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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jul 12, 2012 - 07:04pm PT
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Man, what a year. I guess Jack's Canyon down in AZ burned last week too. Didn't look too bad from the few pics I saw.
Aside from the wildfires, the midwest grain crops are getting hammered. Corn plantings are at all time highs, but the heat/dryness during the pollination window basically screwed the crop. On pace for the worst year since '88 and the soybeans are getting hammered too. Not just the US either, Russian and Uzbek wheat crop is suffering big time.
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2012 - 07:17pm PT
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So sad. I feel sick about this. Hard to see a place you love go up in flames.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 12, 2012 - 07:34pm PT
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Hoh man!
I wonder how the cobbles/matrix deals with that intense heat.
Hope the nearby people (and turkeys) are okay!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 12, 2012 - 07:41pm PT
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Mmm. Roast turkey.
Seriously, the rumors floating around from local climbing friends are that this was accidentally started by a climber.
Argh. If true, proves that we are equally as dumb as other users groups.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jul 12, 2012 - 07:47pm PT
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News said lightning strike.
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jul 12, 2012 - 07:58pm PT
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I have friends climbing there now! Hope they are ok.....
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J.R.
Big Wall climber
Bend, OR
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Jul 12, 2012 - 08:36pm PT
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I talked with a friend who had to run out of there today to avoid getting trapped by the fire, leaving her rope up on a climb. She heard it was accidentally started by a climber burning his used toilet paper! Holy shit!
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jul 12, 2012 - 09:12pm PT
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No...HOT schitt!
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Jul 12, 2012 - 09:37pm PT
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well foooooo...and last weekend up here at the top of big cottonwood we had such intense rains my neighbor had to fix the road...
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jul 13, 2012 - 01:14am PT
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Bump
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KitKat
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Jul 13, 2012 - 03:28am PT
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Some kids at Lover's Leap the other day thought it was OK to leave a RAGING fire in their campsite while they went climbing... Embers flying into manzanita.. Good thing for good samaritans... Dumped their whole cooler onto the fire and schooled them later... The kids had no clue... They came back to a dry cooler
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hagerty
Social climber
A Sandy Area South of a Salty Lake
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Jul 13, 2012 - 11:52am PT
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Any more news or updates on Maple?
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 13, 2012 - 12:25pm PT
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Only that it is closed until further notice. See utahfireinfo.gov.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jul 13, 2012 - 02:01pm PT
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Sorry to hear about that Mike.
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jul 13, 2012 - 08:01pm PT
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Bump for info.....
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jul 13, 2012 - 08:05pm PT
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Amazing....back East they have preemptively closed down climbing a couple times in the past when fire danger was high. In the West where fire is far more common, you would think that there would be a little more awareness.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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Jul 13, 2012 - 08:09pm PT
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friend of mine on SAR out here said it was small, only in one corner, the evac was more preemptive than anything else...no more details though, but he seemed to think the impact will be minor (he climbs, btw...so i think he might have half a clue...)
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 16, 2012 - 01:49pm PT
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The canyon just opened. The fire is reported to be 100% contained. The rumor I heard is that the fire was low in the canyon, below the bridge. If so it hopefully didn't affect the campground or the climbing areas up right fork.
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labrat
Trad climber
Nevada City, CA
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Jul 16, 2012 - 01:58pm PT
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Thanks for the update!
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