ofrm1 t1_j1x5es3 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:29 AM

Reply to comment by TritonTheDark in The granite towers of the Cirque of the Unclimbables are a special sight to behold [OC] [1920x1278] by TritonTheDark

Yeah. I heard he dropped his helicopter, probably because it wasn't financially worth the maintenance cost to keep it in working condition. I mean, the helicopter is just about required unless you're fine with carrying the bags up to Fairy Meadows which I've heard is a nightmare. Perhaps you can give some insight as to how bad that was to get to the Cirque.

TritonTheDark OP t1_j1xnm7v wrote on December 28, 2022 at 3:52 AM

The hike is steep but it's not terrible in normal conditions. Unfortunately I did it with a fucked up knee, so between that and carrying 60lbs up there was a good amount of pain and suffering involved haha. But otherwise would have been fine.

And yeah his main driver of business was all the natural resource operations up there and a lot of them shut down, and he was unable to sustain the heli on just park/sightseeing stuff.