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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Apr 19, 2014 - 10:52am PT
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Apr 19, 2014 - 11:44am PT
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More from the Sunshine Wall, Frenchman Coulee, WA
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Apr 19, 2014 - 11:56am PT
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One more... Intracanyon flow of Columbia River basalt along the Snake River near Lewiston, ID. The cooling joints (cracks) that delineate basalt columns propagate perpendicular to the cooling surface into the interior of the flow. The cooling joints at the bottom thus propagated horizontally away from a vertical canyon wall while the cooling joints at the top propagated vertically downward away from the surface of the flow.
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Apr 19, 2014 - 07:25pm PT
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more vantage
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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Apr 19, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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... I'm a geologist...
Some times it is better to just look and appreciate without getting all worked up about the physical process.
But if a geologist doesn't "get all worked up about the physical process" then isn't he just a tourist?
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Apr 19, 2014 - 11:49pm PT
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Ya Base104 but you probably think about the depositional environment
whenever you look at an outcrop of sedimentary rocks.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 20, 2014 - 12:50am PT
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gotta like this thread.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Apr 21, 2014 - 01:57am PT
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climbed with a fellow a few years back that was an early explorer of this stuff, and he just raved with joy about it.
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fluffy
Trad climber
Colorado
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Apr 21, 2014 - 08:54am PT
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Great thread some of my favorite places are here. Almost shed a tear for the Forks.
Lower gorge @ Smith is also very good.
TFPU! Keep em comin!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 21, 2014 - 11:48am PT
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McCarthy North Face
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 21, 2014 - 12:04pm PT
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Carols Crack first pitch 10aOne Way Sunset 10c tips to fingers first pitch to a second pitch(9) of the best continuously steep hands on the tower on the tower.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Apr 21, 2014 - 12:50pm PT
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Apr 21, 2014 - 03:53pm PT
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(C'mon … You know it was only a matter of time before someone posted this…)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Thank you rmuir. Someone had to do it, and one might even guess the OP was setting us up. Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. This is from the Tietons outside Yakima. I think it's the Crack House/Bend area. I'm climbing and it's Tony's photo.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Sonora
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2014 - 01:18am PT
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Columnar joints form perpendicular to the thermal gradient, which is typically parallel to whatever surface the lava is contacing (be it the ground or the air.) In the linked photo, the flow cooled against the bottom and sides of the canyon, resulting in that unique pattern.
In Owens River Gorge, the joints are often oriented radially around a pipe that was a conduit of hot gas from the bottom to the top of the deposit.
Cool stuff!
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pc
climber
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Apr 23, 2014 - 11:55am PT
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I don't know....A lot of these places look like giant Russian Roulette games. I've had climbing dreams about being on a column that was calving.
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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Apr 23, 2014 - 01:10pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 23, 2014 - 04:23pm PT
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Has anyone here ever done some technical rock climbing on Cabezon Peak in New Mexico? Unfortuantely, I don't have any photos, but we did a multi-pitch route there. The climbing was on columnar basalt, except for the last death pitch that was vertical, unprotected ash conglomerate.
LOVE the photos from Armenia.
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Easy Wind
Trad climber
Oakland, California
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Apr 23, 2014 - 04:35pm PT
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Trout Creek is a special place.
Climbing golden pillars above dark fallen ruins.
And all hidden around the corner, high on the hillside. It sneaks up on you. After dodging rattlesnakes and chugging uphill you stop for a breather ... and there it is.
One of those patches of perfection on the Earth.
Watching the Deschutes flow towards Jefferson.
Huddling to avoid a snowstorm in the recesses of the rubble at the base.
Blazing calves on endless stemboxes.
Quite a spot!
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