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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 12, 2013 - 09:41pm PT
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Poor guy....he left the fine smell of roasting coffee in beautiful Hood River, Or. to spend a month climbing in Colorado. And what does he get.....RAIN! Check out the Evening News, Mark is in Lyons and Lyons is completely cut off.....bridges and roads out.
Loosen your wallets, helicopters don't come cheap. We simply have to rescue Mark. Okay....i admit it, i have a selfish reason....Mark and i have a date in the Black Canyon next week.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Sep 12, 2013 - 09:42pm PT
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oooh! whatchyew boys climbing? can i sit on the opposite rim with a frosty bev and a camera?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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Anything Mark cares to lead....i've reached an age where my only climbing command is..."up rope, i'm not moving."
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 12, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
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hey there say, donini... wow, i just read and saw that photo that mark shared, :O
bad looking stuff for all, :O
what a time for a trip... :(
least-wise, though, he is with quality company, ;)
as to other climbers...
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Sep 12, 2013 - 09:58pm PT
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Yep for Mark it could be be a really really little raft.
Ahh screw it.. this is IMPORTANT. Call out the Marines. Hmm does Lyons have oil? Not sure the Marines show up unless there is oil involved.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Sep 12, 2013 - 10:09pm PT
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Actually the Coast Guard is on the way here. If they can't get him then perhaps we can organize a rescue. I'm thinking we build a big sling shot and launch him one of Locker's "Inflate a Dates" feathered to a fishing pole. Could work.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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Or he could float out holding onto an anotomically correct blow up sheep. I have a few i'm not currently using.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Sep 12, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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oh hell, he'd better start doing the back stroke..he can't stand up Mr. Donini.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:11am PT
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Ha! Thanks! Actually, people are being evacuated but it's a women, children, the elderly and sick first. I don't qualify on any of those counts.
I sure do hope I can drive out of here in the next couple of days. I suspect by Saturday or Sunday something will be figured out to get people moving. We don't have running water or gas and can't use the toilet, but we have electricity and Internet, and I have all the dehydrated food for my Yosemite walls in the car. So far so good.
Really, though, not far from here, there is a lot of sadness. People have lost their homes, their businesses and their jobs. I still have everything I came with. I lack only the memories of climbs I didn't do. No big deal. I've made some good friends and I'll be back next year.
I've no doubt that Jim and I will get to climb in the Black next week, it can't rain for that long, can it?
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:16am PT
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I'll send him some preground Starbucks.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:22am PT
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Ha! I have about ten pounds of coffee with me!
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john hansen
climber
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:32am PT
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Mark, you can always flush a toilet.
Get a 5 gallon bucket .
Put about 2 gallons of water in the bucket and pour it into the bowl and its just like a flush.
Try it.
One thing you got is plenty of water....
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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Mark you have become an Oregonian and obviously have taken that wet weather with you as you travel. Come on down to the Tahoe Sierra we need rain big time.
Charlie D.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Sep 13, 2013 - 12:48am PT
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Sounds a lot like camp 4 in the 70's. you should feell right at home Mark. All kidding aside, I hope you get along to The Black soon and that the people there get a break in the devastating rain.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Sep 13, 2013 - 11:48am PT
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Funny, it was pretty dry over here all day. I went climbing, stayed dry, and came home to hear about the apocalypse on the Front Range. Enjoy the Black!
And: can it rain that long? This year, it seems like it can indeed. Good luck y'all.
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Skot433
Big Wall climber
Corona CA.
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Sep 13, 2013 - 02:52pm PT
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I'm tempted to drive up to Lyons and get you myself mark...
I'm not sure how far it is or how close I can get to you mark...
I'm looking into it
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Sep 13, 2013 - 03:05pm PT
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Yeah, Hudon has been spending too much time lounging in his portaledge in sunny California!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Sep 13, 2013 - 11:10pm PT
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I escaped!
They were going to close a bridge that would have trapped my car there till the bridge was fixed, maybe a few months, so I quickly loaded up my stuff and blasted across and out of there. I'm now in Fort Collins with friends and have plans to climb at Vedavoo tomorrow!
Yeah! I'm back on!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 13, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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Say hi to vedauwoo for me! I miss it!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Sep 13, 2013 - 11:12pm PT
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Hahaha! woot.. grats.. nice to hear.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 13, 2013 - 11:36pm PT
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Land of OW! well that's kind of out of the frying pan into the fire so to speak. (Just kidding, I love a good sick wide crack too.)
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 14, 2013 - 01:14am PT
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hey there say, mark... so glad you got out! months, whewww, that would sure not work :O
good you did not get lost in the current, though, does not sound
like that was too 'good idea'ish... :O
:)
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hossjulia
climber
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Sep 14, 2013 - 10:34am PT
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Been raining off and on in Jackson, but mostly off. Started with a full day of rain the day after I got back from The Winds.
Really feeling for the folks in Lyons. I love that town, Estes too. What a mess.
Glad you got out Hudon. Looking forward to meeting you at facelift.
I'm leaving in the morning for Carson City. No trip to Boulder *on the way* for me. :-(
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