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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Aug 27, 2011 - 12:22am PT
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Wow, manolo!
Cool
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 27, 2011 - 12:47am PT
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klk: Re Manolo.
I have to mention that the Manolo we be-friended is not: “The MANOLO”.
Our Manolo is from Venezuela and is living in Spain at age 56.
Manolo is about as common as Joe or Pete as a name in Spanish culture.
Manolo was thrilled to meet Donini because: he had spent a lot of time climbing in Patagonia, and is trying to write a history of Patagonia climbing.
As you know: Donini is revered for his “cutting-edge” ascents, by a fair number of Patagonia climbers.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 28, 2011 - 10:44am PT
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Manolo and his lovely friend Francesca were camped in the site adjacent to our site. They were surprised that we were also climbing! Very nice folks and very competent on the rocks.
They were without a car and were suffering from not having brought enough food or a cooler, so Jan and I helped them out with some of our surplus. Very nice neighbors I will add...
We were fortunate to have one of the very nice shady sites.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 28, 2011 - 10:54am PT
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hey there say.... fritz... thanks for the recent share, as well...
:)
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2011 - 10:07pm PT
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We went back down for a long weekend, and had the greatest Lightning storm any of the 6 of us had ever witnessed: on Sunday night.
We also ran into Manolo & Francesca at the Breadloaves parking lot. We thought they were "long gone", but it was the last of their 16 days at COR.
There were thunderstorms to the south of us on Saturday afternoon, but we only got a little rain, accompanied by distant thunder.
Great sunset on Saturday night!
At about noon on Sunday, a good-sized thunderstorm rolled through the southern part of the city, but it only rained lightly where we were climbing at the Breadloaves.
When we retreated to our camp, near Elephant Rock, we experienced a mid-day “Gulley- Washer.”
After that: small thunder-storms kept floating by, but we got a two-hour break for cocktail hour and dinner, while a big storm pounded higher mountains to the north and valleys to the east. The light was great for taking photos!
About dark: the whole western horizon started filling up with lightning flashes. The six of us talked among ourselves, and moved to the “walk-in” camping parking lot, then stood near our vehicles. For about an hour: we were surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands. of lightning strikes.
Heidi and I took about a hundred “hand-held” photos, and got only a few decent results. Kim was using a tripod, and hopefully got some great lightning photos.
When the rain finally hit: the lightning was getting very close.
It was car-time!
Luckily!
I had hung onto a bottle of wine and a glass: to “sit-out” the close lightning strikes and pounding rain.
Heidi had a glass too-----and we toasted to "cheating death by lightning!"
By about 11:00 PM the storm passed, and we crept back to our tent for the calm night.
Yes!
We climbed this morning and a lot on Saturday afternoon.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 29, 2011 - 10:13pm PT
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Climbing essentials: Red wine? Check. Cups? Check. Shelter from the weather? Check. Great company? Essential; check.
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