Mount Rushmore's Vault Trivia
I was a Deputy Sheriff in Pennington County SD (The county where Mt. Rushmore is located) in the early 1980's. I had known enough rangers and law enforcement personnel at... View MoreMount Rushmore's Vault Trivia
I was a Deputy Sheriff in Pennington County SD (The county where Mt. Rushmore is located) in the early 1980's. I had known enough rangers and law enforcement personnel at the time I probably could have received a pass to go see it, but I really had no interest in it back in the day. One of my friends who was a patrol deputy was also a rock climber. I am sure if I had wanted to go there I could have. It just didn't interest me. That deputy went on to become a career Deputy United States Marshall. He is still one of my best friends, but he retired about 10 years ago. My bet is that if I were to ask him now, he could probably still arrange it, but the problem is I now have COPD which makes it difficult for me to breathe at high altitudes without an oxygen tank. I have a small portable tank, but it only contains about 4 liters and weighs about 10 pounds. Mount Rushmore is more than a mile above sea level, (5,725 feet) which means the air is much thinner there than it is at sea level. I really do not think it would be a good idea for me personally to try to do it at this point in my life, sad to say.
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The secret room behind Mount Rushmore
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Worried that over time his work would lose significance, the sculptor behind Mount Rushmore proposed a secret room behind Abraham Lincoln's hairline, that would contain details of the work done on the mountain and of the society that created it.
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