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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 23, 2017 - 05:54pm PT
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New REI catalog in the mailbox when I got home today. Very striking climbing shot on the cover, but I have no idea where it is.
Looks like east of the cascades/coast, and west of the Mississippi, but for all I know it could be in Tajikistan.
Anybody?
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ecdh
climber
the east
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Jan 23, 2017 - 05:58pm PT
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Not tajikistan, too much green.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2017 - 06:26pm PT
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Thanks Clint.
Do you know what kind of rock it is? Looks like something from Mars (or Tajikistan).
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 23, 2017 - 06:57pm PT
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No rock of that quality in Tadzhikistan ( I use the old transliteration). But, boy howdy,
you can sure score cheap Kalashnikovs!
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Jan 25, 2017 - 08:04pm PT
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Jurassic Park
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jan 25, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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Huh, if I'd received that one I might have given it more than a 20 second skim. Instead I got some baloney trailrunning cover and it's already tossed in the recycle bin.
But I guess that's what I get when the only thing I've purchased at REI in the last year is a pair of clearance trailrunners...
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Jan 25, 2017 - 10:39pm PT
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Edges of Time is a good route on granite at Lily Lake which is just above the town of Estes Park at 9000' off of Colorado Highway 7 and just next door to Long's Peak and the Diamond!
The route itself has one hard move (5.9+) down low that is well-protected by a bolt. In years past the bolt was a bit controversial so it disappeared and reappeared a few times. Seems like it has stayed put for a while now.
The upper section of the route is probably only 5.6 or 5.7 but it used to be protected by a few fixed pins which sometimes fell out. Another controversy about replacing the pins with bolts has occurred over the years. You can get so-so pro near the pins.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jan 25, 2017 - 10:52pm PT
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delicious
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couchmaster
climber
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Jan 26, 2017 - 05:42am PT
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Striking arete, looks a lot harder than 5.9. Sometimes you get that though, get up close and there's a lot of small handholds not visible from even just a bit away.
Thanks for sharing that Ghost!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jan 26, 2017 - 08:12am PT
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reminds me of I.M. Pei's East Building of the National Gallery of Art in D.C.
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