Mt. Washington, known for having some of the most extreme weather on the face of the Earth, was once home to the highest recorded wind gust on the Earth's surface clocking in at 231 MPH. Well, this record was actually blown away (sorry) during a cyclone on Barrow Island, Australia in 1996. Apparently members of the World Meteorological Association were reviewing weather and climate data and stumbled upon a 253 MPH gust during Cyclone Olivia back in '96. Side note, I love how scientists are still cruising through weather data from 1996.
Mt. Washington shouldn't feel too bad for losing the Extreme Wind Gust Title. He (Old Man of the Mountain) did introduce me to "freezing fog" (how does that even work?) which abruptly ended a Spring 2009 Tuckerman's shred mission with a few TCD members. We happily transitioned to our relaxing Plan B: 100 yard wedge shots, beers, steak and multiple playoff game viewings. Thank you freezing fog and thank you Phil for the hospitality.
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That was a good day. Thank you indeed, freezing fog.
ReplyDeleteHalf of an epic day of skiing is the apres scene, that day it was the whole thing. Ain't nothing wrong with that.
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