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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 6, 2014 - 12:08pm PT
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We've all done it. Here are some of mine...post yours! Or just enjoy a climbing thread.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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The only times I've climbed in a storm, we've been too scared to stop and take a picture, so I'll do the next best thing and bump. Thanks for starting this thread and for your pics, Jim.
John
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Great post!
More pictures pretty please.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Hey Bro some of us live in California!
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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I don't have any pics of the actual storms. I was in a huge one with Walt Shipley in Chamonix one night. I saw St. Elmo's fire. No sh#t.
Here is waking up on El Cap after a rainy night:
Here is the aftermath of a 3 day (around July 1st) storm on the ANWR coastal plain. That little bivy tent got pretty damn boring after three days. Solo adventures can get pretty pathetic.
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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Burrrrrr....
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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The only times I've climbed in a storm, we've been too scared to stop and take a picture, so I'll do the next best thing and bump.
ditto. and bump for a BST
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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You ought to hear the story of when I had to swim the Hula Hula river naked, with my pack in a little raft. It was over 70 degrees north latitude and a cold, windy day to boot.
I set some kind of record for putting on dry clothes, getting into my bag and tent and shivering like an earthquake for four hours. THAT was my coldest experience. Worse than anything I felt in miserable mountain bivies.
Ya gotta do it sometimes.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Sonora
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Fantastic pics and a great topic, Jim. Unfortunately I have nothing to contribute...
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Russ the Fish got caught in some wicked storm one pitch from the top of Native Son. He and Erik Erikson both took final pictures of each other so that John Dill would have something to look at after they recovered their bodies. I think Mugs or somebody finally lowered a rope to them. There was a big rescue on for climbers on other routes. You know. That fall storm that catches everyone by surprise most years.
Now that is some quick thinking.
I think he has them posted on the Fish Products website. That dude is so funny.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Great thread.
Where's Regan. He's posted a few photos where it was "a little bit o' the damp".
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Someone else has the pictures or I would post them.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Not that many of us can compete with Jim in any alpine category, let alone
'climbing in storm', really, when the rime hit the fan the camera stayed
in the pack, if it was even along. But in a feeble attempt at salvaging a
smidgeon of credibility I will will say that in Scotland you go out in any
weather unless the wind prevents you from opening the pub door...
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Thanks for sharing Jim
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Too much storm to climb
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Unhappy summit shot
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Those are some great photos up there.
My coldest climb,the headwall of Dix Mountain,Adirondacks.
Snow is one thing ,34 degree rain ,is another.I do not have any pictures of climbing that,I was in peril....lol.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I always remember the Patagonia ad with Charlie Fowler climbing
Hallet Peak in 'full conditions!'
Wish I could find a copy of it somewhere. . . Mr. Grossman????
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Oh yeah, we've all done it. RIGHT.
Notice how all the photos after Jim's are like a sunny day on the beach. You're the man Jim, long live! I like the last one of you best in the cave. Had to be pretty recent. Do you even age at all, ever?
I'm with you Reilly. When it goes to whiteout my camera hides but it's probably back in the car anyway cuz I didn't want to carry an extra ounce.
Arne
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Excellent stuff.
Full, winter conditions I usually prefer to find myself on a chairlift :-)
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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the proposition hinted-at but not explicitly stated is that climbing in precipitation where the temp is "only" around 31-35 degrees is the worst.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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MISTER Donini, those are tremendous photos, illustrating bravado and derring-do and True Grit.
As GDavis states, Californians who haven't the money or time to travel to colder climes to climb are at the mercy of the weather, just as are the lucky ones, like yourself, who may find themselves in extremis in those icy places.
I am satisfied with my relatively few successes on mountains here. They impressed ME, my partners, and a few of my friends. That's all that matters, truly. Although I abhor cold, I know others have greater limits of endurance for it.
We all have different levels of ambition in our pursuit of climbing. We all have levels of discomfort, too.
Good on you for doing what you've done and for keeping it going so long.
And for sharing your experience.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Angel's Crest: an early season full conditions freeclimb. Rock hardware only... Lol
Closest i've come to the definition of "full conditions". Lol
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crankster
Trad climber
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That's some hard man stuff, donini.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Don't have a lot of storm pics for some reason lol.
A few though nothing half as cool as Donini's. Not really alpinism either.
Pioneer peak near Anchorage. Almost qualifies as Alpinism as we went light and expected 15 feet of 4th class over a long 45 deg chute. But Turned around shortly after this picture.
Somewhere on the Kahiltna.
Almost died this day a hour or so later after this pic due to the storm windloading the slope. West Butt Fixed lines
Same storm a couple days later
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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OK! I'm impressed with the Donini storm photos, and especially the rhime ice eyebrows shot,------but I knew I had some good alpine storm photos stashed in my computer.
NOT!
I also did not break out the camera in those conditions, not that I encountered them often.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Mt. Saskacthawan
Mt. Athabasca's summit
white out on the Columbia Ice Fields
Vedauwoo, terrible I say!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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heinous conditions! look at that slab!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Jim,
Great photo's. In the past, when the sh---it hit the fan, I was always too busy to even think about pulling a camera out.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Damn Ed! a 2-4ft base in C4?!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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camera seems to stay in the pack in a storm. i have posted this shot of Eric before. I led the 1st 2 pitches of Fafnir in heavy snow. i got nailed by several of these heavy spindrifton the steep thin runllel leading up to the belay ledge under the final crux pitch. I chickened out of the cruxand we rapped to the base to get our packs. I then led the 1st pitch of the Dike, Eric started the 2nd pitch(this photo) at dusk. I followed in the dark and heavy snow. I led the last pitch in total darkness and a whiteout. good fun.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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conditions look reasonably full on this trip up the Dike
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Nick Cradock
Trad climber
NZ
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Jim, Good to see you firmly hanging on Maestri's bolts in your first pic...ha,ha
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Climb2Ski - that was a fun day on Pioneer. A nice grauple storm and an excellent ski down.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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good times Sandman :) I think that was the trip I did a sweet self arrest on the descent too.
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Not an action shot but a solid ass whooping nonetheless. Mt. Marcus Baker.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Was Matt or Todd on that one? Or were you solo?
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Just me an Alex, our 1st wedding anniversary.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Hardcorp anniversary! Nice
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