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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 24, 2017 - 07:03pm PT
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 24, 2017 - 09:29pm PT
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Climbed the North Ridge two years ago during the not so real winter on February 1st.
It was really long...
Ten hours up and five hours down to horton creek where we had stashed bicycles and beer... then an hour down to Bishop in the full moon on the bikes.
Its like an island in the sky, a very beautiful and a memorable day.
Would love to go back this week and climb or ski it in real winter if any one is interested hit me up.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Jan 24, 2017 - 10:05pm PT
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Will Crljenko
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Jan 25, 2017 - 09:17am PT
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Christine Seashore
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jan 25, 2017 - 12:31pm PT
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Mt Tom last week. Elderberry Canyon is an iconic ski, a must do, bucket list adventure, up and back. In the spring the ascent is relatively fast right up the gully.
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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Jan 25, 2017 - 12:36pm PT
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Elderberry Canyon can be a great descent. But with such a huge vertical, it's difficult to get prime conditions both at the top and the bottom. At least, that's my experience from the two times I did it.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Jan 25, 2017 - 05:23pm PT
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I've got a slightly funny Mt. Tom story.
So....we blasted up to Bishop (way pre-dawn, 2 ish)and I was supposed to do a Shoe demo with Peter (Croft). I worked for Boreal at the time as a rep. I was with my friend Tom and my dog Scout.
But, I was obsessed with bagging Mt. Tom.
So, on the drive I called Peter and begged him to do the demo. He understood and said yes immediately.
We met in the Wheeler's parking lot and handed off the shoes.
Then, the 3 of us headed up to The Milks to bag the peak.
Aw, free of responsibilities we headed up the peak.
Got to the summit and Scout was feeling the altitude pretty bad (we were strait up from sea level). She barfed, ate it, barfed again, ate it and barfed again.
I was reminded of the famous Todd Gordon quote, "a Dog always returns to his vomit."
She ate it again and we headed down.
After 1000 or 2000 feet down she was feelin' pretty good.
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2017 - 10:34pm PT
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the Mt Tom thread lives on!!
nice photo Dan!
and love all the stories and photos from others...
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Jan 26, 2017 - 06:25am PT
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Great stuff! Must climb it before I'm too feeble. The photos and stories here are what's best about TACO.
BAd
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jan 26, 2017 - 06:58am PT
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Just got invited by a buddy in Bishop to ski Elderberry this spring...the east side should be epic this year.
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Happy Cowboy
Social climber
Boz MT
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Jan 26, 2017 - 12:17pm PT
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Thanks BIOTCH and Capt. for the kind mention of two friends who died in an Avalanche on Tom. I was a close friend of Chris Seashore from too long ago, 1962. We did a lot of BC skiing together. She was rather small and lightweight and an awesome skier with an infectious personality. I still remember her ability to ride high on breakable crust where us guys would flounder. Here's the card from her wake...RIP Chris and Will
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Jan 26, 2017 - 07:00pm PT
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Beautiful. ^^
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Dan McDevitt
Social climber
tioga cliff or fifi buttress
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Nov 20, 2017 - 12:42pm PT
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hailman
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Nov 20, 2017 - 04:59pm PT
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Went up there last August to climb the north ridge...but completely botched the approach. I think I drive too far up Pine Creek Rd, then couldn't figure out how to cross Pine Creek (raging after big winter).
I was about to tyrolean my way over on that manky rope, but decided against it when my butt started dipping in the water!!
As I recall I hiked Mt Gould that day instead, and ferried numerous thru-hikers up and down from Onion Valley trailhaed / Independence.
PS. Looks like there's a neato miner trail going up the south side of the mountain. If you look close you can see it criss-crossing the snowfields:
Would be cool to see their handiwork up close. Those guys were the real deal!!
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Nov 20, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
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Did Tom solo in late summer, I think, maybe 17 or so years ago, via the south side, before getting to Horton Lakes. Fun slog. Wouldn’t want to do it with any snow around; that just makes the geology invisible.
Tried to do Basin Mountain another time and got to the saddle just below the summit, above the south side of the ‘basin’ but lightning was popping off all around and I didn’t want to get zapped, so I bailed.
Humphreys looks really cool.
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ryankelly
climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2017 - 08:07pm PT
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Dan McD - Thanks for kickstarting this thread again
Other folks - I feel the mountain stoke! Thanks for that
Nice to see the EastSide now that Tioga is closed. Sweet, sacred Sierras
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Nov 20, 2017 - 08:37pm PT
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Jody, those pictures jump off the screen nice work !
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 21, 2017 - 09:14am PT
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Jody, those pictures jump off the screen nice work
+1, beautiful photos Jody.
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Nov 21, 2017 - 05:15pm PT
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Bishop Creek, 48"x48" Oil on Canvas (Mt. Tom in the background)
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ryankelly
climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2017 - 06:11pm PT
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@Jody - thanks for posting your work, really nice
@Mtnmun ~ that scene looks like that feeling when you get back down from the mountain top feeling scorched by the sun and wind and then when you sit by the creek and you feel the joy of rushing water and life
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