Hut
Andrew is having WAY too much fun with this!!