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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 26, 2009 - 01:59pm PT
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Having done a lot of climbing in Oregon during my early years, I couldn't help but be amazed by how many awesome forms Basalt columns took.
Here's just a sampler.
Post up with your coolest Basalt shots, climbers included or not!!
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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May 26, 2009 - 02:18pm PT
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awesome, bottom left looks like "Ardtun" on Mull in scotland with bent collums being caused by a fallen tree in the lava pool.
this is Skye with climbers on Rock Island line
not my image but this is kilt rock just south of the above image. Not technically true basalt (too low SiO2) but cool anyway
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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May 26, 2009 - 04:15pm PT
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If you dig basalt, check out my buddy's blog. He's posted here previously, and he's got some great photos. He recently posted a thread on Armenia, but the majority of his blog is central Oregon.
http://basaltblog.blogspot.com/
Here's Will on Armenian basalt.
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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May 26, 2009 - 04:22pm PT
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BOO-YAH, bee-yotches!
Put this in your basalt bong and smoke it.
(photo credit, Will Nazarian)
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 26, 2009 - 04:24pm PT
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There are many fine photos of bassets at http://www.geocities.com/bassetclub/thewalk.html For over 40 years, until 2008, the Basset Hound Club of BC held a basset hound walk in Vancouver's Stanley Park in early May, which was a great success. They don't seem to have held the walk this year, but their site still has many pictures of bassets.
Oh wait, you said Basalt, not Basset. My bad.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 04:29pm PT
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Nice Haggis!
wildone, your images aren't coming through for me....anyone else?
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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May 26, 2009 - 04:31pm PT
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Son of a bitch! they don't work for me now either.
just go to his blog...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 26, 2009 - 04:35pm PT
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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May 26, 2009 - 04:40pm PT
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One thing that is interesting in the small group of images here is the difference in the eroded thremochemical banding exhibited. this is the horizontal feature which looks like rythmic waves on the surface of the collum.
I wonder if their wavelenght could be used as a proxy for cooling rate.
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Chinchen
climber
Living on the road
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May 26, 2009 - 04:54pm PT
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Yea cool! Will is a good guy. I used to work with him at Metolius. Say hi for me. I miss the basalt in oregon!
Jason
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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May 26, 2009 - 04:57pm PT
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Haggis, I wonder if you should stick with sheep guts!
Wavelenhgt? Wavelgenth? Wavelehngt? What are you trying to say?
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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May 26, 2009 - 05:03pm PT
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sorry its late here,
If you look carefully at the images you will see a low amplitude wave function running along the columns which has been emphasised by erosion and appears as horizontal bands. this is probably low level factional crystallisation in the magma column resulting in "softer minerals" forming in bands.
the question was is the wavelength a proxy for the cooling rate of the column?
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phillygoat
climber
portland,
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May 26, 2009 - 05:47pm PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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May 26, 2009 - 06:07pm PT
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Here's some non-columner junk from the Cascades
3-Finger Jack, Oregon
Summit block of 3-Finger Jack - 3rd classing in Adidas? - summer 1978
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 06:45pm PT
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ydpl8s,
HA! That looks about exactly what my bros and I looked like on Three Fingered Jack in 76-77!!
Wow, same time frame and everything! Not exactly the basalt I was thinking of......
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couchmaster
climber
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May 26, 2009 - 06:52pm PT
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As a counterpoint to Bruces magnificent pics up there:-) LOL
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 26, 2009 - 07:37pm PT
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Dogs, wolves, whatever - same difference, eh? We'll man up, maybe bring a few bassets.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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May 26, 2009 - 07:40pm PT
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GO
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 26, 2009 - 08:48pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 26, 2009 - 10:42pm PT
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Nice shots guys!
Steelmonkey, where is that cool pile?
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