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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Aug 22, 2017 - 03:32pm PT
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Peak eclipse on the eastern seaboard was around 2:30 east coast time. This photo, however pretty, is fake.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Aug 22, 2017 - 04:36pm PT
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Okay thanks. Yeah I thought it might have been east coast and it would have been cool to see it on the horizon.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Aug 22, 2017 - 05:24pm PT
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I was at Linn-Benton community college in Albany OR. Lots of families and young college kids, the college folks even made a nice breakfast prior to the eclipse. It was a wonderful event, wish I could have taken better pictures but all the important images will be burned in my brain forever.
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stunewberry
Trad climber
Spokane, WA
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Aug 22, 2017 - 06:02pm PT
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Went up Tripod Creek Road west of Smith's Ferry, Idaho, along the Payette River. Very few people, all were convivial, in contrast to the mob along the river.
That was one of the most spectacular things I've ever experienced. Worth the trip and cracked windshield on the way back.
Tom
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Aug 22, 2017 - 06:44pm PT
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Thought it was cool!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:02pm PT
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The eclipse effect that got the most attention from the kids was this one of the few dozen eclipses taken through kitchen collanders.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:07pm PT
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I thought the most startling effect was when what you are looking at suddenly becomes 3 or4 times its size when you shift from looking at the sun to looking at the corona.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:16pm PT
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Posting other people's work without credit is super lame Jeff.
Here is Michael Shainblum's website link.
http://www.shainblumphoto.com
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:19pm PT
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My crew took a break yesterday morning and headed to a local park to check out the show. It was pretty cool, but totality would be so much cooler.
Dru has inspired me. I will be on a mountain top to see the shadow race towards me before I perish.
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High Fructose Corn Spirit
Gym climber
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:21pm PT
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For me, a lasting image will be of the corona presenting the diamond ring and also the corona with bits of red (solar flaring) in a couple of spots (c 2:00) seen through our binoculars. "Surrealistic" for sure and super glad we made the move to see it.
We all felt so blessed for the conditions we had, I can hardly wait for the next one!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:34pm PT
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"When it all goes quiet behind my eyes, I see everything that made me lying around in invisible pieces. When I look too hard, it goes away. And when it all goes quiet, I see they are right here. I see that I'm a little piece in a big, big universe. And that makes things right."
Hushpuppy
Beasts of the Southern Wild
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:37pm PT
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Lorenzo... Viagra does that to me...
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Aug 22, 2017 - 07:59pm PT
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for a whole two minutes?
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Aug 22, 2017 - 08:31pm PT
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After discarding dreams of driving to a 10,000' ridge in Idaho's White Cloud Range for the eclipse, due to reports of expected huge crowds of tourists clogging every Idaho high-point for the Total Eclipse, we decided on the undesirable desert of the Southeast side of the Lost River Range.
We found a steamside campsite, with afternoon shade, just a little old cow-schist & weeds, and settled into our base camp for four nights.
We did two day-hikes into the high canyons of the Lemhi Range, enjoyed our "Big-sky" sunsets & star watching, & by eclipse day, had no neighbors closer than a mile away.
The eclipse & especially Totality was awesome, despite fire-smoke that limited visiblility to about 10 miles. Unfortunately my "point & shoot" camera wasn't up to the task, but trust me, you should have been there for Totality!
My best eclipse shot.
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tb.in.sf
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Aug 22, 2017 - 08:55pm PT
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Use Google Traffic to find the path of the eclipse!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Aug 22, 2017 - 09:31pm PT
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Went to South Menan Butte in Idaho. It is several hundred feet up from the plain to the west, so we were able to see the shadow coming. It was a fantastic experience, and worth the 8 hour traffic cluster getting back to SLC.
This might be the best of the pics I got:
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Aug 22, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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hey there say, stevep... wow, NEAT PHOTO!!
SAY, fritz... sounded very nice!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/forum.php?tz=1503462788
and to everyone else, ... don't have a chance to name you all, but,
thanks so much for sharing!!!
enjoyed all the stories, comments, etc...
ooops, EDIT:
WOW, big mike... that IS REALLY some WEBSITE, that the guy has,
thank you for sharing the link... wow, :O
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cleo
Social climber
wherever you go, there you are
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Aug 22, 2017 - 09:48pm PT
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Fritz! We were there too!
Spent a few days in Stanley (it wasn't that bad) backpacking in the Sawtooths, then got spooked by the clouds and smoke and decided to go Southeast in case we had to drive to clear skies on eclipse morning. We didn't... we set up on Doublesprings Pass Road just north of Mt. Borah!
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