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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 23, 2013 - 01:51pm PT
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Fat ones, skinny ones, smooth ones, rough ones.
Dykes with protrusions, inset whatever.
One of my favorite features to climb, dykes can be so aesthetic.
Show me your favorite dykes!
And lets keep it PC here please people!!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 01:55pm PT
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Yeah Ron, that's for sure. Post some pics! I know u used to stomp around those grounds.
Edit- ahh there we go, cheers.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:00pm PT
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Eh?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 02:04pm PT
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Not bad Mouse!
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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That's awesome Ron, the leap just has the most amazing stone!
Just realized now I shoulda called this thread
Dyke Dynasty!
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:11pm PT
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There's gotta be a dyke in here somewhere.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 02:13pm PT
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Oh yeah! Good stuff ppl. This thread could definitely have legs if the shuteye peeps chime in too!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:14pm PT
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Somehow I doubt this one has been climbed. It is +/- 2 miles NE of Forrester Pass.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:18pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:22pm PT
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Writers of mysteries like Navratilova are a dime a dozen.
Total Zone, Killer Instinct, Breaking Point.
Players of tennis like Navratilova are like Klondike Gold, found in no other place but Wimbledon.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 02:24pm PT
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Gary- Bad!!!
U didn't read the OP, this is on topic. Next thing you know there's gonna be a brawl & Dr F & Norton & the whole political gangbang crew will be here writing 1000 word posts about everything from healthcare to Obama to A & fukkin E & yelling at each other.
Not that there is anything wrong with that but this is attempting to be a climbing thread on a climbers website.
No more please!
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:27pm PT
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Spine line on Big Baldy. Lot's of fun dikes on there!
Never climbed Lover's Leap but it looks hard to beat for dikes
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:28pm PT
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sill_(geology);
For REIlly, not that I dint have to look this up to be certain I recalled the silly word. Mount Sill is named elsewise, for some dude.
And desert polish chickenhaids don't really make it, not here in my geology text.
But I'm just layin' out the words--and it's not dyke, it's dike, unless you say it is.
I don't mean to intrude.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
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[photoid=336756]
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:33pm PT
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I haven't got any pictures of it, but Chasing Rainbows (where the Black Dyke cuts through the Malemute) has some fine dyke hiking. And fine climbing in general.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Dec 23, 2013 - 02:38pm PT
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And of course there's always this slippery Dragon fellow.
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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Dec 23, 2013 - 03:00pm PT
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This is the penultimate belay on Dem Bones in the Stronghold.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Dec 23, 2013 - 03:13pm PT
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Name this one:
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 23, 2013 - 03:25pm PT
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Wow, some cool stuff!
The stronghold eh?? I think a few dudes who post here hang out there on the reg, maybe they'll show off their Dykes.
Ghost, wish I had a shot of chasing rainbows. Never done it, looks real pretty.
The dragon? Is that black canyon?
Awesome....
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the czar
climber
meyers, ca.
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Dec 23, 2013 - 03:28pm PT
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Sonora
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Dec 23, 2013 - 03:52pm PT
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Fantastic thread!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 04:51pm PT
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I suppose this isn't a dike in the strictest sense but it is pretty cool, if short.
It did take hours to hoe out the moss and munge and I've gotten little thanks for it.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 23, 2013 - 05:00pm PT
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Thanks for doing that Reilly.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Dec 23, 2013 - 05:06pm PT
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Reilly - That IS a dyke in the strictest sense. Nice work!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 23, 2013 - 05:52pm PT
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It's from wikipedia. Do geologists care to comment?
A dike or dyke in geology is a sheet of rock that formed in a crack in a pre-existing rock body. However, when the crack is between the layers in a layered rock, it is called a sill, not a dike. It is a type of tabular or sheet intrusion, that either cuts across layers in a planar wall rock structures, or into a layer or unlayered mass of rock.[1]
Dikes can therefore be either intrusive or sedimentary in origin. For example, when molten rock intrudes into a crack then crystallizes, it is an igneous dike. When sediment fills a pre-existing crack, it is a sedimentary dike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sill_(geology);
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_(geology);
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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Dec 23, 2013 - 05:56pm PT
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Dikes are sheetlike intrusions of magma that cut at high angle across bedding or foliation in the country rock. It is commonly assumed that sheetlike intrusions form because country rock fractures most easily along a plane that is perpendicular to the axis of least compressive stress. However, sheetlike intrusions can occur only if the magma is sufficiently inviscid to flow into a sheetlike form. Sheetlike intrusions are favored for all but the most viscous granitic magmas. Basaltic and low-viscosity granitic magmas form dikes and high-viscosity granitic magmas form stocks and batholiths. Alternative explanations for stocks and batholiths are that they are emplaced either by ductile deformation or by stoping. Even magmatic bodies migrating by ductile deformation will be sheetlike if they are sufficiently small. In case you were interested.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 23, 2013 - 06:37pm PT
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Did someone mention chasing rainbows??
Very cool climb!!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Dec 23, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Dec 23, 2013 - 10:34pm PT
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on dykedelics,
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 23, 2013 - 10:36pm PT
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Big Mike! Re your photos & prose: Did someone mention chasing rainbows??
I'm not going to go looking for old photos, but back in the 70's, we named a similar dyke in Idaho: The Big Black Dyke!
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Dec 23, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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OK, how PC is a Black Dyke on a Chief?
While we're in that vein, how about Daryl's adjacent opus, The Negro Lesbian?
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Dec 23, 2013 - 10:52pm PT
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Someone's gotta go to bat for the dykes. Had a climbing partner who kept score of the lovers who became gay after his involvement or vice versa. Figured he went out even, to his knowledge.
First dike I tried to turn.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 23, 2013 - 11:44pm PT
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Mystery of the Desert
Sheep Thrills
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 12:03am PT
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that feature on Mt. Moran is a rather big one...
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Dec 24, 2013 - 01:21am PT
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Dikes at the Leap
Radial dike at Shiprock
Snake Dike
Felsic dike on Dozier
Ladder Dike in Tuolumne
Leucogranite dikes on Nuptse
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 01:25am PT
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What, no hosers postin' up Tantalus pics? For shame! (gots some unscanned
so don't hold yer breath)
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jonnyrig
Trad climber
formerly known as hillrat
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Dec 24, 2013 - 01:30am PT
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2013 - 02:02am PT
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Wow, I need to go on a Dyke tour!
Just, wow. I love these things.
Cool geology links & explanations too! Always love learning about that stuff. Are dykes possible in limestone or sandstone? Or is it a feature exclusive to granitic/volcanic formed stone??
Reilly, that would be excellent! I've got a few but gotta get them off my hard drive so might have to wait until after the lords Bday. If MH2 finds this thread I know he will have some to add from up there.
Thanks everyone for the shots so far....
Here's a wet one I snapped when walkin the dog today.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 24, 2013 - 03:07am PT
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I found the thread. I got lost looking for photos, though. I am a fan of dykes.
The Leap takes pride of place, perhaps. Some parts of it look like the back of a Royal Navy sailor from the old days, one who did not learn from discipline.
My favorite pitch at Squamish
A steep minimal dyke
One that strains your toes
Also, Women in Comfortable Shoes, Stiff Upper Lip, Land and Freedom, Sunblessed p1, whoops bedtime.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 24, 2013 - 04:01am PT
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In answer to "Banquo's challenge"
That is Charlotte Dome, named after a rather fetching black dyke, I'm told.
People have been known to lie around here (me) and lay around here, but this dike/dyke thing shows a lot of disrespect, people. A LOT of dis. I know it's a joke to begin with, but why in hell do you perpetuate it?
Yah, my butt hurts. My child's a lesbian. Many here have thick hides. I do not. I do not wanna lay it out here as this is not the place, but this rudeness is beneath you gentlemen.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dec 24, 2013 - 08:32am PT
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M Buttress in the winds.
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Aya K
Trad climber
Boulder, CO!
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Dec 24, 2013 - 10:11am PT
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The Dyke Trap, I mean, Trap Dike, on Mt. Colden. It's softer rock so it's all eroded into a deep little cleft. So much fun to hike (and a way better route to the summit than the dumb old trail)
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 10:41am PT
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Here's a link to a guide for an area where the climbing takes place exclusively on dikes. Cordwood-jointed Columbia River basalt dikes that protrude 100+ ft. from hillsides in the Blue Mtns.
http://people.whitman.edu/~pogue/climbing/dikesguide.html
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Dec 24, 2013 - 10:50am PT
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In answer to "Banquo's challenge"
That is Charlotte Dome, named after a rather fetching black dyke, I'm told.
Good effort Mouse but off by 64 miles.
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 10:59am PT
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For the geology geeks out there. Here's a photo of a quarry wall showing a clastic dike composed of sand and silt that was hydro-fracked into the Columbia River basalt about 15,000 years ago when the area was suddenly inundated by the Missoula Floods. The rock in the photo would have been nearly instantaneously loaded with 600 ft. of water. This stuff is too chossy even for me...
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the czar
climber
meyers, ca.
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Dec 24, 2013 - 11:48am PT
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bruce, he's standing on a dike, dear john buttress , lovers leap
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 24, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
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Mouse, sorry if u were offended?? That is what I did not want to happen here.
Perhaps the spelling is something to do with our international language barrier? All my guides spell it with a "Y" & that's what I've always known it as? If I'm mistaken you'll have to please forgive me.
For the rest of youse, please carry on with the wonderful photos of beautiful rocks!
M buttress, what a cool face!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Dec 24, 2013 - 12:10pm PT
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Autobahn, SW face of Half Dome. The business appears when the dyke disappears...
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Dec 24, 2013 - 12:38pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 12:42pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Dec 24, 2013 - 01:02pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Dec 24, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
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This is so frickin' hilarious! Today's m'daughter's birthday, MY initials are BJ and I sure ain't that way, so all I need say is what a crazy day why don't we all go play on some random intruding dykes Down Under or in BC or someplace where there is no issue. I made that pun, and I made that kid.
Merry Christmas, and happy traversing.
There ain't no reversing and you can't go back, either, except on the Taco Tor.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 24, 2013 - 03:47pm PT
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Back, forward, north, south, east, west, up, down, in, out, and out the z axis
The lower part of the Black Dyke at Squamish
On the lower part of Black Dyke looking at the bigger easier roof and above it the smaller harder one.
Don't drop a shoe.
Mid-section of the Black Dyke, climbers on the harder roof
Top of the (upper) Black Dyke
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 04:06pm PT
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BLOODY 'ELL! There are car parks there now?
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 24, 2013 - 04:12pm PT
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Some dykes can be a bit mannish, if you know what I mean:
photo credit: TGordon collection
The Manly Dike.
And some go on for a several pitches (even in dummy dome land where our multi pitches go sideways)
photo credit: MtnProj
I Can't Believe It's a Girdle
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 04:36pm PT
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Banquo,
Looks Dome Rock to me.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 24, 2013 - 04:43pm PT
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Martina is as hot as ever.
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Dec 24, 2013 - 05:54pm PT
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Cultureshock's new route Miwok Dike on a formation next to Basket Dome.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 24, 2013 - 06:41pm PT
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ever notice the dike diagonaling up and right from the base of Reed's Direct?
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 24, 2013 - 09:27pm PT
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I'm not going to go looking for old photos, but back in the 70's, we named a similar dyke in Idaho: The Big Black Dyke!
Funny enough Fritz, that dyke is part of the same basalt intrusion which our Black Dyke, was formed. Mh2 was kind enough to post some pics of it up thread. The malemute is actually a sub peak of the Chief formation, thus Chasing Rainbows is also known as The Black Dyke.
Sweet pics everyone! The leap looks rad. Can't wait to go check it out!
Edit: yes Reilly we have parking lots.. ;)
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Dec 25, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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KP Ariza
climber
SCC
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Dec 25, 2013 - 01:40am PT
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That post takes the cake Bitch....
F*#king real deal dike groping.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Dec 25, 2013 - 07:08am PT
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Most of the Ionian Basin is composed of a type of granite called alaskite. This granite is mostly feldspar and quartz, and owes its light color to a lack of dark minerals. This is the same granite that is found in the Evolution Basin and LeConte Canyon. The far western rim of the Ionian Basin is composed of a darker, sheared, finer-grained granite associated with Mount Goddard. The granite of the Goddard pendant contains many dikes.
Lots of dikes, Mt. Goddard, Ionian Basin
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:34am PT
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Banquo,
Looks Dome Rock to me.
Nope, but since it's Christmas I'll give. It's Disappearing Dome:
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:37am PT
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There are some pretty impressive specimens in this little boulder hole!
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Nemesis
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Dec 25, 2013 - 12:01pm PT
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What a stupid thread. You purposely make the title controversial(especially in light of the recent gay "marriage" news) and then end your post with, "Let's keep it PC"?
You're an idiot.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2013 - 12:05pm PT
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Merry Xmas nemesis. Sounds like you didn't get any presents. Don't expect any troll gifts around here either.
Everyone hates you, have a good day ;-)
Edit- everyone
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 25, 2013 - 12:06pm PT
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FA awaits. Went back to do this, but the water levels were too low.
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this just in
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Dec 25, 2013 - 12:21pm PT
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Nemesis is right, this is a stupid climbing thread. Way to go RyanD. Do I need to put one of those winking face things?
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this just in
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north fork
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Dec 25, 2013 - 12:29pm PT
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Good one Banquo, do you know this one?
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this just in
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Dec 25, 2013 - 12:40pm PT
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Sadly, this is as close as I've been to climbing in Squamish.
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Dec 25, 2013 - 02:25pm PT
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Good one Banquo, do you know this one?
I don't think so but perhaps I've seen it from another perspective. Oak scrub so lower elevation and probably poison oak. Perhaps something on the SJ River?
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this just in
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Dec 25, 2013 - 02:35pm PT
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Yeah on the San Joaquin, taken from Mammoth Pools.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Dec 25, 2013 - 02:55pm PT
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Gotta come up this summer justin! I'd be happy to show ya around!!
Edit: Merry Christmas Nemesis! Your contribution here is ever valued! Lol
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Dec 25, 2013 - 03:44pm PT
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I climbed the Black Dyke to Bellygood with Peder in summer of 77 and neither of us had much more than a year of climbing experience and were totally out of our league.
The Dyke had probably only had half dozen ascents and it's reputation was made all the more fearsome by Smaill's classic description;
"If you smile on tipped off blades in prying horror stories and 40 foot lead outs free off cliffhangers on prayers, you'll be laughing when you pull on to the summit. An exceptionally fine route anywhere…."
We dragged way too much gear and no where near enough water out of the jungle and up over the rope schralping roofs to an obligatory hammock bivi.
It was scorching hot and we ran out of water by the middle of the next day and were totally parched
I ran the last two pitches together to produce mammoth rope drag for the last bit of free on to Bellygood.
What an epic!
A couple years later, Daryll and I did the first one day ascent of the whole Dyke.
My most cherished memory of Daryl was us riding bicycles by headlamp down Hwy 99 from No Name Rd to the Chief with Daryl cackling, "Beckham, Your Light!"
Now the Dyke's a bolted free climb and probably no worse an outing for it.
If you climb in Squamish, you've got to love dykes.
Merci Me, Black Dyke, Cerberus, Chasin' Rainbows to name a few.
And by the way, Nemesis, you're a class act.
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LEG
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Dec 25, 2013 - 05:45pm PT
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traveler dike hiking
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MH2
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Dec 25, 2013 - 07:03pm PT
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I don't think those are dikes at the Leap. More like tree rings of the planet.
Carrying forward to this page:
We dragged way too much gear and no where near enough water out of the jungle and up over the rope schralping roofs to an obligatory hammock bivi.
It was scorching hot and we ran out of water by the middle of the next day and were totally parched
I ran the last two pitches together to produce mammoth rope drag for the last bit of free on to Bellygood.
What an epic!
~ Chief
The Black Dyke, not forgetting the part of it on Lower Malemute or the part that crosses the trail to the First Summit, is a major Squamish feature. Not being an aider I only looked at the Black Dyke until Stairway to Heaven got published. Then I did the last pitch a few times. The Upper Black Dyke long had a reputation for looseness. Someone took a fall up there and busted an ankle, I think. With something like that in mind, the first time up there we departed from the dyke after the first pitch, for another dyke system off to the right. Those dykes, very unlike the Black Dyke, are now-you-see-them-now-you-don't. Given the spacing between bolts, it wasn't completely obvious which features to follow. I remember the sudden thought that maybe we had got things wrong and it wasn't the scary Black Dyke regular Upper where the accident had happened.
Later we heard that the Upper Black Dyke had been cleaned up. I've been up it a couple times. It should be handled with care.
On with the theme
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Dec 25, 2013 - 07:20pm PT
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What a stupid thread. You purposely make the title controversial(especially in light of the recent gay "marriage" news) and then end your post with, "Let's keep it PC"?
You're an idiot.
I think you might have read a little too much into that one Nemesis. Reading the title, it never even crossed my mind that the thread could be a pun directed toward homosexuals. I think you have some self loathing and bigotry issues that need to be worked out in your twisted head.
Merry Christmas... idiot!
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 25, 2013 - 07:58pm PT
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Woah, some awesome Pics everyone. Really stoked to see the things people have shared here, thanks so much. Justin you should try & make it up here for some dyke hiking sometime, between Mike & myself & our friends we'd keep u busy for sure- rain or shine. Actually same goes for the rest of ya's that aren't already in the neighborhood (minus nemesis of course although I am kind of proud of it for posting to a climbing thread).
Andy, what a great sequence of same time/different climb!
Cool story Perry, was there any bolts on the BD when u guys first did it or did Matt M put those all in for the "freeclimbing"?? I've done the upper black dyke & it was interesting, a waterfall thru the roof @ the first crux & a nice melon sized wasp nest right beside the bolt @ the tech crux up higher lol. What a neat feature.
Anybody ever get on Rock loggers or Mouse in a bottle @ the base of tantalus? Both gems & footwork testpieces for sure!
Merry Xmas everyone.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Dec 25, 2013 - 10:39pm PT
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I would love to go up to Squamish and get the tour, Mike and Ryan. Thanks for the offer, might be able to do it this year. I can't start climbing till May (shoulder torn labrum) so next year might be better. That way I have time to get some endurance back. You guys are always welcome to the Shuteye tour.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 25, 2013 - 10:45pm PT
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Not done with Tantalus.
edit: photo by B. Baggio
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Einstein
climber
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:42pm PT
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dyke 2 (dk) also dike
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.
Yeah, and he didn't mean anything by it when he put "(on topic)" in the title.
Nemesis had a point.
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Dec 26, 2013 - 01:34am PT
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This is Zebra Wall, up the lake. Three great dykes and two hard face routes.
Here's an easy route which I put up on Jungle Slabs this summer. It's a traverse, called "On Safari" if climbed from left to right, and "Irafas No" if done right to left. :) I climbed it as a roped solo, bolting on lead. Fun, fun!
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Dec 26, 2013 - 12:16pm PT
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Einstein probably IS Nemesis.
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bob
climber
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Dec 26, 2013 - 01:53pm PT
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There are some great photos on this thread. Thanks everyone!
I'll mention the dike on Fairview Dome that spans its entirety. Something like 14 pitches. Pretty cool feature. Separation Anxiety
Happy Holidays Tacos
Bob J
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 02:20pm PT
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Cody Ice climbing last year, some amazing crystal dike features
the vertical white features aren't snow, they're crystal dikes!
here is a sample I retrieved... the stuff doesn't stay put for long after the surfaces are exposed.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 26, 2013 - 03:29pm PT
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^^^
Could be, but I wouldn't expect largish crystalline quartz in an aqueous deposition. Then again, I'm an engineer not a geologist...
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 26, 2013 - 03:45pm PT
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Been a while (10 years already?!) but Total Soul at Darrington has a cool dike feature on the lower half. It becomes a funky podded crack in places, and is the one out-of-character pitch on the route (it's essenatilly a low angle slab smearing route but this pitch climbs more like crack and face)
Photos linked from the web, mtnproj etc:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 03:52pm PT
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I'm pretty sure these aren't dykes but they are pretty cool, I think.
Near Mt Fitzroy, very near.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 26, 2013 - 04:16pm PT
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Nice..um, Gneiss!
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 04:35pm PT
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Seems like a picture of "Dike Route" in TM is needed...
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 04:52pm PT
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"Textbook" dikes near Chelan, WA.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 05:06pm PT
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Dike Route posted above by Gilroy
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=2302799&msg=2303265#msg2303265
here's another:
marty(r) on his way up
the locale of Sun Blessed at Squamish has both that dike, and another cutting up roughly perpendicular to it:
Brock leading that first pitch very carefully the first bolt is high up
The cliff with a prominent dike mentioned above:
Black Dike Cannon Mt., NH
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 26, 2013 - 09:34pm PT
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Sooooo much coooooool stuuuuuuuuufff!!!
Some of my favourites to look at on the west face of the Chief:
Polished white dyke running right to left on the upper part of the northernmost bullet. Not an established route & likely tragic.
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Tantalus wall upper right: Cerberus 11d, The Labrynith 12+, & Wrist twister Asomethingeasy i think are all shown left to right.
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The many times mentioned Black Dyke in a few pieces.
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And of course the Hamish F masterpiece: Genius Loci 5.12 climbs hectic, face melting slab into some thin dyke and crack climbing before the rewarding fat dyke that traverses back diagonally right across the centre of the grand wall @ 10+. Would love to see that photo of gf on that pitch if someone's got it?? looks like such a rad place.
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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Dec 26, 2013 - 09:42pm PT
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snake dyke:
wild dykes are just amazing to look at as well!!!!!!!!!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Dec 26, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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For what it is worth . . . it is dike not dyke. Whitemeat those are probably intrusions in your second photo on the east ledges descent, not necessarily dikes.
You all need to clean up your grammar.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Dec 26, 2013 - 10:15pm PT
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"Textbook" dikes ... not to be a dick about it, but where the dike is raised above the surrounding stone would be "Textbook" IMO. Some of chicken_skinner's (FA of) Karma pics are about to blow the roof off the joint.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 26, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
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Yes, Genius Loci marks the X.
Greg Foweraker leading the dyke on Genius Loci. Route author Hamish Fraser bleaying. Co-author Peder Ourom
edit:
source of the above photo
Explore
Canada's Outdoor Adventure Magazine
Issue No. 68
August/September 1994
article Ready? Set? Go! by Geoff Powter
photos by Peder Ourom
If you want to put up a route on a dyke, Ryan, I think this one may not be taken, yet.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 27, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
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Damn, I love it when you geologists talk dirty!
Thanks for clearing that up! :-)
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MH2
climber
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Dec 27, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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Can we divide dikes into innies and outies? The ones that stick out being more likely not to come apart while you climb? That is a striking dike, FM, but it looks to be that somewhat suspect stuff (basalt?) which the Squamish Black Dyke is made of. A kind of lure to the unwary climber.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Big Horns
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Dec 27, 2013 - 01:11pm PT
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Nice shot of the Middle Teton FortMentäl!
Another dike in the 'Horns:
Edit: MH2, That would be an innie. A crumbly one at that.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 27, 2013 - 01:24pm PT
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MH2, Al Givler's reluctant tales of the Black Dike made a lasting impression on me.
It is a nice line, though.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Dec 27, 2013 - 01:28pm PT
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Great thread, I really dig!
Thanks for all the pics!!
I never noticed all the dikes in Squamy, a few but damn I need to get back!
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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Dec 27, 2013 - 03:11pm PT
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.. and candour ... errrm ...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Dec 27, 2013 - 05:49pm PT
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Black Hills dikes:
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Dec 27, 2013 - 09:49pm PT
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Beautiful photos RyanD and MH2.
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MH2
climber
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Dec 28, 2013 - 01:29am PT
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For a link-up:
Start conveniently on Campground Wall.
Warning: the hangers were missing last I knew.
down and left to
That will get you to the top of Tantalus Wall.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 28, 2013 - 03:48am PT
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Thanks kalimon! For those of you that don't know by now, MH2's list of undone climbs compared to those he's been on at Squamish is but a squalor comparison.
I know where that possibly unclimbed dyke is Andy, have never bothered to look at the start but it's probably a great idea.
Geologist ?:
What's the deal with diorite knobs & those odd granite huecos with quartz inside you sometimes find?? Are they part of the dike/dyke family?
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sheepdog
Trad climber
just over the hill
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Dec 28, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
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The "M" dike, from Raid/Ambush peaks, Wind River Mtns
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MH2
climber
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Dec 28, 2013 - 12:38pm PT
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Who needs dikes?
Wrist Twister on Tantalus
One of several recent significant additions - Catharsis Crack by Marc-Andre Leclerc (FA aid solo, FFA Brette Harrington and Marc-Andre), later to become part of Labyrinth
http://squamishclimbingsource.com/labyrinth/
Catharsis Crack can be seen here in the lower left, coming in from the right to join the dyke of the 'first' pitch of Cerberus. The climbers on Cerberus are Lindsay and Lisa. They used the Catharsis Crack start and I was told it might be harder than rated.
Another look at Tantalus. Once all these dykes have bolts it will truly be a labyrinth.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Dec 29, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical adventure
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Wow, thank you for all the superb photos!
My toes and fingers are twitching to balance on a slim line of hard stone. Don't know if I will again, but we will see . . .
Here is one dike, painted by one of Colorado's award winning artists . . . This is a painting by my ex and still good friend, whom I met in the Winds about a thousand years ago. :) But I don't recognize this (slightly sturdier) quartz (?) intrusion. Could be BC or Colorado.
We used to go visit places just to admire the rocks. I have always found dikes to open elegant possibilities for adventures on rock.
In the spirit of the season, Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you have each had a wonderful New Year Day. I have had a wonderful one here, in balmy Montana, where the snow is all melting.
Carry On,
feralfae
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2014 - 02:33am PT
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Thanks for the explanation re:knobs BJ, that's cool man! I like how there is a bit of mystery there.
Some killer stuff too by everyone else, Tom, thanks for the link on karma. Super bad ass.
Andy, your photos never cease to amaze me, especially how many good ones you have of dyikes!
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MisterE
climber
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What a great thread. Thanks for the amazing pictures!
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MH2
climber
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Rachel
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TheTye
Trad climber
Sacramento CA
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Can anyone name this one?
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Perhaps not a dike, per se, but I've always been intrigued by this intrusion along the ridge west of Mount Baldy—which can be clearly seen from the Glendora Ridge Road...
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 10, 2014 - 01:16pm PT
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New Years Eve at Mammoth Pools. Normal winters it's unlikely to be down there, but the last couple have been pretty bad. Only boat on the lake and the low water levels revealed some dykes.
Earlier I posted this
Now it looks like this
And
A couple of years ago I got just below the second little roof on the dyke pictured below. This wall isn't quite vertical, so if you are to fall you need to be pushing out to avoid hitting the rock. The higher you get the farther you need to clear. I was very tempted to do the couple last testing moves, but backed off and turned and jumped as far as I could, barely clearing the wall.
Here's some pics from that trip. The dyke above is actually to left of the roof, but same wall.
Liftoff
Can't wait for this summer.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 10, 2014 - 02:58pm PT
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Rad photos Justin! Looks like a really cool summer hang, damn!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jan 10, 2014 - 03:09pm PT
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Justin, I have been down there, pretty rad with the low water level. Tons of perfect stone, though I got on some death grain slabs and did the turn and run.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 10, 2014 - 03:13pm PT
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Yeah Mucci, so much good stuff down there and the water at it's current level reveals even more. Too bad the water is so f*#kin cold right now. The turn and run? Ha you know what I'm talking about.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 10, 2014 - 03:18pm PT
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Perhaps not a dike, per se, but I've always been intrigued by this intrusion along the ridge west of Mount Baldy
The Bear Flats trail crosses the top of that intrusion on the top of the ridge.
There's an interesting swimming pool like depression where it crosses the ridge.
I'm pretty sure the tungsten mine is in the canyon bottom below that intrusion also.
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Jan 10, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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Mt Watkins
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 10, 2014 - 08:01pm PT
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jan 10, 2014 - 08:49pm PT
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Pegmatite motherlode.
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jonnyrig
Trad climber
formerly known as hillrat
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Jan 13, 2014 - 01:25am PT
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stunewberry
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Jan 13, 2014 - 10:59pm PT
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composite diorite-aplite dike in Dusy Basin. The place is riddled with them.
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Joelstrom
Trad climber
Boone, NC
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Jan 21, 2014 - 05:33pm PT
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I imagine a few people in this forum can name this one...
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Double D
climber
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Jan 21, 2014 - 05:59pm PT
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Bulldykes!
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Scott_Nelson
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 23, 2014 - 12:45pm PT
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jan 23, 2014 - 01:30pm PT
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There is something terribly compelling about climbing Dykes.
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MH2
climber
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Jan 23, 2014 - 03:54pm PT
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Like it LL!
About where your climber is, from the other side of the dykes:
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roy
Social climber
NZ -> SB,CA -> Zurich
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Jan 26, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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Cheers, Roy
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 26, 2014 - 06:14pm PT
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MH2
climber
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Jan 30, 2014 - 01:06am PT
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2014 - 01:40am PT
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Nice Andy! I just climbed that thing the other day, some of the coolest jugs in the bluffs up there.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Jan 30, 2014 - 09:21pm PT
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Route goes up the black steak in middle of pic, my only FA of 2013, injured my shoulder and haven't climbed since the 4th of July. I'm a month away from getting back to climbing and seeing how weak I am. Can't wait.
FA pic, just passed a good dyke and just above this pic is a huge horizontal quartz dike.
Shuteye is full of these quartz dykes.
End of Spray
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 23, 2016 - 08:52am PT
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Yeah, that black dike feature on Mount Moran is a whopper!
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David Plotnikoff
Mountain climber
Emerald Hills, CA
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Sep 24, 2016 - 09:07pm PT
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As my old geology professor Bernard Aarons used to remind us: "A dike is an intrusion."
Indeed.
And a dYke is a lady in a plaid flannel shirt and comfortable shoes.
Glad we got that, er, straight ...
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Sep 24, 2016 - 11:30pm PT
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water polished aplite dike in cathedral peak granodiorite
parallel aplite dikes on pothole dome
horizontal dike on the dawn wall
dike above climber on e cottage dome
dikes on the line at the leap
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Sep 25, 2016 - 01:54am PT
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Sep 25, 2016 - 12:24pm PT
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Basalt dike with cordwood jointing, Blue Mtns. Oregon
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Sep 29, 2016 - 04:52am PT
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Here's a couple young guys hanging out with some really old dykes....
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 24, 2018 - 09:31pm PT
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Pardon my intrusion...
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mar 24, 2018 - 09:48pm PT
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reposting from broken links above
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 25, 2018 - 06:51am PT
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Here is a dyke I came across in Patagonia last month.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Mar 25, 2018 - 08:30am PT
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Andesitic dike (light colored) in massive volcanic debris flow (mostly trachyandesites). Partially covered in ice.
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Send
Trad climber
Central Sierra
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Mar 25, 2018 - 10:51am PT
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Sky Walker, Danland, Sequoia. Really fun dyke traverse, protects well for the leader but unclipping the bolts for the follower is exciting. Nice and slick too. Very interesting moves, unlike anything I’ve ever seen or climbed before.
https://www.mountainproject.com/route/112463728/sky-walker
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 25, 2018 - 11:36am PT
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ec
climber
ca
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Mar 25, 2018 - 05:26pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 28, 2018 - 11:36am PT
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Mar 28, 2018 - 09:19pm PT
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(The thread name IS ambiguous.)
Early photos in the thread are inspiring. Wow.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Mar 29, 2018 - 06:40am PT
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Black Dike, Middle Teton.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 20, 2018 - 02:43pm PT
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Crazy Dykes!!!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 20, 2018 - 08:53am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2019 - 08:21am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 15, 2019 - 09:21am PT
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LOL.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jan 15, 2019 - 11:41am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 27, 2019 - 05:36pm PT
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bob
climber
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Mar 27, 2019 - 07:20pm PT
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 28, 2019 - 11:38am PT
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For Peter, Josh...
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bob
climber
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Mar 28, 2019 - 12:47pm PT
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Oh that’s a good one Ksolem. ^^^^^. Indian Cove correct? Across from Rubicon.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Mar 28, 2019 - 01:44pm PT
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Still waiting for 2nd ascent, 30+ years later
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 28, 2019 - 01:52pm PT
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Indian Cove correct? Across from Rubicon.
Across from Rubicon, yes. Indian Cove? Nope. Although I can understand that mix up, since either way it's far from Hidden Valley etc.
Split Rocks area.
When I did it I was astonished to find out the crux is the face climbing past two bolts at the end. A cruel joke coming after that burly dike.
:-)
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Mar 28, 2019 - 01:53pm PT
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Not all choss is boss. Some is just gross
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bob
climber
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Mar 28, 2019 - 07:37pm PT
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Oh Ksolem I blew it. I know better on that one considering the time I’ve spent in Josh. Oops. Split rocks is awesome. So many goodies out there as you know and have contributed some goodies!!! Hang em’ High!! So good. Did you put up that one right of Rubicon? Lost some finger flesh on that working it out.
And I hear you about that crux on For Peter! Squeaked it out. Gripped long ago. Do I remember 1/4 inchers correctly?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 29, 2019 - 10:31am PT
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Here's a few shots from areas not yet represented
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 29, 2019 - 10:54am PT
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A dyke is an igneous phenomenon.
Dykes are igneous phenomena.
One or the other.
Both are correct.
Grammar be hard, I know.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 29, 2019 - 11:17am PT
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Hah, its a good day when I learn two new things, thanks guys.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 30, 2019 - 12:00pm PT
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What’s up with the black? Lots of intrusions, right?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Mar 30, 2019 - 09:43pm PT
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I don't know if pegmatite bands constitute a 'dyke', but they're scary as all get out.
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