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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Billygoat - par for the course in the Sierra :)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I'm stuck in a glacial rut
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2009 - 11:07am PT
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Cool. I see a lot of TRs with photos in our future!
Glacial rut - hahahaha! Good one!
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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Papajoto, yer playing with a nasty habit there! Wee bit jealous.
See you at the NordBlob Veterans Reunion this fall-
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Tour de Wyoming, hopefully this August
Wild Iris
Freemont Canyon
Devils Tower
Tensleep Canyon
Wind Rivers
Sinks Canyon
Dornans
Oh wait, I've already been to Dornans, but I will surely include it in this trip too.
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KlimbIn
climber
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Aya K wrote: "the t wall (are they ALWAYS hunting turkey there? I SWEAR)"
Uhmm Turkey. Yup April's pretty much all shut down for huntin'
And from Mid June to Mid September only go there if you like climbing in full sun, 100F and 125% humidity.
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billygoat
climber
3hrs to El Cap Meadow, 1.25hrs Pinns, 42min Castle
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Ryang--yeah, like a par 5 designed by Tiger Woods! In comparison, the East Face of Middle Pal would be a par three at the local putt putt.
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bobmarley
Trad climber
WAS Auburn CA, NOW Seattle WA
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up above Sinks Canyon i climbed at an area called 'Fossil Hill'. that was many years ago and it was just being developed. it was just like Wild Iris, but longer, more Vert, and i thought better. we met Paul Piana out there who was in the process of developing some new routes. not sure what ever happened to that area. i never hear about it.
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Billy - sounds like you got rather seriously offroute, sorry to hear that .. if you look at the SP page you can see where other people have made the same mistake. We'll see if I screw up the same way ..
I've soloed easy fifth in mountain boots, hiking boots, approach shoes .. and I've also said 'hmm, where the heck am I' and turned around. Such is mountaineering .. and the mountain will still be there next year, I'm pretty sure :)
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Evel
Trad climber
Nederland
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the Black, Unaweep, Black hills Needles.........
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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I have modest ticklist;....climb new stuff at Joshua Tree, climb in the San Bernardino Mtns at new places for me, climb some of the new stuff in Idyllwild, maybe a day or two at Red Rocks.......just keep the ball rolling and climb at least once a week.............don't spend alot of time driving;...just enjoy the local stuff for now.....
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Gane
Trad climber
State of Confusion
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Lofoten, Norway "The Magic Islands"
(photo link/borrowed from utsidan.se)
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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i have this thing where i just can't manage to get jack sh#t done on my first visit to any given climbing destination.
i just returned from a wholly unproductive visit to zion, arches and the fishers.
so now that those places aren't "new" to me anymore, i intend to go back and actually get something done!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Okay, not good. This evening it pissed down rain and thunder and lightening harder than I have seen in many of year, and is continuing to do so.
Seven years in England and 14 years in Ireland and I can't recall a harder rain than what fell on Mallorca this evening.
I looked at the 7 and 10-day forecasts for the island before we left and generally it said some light rain for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Light? My arse. The five-star Marriott resort we are staying at (I do not recommend it but we got a good deal, as long as on Thursday - Jennie's B'Day - we listen to a 90-minute speel about why we should buy a holiday timeshare here - KNOTT) couldn't even show the Manchester United vs Porto Champion's League 1/4 final, so I had to head up the motorway to Ca'n Pastilla to an English pub to watch it.
As I headed north, the rain was heading south directly onto my car. Did I say rain? Deluge is more like it. The streets were flooded and I almost got stuck. I finally found The Manchester Pub, albeit for the second half.
What has all of this have to do with climbing? I was hoping to spend some time (we fly back to Dublin on Saturday) at the Sa Gubia and Fraguel climbing crags. But it doesn't look good by the forecasts.
Sunny Spain? Afraid knott.
Darn, but fingers crossed for Friday.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Ed H - stuck in a rut eh? Pretty nice rut... :-) Papa J - yes, 'sham' on you, get your arse up here to the Black! :-) As for me, CG and I are hoping to maybe go East for some craggin this coming Fall - I've never been to Seneca Rocks...
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
the base of the Shawangunk Ridge
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Hey euro- I feel the same way. I dont know why it happens like that- always makes me feel like i am wasting a great opportunity or something.
If anyone is coming out to the Gunks and wants a partner, let me know. I live about 20 min away and have yet to have the chance to show anyone around there.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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i've had that 'waste of time' feeling before... but not this trip. after getting fully shutdown on the main objective i realized my "first time to a destination problem" and, well, pretty much gave up on climbing anything. turned it into a tourist/scouting/photography mission and had an epic blast. did a bunch of crap i'd normally never waste time doing on a climbing trip, gathered up OODLES of beta for next time, and just had a killer time taking it all in. one of my best trips ever!
i'd been saying for years that i hadn't had a 'vacation' since i started climbin. i guess i had one this year!
pics right here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/euroford/Utah09#
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B-Dog
Trad climber
LOUISIANA
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Get up Positive Vibrations on the Hulk, the Rostrum, and Astroman.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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I'd love to tell you Crimpie, but then my secret would be out and other peeps would show up!
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