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Richard Large
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where you least expect
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Jul 23, 2006 - 08:14pm PT
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The best way to deal with the U-Notch bergschrund...
Climbing the east face of Mt Muir in 1973...
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 23, 2006 - 08:19pm PT
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Skinny skis!
That is so proud.
Let's see that on V Notch.
Gauntlet down.
Tarbousier.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jul 23, 2006 - 08:20pm PT
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We were attempting North Pal, Still haven't got Middle, (long story) so the slip. Yes that's Gayley back across the glacier.
Here's Middle
I'm fascinated by this side of the Palasades. just wish I'd discovered it 20 years earlier whe I'd had a chance at some of those aretes.
More Tennia
More Mathes
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 23, 2006 - 08:25pm PT
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That photograph of the Middle Palisade is to die for!
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jul 23, 2006 - 08:36pm PT
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Split from the saddle with Prather.
Descending the 2nd class route was the closest I ever came to killin myself, my partner, and a disinterested third party on the snow patch below. Had a block the size of an upright piano come off just as I steped out from in front of it.
The classic shot of Split.
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Richard Large
climber
where you least expect
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Jul 23, 2006 - 08:41pm PT
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Long lake in the Middle-Pal drainage with the Thumb? on the upper right...EDIT: oopsie -- I meant upper left.
... and 2 views of Norman Clyde Peak (anyone who carries cast iron skillets into the high country is my hero)...
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yo
climber
I'm so over it
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Jul 23, 2006 - 08:46pm PT
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These are delicious, boys.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Jul 24, 2006 - 02:46am PT
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Just a Bump.
Because this is bitchen sh-t!
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Richard Large
climber
where you least expect
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Jul 24, 2006 - 11:23am PT
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love your "sizzle" captions...
A fun lightning story...
Me and a droog decided to do the SE Butt on Cathedral one summer back in the 70's and though the thunder bumpers were materializing every afternoon, we decided to get and early start and go light, figuring we could get off quickly and easily enough if the deluge came.
Sure enough, as we got close to the summit it started to rain and by the time we got back to the base we were soaked and shivering and scared -- the lightning was very close, hitting all around us and the thunder was deafening, sending shivers up my spine with every bolt. Then a bolt zapped a small group of trees in the saddle between Cathedral and the Echo peaks about 200 yards from us, setting the trees on fire.
So, in our mind numbing freeze and going with the "lightning never strikes twice" theory/myth, we ran right over there, warmed up and dried out our clothes while the storm passed. Perhaps the coolest campfire I've ever had.
Cathedral Peak from the Echo peaks (different trip).
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telemama
Trad climber
midpines
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Jul 24, 2006 - 12:01pm PT
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Thanks, Roy, for the pics.
And the chuckle...
"This is why I recommend real boots for peak bagging... Tim on the other hand, had a Ramer self arrest pole and medium weight running shoes; he had to muck around on the edge of the snow while intermittently holding onto the rock.He is mountain wise so I knew he'd be OK, but he agreed an ax to plunge and stiff boots are nice."
LOL. That's our Tim for ya. He'd still be skiing chutes in snowfields if ya let him! As is, he thinks his T3s are "just fine". "It's all about Technique." Is what he would say. He's a minimalist and ya gotta love him for it.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 24, 2006 - 12:12pm PT
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So many great photos!
Here's my only good one, Mt. Humphreys:
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BCD
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 24, 2006 - 01:49pm PT
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I only have winter photos available right now....
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2006 - 07:24pm PT
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Er, um...
*bump*
Note Claude's knatty knickers and dapper kronies.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 24, 2006 - 08:59pm PT
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goatboy smellz
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shakedown street
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Jul 24, 2006 - 10:25pm PT
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"mmm...which way back to the car...
north to Longs...
no east always east, down,down,down here comes da rain!"
Tar,
I'm guessing your running up in your backyard tween waitin for the dialup to dialdown.
Yah gotta love Audubon for a quickie.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2006 - 01:47am PT
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Methinks you 'jus got cross posted Goatboy!
No matter,
Ya just reminded me of some slides fer that Rockies thread-a-mick-bobber.
There, there, this'll right the ship back inta' the High Sierra:
Top of the Unicorn:
Me 'N Messick climbed an 'Ole 5.9 A3 route: Direct N Face.
Felt like a 10c Lieback Teh Me...
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goatboy smellz
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shakedown street
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Jul 25, 2006 - 08:05am PT
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Nope did it on purpose. Keeping "Primetime" thread for the here and now.
"Scrambled Light" for what ever I discover in the old photo box.
Also tryin to bump all that political stuff off the main page... help me kids, post away.
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Richard Large
climber
where you least expect
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Jul 25, 2006 - 12:00pm PT
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South Face of Mt Russell...
Chicken Skinner atop Polymonium Peak at sunset...
Two views of a little "scramble" at Whitney Portal, mid-80's...
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goatboy smellz
climber
shakedown street
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Jul 25, 2006 - 01:35pm PT
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go large go!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2006 - 01:47pm PT
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...and after the sunset atop the palisades richard large,
then what did y'all do?
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