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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Oct 14, 2011 - 10:23am PT
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Welcome Dr. John! Can't wait to hear your trip report (and hopefully lots of photos of your time).
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 14, 2011 - 11:30am PT
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I still say he came out early and was painting Bridgeport chartreuse.
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Dr. John
climber
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Oct 14, 2011 - 09:17pm PT
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Damned if you do and damned if you don't (set an emergency date/time). I always leave an itinerary and an emergency date with a friend. As a result, I often end up busting my ass at the end to get back in time. This time I failed.
I once camped on the shoulder of Split Mountain and didn't do the class-2 walk up to the summit, because I HAD to get back the next day.
I like backpacking solo, and I like going with a friend. For me backpacking is partly a meditation on the mountains. Being with someone can be a distraction. When traveling solo, I enjoy the necessity of being careful. It keeps me focused.
I picnicked in our city park today with some friends and shared my story about the trip, but I haven't written it up yet.
I could have taken some great pictures, if I'd had a camera. But I tend to leave the camera behind for the same reason I go solo. It, too, can interfere with being there.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 14, 2011 - 09:23pm PT
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As both John Muir and Norman Clyde - to take but two examples - were very fond of solo adventures in the Sierra, that speaks for itself.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Oct 14, 2011 - 09:29pm PT
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Glad you are safe...I thought you were in Bridgeport mingling with the 8 inbred families and dwarfs..RJ
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 14, 2011 - 11:30pm PT
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Hey John, do you know Mike Loughman?
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jmap
Social climber
NC
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Oct 15, 2011 - 12:15am PT
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But I tend to leave the camera behind for the same reason I go solo. It, too, can interfere with being there.
Yes indeed.
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Oct 15, 2011 - 01:54am PT
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I was really relieved at the happy news of your safe return. When I read the posted itinerary, I said to myself “I’d be late too; who would want to hurry.” I can hardly wait to hear the story, particularly Simpson to Blue Canyon to Martha.
I nearly got stuck once in a Halloween storm in LeConte Canyon in 1978 when we considered aborting down river all the way (a foolish option, but seemed comforting since I grew up there). Instead, the weather cleared and we made it back over Bishop Pass (barely).
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