10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Jun 11, 2012 - 08:30am PT
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Awesome. Coming up in a couple of weeks
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willm
Social climber
Oakland
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Jun 11, 2012 - 09:54am PT
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I saw you kayak by while I was enjoying a salami sandwich roadside! We commented on how the child in the back of your kayak looked like R2D2 on an X-wing from afar when wearing a hat. You guys were cruisin'!
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 11, 2012 - 11:09am PT
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willm, bwahahahaha! R2D2 on an x-wing....too funny!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jun 11, 2012 - 01:13pm PT
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Cragman...When i saw you yesterday with the boats on the cragman rig , i thought you were heading to Mono and navy beach for a D-Day re-enactment....? Seeing Marina in the storage hatch reminds me of the day my daughter sat behind me in the hatch out to Negit Island...On the 3 mile trip back the wind and waves kicked up creating a dangerous situation...i was paddling as hard as i could , making sure the paddle didn't get pushed under the water with me attached to it.... the 4 foot waves came in rapid- fire succession crashing over my bow and hosing me thoroughly between paddle strokes...Make sure you have a bilge pump and make sure you know how to do a self-rescue just in case something unexpected pops up....one more thing......thanks for the nice photos...RJ
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wayne burleson
climber
Amherst, MA
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Jun 11, 2012 - 01:44pm PT
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Great pics!
Love the facing backwards in the hatch... doin her own thing.
And great shots of Hoodwink!
Was just up there last weekend with Clint. On the way up to the Valley, we heard the weather was going to be awesome, but the one place I wanted to be, even more than the Meadows, was that lake.. And of course we started out with South Crack. First time up there in 5 years. Great pics!
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Jun 11, 2012 - 06:46pm PT
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I had a great time climbing with Cragman on Saturday. Here are some pics of Dean stylin' -
Pitch 2 (5.10a)
(I hung on this one)
Pitch 3 (5.10b)
(I hung on this one too)
Pitch 4 (5.10a)
(Finally a pitch involving something my body can actually do -- stemming !)
I got to lead the first and last pitch -
Afterwards we went to the Whoa Nellie for fish tacos and hung out with Lynne Leichtfuss. What a relaxed and mellow time.
Thanks for the beta on Fairview -- I had a great time, and led the first pitch. The crux jams were wet of course, but I somehow managed without pulling on gear or hanging :) It did take me a couple of false starts before I finally committed. My partner was not in the mood for the slimy holds, but she managed -
She took the next couple of pitches -- a full 70m that had me tired and gasping. I even got passed by the obligatory soloist, hahaha :) We simuled after pitch 7, but we eventually tired of that and just soloed.
Really enjoyed the route. The views of Cathedral, Unicorn, Coxcomb, and Tresidder were wonderful -
Did not get a particularly early start, so we got to the top around 6:40pm and back to the car around 8-ish.
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 11, 2012 - 07:05pm PT
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Hey Rob, nice pics! Thanks for posting them up! Great meeting you! So glad we could get in some great pitches together!
Glad you enjoyed the Reg! Such a classic line.....there are better routes over there though, so go back soon!
Cheers,
DR
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jun 11, 2012 - 08:16pm PT
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Nice. Is that an alpacka? Thinking about getting one.
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Anxious Melancholy
Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
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Jun 12, 2012 - 07:16am PT
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johntp, naw, can't afford an alpacka just yet, and as I'm just starting to get into pack rafting (amongst all the other activities I do) I gotta watch the dinero. The raft pictured is an old German life raft. Weighs a bit more than an Alpacka, 9 lbs v 5 lbs, but is really durable. Good thing too, since at this point I seem to carom thru the raids more than slip thru!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jun 12, 2012 - 11:10am PT
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Rhyang,
Yes, had a very chill, mellow time with y'all. Thanks for the dinner, Dean.
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Cragman
Trad climber
June Lake, California....via the Damascus Road
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2012 - 01:36pm PT
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My pleasure, Lynne! Such a treat, as always, to hang with you, dear lady!
See ya soon!
Cheers,
DR
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