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Avery
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NZ
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 8, 2015 - 03:02pm PT
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 06:21pm PT
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You would have to be nothing less that Mick Fowler, to climb here. If you catch my drift!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 06:24pm PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Rev up the Bosch It looks to be a fairly established tourist destination.
The last thing they want to see is a ragtag bunch of climbers and the wanton destruction that they bring.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 09:26pm PT
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A group of ragtag climbers is exactly what the place needs!
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 09:28pm PT
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Avery
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NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 12:28am PT
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Thanks ß Î Ø T Ç H, just like yesterday!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 01:49am PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Very nice Avery!
I thought you were never gonna come out of those grassy hills.
My faith is restored!!
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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So beautiful! Looking forward to seeing some of that soon.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 02:45pm PT
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Thanks L,
Do you have any specific NZ locations in mind?
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 02:49pm PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 05:39pm PT
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2015 - 09:54pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 10, 2015 - 05:43am PT
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hey there say, Avery... wow, great to see this new stuff, from, NZ... thanks for sharing...
i really liked the cave pics, too, and water...
thanks again..
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 10, 2015 - 10:41am PT
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The latest pics are even better Avery.
Keep it up!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2015 - 12:09pm PT
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Paul Martzen
Trad climber
Fresno
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Feb 10, 2015 - 01:02pm PT
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Very cool, Avery. Thanks for continuing to post these photos.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 10, 2015 - 02:08pm PT
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That looks awesome!
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Feb 10, 2015 - 02:41pm PT
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That looks like a gorgeous place to go hiking, Avery. Thanks for posting the pics!
Do they get flash floods through there?
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2015 - 02:48pm PT
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Hi phylp,
Nice to hear from you.
Yeah, they do get floods from time to time. Thankfully, no one has drowned, as far as I know. It would certainly get pretty ugly in there after a quick dump of rain.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2015 - 02:50pm PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2015 - 09:06pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2015 - 11:57am PT
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Feb 11, 2015 - 12:15pm PT
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Any climbing routes up those cliffs?
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Feb 11, 2015 - 01:57pm PT
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Hi Avery,
Looks like we're staying on the North Island this trip due to limited travel window and just so darn much to see there. However, it also looks like the kid we're visiting is staying in NZ for the next couple of years, so the South Island (and Sawcut Gorge in particular) will be on our tick-list.
Thanks again for the awesome guidebook. "Keas are nice but naughty. Watch your gear." is now my new motto. :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2015 - 02:05pm PT
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L, Avery works for the NZ Tourism Board.
Keas are evil, period. What kind of bird eats your windshield (windscreen to him) seal? ;-)
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2015 - 04:43pm PT
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Hi limpingcrab,
Sorry, no climbing routes exist, as far as I know.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2015 - 04:45pm PT
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2015 - 09:20pm PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Feb 12, 2015 - 09:41pm PT
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Wow, those passages are cool!
I personally don't need every place that has a cliff to have climbing. The Gorge looks like a perfect place to just walk, and be.
Thanks again Avery. I appreciate the quality content.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2015 - 12:39pm PT
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2015 - 02:42am PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2015 - 01:32pm PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 14, 2015 - 06:13pm PT
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This is a photo from an up- and downriver unsupported kayak trip that three friends and I did in the Canadian arctic in '83. It's the Babbage River. The maps were sh#t, and much to our surprise the river would disappear underground from time to time. The canyon in the background of my much thinner self was actually never completely covered over, but Sawcut Gorge would have been a great name. Looking up past me, the plane below the cut-bank was filled with aufeis, which again necessitated portaging.
This is our Austrian team member at the upriver entrance to the canyon.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 14, 2015 - 10:28pm PT
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Thanks Darwin,
The vegetation may be different but the gorge in your pic looks similar to the Sawcut, although I suspect, some what longer! The sheer size of North America is a daunting prospect for someone who is use to short distances (like me). It only takes 90 minutes walk to reach the Sawcut. If you have some more pics of the area feel free to post them.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2015 - 12:49pm PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 16, 2015 - 08:43am PT
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Thanks: I did just find the scan that your photos brought to mind.
W.R.T vegetation: We were in the hight arctic, 68 deg North just off the Beaufort Sea, so even though it was pretty mild mid summer, I could always feel that two months in the future the weather was going to hell in a hand basket. We passed through two limestone ridges while we headed up the Babbage. We could first tell that we were coming into a limestone band because the river flora would change. The rocks would get much much slicker due to the growth of different algae. It was actually a real pain as we lined upriver.
Below: another photo of our "sawcut" canyon.
Below: one of the springs from which the river emerged. It was here that we finally gave up on the Babbage and took off portaging across miles of tundra to find the upper waters of the Old Crow River (called something else there).
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 01:32pm PT
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Thanks Darwin,
That looks terrifying to me! A lot of water too.
How long would that stretch of gorge be?
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 09:53pm PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2015 - 02:05pm PT
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cleo
Social climber
wherever you go, there you are
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Feb 17, 2015 - 03:02pm PT
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Where is this awesome spot?
A couple of new kiwi residents want to know :)
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2015 - 04:44pm PT
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Driving Instructions:
From Blenheim township. Get onto State Highway (1) to the Kaikoura and on to Christchurch.
Seddon is a short 25k drive. Just before Seddon is the famous single lane Awatere Bridge, where the freight train passes over the top of the passenger cars.
After Seddon, the next feature is lake Grassmere 35ks. our biggest salt works.
At 46ks you will be driving through a little county town called in Ward.
54ks, you will be approaching the Waima River. Now slow down, on the right just before the bridge you should see a push bike sitting on top of a white water tank.
Turn right onto Ure Road. Drive 11.9ks for 30 minutes up a gravel road.
The last 15 minutes is very narrow and steep. You might have to open two of three gates along the way. Please make sure you shut the gates after you.
The last 100m of road goes right past the front lawn of the farmers house.
DO NOT drive any farther, the road is for 4X4 only, walk the last 80m.
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2015 - 09:48pm PT
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cleo
Social climber
wherever you go, there you are
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Feb 18, 2015 - 01:37am PT
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I have been all over Ward (landlslides, earthquake)... didn't realise this little gem was so close!
Cheers, thanks! Added to bucket list.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2015 - 08:04am PT
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That looks terrifying to me! A lot of water too.
How long would that stretch of gorge be?
We portaged around it. We were pretty extended and without any remote communications devices, thus we avoided as much risk as we could. I think the narrow canyon section was about 1 mile, and it started with a approx. 30' waterfall. Normally we would either paddle or line up-river (e.g. below), but that was out of the question in this case.
I'm glad the thread has legs. I'm not trying to hijack your thread (little danger of that), but I've been thinking about posting some of arctic river kyak trips, so I'm testing out the waters.
Lining through aufeis
Different trip, different people, different place, paddling upriver.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 18, 2015 - 08:24am PT
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Good stuff Avery! Way to milk those photos. You have learned well Grasshopper.
Darwin, post up those TR's about rivers. Any TR is a good one. I have put up TRs that weren't earth shattering and still got a good response. People here can appreciate any good adventure.
Here's an example of one with 0 climbing and 0 paddling.
http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Up-Nawth-Road-Trip-A-Brief-Photo-Essay/t10993n.html
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 01:47pm PT
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No worries, Darwin. Feel free to post anything you like.
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 04:36pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 07:32pm PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 18, 2015 - 07:58pm PT
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And it must be nice to have something make New Zealand look tropical.
;-)
But seriously: I've never been to N.Z. and your photos were taken on a stellar day by Seattle standards. That must one of the drier spots on the South Island guessing by the map(?).
[misc. typo corrected in edit]
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 09:20pm PT
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Hi Darwin,
Yeah, Blenheim is the the sunniest town/city in NZ.
We're also in the middle of a drought
You'd be surprised how tropical the west of NZ can be.
You said that gorge was about a mile long. That's huge by NZ standards.
Lets see some more pics!
Cheers!
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 11:19pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 01:29pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 06:52pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 19, 2015 - 09:19pm PT
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 20, 2015 - 02:00am PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 21, 2015 - 12:10pm PT
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"James Ward - Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) - Google Art Project" by James Ward - . Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons -
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2015 - 01:22pm PT
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Good grief, incredible!
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2015 - 05:38pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2015 - 02:18am PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2015 - 01:51am PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 26, 2015 - 02:09am PT
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Pushing to the top to try and get a screen shot of the great ones rip
I have been enjoying this dream thankz to far until the ship sinks though it is a far away hard trip!
Very much would love to vist for three or four years to that side of earth!😃😎
That is what it is worth!!
Good on YA mate!!
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Feb 26, 2015 - 02:32am PT
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My wife ran some trips as far as chile/Peru, but your three times as far and this is a different
World to travel & w/kidds .
Thanxz !!
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Avery
climber
NZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2015 - 04:18pm PT
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Hey thanks Gnome,
I'm probably guilty of over doing it on this thread... but the end cannot be very far away.
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Avery
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2015 - 07:13pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2015 - 01:10pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2015 - 09:16pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 12:31pm PT
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Avery
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2015 - 09:33pm PT
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