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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:22am PT
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I saw Hale-Bopp and the lunar eclipse then - 1997 - in Joshua Tree. Totally cosmic!
Yeah that was quite a night. I was bivied halfway up the North East Rige of Lone Pine Peak with Larry Cote wathcing the comet which was spectacular. We were dissapointed as the moon rose which lit up the sky taking away the comet. Then the eclipse happenned which totally blew our minds. We were not aware it was on the schedule.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:34am PT
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Fritz those shots are wonderful! TFPU.
Ksolem how cool was that for you guys.
An unexpected treat.
Serendipity.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:48am PT
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Well, the lunar eclipse happened in western Canada also, and so team MH thought to take a hike late yesterday, and see what might be seen. There's probably at best a 10% chance of clear weather on a winter full moon night at Squamish, but it was worth a try.
(I forgot a tripod attachment, so my point and shoot wasn't really ideal.)
The pink fingers of sunset caress the sky.
The star of the show finally makes an appearance - he'd been eclipsed until then. A little south (right) of where expected, and a touch later.
MH2 will hopefully follow with better photos. He was idly threatening to photoshop the moon so that it was above Garibaldi, but perhaps not. We weren't able to stay until the morning's eclipse.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:54am PT
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I got up, grudgingly. It looked pretty cool but for LA's bad air and some
low thin clouds. It did glow reddish but my shots suck. Shoulda gone to the high desert.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2011 - 12:09pm PT
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DMT's story about being at the top of Washington Column for an eclipse & comet reminded me about the Eclipse fiasco a friend & I had after topping out on Leaning Tower in May 1975.
On the second day we ran out of water about 2 or 3 PM. I remember being very hot & thirsty for a long, long time. Gary finished the last lead in the dark and dozed on the summit, while I cleaned. I beat on the last pin, which seemed to be wedged at the tip for about 5 minutes, before figuring out by touch, that it was a bolt and hanger.
We needed water badly, and a full moon was just rising to give us light off the back-side. Of course we had not brought a flashlight on the climb, so we needed that full moon for a safe descent.
As we started down-climbing toward Bridal Veil Creek, the moon seemed to start dimming, then rapidly passed into shadow.
It was a full-eclipse of the moon! It was getting darker, not lighter.
We did down-climbing by Braille; pushed by our desperate thirst. As the backside of Leaning Tower steepened near its base: we tied both ropes together and used them as a hand-line to descend steeper slabs.
The ropes ended in the dark, touching the tops of some bushes. Gary then down-climbed free-solo, slipped off with a little yelp, and found terra-firma was only a three-foot drop away.
The muddy run-off waters of Bridal Veil Creek were extremely delicious.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 10, 2011 - 12:21pm PT
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nice Fritz... hopefully others will report in too..
Livermore had high cloud cover and marine layer so the Moon disappeared for the purpose of photography sometime around 6:30am PST.
Here is the progress from 5:18 to 6:12 in 2 minute steps...
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2011 - 12:29pm PT
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Ed: I love that eclipse sequence photo. I was hoping you would chime in with some awesome photos.
Too bad that clouds spoiled the event for so many of the tribe.
Here's the last photo I took before the moon slipped away into daylight.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Dec 10, 2011 - 01:11pm PT
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Watched it this morning on my way to work. I feel like I have been living in a cave as I had not heard about the event so it was a complete surprise to me, I think that made it all the more special.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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Dec 10, 2011 - 01:22pm PT
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It was a clear cold morning in Bishop
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2011 - 01:47pm PT
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Thanks for posting your luna shots!
F10! I love those eclipsed moon and mountain shots.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 10, 2011 - 05:20pm PT
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A few more pre-eclipse photos:
Some friends parasailed from just below the first summit - here they're setting up.
In the air.
Evening lights of Squamish.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2011 - 07:41pm PT
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Thanks again to all those that "posted up" photos, stories, poems, & comments.
I took a bunch of photos last year of the Winter Solstice Full Lunar Eclipse, and got only a few decent ones. This year I reviewed camera settings and did a little better.
All done on a "fairly cheap" Canon A series camera, and a tripod-----gotta have a tripod for the time exposures.
Last year on the Winter Solstice, a local pack of coyotes added to the occasion with a great howling, yipping, and trilling chorus.
No background music this year. The wolves probably ate the coyotes.
Here's a couple earlier this morning photos I took through a plum tree, off our back porch. The moon looks like a strange lantern in the branches.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 10, 2011 - 08:08pm PT
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While I got skunked photo-wise it is good some of you didn't.
Neither did these guys:
Good Eclipse Pics
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Dec 10, 2011 - 09:35pm PT
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I stood in a parking lot this morning with ten other fx techs and watched the eclipse. It was a nice start to a long day.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Dec 10, 2011 - 09:45pm PT
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F10
whoa there!. Those are spectacular pics.
Had a 10 year old friend over last night. He went to bed at 9 and we got him up about 5:30. Made cups of hot chocolate and my wife, dog Oliver and young friend sat on a big boulder in the field to watch. Between us we saw 3 meteors besides the spectacular eclipse. We stayed out until the moon sank behind the nearby ridge about 6:45. I think that boy will remember it for a while. When I took him home, one of his sisters expressed regret she hadn't joined us. Next chance: 2014.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 10, 2011 - 09:55pm PT
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hey there all, say.... wow, wonderful shots!!! ....
thanks for sharing...
say, fritz, i get a lot of those 'branches' type shots, too...
they work best for me, due to my camera... does not do good for moon shots, otherwise... i need something up close to get it all to show up....
also:
neat outdoors stuff, too, mightyhiker, of a great morning time fun-time among friends...
thanks you all...
:)
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Sagebrusher
Sport climber
Iowa
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:40pm PT
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Pretty cool... several good falling stars as well which I found surprising for the city.
Probably part of the Geminid meteor shower, which are actually better than the more well-known Perseids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminids
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:44pm PT
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What a grand and glorious universe we live in. Waking up each day is a treat. The night skies are the pumpkin pie with whipped cream. :D
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Dec 10, 2011 - 11:56pm PT
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Dec 11, 2011 - 10:05am PT
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It rained in Japan so no visible eclipse although some people saw it further north in the mainland.
Great account of descending Washington's Column, Dingus. I did the standard route as my first long Valley climb with Chuck Ostin leading. We actually stumbled around at the top of the death slabs before finding the trail and I got so dehydrated, I was on the verge of hallucinating by the time we got down. I drank a gallon of water and several beers and didn't pee until the next day. Your account brought back lots of details I had forgotten and made them vivid again. Thanks!
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