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Ever gone walking with 8,000 of your closest friends? Me neither.
However, Alison and I decided we'd give it a try on the 2007 Crazy Horse Volksmarch. I had only a faint idea of what a volksmarch was before this walk. For the uninitiated, a volksmarch is a non-competitive 10 kilometer walk. Evidently, the phenomenon of volksmarching started in Europe and has spread throughout the world. Who knew?
Anyway, Alison and I really just wanted to walk to the top of Crazy Horse, so we showed up for the volksmarch. Here are some photos from the event.
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We were directed to our special parking lot, which was about one quarter of a mile from the start of the march. I guess we actually walked 6.5 miles then, huh?
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Luckily, signs pointed us on the way.
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Once on the trail, these markers kept us going in the right direction.
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Our first good view of Crazy Horse from the trail.
At this point, I should tell you that the actual distance from the visitor's center to the top of Crazy Horse is probably only one mile. However, they took us on a circuitous route through the woods. Before going, Alison and I had wondered how they would turn a short hike into 10 kilometers.
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Everyone wants to take photos of the monument.
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On the backside, we ended up on the actual road. It started to gain some camber at this point.
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Throughout the hike, there were four checkpoints.
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Everyone wants more photos of the monument.
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eArm|A panorama of the top.
Here's another way to look at the panorama
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These markers helped the workers know where to drill and blast.
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The beginning of the hole for underneath the arm.
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Some enormous boom. Not really sure what it's for.
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Evidently, someone grazes cattle in the fields below the monument.
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Rubble from blasting.
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A pully on one of the machines.
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Before we could leave, we had to turn in our check cards. I suppose they wanted to make sure no one had collapse on the way.
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For those who didn't want to walk back to their cars. Ironic.
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