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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 19, 2017 - 01:01pm PT
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Aug 4-6 is a full moon and we will have a impromptu gathering in honor of the new guide book. Climbing, camp fires and drinks hopefully around the back side of Power Dome. Nothing planned but that except maybe a full moon ascent of Divorce Quartz on Power Dome. Dwight Kroll is planning on showing. He may even sign your book for a beer. Hope to meet some new and old peeps.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 19, 2017 - 01:16pm PT
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Sounds like a blast. Good chance I can show up.
But I hate to be a wet blanket regarding camping behind Power Dome.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Kernville Annex)
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Jun 19, 2017 - 01:40pm PT
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Dave -
Sounds good! Count me in. Perhaps Slick Watts, Kris Solem, Guy Keesee, Rene Ardesche, Gerry Jessuran and few other Fresno/Visalia locals will jump on this. Daniel Jeffcoach.....you in?
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Jun 19, 2017 - 02:04pm PT
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Yeehaw! Lemme check El Calendario.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 19, 2017 - 02:04pm PT
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It's so hot there in August that climbing is desperate that time of year. One of the problems with the place is that there is almost no shady climbing other than Tiger Wall. If the creek levels go down some maybe I will make it and do some fishing instead.
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Jun 19, 2017 - 02:49pm PT
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Afternoon ( 4-8pm )@ Voyager or Trapper is quite pleasant and convenient *
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Jun 19, 2017 - 03:25pm PT
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I will try and attend. I climb at courtright a fair amount in the summer. We treat it like spring skiing, climbing by 5:30am drinking before noon. Sometimes with a rally for some afternoon/evening activity.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 19, 2017 - 03:47pm PT
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Agree, very early or late. Hence fishing in the middle of the day maybe.
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two-shoes
Trad climber
Auberry, CA
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Jun 19, 2017 - 04:00pm PT
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I'm going to throw my wet blanket into the mix, too. I can give at the least a handful of reasons why it would be a bad idea to camp around the backside of Power Dome.
It's still really pristine back around there. Let's not camp in this beautiful little stream canyon.
Please, reconsider car camping along the road, toward the roads end, at least there are pit toilets within a short walking distance.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jun 19, 2017 - 04:37pm PT
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Camp at the Big Flat Granite Spot.... just a bit before you go into the backpackers parking.
I always liked to park at the 90 degree bend in the road, close to Power Dome. But that's all closed off now.... See Kris picture.
I don't think anybody is looking to hike down to the backside of PD, close to the Sandstone intrusion.
Ill think about a Aug 4-6 .... who get up at 5am to go climbing??
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Jun 19, 2017 - 06:44pm PT
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who get up at 5am to go climbing??
Me and Micronut for sure and probably a few others.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jun 19, 2017 - 09:06pm PT
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would love to go. Blocking it out on cal.
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 20, 2017 - 08:20am PT
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I guess my description of back side is bad. We will be car camping where we can find a spot on the east side of the dam. I just may bring my fishing pole for the hot part of the day.
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 19, 2017 - 03:16pm PT
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Bump for gathering. Mark your calendars.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Jul 19, 2017 - 09:17pm PT
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Save me a spot, and I'll give you a good spencer tracy belay...I promise!
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jul 19, 2017 - 10:12pm PT
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Sweet!
I missed this thread but somehow still have those dates marked for "Courtright" in my calendar? Hopefully I can come for at least part of it.
I'm gonna throw a dry blanket on this party, 90 degrees is sending temps! All you people from the coast need to toughen up if you wanna hang with central valley hardmen :) Can't be considered hot if it's only double digits.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jul 19, 2017 - 10:30pm PT
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All you people from the coast need to toughen up if you wanna hang with central valley hardmen :)
Ha! Obviously you have never climbed at the Gunks in August. Try 85 degree temps at 90% humidity while every hold you touch is covered with squishy caterpillars and you are constantly face to face with those flat wasp nests. Then you mantel up onto the first decent ledge in 100 feet only to find yourself face to face with a copperhead. All the while the black flies are diving into your ears and crawling around on your eardrums. And as if that's not enough you've got weirdo's climbing naked, as in their sacks are hangin' out, and 90 year old men soloing High Exposure.
Then, when yer down from your climb, you can hang out at the UberFall and watch the chicks doing endless sets of pinky finger one-arms in short-shorts. That until the Preserve Ranger comes up and asks you for the money you had set aside for dinner...
Worse yet you decide to lead that little "5.8" face right there at grand central station called Dirty Gerdie, you know, to show the locals you're a trad dude. Oops.
That sh*t will break you central valley hardmen like twigs.
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ruppell
climber
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Jul 19, 2017 - 10:37pm PT
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Ksolem
That was some funny sh!t. Makes me miss it. In Oct at least. lol
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jul 20, 2017 - 08:23am PT
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I don't know, Kris, that sounds a lot like a trip to the grocery store in Fresno. Just missing some meth and teen pregnancy
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 20, 2017 - 08:48am PT
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Kris thats the way it is.
Davy .... camping "EAST" of the dam? Dam I always get turned around at that place, so i think you mean camp after one crosses over the dam then you go past the "old, original campspot" and look for the spots along the road, in the trees, and on the big granite slab..... if you get to the backpackers spot you have gone to far. RIGHT?
I think I will be there Friday through Monday. Early am Traper dome looks like the ticket.
Fishing... Im not to well versed in westside flyfishing. I have landed some nice fish in the lake on nightcrawlers but I don't do that anymore. Any special patterns for those trout below Power Dome?
I do know that some weird ass bugs originate in the Central Valley due to the hostile environment.
And does anybody know where I could rent a "DaBrim" for the weekend?
One like this.
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1812495&msg=2332967#msg2332967
So looking fwd to this one.
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