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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 29, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
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I know a lot of you only "get OTC" in winter.
I used to "hate" the season, but it's mild here in the Central Valley. Good old tule fog and endless overcast.
I have accepted it, but there is one thing I miss about winter, and that is XC skiing. My skiing is best described as something else, compared to many, and I totally lost interest in the sport when the "skaters" showed up with their flashing speed.
I did enjoy several trips into the Sierra Nevada on skinny skis, never had the oppo to get out and do back country skiing. I would have enjoyed it. Here are some of Jim Shirley's pix from back in the 70s.
It isn't just about ski touring, though. It's about winter. And snow isn't around all winter, so just to keep it honest, let's just say snow. There are enough pix around of JT and Tahquitz free of snow.
And snow isn't just confined to the winter months, remember. So, use these as guides when posting, if you get my "drift."
Sorry, you'll have to supply the names of these peaks on your own...
MFM
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 29, 2012 - 07:52pm PT
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Mungo like snow...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 29, 2012 - 07:53pm PT
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Snow, water in a frozen form....now what was it that W.C. Fields said about water?
Nice pics! Yeah, skaters kinda queered it for everyone, didn't they?
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Aug 29, 2012 - 08:24pm PT
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I borrowed these. to save others having to go looking for 'em
This was actually called the Trek of the Magnificent Seven. After you put down the camera and joined the group, wasn't it alot of fun?
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 29, 2012 - 08:49pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Aug 29, 2012 - 08:53pm PT
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Brandon, I hope it stawms for you more this year than last.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 29, 2012 - 09:25pm PT
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Bowser
Social climber
Durango CO
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Aug 29, 2012 - 10:16pm PT
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Last week at Yankee Boy Basin shortly after summiting Mt. Sneffels. It may only be hail, but it is a sign. The Aspens are already turning too.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Aug 29, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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Holy cow, how I miss snow. Now with this living in the desert and global warming and synthetic fabrics... It's a sad time in the universe.
Sometimes the snow getsta be a few years old and don't go nowhere.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Aug 29, 2012 - 10:40pm PT
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One of my favorite memories is skinning around rock creek canyon under a full moon.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Aug 29, 2012 - 11:47pm PT
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:45am PT
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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Donini...So many skaters and too many haters....!
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WyoRockMan
Trad climber
Flank of the Bighorns
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:53am PT
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103 today makes this a great topic!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Aug 30, 2012 - 12:57am PT
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JohnTp...Rock creek..? One New years eve , with headlamps and some friends we skied up the fisherman trail to the winter lodge....At each foot bridge we would stop and eulogize a lost love one which we then followed with a shot of Polish vodka...Skiing thru the forest with close friends and memories of lost loved ones was a great way to spend new years eve.....
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Aug 30, 2012 - 01:08am PT
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Any one ever read the book about Orlando Bartholomew? First Guy to do JMT in winter. I believe in 1929? Could have the year wrong but I'm sure somebody will let me know if I do. Anyways its an awesome book totally recommended it.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 30, 2012 - 01:10am PT
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One New years eve , with headlamps and some friends we skied up...
Man, does that bring back memories. New Year's eve, skis, winding up with some people we'd never met, but who became friends, in a storm in a hut high in the Canadian Rockies...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 30, 2012 - 01:31am PT
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One Christmas Eve we had a ski yumping contest off the mill roof at Hatcher Pass, AK.
I am happy to report that all parties were sufficiently lubricated that no
injuries were incurred, amazingly. There was one Olympian and a couple of
Alaskan champions participating. Pretty crazy.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 30, 2012 - 03:34am PT
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hey there say, mouse from merced...
sorry, can't see all the pics, but this sure is a nice share...
:)
yep, snow pics are nice, anytime of year...
:)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2012 - 03:55am PT
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Skamoto:
I've read a longish article about this Bartholomew and can't seem to locate it, but for the record, HS: Peaks, Passes, and Trails lists Mount Bartholomew, named for him, at 11,110 feet, SSE of Shellenbarger Lake.
Thread is now open to "art" capable of moving the viewer with snow.
I loved the skyline shot of the GWD and the skyline framed by the tent door. Nice stuff, ladies and gents!
I was in JT over Xmas with Millis and Mathis and it snowed so much...
We thought about skedaddling. We got plastered instead. Ah, Xmas by the open campfire with a jug of red. "Baby, it's cold outside."
Thanks, Neebee. Kind of you to say. Wish you could enjoy more!
[Skaters are welcome here, too, but don't try to convert the innocent.]
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skamoto
Mountain climber
coalinga ca
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Aug 30, 2012 - 04:02am PT
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Hey mouse the book is called " high Odyssey " first winter accent of MT Whitney and JMT. Its a Dang good read.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Aug 30, 2012 - 04:32am PT
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Why you hating on skating? I try not to knock folks over when I go speed flashing by...
Skating up Lamarck Col...
Some days I enjoy cruising slowly, xc skiing through the woods.
I always try to be nice to curmudgeons even if they don't approve of my sports...
Peter
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 30, 2012 - 05:28am PT
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Curmudeon trudgin up the trail
Can't keep up with the flashing tail
Of the Skater.
Envy his style,
All the while.
See ya later.
Just that change is hard,
For an old retard
Not a hater.
MFM
(It was how I felt at the time. I no longer care, as I don't think I'll do any more skiing, much as I liked it: I have asthma.)
Meanwhle, keep on skatin' and truckin'!! :)
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Aug 30, 2012 - 09:06am PT
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Skating is evolutionary perfection. Ultralight, space-age materials, a melding of man and device, and zero-percent body fat. My fatties are seeing less and less use as I get older, greyer, and faster. My entire setup weight is like, 1.4 pounds.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2012 - 09:33am PT
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Looky what I found!
Don't know who made this, but it's a nice scrapbook.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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steve shea
climber
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Yeah, its been below freezing here in Jackson the last few mornings. A really good new winter sport not discussed much is cross country snowboarding. Reel Films has a few clips on Youtube. I had to quit cause I got a bad case of skooch leg.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Who doesn't love to play in the snow? No mosquitoes!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Snow? I love snow! It's my specialty! I'm really a weekend warrior in the summer but I get all winter off to play!!!
Mt Garbaldi at sunset
Kyle getting sendy
Kyle taking advantage of a beautiful inversion 20+c day in January???
Me having fun in the alpenglow at spanky's wall
Getting a few laps in on some backcountry freshies
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 7, 2012 - 01:55pm PT
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Steve, what in the heck's skooch leg?
Is it anything like the West Nile Piles or is it more akin to Plantar Facea? Ver' nize, Bigga Mike!!! And Reilly!!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Now that was phunny! And educational!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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check out the video montage intro in the background when they do the x-break bit... it's so classic!
Is this thread strictly non-motorized? Hope not,
Eric sending it
Luke rips some pow!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Rockin' MN.
world class humor there
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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"This is an outsider sport and it's and outsider sport of an outsider sport, Snowboarding. Plus: we do it outside, so we're rocking a triple entendre there you know!" ;) LOL
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steve shea
climber
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Big Mike thanks for posting the video. Whenever I'm in the chalet I'm always walking in circles. My skooch leg is gradually clearing up but it takes a while. SS
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Ice, not snow. Still cool IMO.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bail!!
Rappin off Spanky's wall
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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No bail, intentional inversions. I stuck both of 'em. Backslapped the second one, but still skied out of it.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2012 - 01:05am PT
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I had to put this up.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Rock Creek is quite nice in winter
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Dogs like snow, Too.
Guess which one has herding genes?
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Fumbling towards stone
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Snow porn, I enjoy the entire political spectrum. Keep 'em coming. Great shots, all! TPFU.
Eric
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Hey Mike, in that rappin' of Spanky's pic above, there is an obvious face in the profile of that cliff that is just a bit spooky.
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pell
Trad climber
Sunnyvale
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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No pics, but reporting in that I woke up to white ground cover at Georgetown Lake Wednesday morning--the first true sign of Autumn in Montucky, snow :-)
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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Two days ago in Whitefish...
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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looks like it is time to dust off the Ginzu, eKat
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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soon it will be looking like this
until then, keep climbing!
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Returning from Facelift, I was greeted by some lovely Fall foliage...
And then this morning; what to my wondering eyes should appear...
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Oh to have another winter like 2007. Had some of the best turns and lightest powder right in Boulder.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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In the nearby national park.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2012 - 12:30pm PT
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Rick, that's a subtle shot. I like it a lot.
If you don't like the trees, strap on some skis.
Roam higher. And then, above the timberline,
Go higher yet. Scream like an eagle. Yer flyin'.
Roger, go for the lightest set-up you can get for poling around your place. It looks cherry. Have a good onset!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mouse you talking high alpine? Like this?
Thank god! I thought I killed this thread with my evil snowmobile pics!
Wayno- Good eye! Never noticed that before!
Okay one more snowy vista....
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Climbing season was all-too-short for me this year due to many complications with my house remodeling project, but I'm happy to see snow--or any form of precipitation! I'm still planning a Joshua Tree expedition for a week or so, around Thanksgiving. Either that or a very late October trip...
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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I'm beginning to wonder if you post too much, senor.
Senor, senor, let's overturn these cables
Disconnect these tables
This place don't make sense to me no more
Can you tell me what we're waiting for, senor ?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2012 - 01:27am PT
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I stacked the split of the cropped photo. It gets better when you click to enlarge. It held up well for an old slide, 1975.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:06am PT
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Did somebody say "ice"?
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dave goodwin
climber
carson city, nv
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:08am PT
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Oct 11, 2012 - 11:23am PT
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Nice thread. But I find ice climbing absolutely horrible. Had all my gear stolen in the spring of '82 and was happy about it. Weird, I do love to snowboard and surf all winter (NJ)...
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