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Jello
Social climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 1, 2006 - 06:27pm PT
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...by just how beautiful the mountains are?
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
11_11*&*starz
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yeaaah BUDDY! i sure have!
the mtns are the bees*knees, & bring me to my knees, for sure
"bright morning stars are rising, and day is breaking in my soul"
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dirtbag
climber
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Aw man Jello...every single time!!!
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2006 - 06:38pm PT
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Me, too, Dirt, me, too...
Standing- we should all drop to our knees and thank mother nature, don't you think?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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That's why we're all here, eh!
Is the picture of the Howser Towers?
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atchafalaya
Trad climber
California
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a couple times. Heres one...
Mt. Burkett and Burkett Needle, BC Coast Range
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Mimi
climber
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Yessireee! Beyond beautiful. Can't wait for this winter to set in to do more ice.
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G_Gnome
Boulder climber
Sick Midget Land
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Not my photo, but it captures one of the beauties that keeps sucking me back in.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 1, 2006 - 06:47pm PT
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Yes, Anders, that's the Howsers.
Keep all the great pictures coming, folks, my eyes need a good alpine scrubbing.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Aiea,Hi
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Very nice, its prompted me to change my tactics. I will now go to monster.com and post a resume. I have got to get over there. The swell has dropped today both north and south.
Aloha,
wil
I would post a nice island mountain photo but I have none hanging online.
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
11_11*&*starz
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sunset is my fave t.v. show...
Wash your spirit clean
Give away the things you don't need
Let it all go and you'll soon see
And you'll wash your spirit clean
Go and pray upon a mountain
Go and pray beside the ocean
And you'll wash your spirit clean
Be grateful for the struggle
Be thankful for the lessons
And you'll wash your spirit clean
~ walela
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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I don't get to alpine places much, but I think this place is pretty:
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goatboy smellz
climber
boulder county
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Dang it Jello, how am I ever gonna get any work done when ya keep posting up these great threads.
I can just hear Tarbuster diggin through his gold mine of photos for this post.
EDIT: Yeah stich you were right that sure looks like it was a "warm" day.
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immanti
climber
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Not an alpinist, but I've definitely often been blown away by nature's beauty. This thin layer of life on our planet is so rich and hosts so many beautiful forms and sights, we are definitely lucky to be here.
My backpack once got blown away by the wind at the start of a 2nd pitch in La Huasteca (near Potrero Chico), but that was altogether different.
And Melissa, that IS pretty.
All nice pictures, thank you.
(I need to search for some thread about posting pics.) Edit: Thanks Anders! Gotta start scanning...
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G_Gnome
Boulder climber
Sick Midget Land
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Top of Tenaya is always a sweet place Melissa and that view is one of the best in the whole Sierra.
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Gene
climber
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The look on my then 8 year old daughter when we topped out on the Half Dome cable route.... An easy hike for full sized people, but a magical introduction to mountain accomplishment and satisfaction for her. She was at that awkward age – her favorite Mickey Mouse buddy made the top with her, garroted to the back of her pack.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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The Mountains with my wife. Nothing Better. If it were easier to post photos, I would share.
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jstan
climber
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Until someone who actually knows what they are talking about corrects me, I am going to assert that the earth is
as it is because of at least two factors.
First the number of solar masses possesed by the stars that originally created the materials composing the
earth. And two the present tectonic activity still taking place in the earth. When we stop having mountains you
had better have transport arranged to get you someplace else.
Cheers,
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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GhoulweJ:
The Mountains with my wife. Nothing Better. If it were easier to post photos, I would share.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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I'm almost with Dirt and Micro, evereytime - that I pay attention when I am there.
Unlike locker, though, sometimes I take it for granted. Phucking jaded climber that I am.
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screelover
Mountain climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Being a flatlander, everytime I get out west it's food for the soul.
Last summer spent some great time with good friends around Mt. athabasca, trying to convince ourselves we are still young. It worked.
Silverhorn route, Mt. Athabasca
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Pman
Trad climber
Upstate NY
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Emigrant Wilderness, CA
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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thus far, the highlight of my young life has been waking up 6 mornings in a row to this sunrise.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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I can live longer without oxygen than I can without mountains.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Blown away in the mountains?
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Aya
Uncategorizable climber
New York
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For me, I don't think I ever feel so much blown away as I do insignificant. Massive beyond my comprehension, no matter what I do, they will still be there.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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At home I'm made of lead
At the trail head mostly just full of rocks
Base of the climb, I start to feel like fat heavy flesh
200 feet from the summit, lighter than air
Been lots of places, never took a single picture
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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hey pman what lake id that emigrant wilderness photo from?
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Pman
Trad climber
Upstate NY
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That's Emigrant Lake, south of Kennedy Meadows by about 15 miles. Spent 12 days in the Emigrant this summer. There is so much unclimbed rock in there. Stuff up to 600'+
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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For sure.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Keep the pics and comments comming. It's like therapy for the work day.
Thanks everybody. Guess I will need to try that posting photos so I can add to this thread.
CHILOE: Nice picture.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Have no idea what you're talking about :)
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
11_11*&*starz
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oxygen is a crutch; we use it to say we can't breathe. - ryan redcorn
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atchafalaya
Trad climber
California
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OK, guess I am blown away often. heres uno mas...
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Oh all right. This ain't the mountains but it's on the way.
Jeff, is that Alex in your photo?
Mal
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blackbird
Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
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I've posted both of these in other threads, but here's my version of alpine!! The Appalachians never cease to amaze me...
BB
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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blown away indeed...
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Pman
Trad climber
Upstate NY
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A front row seat from the Thumb Rock bivy on the Liberty Ridge
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2006 - 08:21pm PT
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Great stuff, everyone. My eyes are polished to a bright sheen. Guess I'll have to spend some time rooting around in the slide box, and post again, to show my appreciation. Gimme a little time - my slides are in total disarray.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Pman. I've been to emigrant lake. If I recall there is a sizeable chunk of granite next to that lake shaped like el cap but about six hundred feet high. Another spot, in the emigrant is cherry creek, there's some big slabby domes there that look geat.
Emigrant Wilderness is a real special place I'm sure the trip was spectacular.
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Yeah baby!!!
Hey Jeff is that you in the Original post picture? I know your bad ass but I didn't know you could fly!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mountains are cool, grand places to ski, climb, party and scream and never worry about who hears you. They give you a nice canvas to paint a life onto.
just some random shots that I dusted off.
Steve McKinney's tracks out of bounds at Squaw Valley, just to the left of the tram tower.
Sierra gullys are nice this time of year.
mmmmmmmm polish.
Looking across 395 from the Lee Vining Store last Jan. 4th.
and the Sweeet San Gabriels, lookin toward Mt. Baldy.
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Wonder
climber
WA
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does this photo count? I swear it looked like this yesterday. Today , grey and pouring rain.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2006 - 10:30pm PT
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Conrad
climber
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Great images Jeff! Is the first one from Hunter? The Ama Dablam one is interesting. The locals don't dress like that any more (way more western) and the mountain has less ice. Gotta have Cerro Torre for good measure.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2006 - 11:25pm PT
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Hi Conrad. Yeah, Cerro Torre is as beautiful as they come. The first photo isn't Hunter, it's actually on the horizontal corniced ridge section on Latok, north ridge. I hate to hear that the ice is thinning on all the classic peaks like Ama Dablam...
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john hansen
climber
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I must have read too many books on the Himalaya. I instantly recognized that as Ama Dablam. Of course ..you guys have been there.
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Conrad
climber
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A photo of the north side of K6 - would not want to be blown away by this.
Great to see all these images - and Russ' from Joshua Tree in the early 80s.
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s. o.
Trad climber
academia
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2006 - 12:54am PT
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so - OHH YEAH!!!
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Pman
Trad climber
Upstate NY
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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s.o. - wow! Where is that?
Everyone - awesome, thanks! Yup, been blown away many times in the mountains. No pics, though, sorry!
GO
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2006 - 03:41pm PT
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Kartch
climber
belgrade, mt
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GOclimb - that's the "false breaks", "pink cliffs", or "sand cuts". Depending on who you talk to. Those suckers have blown me away many-a-time on a good snow year. They've also come really close to killing a few of my friends as well. They're about 17 miles up Cedar Canyon from Cedar City, UT.
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Michael Kennedy
Social climber
Carbondale, Colorado
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Makalu from the Northeast Face of Ama Dablam
Kahiltna Peak from the Cassin Ridge
Hunter from Denali
Jello below Skyang Kangri, Broad Peak behind (couldn't resist this last one!)
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Right on everyone!!! Here's some of my favorites!! And they all happend on the same early spring day with my friend Silly Siben;)
Sorry it's not the mountains. Those big ones scare me. But I was deffinatly blown away this day!!!!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I used to do trips with Silly's dad.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Those pictures aren't real. You just brought a bunch of red paint out to the desert with you.
Wait a minute, sorry. I've been getting sucked into those political threads. You guys really inspired me. I'm going climbing tomorrow and I swear this time I'm bringing a camera. Though now that I think about it, my fiance has some bouldering shots. I know its not makalu, but just about anywhere you point a camera out here's a pretty good shot.
What do you do? paste the picture to the reply?
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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oh yeah, that shot of hunter from denali is incredible, kind of delves into the architechture that our brains sieze on compelling us to climb.
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Standing Strong
Mountain climber
11_11*&*starz
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this thread kicks so hard!
"ooo baybeee do u know what that's worth...
ooo heaven is a place on earth"
:)
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Great shots, everyone.
The Diamond from Chasm View never fails.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oh yeah. NOW I remember why I used to do that ridiculous approach.
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goatboy smellz
climber
boulder county
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Creative rest day.
Ancient art.
Dirty Shangri-La:
Name the route that must be ascended at night with only a Bic lighter & win a prize.
Hint: Descent is through a water groove deep inside the crag.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Even a small crag can.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2006 - 01:01am PT
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Do we knott live on a beautifull planet?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Rick: Almscliff?
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up2top
Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Jeff, is that you in the first photo? Looks a lot like Alex Lowe. Great photos -- I'm always in awe, and this reminds me I need to get out more often.
Ed
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Yes, definitely!
Here's a few shots from the Himalayas:
Danish Ama Dablam ascent, 1988
Ama Dablam
Ama Dablam, ABC
Lohtse from Tengboche
Phuksundu Lake, Dolpa
Dzongri, Mt. Pandim, Sikkim
Michael Hjorth
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Wow. Some really beautiful photos here.
Mighty Hiker-Yes, that's Almscliff, route is Western Front.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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"The Diamond from Chasm View never fails."
man i just love that shot! it was such an emotionally charged moment for me when i finally arrived at chasm view and that photo always stirs it up. that was 'the moment of truth' for me. when i popped into chasm view and looked over, i was really afraid that i would cower in fright and realize i didn't have the sack to match my aspirations.
instead, i was "blown away"!
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Hardcore!! You guys have got to stop. Your makeing me want to become an Alpinist!!
I got kids Damnit!!
Thanks for the pics Guys, and thanks Micronut for putting it in words.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Wow. Holy. Nice to see the Big Guns showing their stuff. Especially Conrad Wanker.
Cheers,
Pete [Big Wall Parvenu]
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cintune
climber
Penn's Woods
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Came across this in "The Men and the Mountain" by William Brandon, the story of Fremont's 4th expedition in the San Juans; reminded me of this thread:
"The sense of beauty that in most men responds to the mountains may be in some part subtly allied to fear, or more properly to the enjoyment of being awed. The beauty of mountains is in more than the composition of their patterns of pinnacles and peaks and sweeping cliffs of tumbled color; it is in part in the simple elemental immensity of height as well. It is also present in the fact that, as a cowhand said it, they sure are quiet for their size. This is the spirit of majesty and that too is beautiful. The feeling of immense and plunging height wrapped in silence is the ecstasy of mountains, and so the most stirring of the magnificences of any mountain view."
Kinda wordy, but nailed it for me, anyway.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Thanks for sharing that and bumping the thread.
Micronut,
I enjoyed your sentiments as well.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 9, 2006 - 11:29pm PT
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Thanks for that passage, cintune. Resonates with me, too.
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Jeremy Handren
climber
NV
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Jeff
Did you ever do that gully in the background of your opening shot, I remember you talking about it as a future project.
Jerry
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 14, 2008 - 02:20am PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Nov 14, 2008 - 02:30am PT
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Crag
Trad climber
Pennsyltuckey
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Nov 14, 2008 - 08:44am PT
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My first encounter:
Coming home to the mother ship:
Finally making contact:
From the top of FF Dome via RR:
Mid way up RR on FF Dome:
A Gnome hiding in an alcove:
Standing in awe:
(Photo: courtesy of Karl Baba)
It finally all begins to sink in:
...that you're so overwhelmed that you have to sit down and cry:
(Photo: courtesy of Karl Baba)
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:04am PT
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Haggis
Trad climber
Scotland
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:57am PT
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l'M, Chamonix
arete de cosmquie, Chamonix
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MisterE
Trad climber
My Inner Nut
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:59am PT
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Mt Baker area:
Washington Pass:
The Pickets:
The View of the Objective, 2 days in:
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Nov 14, 2008 - 12:29pm PT
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More Please.....hahahahaha What a great thread. I am always inspired by the Mountains. Awe is correct.
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Double D
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 12:38pm PT
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Nice pics Craig...that is no doubt Stevie flying the bird on Everest West Ridge, right?
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captain chaos
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 12:40pm PT
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Yep Dieg your right, that's the Hornbein in front of him... pretty classic blown away pic-
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MH2
climber
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Nov 14, 2008 - 03:59pm PT
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Literally? only on Mt. Washington, NH
But when the State Food of Utah, Ogden asks,
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xtrmecat
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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Nov 14, 2008 - 05:45pm PT
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In a word Yes. In a statement, More than once. In a sentence, I hope it never quits blowing me away.
Just a bump to keep it alive.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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Nov 14, 2008 - 08:11pm PT
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only once...........but I never came down
Hey Jello- we have a mutual friend in T. Herwig in Rochester, Mn.
Give him a call- He's too shy to contact you but he did a lot of climbing in the Canadian Rockies in the late 70's. He had planned to try Foraker, but the farm crisis hit in the '80's and the money for the trip had to be given to his in-laws to try and save the family farm
He'd love to talk climbing
murf
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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Nov 14, 2008 - 08:55pm PT
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Oh yeah.......
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Nov 14, 2008 - 09:03pm PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 15, 2008 - 02:17am PT
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Speaking of beauty, Jeff..... How good is this one with "the wildest 5.9 pitch in America" to finish? The Feather Buttress, ahhhhh there's a dream, mate.
From Steve Bechtel's guide to the Cirque of the Towers and Deep Lake, 2008.
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luggi
Trad climber
atwater california
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Nov 15, 2008 - 09:44am PT
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One of my favorite places....
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Nov 15, 2008 - 11:43am PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Nov 15, 2008 - 12:18pm PT
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I've been up that Feather Buttress route on Warbonnet.
"Wildest 5.9 pitch in America" ... and I don't even remember that pitch.
Now there's a miss!!!
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 06:50pm PT
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Steve, regarding Feather Buttress and "the wildest pitch" quote: the pitch in question is the last one on the climb. On the first ascent Charlie (Fowler) lie-backed the very edge of the "feather". Althought it was exciting and unprotected, we felt it was about 5.7, not 5.9. Good route, though. Somewhere in my slides I have a couple pix of Charlie leading that pitch.
Tarbuster, unless you aim directly for the crest of the upper buttress, you could miss that pitch by skirting it to the right, the way the Brits did on their climb, which they accomplished with some aid. Did you go that way? Charlie and I free climbed the whole thing, and added the more direct finish.
-Jello
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Yes Jeff,
Feather Buttress on War Bonnet:
We certainly freed everything that we climbed.
A very long chimney/offwidth/squeeze near the bottom which curves around to the right side of the face.
Then at about two thirds height, a fairly stiff stemming/liebacking corner. All of 5.10 plus, that pitch to be sure.
We may have climbed that left facing corner to the right of the red line in the picture above. I recall it being sort of short, but steep, and maybe combining some moves from the inside corner to the outer arete.
I think we did skirt the actual summit gendarmes or feathers slightly to the right. I vaguely have a recollection of looking up there thinking:
"Gee am I supposed to get up on that stuff and am I missing out if I don't saddle up?"
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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This is a picture taken from the summit of Pingora.
War Bonnet is visible on the left side of the frame in the distance.
The upper portion of the route is catching sunlight, with the left facing corner throwing a thin shadow:
Sue followed the crux pitch on War Bonnet and said she thought it was 5.11.
(I think things feel harder when following in the mountains)
I said "If Charlie says its 10 plus, then its 10 plus"...
She knew Charlie pretty well.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Hey Xtrmecat:
Are those pictures just up-thread showing portions of the China Wall?
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
DC Area (it's as bad as you've heard)
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More often than not!
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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nuthin' like it
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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That is a really great one Nutjob!
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Thanks Tarbinator :)
That was top o' Temple Crag last summer, Palisades in the background.
And this is the JMT on a day hike a couple weeks ago (shortest day of the year), looking back at glacier apron:
And glacier point from the opposite side, a few years ago:
Just sittin' here listening to great music on pandora.com, and reminiscing about good times and great views, feelin' blown away all over again.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Liberty during a brief clearing in a blizzard:
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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~Blown away, indeed!
~Jello got any "Classic" City of Rocks photos,
~How about Twin Sisters, since it's against the law now?
~All of mine are hard copies, I need to buy a scanner!
~or Little Cottonwood Canyon?
Thor
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Roy, I'm guessing thzt Bob's pics are of the Glacier Park area. Pretty sure that it's not the Chinese Wall in the BMW.
edit: An offering from my "old" back-yard (Paradixe Valley)--I put up two routes on the cleanest buttress in the middleish of the photo. A major pain-in-the-arse to get to for the climbing public.
Nothing special compared to the awesomeness upthread, but we all create our own Patagonias, don't we.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2009 - 11:47pm PT
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Yeah, Tarbuster, Charlie and I headed up and left a bit before getting into the stemming corner you speak of. In search of a better line, right on the prow, doncha know.
-Jello
EDIT- Mojede, I love the look of that piece of rock you show. I would have walked far to play on that, and enjoyed every step.
-Jello
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jeff, I would have gladly taken you in there my private way so that you could "show" me the mountains, BITD. There still are some places in the Cont. US that are considered "remote".
Thanks for the inspiration from Montucky.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Captain Chaos, those pics made my heart go a-twitter like the first time you see your soul mate.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2009 - 12:20am PT
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Here's one that always makes me think of how great it is to get high:
Kevin Sweigert on the summit of Warbonnet Peak in the Sawtooths, after making the first ascent of the Black Crystal route.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks for the response on the Feather Buttress, Jeff. Still eyeballing that one!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Hey Tami:
Remember in the cartoon Charlie Brown's Christmas, how when any time the adults talk, it's represented as (and relegated to) some mutterings from a muted horn or brass instrument?
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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Not a mountain of technical difficulty, none the less this shot always amazes me.
It is the full moon setting in the sunrise shadow of Mauna Kea
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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TrundleBum,
That is a beautiful photo.
Actually there is a ton of good photos on this thread.
Zander
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xtrmecat
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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Jan 11, 2009 - 02:39pm PT
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Roy, your question was.
Hey Xtrmecat:
Are those pictures just up-thread showing portions of the China Wall?
Answer is no. The top pic is looking west from Redgap Pass in Glacier Park. Further down is some other wall looking stuff and it is all part of or very near the Garden Wall. I looked in my photos and I do not have any digital pics of the Chinese wall and I have not been there in a few years. If you need pics or info I can dig through the mountains of pics stored in paper bags here at the house. Might have some suitable for trip planning. Most are of winter though.
Also I took some other photos for you this summer, after finding out you like to ridge run. Post up if you want to see some of them. Also this is a shameless bump.
Bob
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 11, 2009 - 04:08pm PT
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Back and forth on the north side of Everest from A History of Mountain Climbing by Roger Frison-Roche and Sylvain Jouty, 1996.
Looking up!
Looking down the Rongbuk Glacier. North Col can be seen in the lower right.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Oct 29, 2009 - 10:09pm PT
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Beauteous Jello Bump!
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Oct 30, 2009 - 06:12pm PT
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Bump it for the man, Jello!!!!!!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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A beauty shot of the west side of the Howsers.
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adam d
climber
closer to waves than rock
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ho man...I love the howsers! Is that shot from Garden's coffee table book of the Bugs? I gotta dig that book out of the boxes in the garage!
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tadhunt
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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Indian Creek Panorama -- from Optimator Wall
Sunset behind South (L) and North (R) Six Shooters, Indian Creek
Indian Creek Panorama -- from the base of Think Pink (5.11-) on Battle of the Bulge
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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adam d- Bingo and it is a great book!
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Sorry for the late arrival...
G_Nome - Great photo...
Yes... mountains are beautiful.. It's one of the reasons why I find it inexcusable that we humans have found a way to monetize a mountain top....
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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How have I managed to miss this great link until tonight? Anyway thanks Jello for starting it.
I never wanted to climb in the "greater ranges" (knew I would die) and didn't have the money or time to get there anyway.
Now that I have a little more of both-----it sure is fine to look at the "big guys."
Ok just one to defend the great state of idontno
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Buju
Trad climber
the range of light
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Better to place another photo of the "just OK" Idontno scenery, than to let the thread drop more.
Thank you every one for the beautiful photos!
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FeelioBabar
Trad climber
One drink ahead of my past.
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You bet, Jello!
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Decko
Trad climber
Colorado
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Great Thread. Thanks Jello!
The last few photos are classic!
I'll even post a Canada photo.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Thanks for the Incredible Treat Everyone......Fantastic way to end a day. What a World we have to Enjoy and Appreciate. Peace, lynne
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gonzo chemist
climber
the Twilight Zone of someone else's intentions
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somewhere in Vermont...
East Side...
Feeling pretty blown away by the scenery...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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N Cascades
Too-Far-to-Walk-Domes, Sequoia NP
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Gotta keep this going.....
GNP
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miss.julienne
Trad climber
Capitola, California
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Dec 29, 2009 - 05:34pm PT
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Bu bu bu Bump
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Dec 30, 2009 - 01:51am PT
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wanna bump?
Mt Huntington
Broken Tooth
Some cold granite
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Anastasia
Mountain climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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Dec 30, 2009 - 02:00am PT
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Being alive, waking up each morning to a day full of wonderful friends and family blows me away. Knowing you dear Jeff and being able to call you a friend blows me away. Life is good. It is good for all of us if we just take a second to appreciate it.
AFS
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Dec 30, 2009 - 02:37pm PT
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Jello bump!
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Anastasia
Mountain climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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Dec 30, 2009 - 03:42pm PT
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Bump
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 30, 2009 - 03:51pm PT
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Looks like the wind blew him away ......
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Gobee
Trad climber
Los Angeles
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Dec 30, 2009 - 03:52pm PT
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dec 30, 2009 - 04:01pm PT
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Worth a bump, yes.
Also just to see this picture by C. Chaos again:
Never saw Ama D. from that angle before. Were you up on Kangtega or some such, C.C.? The South Ridge (left) looks more intimidating from here than from below. As well as Jello's South Face Route.
* * *
And here's another one to the collection. Mont Blanc et al from Petit Dru:
And a Happy New Year to topians and all.
Michael
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Dec 30, 2009 - 11:43pm PT
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NE face and East Ridge Bugaboo Spire 1972.
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Double D
climber
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Dec 31, 2009 - 12:10am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Dec 31, 2009 - 01:10am PT
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Mts Crosson and Foraker (left)
A nice roadside winter walk-up in Washington: Mt Index
It's not much higher than Mt Wilson in LA!
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Dec 31, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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My buddy Russ in front of Mt.Schurz, many miles from a road.
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cragnshag
Social climber
san joser
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Dec 31, 2009 - 01:44am PT
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James Doty
Trad climber
Idyllwild, Ca.
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Dec 31, 2009 - 06:06pm PT
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P-man,
Those shots of the serac, I guess you would call it? calving off has got to be a once in a life time sequence. Surprised no one commented. Maybe it is just my alpine inexperience but WOW!
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Keeper of Australia Mt
Trad climber
Whitehorse, Yukon , Canada
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Have I ever been blown away - other than by a gnarly Queen'sland climbing vixen, probably my first multipitch - Keelhaul Wall on Kid Goat Buttress outside of Canmore, Canadian Rockies. For a lad with a big fear of heights early on, to get up that thing early in my climbing career was pretty freaking amazing - plus a big rapell, nothing but air in some wind -on the way down. Still climbin after all these few years, so definitely a checkpoint in life. But all in all, my two kids top the chart, still blowing me a way (and a few pesos too! :)) Hopefully one or both become a doctor, lawyer vet, CEO who can support dear old dad in the climbing lifestyle he would like to become accustomed to in his retirement years. (I know I am seriously deluded on this one).
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Banquo
Trad climber
Morgan Hill, CA
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Looking back over 2009, I think the my best combination of day and photo is this one.
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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This day in the Selkirk's blew us all away!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Lounging cat's eyeview of a lavaflow? LOL
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altelis
Mountain climber
DC
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I guess I didn't rotate the original, just the browser's copy...woops...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 02:16pm PT
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Beauty Bump!
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Kurdistan
Mountain climber
London
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:24pm PT
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Hey guys, thought i post some photos of mountains in kurdistan :)
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:30pm PT
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Great! Superbump!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:34pm PT
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North-west side of Idaho's highest pile of choss.
Pretty, ain't it?
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 15, 2011 - 10:44pm PT
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bump for climbing
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jan 16, 2011 - 12:08am PT
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go-B
climber
Revelation 7:12
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Jan 16, 2011 - 01:22am PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 21, 2011 - 10:43pm PT
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Alpine Bump!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 21, 2012 - 01:33pm PT
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Jello bump...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 21, 2012 - 01:42pm PT
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Big bump(s)...
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jan 21, 2012 - 01:49pm PT
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Jungfraujoch railway station & Sphinx observatory from the Moench
Jungfrau from the Grosser Aletschgletscher
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Feb 26, 2012 - 03:18pm PT
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Snowy Bumps...
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Feb 26, 2012 - 04:15pm PT
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Snorky
Trad climber
Carbondale, CO
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Feb 26, 2012 - 04:17pm PT
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Mountains are OK.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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Here, here!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Dec 28, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
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Here's to everyone being Blown Away Jello Style in 2014!
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Dec 28, 2013 - 08:15pm PT
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When I first saw the thread title, I thought it meant "blown away" as in nearly killed. I was blown away in Vietnam by a satchel charge, (IED), in modern terms. Damn near killed me, but that's another story, unrelated to climbing.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 28, 2013 - 08:32pm PT
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Here's to Jello and his vision,
and his first solo ascent of the South Face of Ama Dablam in Nepal.
1979 Lowe Route on the South Face (VI AI4 M5 1200m), FA Solo by Jeff Lowe, 30 April 1979.[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ama_Dablam
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Dec 28, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Jello great photos bump.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Bump for Jeff Lowe and Pure Alpine Spirit!
"Modesty is the greatest virtue of a mountaineer...Its foundation is always a pure love of the mountains, the sinking of self in their life, their being, their spirit. It is only to the devout lover that the mountains open their riches and their inmost heart. Let him give his whole self in devotion, nothing doubting, and they will return love for love; and whom they love, they draw him up to themselves and make him great and rich. Happy is their favorite." Julius Kugy, Alpine Pilgrimage, 1934
Compliments of Jack Durrance via Paul Sibley...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jeff Lowe still blows me away!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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With radness like this in the pre-Alps, I can't wait 'til I get to climb in the proper big Alps!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Here's to you mountain lovers & JL.....
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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May 11, 2015 - 08:58pm PT
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A bump for Jello = Jeff Lowe & wonderful photos.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 26, 2015 - 08:34pm PT
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Mountain scenery Bump...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Nov 27, 2015 - 12:12pm PT
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Bump for a happy day after Thanksgiving to Jello and Connie!
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Stockholm, Sweden
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Nov 27, 2015 - 03:45pm PT
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I've noticed, when I'm in the mountains, that I instinctively start whispering out of humbleness..
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Nov 27, 2015 - 05:03pm PT
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Righto. Not blown away, but certainly humbled.
But like Donovan sang, "first there is a mountain then there is no mountain, then there is".
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