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my partner made the (difficult) hike up to the TWA Flight 260 crash site just now. said she wasn't prepared for how sad it would make her.

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Oct 22 '24, 12:59

it's only 3.5 miles, but the last 1.5 miles is a beast - some bouldering, 2100 feet of elevation to cover.

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Sometimes it’s impossible to prepare oneself for that kind of emotion. It’s almost primal. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:03 4
- I had that reaction a couple years ago visiting the trade towers ground zero. It surprised me and I felt like I was prepared for it prior -- nm* - oblique Oct 22, 13:22 3
  - USS Arizona memorial (and really all of Pearl Harbor) is the same way. -- nm - Turd Ferguson Oct 22, 13:27
  - Like it’s been a long time. Long enough that it’s meme material for the generation that wasn’t yet born. But then you’re there and it’s like, oh. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 13:25 1
    - I was glad my daughter was with me. She was born in 2002 and doesn't really have a frame of reference but appreciates it probably more so now seeing - oblique Oct 22, 13:34

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