Ron Anderson
Trad climber
USA Carson city Nev.
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 4, 2011 - 12:04pm PT
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Does ANYONE remeber a vertical drool ,, somewhere in the cascade or emerald bay area fairly close above the highway (as i remember,)that was called either the "gravity tube" or the "inertia tube",,,it was about 75 feet of dead vert on gorgeous blue???
or,, am i have an errant flashback??;-/
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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It's described in the ice section of the Carville guide as "Inertia Tube".
I'm looking forward to some upcoming trips into that area looking for stuff to climb.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
USA Carson city Nev.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2011 - 12:13pm PT
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hhmmm, musta missed that!- U talkin the Yellow Carville guide? Or that newer faclon crap pile?
found it,, thanks for the info ,,,,and yes my memory was correct! who woulda thunk it!? on of the most beautifull pieces of ice in the basin imo...
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
USA Carson city Nev.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2011 - 12:29pm PT
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wish i could find them...udderwise i would have posted them already...But its like eight feet around at the base smooth as glass blue can be and tops out with a phat tree belay.. Take five screws from long to shorties and an old salewa "cork-screw" for added charm! Long slings for the anchor.,,or,, it dint happen..;-)
edit: the second link shows it in a FUNKY conition! But good find!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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More photos here:
http://home.comcast.net/~lzmaps/id10.html
Looks really cool. So does the other stuff.
Also I researched that there is supposedly "Maggies falls" 4 pitch wi4 in the gully on maggie's peak some times. I guess very rare. Would be awesome if someone posted photos of that!
Or any of your old/new Tahoe ice photos!
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
USA Carson city Nev.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2011 - 01:10pm PT
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there some old tahoe ice shots in the "golden age Tahoe region thread, and another thread about "kirkwood ice" you may want to check out!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Thank you Ron. I need to look at those photos before I depart for Everest! Will make me tough.
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IV
climber
tahoe
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It was there last year. The screws might not be so bomber...
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
USA Carson city Nev.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2011 - 03:49pm PT
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it looks thinner these days...Has the drainiage been messed with one wonders?
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IV
climber
tahoe
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OOOOH Boy
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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tahoe ice?
harveys,
harrahs, thats ice,
cold hard ice water runnun thru the casino veins,
i'm a loser
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ruppell
climber
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Ice climbing in California? Man I left the right coast to get away from that. Great pics though. Now where did I leave those tools? Nevermind gotta get some bouldering in before the masses arrive.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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actually ron there was so much water on the inertia tube last year it got rinsed!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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grrrr, would be nice if people could post updates in this/or some other thread on conditions (when ice is in). But it is likely to get buried in tons of political crap.
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fattrad
Mountain climber
GOP Convention
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My X-15's are sharp.
the evil one
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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the road outside my house has been good and icy today. have seen probably a dozen vehicles get squirlly going down or up today.
No climbing ice to report so far however.
edit: this thread is bookmarked, and I'll update if/when I find the goods.
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