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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 17, 2015 - 11:45am PT
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Show a photo that illustrates "the sharp end" for you. In addition to this one below (courtesy mp.com) I'm thinking of some pics I've seen on here of - Pictures on a Landscape - Bachar Yerian - Briggs on Death and Transfiguration
Those are mostly crag examples, but any and all are welcome.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 17, 2015 - 11:51am PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Mar 17, 2015 - 12:18pm PT
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why you got to set such
a high bar with the opening picture?
huh?
5.11d thin r.p.'s
10' out?
i mean, come on?
you must consider your audience,
an tiptoe thru our
complex web of emotions
and sensitivities.
now i'm ashamed to
post up some glossy
of me 3' above a #3
on some 5.9.
you get nothing from me.
come back with some humility
and then i'm yours.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mar 17, 2015 - 12:36pm PT
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The mighty Weege doth not give himself enough credit me thinks...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Mar 17, 2015 - 12:38pm PT
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Mere 5.9, but high in the sky on Ginger Cracks, Red Rock!!
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 17, 2015 - 01:06pm PT
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Weege needs to teach his soloist to take pictures.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 01:36pm PT
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The palm sweating thread!
This one doesn't look bad, but the only pro is a tipped open #3 or #4 in
an exfoliating dirty pocket, could barely get the thing to stay put to
climb past it (and the ridge I'm dependent on at the moment in this pic
is flexing in my hand while I try to get something in. It's 5.9s like
this that made me afraid of trying 5.10 for a long time.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Mar 17, 2015 - 01:47pm PT
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This from Figures on a Landscape seems to do the job.
Chiloe--that traverse on Figures makes my blood run cold every time, no matter how many times I've done it. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 01:52pm PT
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Le_bruce has been known to avoid a placement or two to keep the rope running free:
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 02:05pm PT
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Chiloe,
Got any of me from that day?
I got the killer run out second pitch!
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 02:11pm PT
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bob
climber
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Mar 17, 2015 - 02:14pm PT
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 17, 2015 - 02:19pm PT
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Got any of me from that day?
I got the killer run out second pitch!
Indeed you did, bro!
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 02:20pm PT
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^^^^Awesome! Thanks for posting.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 17, 2015 - 03:28pm PT
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Chiloe--that traverse on Figures makes my blood run cold every time, no matter how many times I've done it. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Yeah, I was pretty impressed watching him put it together calmly onsight.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mar 17, 2015 - 03:59pm PT
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Kyle making the desperate, potential ground fall clip of the third bolt on Over Forty 11a.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 05:44pm PT
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Big Mike, that last pic is a classic! Pulls me into that feeling a lot more than just seeing a lot of rope out.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mar 17, 2015 - 08:17pm PT
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Thanks Nut. We were both praying his foot wouldn't grease off.
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 17, 2015 - 08:30pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 17, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 17, 2015 - 09:18pm PT
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 09:22pm PT
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If the guy behind me wanted to, he could have put me on the "sharp" end. Nah, he was mellow, just an excuse to post this pic.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Mar 17, 2015 - 11:02pm PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Mar 17, 2015 - 11:29pm PT
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Cross Reference Oh God.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 18, 2015 - 02:28am PT
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Greasy but Groovy Manly runout.
I donated a lot of skin and blood to the rock gods out there.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 18, 2015 - 03:12am PT
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The place to go when you have Mad skills, The Needles SOUTH DAKOTA,
the mind must be clear` GREEN DRAGON BEFORE`GREEN DRAGON after
`and this from the Gunks Excellent finger crack, the start on Foops, the roof looms above.
some great pictures in the opening shots !!
James Munson!! In purple shoes?!, not Turquoise Mega's!? (or Green Run Outs, Ouch)
That is a cool memory!
thanx Rich!. . . . and send jimmy all our best,. . . I hope you are well,man!
love and prayers I think of you guys & him all the time. .
And adeu' to the mfm thanxs for the chuckles and all the songs[Click to View YouTube Video]
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 18, 2015 - 05:44am PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2015 - 08:31am PT
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Wow! some good ones. I especially like that Greasy but Groovy pic.
Roger was the subject of a lot of these inspiring pics. (I'm thinking Diving Board and Guenese)
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Big Horns
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Mar 18, 2015 - 08:51am PT
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Mar 18, 2015 - 09:07am PT
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Kyle Q on a Pinnacles N.P. water streak earlier this season...
Dude has a ton of these under his belt now.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 18, 2015 - 10:18am PT
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Helps to have a bright rope for this.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Mar 18, 2015 - 10:55am PT
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In the mountains you are always on the sharp end. There is no dull end when you're up there in the cold blue sky on a sidewalk of stone.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Mar 18, 2015 - 10:57am PT
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Mar 18, 2015 - 11:04am PT
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Getting my runout on. Slab Alley 5.9, Apron, Squamish
Phil Tifo photo
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Mar 18, 2015 - 11:26am PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 18, 2015 - 06:17pm PT
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James Munson!! In purple shoes?!
Gnome the shoe's are la sportiva mariacher's.
I like your Foops photo.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 18, 2015 - 06:58pm PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 18, 2015 - 07:01pm PT
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I like the art Jaybro but why doesn't he clip one of those bolt hangers.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Mar 18, 2015 - 07:17pm PT
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I climbed down from this spot about 3 times and still ended up pulling on gear at the crux.
Irregular and flexy flake!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 18, 2015 - 07:37pm PT
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Spicy yet fun lead, Accessory Dogs LL:
Old school, Middle Cathedral Apron after the spice:
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Mar 18, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
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I just dunno Mike, wherever he goes.... The people all complain....
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Mike from Phoenix
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Mar 18, 2015 - 08:13pm PT
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Fun thread! Here are a couple...
Nestor climbing The Windows Route in Sedona. He really, really doesn't want to fall here!
Leon on Anunnaki
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 18, 2015 - 08:55pm PT
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Me starting up the sparsely protected, but easy enough to be fun for me (5.6/7) 1st/2nd pitch on Lexington Tower. The route goes up through the shaded cleft above and a little left of the cimber (too long ago!)
Mark Iffrig , Lexington Tower
Lexington Tower, me at the start of long but not terribly difficult OW pitch
Best route ever, except for the Gold Wall (and I didn't make it all the way up that).
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 18, 2015 - 09:21pm PT
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Bravecowboy; Is that ^ really a lead?!
Nestor; I love the Windows about to clip photo.
And Jaybro; never hold back on the chimney/OW photos, and likewise Clint, & MrEd and ... on any climbing photos.
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thebravecowboy
climber
Greyrock, CO
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Mar 18, 2015 - 09:54pm PT
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Oh yeah dude, you're right - that's the cl 4 approach pitch. ;-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 20, 2015 - 02:00pm PT
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 20, 2015 - 02:16pm PT
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Contemplating the downclimb because I didn't want to leave gear, and wishing I put something in on the way up...
A few years back, when my kids were 5 and 7 and discovering their own sharp end:
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Mar 20, 2015 - 03:05pm PT
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Moose, !!
How are you? Well not rested if you were pulling down on the cruise. I hope you had fun and put a few whippersnapper types to shame with that bronze medal!
Cool shades, Revo's? What are you on? What pitch how many more to go?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 20, 2015 - 08:28pm PT
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took these shots today
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 20, 2015 - 08:36pm PT
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Flip Flop
climber
salad bowl, california
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Mar 20, 2015 - 11:22pm PT
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Mar 21, 2015 - 07:48am PT
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Bump
vv Edit: Photo credit correction! vv
%^)
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Mike from Phoenix
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Mar 21, 2015 - 10:00am PT
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^^^ Hey I remember that one! ^^^
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Mar 21, 2015 - 02:23pm PT
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Heading up to the perfect wave at my favorite place in the whole wide world...
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Mar 21, 2015 - 02:32pm PT
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Mar 21, 2015 - 03:19pm PT
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Shortly after her tenth birthday
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 21, 2015 - 04:11pm PT
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Felix on Knobnoxious
Eric Collins turning the roof on Hoodwink
Traveler Buttress BITD
Felix on Do or Fly
Tom Rogers summoning Qi on Plutonics
Photo courtesy Bill McC East Buttress Mt Whitney
Blind Man's Bluff (ca 1988) Photo courtesy Eric Collins
GPA BITD Ochre Fields
Eric Collins on Fear no evil
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 21, 2015 - 08:52pm PT
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Bermingham & Hamm & Moore.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Mar 22, 2015 - 09:22pm PT
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Sometimes there's a sharp end and a sharper end, too.
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Mar 22, 2015 - 11:46pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 02:24am PT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2015 - 09:22am PT
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I was gone over the weekend, but some really good ones up here!
Weeg, that's the ticket! Also deserving mention (caught the "sharp end" for me) from above; Do or Fly (where is that?) and Mad Woman.
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bob
climber
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Mar 23, 2015 - 10:21am PT
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Help Me Mr. Wizard!!!
Escape Artist rope solo before I knew how to rope solo. It was August and I was alone in a deep dark place. I add this because it shows how I never really felt off "the sharp end" that entire day. I learned more in that day than most of my years climbing. So, this pic shows the results of "the sharp end."
The sharp end is a good place to be, at times.
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NML81
Trad climber
N Lake Tahoe
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Mar 23, 2015 - 10:34am PT
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Sam E
Boulder climber
Malibu
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Mar 23, 2015 - 10:41pm PT
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The Price of Fear
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Mar 24, 2015 - 06:47am PT
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Reposts, but I might as well use the photos I got stored here.
"Imaginate" in Frey
"Julie" in Frey
Climbing on Aguja Frey
Finding our own way up the West Face of Sacajawea in the Wind Rivers:
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jonnyrig
climber
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Mar 24, 2015 - 07:56am PT
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Climbing content! On a Climbing forum! whodathunk?!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:16pm PT
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face of the sharp end
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Da-Veed
Big Wall climber
Bigfork
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:21pm PT
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:25pm PT
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Here's wifey getting it done a few years ago:
Check the water streaks to the left... reverse camera tilt in effect here:
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bob
climber
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Mar 25, 2015 - 12:28pm PT
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Somewhere in the desert
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Sal Paradise
Trad climber
Colorado Plateau
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Mar 25, 2015 - 01:51pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Mar 27, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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Kligfield Follies
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 27, 2015 - 06:12pm PT
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Strong contender for my favorite Gunks route!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Mar 27, 2015 - 09:19pm PT
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The sharp end becoming the abrasive end:
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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Mar 28, 2015 - 04:40pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 28, 2015 - 09:01pm PT
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Nut
Pinnacles?
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