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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 3, 2015 - 03:08pm PT
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The San Juans offer up world class hiking....steep trails bring you to beautiful alpine meadows resplendent with the best displays of wildflowers in America. And you get all of this while rarely seeing other hikers.
Angela and I did the Hayden Trail today. You get 2,600 vertical feet in the first 2.4 miles and then a couple of miles of undulating alpine meadows.
I love Indian Paintbrush and got to see four shades of them on this hike.
Hiking today, climbing tomorrow.....fresh limestone awaits.
Come visit!
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lisae
climber
Santa, Cruz, CA
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Absolutely beautiful photos!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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The flowers are out!
Shots from near the summit of Mount Lemmon (~9000 ft) a couple days ago.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Desert variety
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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From an area West of Banner/Ritter and just down basin from Blue Lake.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Those are a amazing Jim. But I invite you up still this summer to Glacier. Along with bear grass, huckleberries and glacier lilies, Indian Paintbrush is another thing this national park is known for. Come stay at the cabin.
Arne
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Very nice in the Snowy Range mountains of southeast Wyoming a week ago as well. It is the Wyoming state flower.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Okay, only the first is Indian Paintbrush, but the other
two are some of the gorgeous flowers I saw today at one of
our local open space parks.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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I love Mr. Donini.
He can be my Ambassador any day of the week.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Baseball, hiking, wildflowers? Do I see a trend here Jim. New PR agent? Trying to tell us something?
Christ, next thing you know you will be off sailing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 3, 2015 - 07:24pm PT
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Tell you what Guido....I'll get a Standup Paddleboard and practise religiously on the Ridgway Reservoir......sorta like sailing isn't it? Then in December we'll sail down to the Anarctic Penninsula.....some wicked looking climbing down there! I guess we better bring Vitaliy for rope gunning and Moosedrool for humor.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Sounds good to me and we can stop off at the Ridgway Drug Store for some supplies to hold us over in Patagonia or at least until we get there. SUP across Drakes Passage?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 3, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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You're on, I here the Drake Passage is a bit breezy but only about 600 miles. By the way...the Ridgway Dispensary is offering some awesome Summer specials if you but them by 4:20.
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krahmes
Social climber
Stumptown
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I can play. Pearly Everlasting, Paintbrush and Fireweed....
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Donini
I guess we better bring Vitaliy for rope gunning and Moosedrool for humor.
This sounds like the start of that joke. Hell is where the mechanics are ..., and heaven is where Vitaliy is the rope gun and Moosedrool is our master of ceremonies. Or something like that.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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^^^^^Moose funny!
Patty and I were thinking of driving through Ouray on our way back from visiting in Denver anyway; we stopped off last year and just enjoyed a couple hours in the area. With the beautiful alpine meadow shots, you have us sold on going hiking there at a minimum. I think we will be coming through on Wednesday after the Vedauwoo sushifest. If you are around it would be great to meet up with you and Angela again. If not, we will likely take you up on the Hayden Trail advise.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 4, 2015 - 09:59am PT
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We will be here.....come by and spend the night.....no turkey but i do a mean roast chicken. Perhaps a hike and maybe a little sport climbing if you so desire.....short approach, excellent climbing. The flowers are at there peak in the high country!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Thanks Jim! That all sounds great, and we are up for whatever seems appropriate given the weather. I'll PM you later about details. We are both super psyched to be on the road again.
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DM88T
climber
free solos 3rd class
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Nice Jim!
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Awesome shots, Jim.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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I don't know what public office you plan on running for, Jim.
You should prepare to answer questions about genetically-altered Native American paintbrushes, though (also know as GMNPs).
"Be prepared."
And how are you at open-water swims in salt water? At night.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Near Stein's Pillar, Ochoco Mtns., OR, April 2015
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Not paintbrush, but Oregon's painted hills, with unknown yellow flowers.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Hey Tami, they do make tandem SUP boards yah little devil!
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Thanks for starting a thread on this topic; as it brings back some wonderful memories.
My father took us each summer to different National Parks to hike and learn about nature. A family of 9, packed in a Pontiac Safari station wagon for 3-4 weeks. Everyday was pre-planned, from point of departure to the hour of arrival at home in GA. He even had all hikes decided upon before we ever left home.
How my dad organized those trips, between 1964 - 1973, I will never know. It must have taken him a whole year to do it, considering he made most arrangements by mail correspondence; as he was not fond of the telephone. The telephone was a major compmonent of his trade, a small town cardiologist. As much as he loved his patients, he hated to hear that telephone ring.
We visited every state except Alaska, spent the majority of the time in the major National Parks, except Yosemite. (He most have had a premonition of my exodus to the valley.) I never asked why.
He studied the plant taxonomy and nomenclature for months so that he could identify them on our hikes. He had a fantastic memory, I dare say photographic. He could rattle off the common and scientific name of the flora as we found it and it was rare for his identification not to be confirmed when checked.
I didn't inherit the memory gene; but Indian Paintbrush is for a fixture in my mind.
And I can't make a decision on what to eat for lunch...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 20, 2015 - 05:23am PT
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edit: it took two stamps to cross the ocean ^^^ glad it delivered jim
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2015 - 05:31am PT
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You're up early Hooblie. I'm cooling my heels in Tbilisi waiting to fly to Istanbul. The Caucasus Mountains of Georgia are beautiful but too late for many wildflowers.
Nice photo!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 20, 2015 - 09:49am PT
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Nov 22, 2016 - 05:55pm PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Some paintbrush up around the base of Tahquitz last weekend.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 26, 2017 - 08:58pm PT
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 27, 2017 - 11:30am PT
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Just a sampling from 2003. Great year.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Aug 27, 2017 - 12:07pm PT
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More from 2003.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Aug 27, 2017 - 12:36pm PT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Aug 27, 2017 - 12:39pm PT
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