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At first, the Challs' "secret
headquarters" is an open secret, since parts of it stick
up in plain view. (Newsreel from New Frontier
3.) In this Cold War photo, it looks like a bomb shelter. |
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 Another view of the mountain and
its high-tech outcroppings. (New Frontier 4) |
One persistent rumor (Silver
Age Secret Files & Origins) is that the Challs inhabit
the extinct volcanic crater inside The Devil's Tower in Wyoming. (Also the destination in "Close
Encounters of the Third Kind".) Considering the butte is a national
monument and park, and sacred to the local Native Americans,
it's unlikely the guys would carve it out and camp. But perhaps
the Challs spread the rumor to deliberately mislead fans - or
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Exactly which Rocky Mountain do the Challs bunk in? Challenger Point in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Southern Colorado is a good candidate. It stands next to Kit Carson Peak and Columbia Point.  Read more about the area and see photos here. As you can see in recent photos,
the Challengers camouflaged the techno-additions. The guys might
have pulled in them in for added security. Or because hikers
and rock climbers kept poking around. |
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In prehistoric times, Challenger
Mountain was home to cave dwellers  The surrounding mountains haven't changed much in 20,000 years.
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 The location of Challenger Mountain
is supposed to be a secret - except the guys regularly shop there in uniform. The town was originally called Hadley, but later changed to Challengerville (COTU V2 1). The town is north of the mountain,
we learn in one adventure (COTU 22). |
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