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Old 05-09-16 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by McBTC
It is hillier than I remembered... I saw this on the web:

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Sunday
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1
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Astoria to Cape Kiwanda
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3,764'
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70
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Monday
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2
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Cape Kiwandato Newport
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3,500'
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60
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Tuesday
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3
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Newport to Florence
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2,852'
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49
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With memory still mostly unrefreshed as to the amount of climbing involved, I do remember Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park outside of Crescent City as being a pistol, being a steep climb to windblown point overlooking the ocean with nothing but a lone water spigot in the middle of a grassy area as the lone improvement.

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Well to be fair, it is pretty flat from Astoria to Seaside.
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