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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 15, 2017 - 12:54pm PT
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Part of why some climb, is to have time in the peace and beauty of nature.
Post 'em.
we could all use a dose.Dusk at Oxbow Bend, Snake River.. too late for the skiers, too early for the rest, inside a mostly closed national park, nobody for miles.. perfect
Click on anybody's photo to enlarge it.
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Feb 15, 2017 - 01:57pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 15, 2017 - 02:02pm PT
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 03:28pm PT
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This kid is always so still and calm while surrounded by liquid jackhammer.
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Dan McDevitt
Trad climber
yosemite
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Feb 15, 2017 - 04:18pm PT
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 15, 2017 - 04:30pm PT
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HF
climber
I'm a Norwegian stuck in Joshua Tree
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Feb 15, 2017 - 04:41pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2017 - 05:11pm PT
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wonderful stuff!
Jody... oh my.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 15, 2017 - 05:19pm PT
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hey there say, ed... wow, very GOOD idea...
lovely, very nice stuff here...
:)
thank you so much...
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 05:24pm PT
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Beautiful Hilde. Gets me every time.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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Thanks to all, really beautiful. wonderful shot Jody.
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Dan McDevitt
Trad climber
yosemite
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Feb 15, 2017 - 06:18pm PT
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Great thread Ed!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 06:21pm PT
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Torres del Paine sunrise...
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2017 - 06:24pm PT
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Dan, that is a s good of a photo of the Grand Canyon as i have ever seen.
and Reilly, I have never seen that one before! breathtaking!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 15, 2017 - 06:29pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 15, 2017 - 06:35pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 15, 2017 - 06:58pm PT
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Do you keep your bikes idling while you rest Jody?
East side of the Piutes in the background.
My son and I create the good old days every time we get together.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:08pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:08pm PT
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:26pm PT
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StahBro- El Capitan State Beach?
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:36pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:38pm PT
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Contractor,
Kirk Creek in Big Sur
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kief
Trad climber
east side
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Feb 15, 2017 - 07:46pm PT
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Jody, that Lundy pond is on my daily dog walk and you've captured one of the most magnificent shots of a familiar place that I've ever seen. Thanks.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2017 - 07:58pm PT
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thank you for posting Jody...
no words
edit: who wants to try to follow that? sheesh.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 15, 2017 - 09:02pm PT
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Jody, nothing that noble. But I thought it noble of me to force myself out
of a warm bed at such an unreasonable hour to walk down to the beach below
the hotel. :-)
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Feb 15, 2017 - 09:43pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 15, 2017 - 10:00pm PT
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Jody
I was kidding pud...
Yeah I got that :)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2017 - 10:29pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 15, 2017 - 10:50pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 16, 2017 - 12:05am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 16, 2017 - 09:16am PT
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knucko
climber
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Feb 16, 2017 - 01:54pm PT
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I worked several summers in the 1980's for my uncle in SE Alaksa on his fishing boat. After days and days of hard work, due to weather we finally get a harbor day.....plus this was shortly after we hit the Baranoff Hot Springs!!
Not a bad spot for the day off.......
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 16, 2017 - 02:36pm PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Feb 16, 2017 - 04:28pm PT
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We found Tilly this morning, on a ledge halfway up the new -1 star 4 pitch cliff. Here, after the rescue, Tilly takes heat off my partner.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2017 - 10:14pm PT
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 17, 2017 - 08:27am PT
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peace and tranquility, easily found here in Costa Rica
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 17, 2017 - 10:16am PT
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Mike Honcho
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Feb 17, 2017 - 10:38am PT
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Neato' topic! My Wife and I were rambling through Spain a few years ago, just us two, and we randomly stopped at this tiny and seemingly vacant Aerodromo, Aeropuerto or Airport just to walk around. Just us two, content and happy as clams at sunset. I thought of these two pics as soon as I saw the topic and if not for this post, these two goofy pictures would never have seen the light of day.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2017 - 05:21pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2017 - 06:01pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 18, 2017 - 06:43pm PT
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Burgundy Spire, N. Cascades (a long ski in)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2017 - 10:41pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 18, 2017 - 10:55pm PT
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Gaylor Lake
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Avery
climber
New Zealand
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Feb 18, 2017 - 11:00pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 18, 2017 - 11:20pm PT
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Fantastic shots, my friends.
Dairy barns on the right.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 19, 2017 - 06:00am PT
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^^Oh, but you're so good, Anita. That's not Ontario, is it? Pax Nabiscum, sister...
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jamatt
Social climber
Asheville, NC
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Feb 19, 2017 - 07:32am PT
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 19, 2017 - 08:05am PT
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Feb 19, 2017 - 09:03am PT
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Edison Lake, like 20 years ago!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 19, 2017 - 09:15am PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 19, 2017 - 10:24am PT
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Feb 19, 2017 - 10:32am PT
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Feb 19, 2017 - 10:53am PT
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Feb 19, 2017 - 12:12pm PT
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Cool thread.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 19, 2017 - 01:32pm PT
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Feb 19, 2017 - 06:53pm PT
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Quite the view...
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2017 - 05:56pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2017 - 06:50pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 21, 2017 - 06:56pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Feb 21, 2017 - 07:54pm PT
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7SacredPools
Trad climber
Ontario, Canada
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Feb 21, 2017 - 08:03pm PT
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Feb 22, 2017 - 08:20am PT
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My happy place. Sam Mack Meadow below North Palisade.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Feb 22, 2017 - 08:43am PT
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Jody, You totally rock as a photographer - thanks for posting many gifts.
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Feb 22, 2017 - 08:50am PT
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Dave Black, in the moment, leaning back, enjoying the universe. Mahlens Falls, Utah, early 80's.
TY
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Feb 22, 2017 - 08:54am PT
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My college roomate, and best man at my first wedding, the late peaceful Patrick O'Gorman somewhere just south of Santa Cruz 1976. Boy we don't appreciate the good times as much when they are happening, miss him.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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Feb 22, 2017 - 09:19am PT
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Scott,
Patrick O' was one class act dude. RIP Pat.
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Brian Toy
Sport climber
Montgomery, AL
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Feb 22, 2017 - 01:35pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 22, 2017 - 08:10pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 23, 2017 - 08:16am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 23, 2017 - 12:26pm PT
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Yesterday's rainbow arising from my crib...
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The Wolf
Trad climber
Martinez, CA
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Feb 23, 2017 - 01:03pm PT
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 23, 2017 - 05:44pm PT
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Dan McDevitt
Trad climber
yosemite
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Feb 23, 2017 - 08:29pm PT
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full moon at the creek
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 08:45pm PT
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Thank you Jody, in response:
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 08:46pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:19pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:23pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:26pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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click on it.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:46pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 10:00pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 10:06pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 23, 2017 - 10:07pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2017 - 10:09pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Feb 23, 2017 - 10:30pm PT
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 24, 2017 - 04:54am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 24, 2017 - 07:56am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 24, 2017 - 09:17am PT
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Feb 24, 2017 - 07:57pm PT
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TY
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Feb 24, 2017 - 08:00pm PT
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loved that DB shot TY.
big medicine
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2017 - 09:00pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 24, 2017 - 09:01pm PT
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 25, 2017 - 07:39am PT
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Ed's been busy. Nice work. Tuolumne, nice shot just above.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 25, 2017 - 07:43am PT
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Feb 25, 2017 - 08:32am PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2017 - 04:34pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 25, 2017 - 04:46pm PT
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Some damn nice ones on this page, but my cows still moole.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Feb 25, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Feb 26, 2017 - 05:12pm PT
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dawn on the Río Medio Queso
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hellroaring
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Feb 26, 2017 - 09:04pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 26, 2017 - 10:54pm PT
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your cows rule Reilly
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 27, 2017 - 10:43pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2017 - 08:42am PT
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Hay, I can't help myself, we had a farm in Wisconsin. But you don't see too many cows
enjoying this kind of view at over 10,000!
Tadzhikistan...
(crappy scan of a damaged slide)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 28, 2017 - 09:07am PT
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Cool, now I can call it a hand colored daguerrotype! :-)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2017 - 09:13am PT
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the cows are cool... and peaceful, such was the intent here.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2017 - 04:09pm PT
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Vitality, really nice.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 1, 2017 - 07:07pm PT
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Sick photos Vitality. You down there now?
No, just got home!
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2017 - 08:27pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2017 - 12:37pm PT
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Mar 26, 2017 - 12:43pm PT
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Mar 26, 2017 - 12:48pm PT
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Mar 26, 2017 - 01:44pm PT
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Mar 26, 2017 - 01:59pm PT
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Mar 26, 2017 - 01:59pm PT
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The outlet of Lago Del Desierto.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Mar 26, 2017 - 04:03pm PT
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Boblyi
climber
The East Side
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Mar 27, 2017 - 09:08am PT
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Fitz Roy
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Boblyi
climber
The East Side
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Mar 27, 2017 - 09:10am PT
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Calving glacier
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2017 - 10:31pm PT
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 27, 2017 - 10:33pm PT
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Mar 28, 2017 - 09:55am PT
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TY
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2017 - 01:42pm PT
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nice TY!!
and Jody makes magic again... at Atascadero of all places! very cool!
edit: Tony your pic reminds me of a photo I took of Jeff Bosson and Norm Kingsley relaxing and looking at the crags.. those friendships, and pics we should treasure!
Thank you for sharing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 28, 2017 - 02:14pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 29, 2017 - 07:55am PT
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Capt.
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some eastside hovel
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Mar 29, 2017 - 08:04am PT
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Nice!
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goboy
Trad climber
san diego
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Mar 29, 2017 - 08:07am PT
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pud
climber
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Mar 29, 2017 - 08:43am PT
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^^^ Nice
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pud
climber
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EdBannister
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2017 - 01:16pm PT
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wonderful contributions, thanks to all!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 29, 2017 - 01:49pm PT
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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Mar 30, 2017 - 03:57am PT
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Friends,
Each of these precious images remind us of a rare moment when we were graced to brush within a hair's breadth of Beauty, Love, and Truth—the elusive peace we've been seeking for countless lifetimes. When awareness is focused on what we love.
Yes, Bob, Beauty DOES Walk a Razor's Edge. But that edge is not a straight line—it's an infinite point, whose only form is depth, and it resides only in the center of universes that separate one edge of the hair from the other. And it's accessible only through grace.
Climbing is superb at focusing attention—it's why we go there. It's why we make illusory statements like, "I'll never stop climbing!". Illusory? Of course. All these attachments will be taken from us, one by one, or all at once. Only our attention will survive the cruelty of the dual worlds. And only when our attention is graced to land on something real, something that can never be taken from us, something eternal and so drenched with peace and unimaginable love that knows no condition, can we begin to glimpse what's beyond the near edge of the hair.
How wonderful to see so many celebrating their search here, in this way! Some more freely than others, but searching. Mind is always for getting/forgetting. Soul lives by giving. The more our attention escapes the clutches of mind and its passions, the more grace manifests.
I'm graced with a single image which I'd love to share here, but it exists for sharing only as a sheet of 4x5 film, and maybe that's for the best. It's called 'Beauty Walks a Razor's Edge', from a moment in 1982. Maybe this way, the unseen image will inflame a single—or even collective—imagination in a way that fits each one, perfectly.
Thanks for this level of participation.
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Mar 30, 2017 - 09:51am PT
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Mar 30, 2017 - 01:17pm PT
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Sometimes when the light is right and the creative urges flow, Josh can be the most surreal, the most tranquil, of places. I never get tired of how the light plays across the landscape.
TY
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2017 - 11:41pm PT
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 1, 2017 - 05:19pm PT
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Thank you Larry...
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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San Jacinto from Death March Pk, JTree...(It was nippy up there last week!)
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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This one might seem funny, but a little context will help.
I'm cleaning my garage, which is a metaphor for cleaning up my head. Lots of stuff there where the animus has cooled, still some pain, but overall a high level acceptance and appreciation of how much more valuable will be the extra space created by cleaning the stuff out.
Going through boxes of old computer and network gear from one of several unsuccessful businesses, which weren't economically rewarding but did hold my curiosity and passion for a number of years. And this little item wasn't really part of that:
This little guy got my dad through college, about 20 years after the normal college track. After high school, he was a furniture mover. He enlisted in the Navy during Vietnam and learned a trade: repairing radars that targeted big guns. That gave him a good living after the war, working his way up from assembly line tech to directing programs for quality control on radar systems for the F-14 and F-18 fighter planes. Somewhere along the road he hit a ceiling without a bachelor's degree, so just as I was finishing high school, he finished. He had many years of getting up before 5am, doing a full day of work, then spending evenings in classes and studying. When he finished with a EE degree, and I was just starting mine, he gave me this calculator.
To me, this little guy represents hard work, and a perfect example of how "they don't make 'em like they used to." It's probably been in a box for 9 years, and it was already 20+ years old at that time with batteries changed who knows when, and the damn thing turned on! That was a golden age of quality in America (edit: except for American made cars!). We are advancing in technology at a blinding and incomprehensible speed, in ways too subtle for anyone to understand unless you are in the field, but I see fewer and fewer things built with the care and attention to detail like this. The incessant drive for efficiency and profit builds a short lifetime into the materials of just about everything today. I'm afraid of buying a new refrigerator that will probably die sooner than the one it would be intended to replace.
So, just a little bit of peace and nostalgia and procrastination while cleaning up.
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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I'm cleaning my garage, which is a metaphor for cleaning up my head. Lots of stuff there where the animus has cooled, still some pain, but overall a high level acceptance and appreciation of how much more valuable will be the extra space created by cleaning the stuff out.
We may be drifting off on a tangent, NutAgain!, but I can relate. Garage/closet purges at my age deliver more than three dimensional space. Lightening the load I think is a metaphor that works for me. How liberating!
Your post struck a cord I don't give much attention anymore—the absence of quality in a declining world. But the vehicle you used to illustrate your whole experience made me laugh.
I bought this one myself, back when HP was a very different entity than its thin shadow now. You summed it up very well.
But I appreciate this little calculator to the degree that it is one of maybe five objects that occupy permanent residence on my standup desk. The logic it uses maintains its standing as, still, my favorite calculator. It gets regular use—to the degree that you shamed me into cleaning it up before capturing this image.
And, yes, those reminders of animus[sic] excursions are some of the most difficult to throw in the trash, aren't they?
Thanks for the smiles.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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I liked Larry Horton’s take on his experience here. With all due respect, these images are not the moments of peace. Those can’t be shown. The images were, perhaps, what was in front of a person . . . but they weren’t the moments. I think some narrative or writing needs to go with every one of these images. They maybe communicate a site for an experience, but what was the moment of peace?
I hope someone here gets this.
Be well.
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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I absolutely get your meaning, MikeL. The images cannot be the moment.
Nor can words.
There are cultures with ancient roots that recognize the ability of images to more expeditiously inspire a moment/convey a meaning than written words composed of symbols for sounds uttered from the throat.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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the thing is. i know where this shot was taken. i know the moment it was taken. it was a moment of peace for me.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Pictures pre-date words.
You'll always be carting my turds.
Now go away and leave me in peace.
"Phenomenon." :0)
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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Tami, there are no `new' phenomena. The lower worlds of matter, energy, space, and time are a finished creation. Everything that exists or ever will exist here has already been created. A component of mind we call memory creates the illusion of continuity. In the higher worlds, beyond duality, in the unfinished creation, only the moment exists.
But the mind, which doesn't even exist in those higher worlds, loves the idea of something new, doesn't it? There is nothing new.
I'm not trying to be coy or obtuse. But the real discrepancies are those between what we like to think of as reality here, and what is undeniably true in the higher realms. And that gap is so huge that words can't really convey its magnitude.
Further complicating the resolution of that gap is the revelation that virtually everything mind accepts as real and true will be proven to be false and untrue during the ascension of consciousness.
There is only one true 'self', and 99.999999% of humanity have yet to even glimpse it, much less live in it. It, the soul, is so elusive, sound asleep, and snoring loudly, that it never even surfaces to what little awareness is available to us in our current condition. The mental concept of multiple 'selves' is definitely a construct only the mind could concoct. Kahneman's different selves are nothing more than different components and levels of mind—what he calls the experiencing 'self' being the higher mind, and the remembering 'self' a portion of the physical mind responsible for memory. The hardwired portions are expressions of deep seated karmas which we carry for lifetimes.
Those who have attained cosmic consciousness are still only experiencing divine mind, the highest mind. The travesty here is that it's still the mind. It's still dual. It still hasn't recognized soul, much less realized it. It can't maintain reliable equanimity, much less the state of bliss which characterizes the higher worlds. The Masters throughout time have always stated the remarkable paradox that in cosmic consciousness, one is as far from soul as it's possible to get—even though realization of soul transpires just above in the next higher region. Without the escort of a true Master, soul remains unawakened and untouched, and divine mind can ascend no higher. It's reached the zenith of what's possible for the mind. The vast and indescribable regions beyond are inaccessible.
So, this is part of what I attempted to suggest as these moments of peace getting soooo close—a hair's breadth—to the real thing, that they make a deeply lasting impression upon us. Yet, they still are not the 'real thing'. They only point to it. Still, that, in and of itself, is a noteworthy blessing—a lifetime treasure for many of us.
I know that's a lot. Does it make any sense at all? I'm certainly not a Master, but I keep the company of one, and all I can offer is my experience of a measly twenty years.
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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That's very cool, Tami.
I practiced Oriental medicine for twenty years, and increasing awareness was a very large part in changing clients' health. Even when we don't clearly understand something, bringing awareness to it irrevocably changes everything. Our lives will never be the same, and that awareness will steadily feed us doses of increased understanding of a whole subject for years.
Thanks for being candid.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Tami:
Kahneman is brilliant, and careful. Whomever's writing you posted does not sound like Kahneman's, but it’s a fair interpretation of his work. Although a psychologist, I read Kahneman in accountanting research--in a field of study that took his research to heart. Accountants are tough cookies. You gotta really show them.
I like what you said. Peace is where is where one finds it. I understand you find it up north in open land with clear broad skies, and in a land that requires / rewards able-bodied and -minded men and women. Hearty.
My comment above meant for folks to say what was peaceful in the image for them, or at least where their hearts were when they took the image.
In my moments of anxiety, it’s instructive to stumble upon folks who are at-one-ment with what’s happening in front of them. I’m interested in the narratives that people paint about their lives, their moments of peace, and what grounded them in those moments. (I am celebrating those.) For example, one of my great moments of peace may have been when I was close to death in combat. So, . . . like, . . . what’s that about??? Ha.
This is a nice thread. I just thought I was missing some descriptions from people who were only pointing to half of the equation.
(So, you’re Canadian, eh? I lived in London for a couple of years, and we’ve been to BC lots--for downhill biking. There are some lovely people in Canada. Too bad we pollute your media with our news-entertainment-culture.)
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Interestingly i also often find peace in the middle of the climb. My solo climb on sunday had some hectic tense moments and anxiety dealing with unstable snowpack but several of the steeper sections had funky ice that really got my attention. There was no room for anxiety, no time to worry about if I would have to chop a bunch of ice to get through the rabbit hole to get to the rappels, no worries about the avi conditions in the decent gully, just engageing steep unroped climbing way up high with great exposure. terraine I know I don't fall on but funky enough conditions to keep you 100% focused. Climbing is the only time my mind is completly free of the 10,000 distractions... finally a short steep rock band with god turf sticks above it guards the top out. you make that move and you are in gentle woods. you know you will live . this is a time of reflection and peace
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Tami. My last little jaunt I was afraid of avalanches at times. The whole beginnig 2/3rds of the climb there were all sorts of logistic thoughts going through my head about snow and ice conditions. the final headwall the climbing was hard enough but within my soloing comfort zone that I was able to get in a zen state of mushin and that was peacefull for me. once I topped out I knew I was safe for the moment and had pleanty of daylight left. I took a moment to enjoy the place that I was. that was peacefull. Then I had to shift gears and deal with the decent which is a bit involved from that spot on the mountain.. that was not peacefull ;)
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Given the above pic and Mike's comment of finding peace during combat- both of which I'd find frankly anything but peaceful - I'm more than ever moved to consider "peace" as deeply personal.
Maybe like snow and love, so many nuanced objects that are all bluntly categorized under simple words. Maybe the peace in the midst of battle is the peace of fully living in the present, with a quiet mind.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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under idyllic conditions, like extended twilight in wide open alaskan airspace, precision execution of this special kind of calligraphy somehow prepares the brain for sweet slumber
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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Maybe the peace in the midst of battle is the peace of fully living in the present, with a quiet mind.
That's been my experience. The three near death experiences I've had were all perfectly peaceful. Each of them allowed me time (it takes less than milliseconds) to make my peace. "Yep, this has been an incredible life, and now, all that's before me is to do the best I can, and accept what comes. Here goes."
In the early '80s I spent the day doing a solo body recovery on the East Ridge of Wolf's Head. Most of it was spent on a sloping ledge with a climber's body, waiting for the helicopter to figure out how to handle this. It was very peaceful, and inspired valuable insights into death and comfort with it.
The strangest, though, was a time, when my body just didn't 'get' that it had come within milliseconds of being killed. No fear, no adrenaline rush, no gasping for air—just the intellectual recognition that, "Holy Schieße! I just about died there, and my body didn't even recognize it!" Very weird.
But generally, the imminent prospect of checking out of this body NOW, cuts through the crap.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 09:24pm PT
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a long time ago, peace came from putting your own will last, not first, in doing what was right, not in seeking benefit for my group,.. in taking responsibility, in being self reliant, but aware of weaknesses,
in treating other people as well as you would like to be treated,, and being genuinely thankful for what you already have...
but i still find myself fleeing the city.. seeking that which my theory would have me possessing at home.
i find peace in the hills, or out on the desert, or sometimes along the shore...
peace, that seems to elude me in the city
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 09:35pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 09:37pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 09:38pm PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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John on the mid-Sheenjek River, heading upriver with miles behind him and a ton of miles to go.
So, peace equals exhaustion? A lot of times, yes.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Dana.....holds all of life on the pathway to the top.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2017 - 10:07pm PT
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Darwin.. one of my best days ever started with my pack before dawn at Rae Lakes.. summit of Glen Pass for sunrise...
i walked to Road's end. 27 miles in the Sierra...by 4 pm. a very very good day.
so in terms of your exhaustion quotient, maybe you are on to something.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Ashes to ashes....dust to dust. Love remains.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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BTW, this was a particularly 'peaceful' scene cause we had just negotiated
some scary stuff to get to this point. Mind you, it was only scary to one
of us but when she gets scared then it becomes like golf: a pleasant walk
gets ruined. OK, it wasn't that bad, but almost. :-)
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larryhorton
Trad climber
NM
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How nice to see this thread resuming its sweetness at a new level.
a long time ago, peace came from putting your own will last, not first, in doing what was right, not in seeking benefit for my group,.. in taking responsibility, in being self reliant, but aware of weaknesses,
in treating other people as well as you would like to be treated,, and being genuinely thankful for what you already have...
but i still find myself fleeing the city.. seeking that which my theory would have me possessing at home.
i find peace in the hills, or out on the desert, or sometimes along the shore...
peace, that seems to elude me in the city
Amen, Ed.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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the only place i ever found peace in a city was on a rooftop......
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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How blessed are we when we seek to carve out, to find peace in this world that so easily consumes.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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For me, peace is contentment. The moment when nothing else matters but being present.
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MikeL
Social climber
Southern Arizona
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Hey, Babe--Tami:
It’s the same thing. When you are thinking about your survival and what not, you’re in the thick of things. Now that you look back on it, you probably smile. Me, too. Same thing. Peace comes to some differently, and that’s what makes this thread interesting and fruitful.
Tradman climbs:
Most of your comments are wonderful. This one, however. . .
the only place i ever found peace in a city was on a rooftop......
Living in a city is a question of survival. You have predators all around you, and the environment is chaotic. You have to love input, disturbance, activity, change. In that space of energy, in all the activity, are uncounted spaces of emptiness. Those uncounted spaces are anonymous. If you are in one of them, you are no one, nothing. It tends to call for a being who is confident in chaos. Being confident in chaos relies upon a belief in influence: You believe you have the power to make sense of the chaos. If you can, you're leading and making the world.
I think I got off track. Living in the city can be immensely freeing. But it takes a personality.
And hey, folks, . . . I didn’t mean to get morose with the death thing. I just happen to have a weird attraction to death. I’m fascinated. It’s like a bomb as it is exploding. I’m peculiar that way. (Other than that, I tend to be a very happy-go-lucky person!! :-D As some advertising slogan goes, “Life is Good!”)
Nice posts. (It is a good thing I read them twice.)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2017 - 02:26am PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I am a country boy, a fish out of water in the city. only there for a long weekend and the only place I found peace was on the rooftop.....
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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When I think of Peace I rarely think of humans, except maybe those under age 2. :)
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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goB!!! That is great!!!
i think Ringo has more fun than most.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Love the rooftops!
From a great height.
:0)
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 11, 2017 - 01:06pm PT
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edit: vvv THIS ONE vvv EdBannister !!!
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 11, 2017 - 03:53pm PT
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Apr 11, 2017 - 06:56pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2017 - 10:02pm PT
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Thank you Hooblie
wonderful photograph....
and the Man from Monrovia wins coolest iPhone shot.... wow...
i am genuinely thankful for everyone's posts here,
it is good medicine for what i should just avoid elsewhere on the topo...
so again thanks to everyone who has posted here.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 13, 2017 - 09:58am PT
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Apr 13, 2017 - 10:05am PT
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Ed. Oxbow bend. I was standing there hitchhikeing in 1981 and there was a real oxen wagon train lumbering allong at a snails/oxens pace. Some kind of summer camp recreating the westward migration.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Apr 18, 2017 - 07:08am PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 18, 2017 - 07:22am PT
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Students from a local girl's college in Skardu, Pakistan.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 18, 2017 - 07:35am PT
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Apr 18, 2017 - 10:48am PT
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 22, 2017 - 04:21pm PT
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Sipapu Nat Bridge - second only to Rainbow
At 2' away we were at peace with one another, otherwise I wouldn't be
typing this with ten fingers.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 22, 2017 - 07:11pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 07:55pm PT
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great Bolton! The Waughzoo is a credit to anyone he is around.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 08:01pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 09:44pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 23, 2017 - 03:09pm PT
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Apr 26, 2017 - 12:38pm PT
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A friendly sort, he wagged his tail to say Hi, then went on his way.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Apr 26, 2017 - 12:54pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 26, 2017 - 05:28pm PT
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Mighty good idea for a thread, Ed Bannister. Thanks.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Apr 27, 2017 - 08:25am PT
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Chillaxing on the "beach," six or seven pitches up on the FA of the Humungous Fungus on the Mushroom (Sedona).
Next "stick" of jumpers on their way down- the quiet time between a loud bumpy plane and running chainsaws and swinging pulaskis for like 30 hours...
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Da-Veed
Big Wall climber
Bigfork
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Apr 27, 2017 - 11:51am PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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i-b-goB
Social climber
Wise Acres
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Mad69Dog
Ice climber
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2017 - 07:36pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Above Banning, CA.
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2017 - 08:29pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2017 - 08:34pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 2, 2017 - 09:11pm PT
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it was so quiet i found myself listening to the conversations,
of ducks and geese...
they were about 500 yards away
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2017 - 08:02pm PT
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Reilly,
bovine above was for your benefit..
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - May 3, 2017 - 08:09pm PT
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Moments after ^^^^^
I took the waterfall picture.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 15, 2017 - 03:27pm PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 28, 2017 - 09:53pm PT
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^^^I love this simple craft, Jim.
The most primitive of ways to deal with water, it is propelled by the hands and feet alone, no paddle.
Natural Man, by his nature, avoided the water and only ventured into or on it when it was necessary, though boys don't tend to think about the risks--they just want to have fun and adventures.
Have we changed all that here lately with these fancy paddles? I wonder.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 28, 2017 - 10:08pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 28, 2017 - 10:13pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 31, 2017 - 09:28am PT
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Cause you can't have too many cows and mountains...
ps the second little pointy peak down from the left is about the start of the Lauberhorn downhill
course - the longest and baddest of them all.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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May 31, 2017 - 02:45pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Met our neighbors in Wales last night. They were really happy to see me. It's obvious, right?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 13, 2017 - 04:46pm PT
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Sep 13, 2017 - 04:51pm PT
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2017 - 11:56pm PT
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there is a pause, after fall nature seems to rest, before winter arrives.
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hooblie
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from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 14, 2017 - 12:21am PT
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