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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 11, 2014 - 10:23am PT
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Climbing B&B's....basecamps and bivouacs, home away from home.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Sep 11, 2014 - 11:16am PT
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Basecamps and Bivouacs
Basecamp
Bivouac
Basecamp
Bivouac
Basecamp
Bivouac
Bivouac
Bivouac
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 11:20am PT
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"There's gotta be some spare change in here somewhere."
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Sep 11, 2014 - 11:49am PT
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Hehe... seriously cool thread.
It was a cold night and I crept into my sleepingbag with the head and all before closing the opening of the bag. Having a nightmare I woke up deep inside the bag and couldn't find my way out. Half asleep and half awake, my desperation grew and with full panic approaching I finally found an opening and saw the light... puhhhh...
I have no picture to share though...
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 11, 2014 - 12:25pm PT
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... sit down, please...
... smile, please...
... sunny day, at last...
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Sep 11, 2014 - 12:30pm PT
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donini, your contributions here are priceless. Thanks for everything you bring.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 01:19pm PT
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Lover's Leap Basecamp:
JMT bivy (before avalanche):
dug out in the middle of the night after getting buried, got back in, and digging out again the morning after:
Luxury bivy on Royal Arches:
Basecamp for Braille Book:
Inflatable mattress bivy gone wrong...
night 1:
night 2:
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 01:32pm PT
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Great posts
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Sep 11, 2014 - 01:33pm PT
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Great pictures Jim. Mine aren't quite as adventurous as yours, but fun none the less.Zfter a foot of snow in the Creek
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 11, 2014 - 02:45pm PT
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hey there say, donini... wow, now THIS is a really neat share...
not only do i enjoy the climber aspect (which is to be first and foremost) i really enjoyed the artistic photo and creative set-up, of the whole thread...
and now, thus--i know another 'term-unfold' for 'B%B' :))
other than 'bread and breakfast' ...
as to the photos, as well, here is one more 'unfolded term' to describe
them:
bold and beautiful...
B&B =
as, you GOT to be BOLD to get TO the BEAUTIFUL views, here,
being that you go through the 'B&B' process, to EVEN get get the photos...
all in all, we can STILL throw-in the ol' non-climber 'B&B'
(bread and breakfast) as, that works, as well...
(unless someone forgot the food) :O
three-in-one deal here,as to the B&B title, great share... :)
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Sep 11, 2014 - 03:23pm PT
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Sep 11, 2014 - 06:43pm PT
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Awesome thread, keep Em coming!!!!
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Sep 11, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
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The back of the truck bivy...
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 11, 2014 - 08:55pm PT
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2 Thumbs Up for this thread!!
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 11, 2014 - 08:58pm PT
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Great thread idea Jim. Here's a couple of campsites I remember fondly.
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jedster
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 11, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
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Mt Logan
Bishop (last night, actually)
North Palisade
Spearhead, BC
Underhill Notch, Cali
Greenland
Mount Sill
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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Sep 11, 2014 - 09:37pm PT
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This thread is the best! I wish I knew how to post photos..
Luddite
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 11, 2014 - 10:32pm PT
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This thread is the best! I wish I knew how to post photos..
Luddite
Just follow the prompts after clicking "post a reply"
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 12, 2014 - 12:40am PT
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... there is a big difference between OUTSIDE...
... and INSIDE...
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Sep 12, 2014 - 04:24am PT
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Sep 12, 2014 - 07:42am PT
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same girl different truck bivy...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 07:51am PT
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 08:06am PT
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GREAT thread! Reilly, that ^^^ shot takes tiny to a whole 'nother level.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 08:09am PT
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Yeah, and having the 'outside bunk' was like sleeping in a hammock.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:16am PT
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The Lower Brother summit is mostly knife-edge ridge but has classic pocket bivy, and is a sweet place to wake up.
Looking at those pics again, '09 was a nice, wet year.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:29am PT
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:08am PT
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... this is when alpinism was invented...
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Byran
climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 10:30am PT
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Basecamp at Cirque of the Towers
Bivy on Long Ledge
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Sep 12, 2014 - 01:21pm PT
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Couple from Peru
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 01:54pm PT
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I was trying to dig up the top of Lower Brother bivy, couldn't find some of the pics, happy to see le_bruce got it covered!
On to Steck-Salathe: After I bogged down on the pitch before the Narrows and then got through the narrows on fumes, we enjoyed this sleeping accomodation:
le_bruce cruised this a few times with no bivies with other partners, so we know where the weak link is!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 02:35pm PT
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Bonus! just figured out an easy way to get my old videos ported over to youtube for sharing:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 03:52pm PT
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FortMental's bivy looks way more fun that Nutagain's.
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Mr. Rogers
climber
The Land of Make-Believe
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Sep 12, 2014 - 04:06pm PT
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Some of the 'better' places I've stayed.
Liberty Ridge, Mt. Rainier.
Base of Mt. Stuart, North Cascades.
The morning after an unplanned glacier bivy, still in a whiteout. Bugaboos.
Peru
Some campsites are better than others, Peru
Acclimatizing, Sierra.
Tangerine Trip
We were supposed to share the back of my station wagon, I was late. Adirondacks
Looking down on Long Ledge, Salathe Wall.
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Tadman
Mountain climber
CA
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Sep 12, 2014 - 05:03pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
strugglin' to make time to climb
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Sep 12, 2014 - 09:32pm PT
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Hawk... but dang that is some Heavy Metal Major Boobage; can't help but link the classic jankum Major Boobage.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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local
Social climber
eldorado springs
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Sep 13, 2014 - 06:14am PT
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Sep 13, 2014 - 01:18pm PT
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Hey Jim,
Great thread!
Sorry I don't have more, but when the going got tough, I didn't bother to take the camera out.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Sep 13, 2014 - 01:24pm PT
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Sep 13, 2014 - 05:19pm PT
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Not only are we obnoxiously stoked, but we plan on hanging out for a couple of weeks.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 13, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
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I was mildly disappointed that NutAgain did not post here the best bivy photo from his excellent Steck-Salathe TR. So I have shamelessly swiped it in order to plug that TR which is a good one.
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/TR-2010-06-Steck-Salathe-on-Sentinel/t10661n.html
And here's that photo, introduced by a great caption:
And le_bruce wasn't as stoked about it as I was. As you can see, he couldn't straighten out his body, and that made him a little cranky::
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2014 - 07:36pm PT
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Just back from climbing so a climbing bump is in order.
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MH2
climber
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Sep 14, 2014 - 07:59pm PT
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Climbing B&B's....basecamps and bivouacs, home away from home.
I guess these say something about us. What mine say I'm not exactly proud of. Definitely not basecamps, except for Table Mountain, but no tents, even there. Mostly grass. Some rock and heather.
However, these are some places I spent the night in pursuit of some climb or other.
Smith Rock
Blouberg
under Davis (North Cascades)
on Davis
Table Mountain
Can't say where 'cause it ain't strictly legal
Cutthroat
Magaliesberg (uncomfortably damp)
There is something to be said for tents.
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 15, 2014 - 02:13am PT
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... another one bivouac... on the rocks...
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Sep 15, 2014 - 06:14am PT
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[photo[photoid=377719]id=377718]
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Sep 15, 2014 - 06:16am PT
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Sep 15, 2014 - 06:16am PT
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 15, 2014 - 06:54am PT
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The only climbing B&B is a high end guided trip to Everest where the Sherpas do everything.
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Sep 15, 2014 - 02:52pm PT
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My wife settling in for a comfy bivy high on the French Pillar in Oman...rocked to sleep by the muezzin's evening call to prayer from the village below:
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Sep 15, 2014 - 03:10pm PT
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Sep 15, 2014 - 03:23pm PT
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 17, 2014 - 10:22am PT
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... yes... another one bivouac with the hut behind...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 17, 2014 - 10:30am PT
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Another brutal bivy, (but the curtains just didn't do it for me)...
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 21, 2014 - 04:03am PT
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... our "just for men cave"... waiting for good weather...
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Sep 26, 2014 - 07:10am PT
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good morning bump
not enough rain to
bring on the color change
Or wash my sins of gardening away
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Sep 26, 2014 - 08:28am PT
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fgw - give us a TR on that climb in Omar! That is something I would like to read.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Sep 26, 2014 - 04:47pm PT
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Donini & all---Great photos that tell Gnarly stories.
Here's some of mine from the 70's.
In this new era, my bivies have improved.
It is important to remember one thing about those high and remote bivies.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Sep 26, 2014 - 08:56pm PT
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Camp, high on Gaurisanker. 1979.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 26, 2014 - 09:44pm PT
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Fritz, your shot of Frank on Mt Stuart looks like where some of us were bivied on a big rescue.
It was raining, of course, and the rain lubed those boulders and one of the overhangong ones rolled onto a couple of friends. They got hurt worse than the people we originally went up
there for. I'll never forget my friend describing how he dreamt he was being crushed and awoke
to see the overhead boulder slowly rolling down onto him. He came out of it better than expected.
The other guy, who I didn't know as well was pretty mushed but he lived.
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Sep 30, 2014 - 03:04am PT
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... Chacraraju south face (Andes)in 1978... first bivouac Bouchard/Oudile route...
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Sep 30, 2014 - 03:19am PT
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Hot dubai tang
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Oct 12, 2014 - 04:55am PT
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... french direct NE spur Droites (Alps)... 1993...
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