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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Wow Wow Wow
Beautiful pictures. Thanks so much for sharing this. What an awesome psych.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Hey Dave, what's in the little green bag next to your rack?
:-)
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Les
Trad climber
Bahston
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Quite possibly the best TR I've ever seen. Thanks for the stoke!
Re: the Baffin Babes, I had this Monty Python-esque image of Lancelot being "rescued" from the castle full of babes in The Holy Grail! hahaha! Dude, your karma had to have been WAY on the positive side on this trip!!!
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Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
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Great Report, thanks!
We used to joke, sitting in an East side hotsprings, "now would be a good time for the swedish womens nordic ski team to stop by" and for you they did!
Peter
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Absofockin'lutely the coolest TR !!!!
Fantastical architecture up there.
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Ezra
Social climber
WA, NC, Idaho Falls
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Holy shite batman!
bump for the real deal!
Wow! you could prolly publish this thing!
-e
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Dave,
Your TR represents the quality of stuff that we wish we could have on Supertopo all the time. If we did, there wouldn't be so much nonsense off topic stuff dominating some...weeks.
This makes my sorry trip report look....well, sorry!!
Too bad so many of us are over-the-hill-job-family-broke!! If we weren't, a few more of us would be putting up the real thing too. (You'll be in the has been club someday, HA!)
Since you have so many photos, may I suggest a part two and a part three? They may not get as much attention as part one, but we'll certainly be looking.
Thanks again for putting up the real thing!
Bruce
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ontos
Trad climber
Washington DC
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This is great stuff. This is why I hang around the taco!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Absolutely stunning pictures and a mind-blowing TR.
Puts that BURT BRONSON character to shame. :)
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FeelioBabar
climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Proper! Strong work Dave!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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OK, another question - what's with all this cold weather climbing? Why can't you go there in July and August, when it's nice and warm, and you get 24 hours of useable daylight? You know, it's WARM?? Pleasant? You don't have to melt freakin' snow just to make a coffee?
Or do the walls disintegrate when the ice holding them together melts? I don't get why you have to go in the winter. Sheesh.
Brrrrr....
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poop*ghost
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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pete, I think the sea ice that they are camping on in long gone by then.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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I know - that's the IDEA. Is there anything wrong with using a frickin' BOAT? That's how we climb in southern Ontario, you know. Take the boat to the crag. Very civilized. Have a swim along the way. A beer in a cooler, not one you have to thaw. [That's "unthaw" to you Merricans]
Or is there not a single flat area on the shore to camp on in the summer? Sounds unlikely.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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pete, I think the sea ice that they are camping on in long gone by then.
Yup. And kite-skiing is way harder once there's only water to ski on.
More serious, though, is that the period between solid snow/ice cover and open water can last a long time, during which travel becomes impossible. And there's no way to know in advance when breakup will start, and when (or even if) there will be open water. If you plan your trip for July you may never get to your objective.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Plus the summer is the wet season I hear.
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altieboo
Boulder climber
Livermore, Ca
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Holy crap, now THATS a trip report! Thats the best 35 mins I've wasted at work by far!
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Read it a 3rd time now...gotta bump it cause...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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what's the open water season like? like how long?
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