Going into total radio silence following the highly successful "Assault on da' Hood" extreme climb in '08, the xTremeTeam has re-surfaced to announce its latest adventure plans to conquer Mt Marcy, New York State's highest peak at 5444 ft. Dubbed the "March on Marcy", the newly re-constituted team is busy at work engineering more specialized gear designed to accelerate the trip and avoid the typical hiker's syndrome of hitting the trail at some ungodly hour of the morning in order to make it back before dark.
With little to no snowpack expected by the June 11 climb date, the Rapid Descent sliders used to glissade down Mt. Hood in '08 will be of little use. Intense brainstorming sessions have produced a wealth of creative ideas, none of which have been deemed even remotely practical at this point. So far the leading contender is to hitch dual suspension mountain bikes to a giant helium balloon and tow them up to the summit where the team would reel them in to be used to coast back down to base camp. Stay tuned for photos of the scale model prototype currently under construction.
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