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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 6, 2018 - 10:20am PT
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Yo...when you’re in the mountains it’s all good!
Let’s see some pics!
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Nature having recently had a bout of screaming barfies, can now relate to this posture:
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Why do I suspect Donini's Type 2 fun would be my Type 3 fun, and my Type 2 is his Type 1? :p
Regardless, I'll be back with a picture when I can get to my computer.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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This one instantly came to mind for me:
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Posing near the shore of Chimney Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness Area, after a great day of exploring the high country.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Just after summiting then down climbing this volcanic POS in the middle of a very long traverse in the yellowstone back country.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Summit of Castle Rock Spire with Guy Keesee.
We were two parties of two. Guy and myself, then Bill Leventhal and Rachel McCollum. We did the regular route, Bill and I both lead all the pitches free. It was a great day. I suppose Bill took the picture. I had one of those single use throw away cameras.
Edit: Mike Caldwell, Tommy's Dad, made that gear sling set up for me. He called it the Gear Brazier.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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I think this is type 2.01 phun.
PS Clothing is so over-rated.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^. Oh, yeah, looks like one of the ‘Stans’.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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What was the actors name....Marty Feldman? Not meant with any mal-intent Jim!
Peace
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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A couple of y'all seem unclear on the concept here. As clearly evidenced by my friends here, Type II Fun is all about grace and mastery of the endeavor:
Wide open terrain and efficient movement in the mountains:
Confidence in your abilities and decision-making:
And the satisfaction of knowing you've conquered your objective:
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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A couple of y'all seem unclear on the concept here.
As in "Portrait" means you gotta see the face ;-)
Does favorite mean we can only post one? But I have so many (I'm sure Jim does too.) So if I stretch the rules maybe he will too and Locker will have more raw materials....
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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A couple of y'all seem unclear on the concept here.
No sh#t.
The best way to understand Type 2 fun is the way Barry Blanchard described it: "It don't have to be fun, to be fun."
Happy climbers on a sunny summit does not qualify.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Venue countsThe Vampire, Taquitz
Shipwrecks, Baja
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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last fall. what we thought would be a short afternoon hike up the highest peak in the maratimes/ New Brunswic ended up a 34k suffer fest. left the van at noon 20. How hard can an 820m peak be??? no trail map, no beta, just a road atlas that said it was the highest point in new Brunswic,nova scotia etc, etc.. parc national closed for the season, gate locked. no problem there must be signs. there were signs. a bit vauge at first but they got better. anyways we eventually found the summit and our way back to the westy. This is my portrait at the tail end of a 34+k sufferfest. Rocking the boxers due to heat rash in the crotch....
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Walking home from Kew Beach school, Toronto, with Dad.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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After 8 hours of cross country talus. I just wanted it to end.
Susan
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Often times type 1 is just right around the corner.....or on a different climb on a different day haha
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
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D.L. After storm riding way up on El Cap. It’s freaking scary up there!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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more a group shot
on the approach to the Forster Hut on Mt. Robson...
take more than a litre of water
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Hector
Trad climber
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Descending Fitzroy - Scared and exhausted. But alive
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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In the village of Ayacata at 4200' on the south side of Gran Canaria. It was rainy and cold with 30+ mph winds. I had been on the bike for 5 hours and still had a cold, bumpy 1.5 hour descent back down to the coast.
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Nick Danger
Ice climber
Arvada, CO
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So if four guys are having type 2 fun does that make it type 8 fun?
Type two raised to the 4th power?
Or do you divide the fun type by the # of guys and get type 1/2 fun?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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drapnea, now that is a terrifying scene, all those bumps that make going unsound in the night.
How pleasant, and even beautiful in the daylight.
While I don't have an image, I have a picture in my mind of the "Alpine Garden" on Mt. Washington. Some wit put a sign up along the trail. One cold winter day with the ever present wind whipping along the exit I spied it under 4" of clear ice. Later that year, on a sun dappled day in July, my wife Debbie and I were traipsing up the trail and we saw the sign, I related it's winter condition.
Later on that hike Debbie asked why the 3' high cairns were so closely spaced. I told her to imagine standing at one of them and not being able to see the next, or the previous one. Just like fun, only different.
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Da-Veed
Big Wall climber
Bigfork
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Topping out at night after soloing Skull Queen. I was spent.
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Mike Honcho
Trad climber
Glenwood Springs, CO
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Not sure what "Type 2" is so not sure if this counts, but it was fun!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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This one usually gives me a chuckle. I was so smug thinking how brilliant I was with the $3 pool raft for a sleeping pad. My partner knew I was an idiot but laughed with me. I probably shouldn't have gone to sleep wearing my harness and nut cleaning tool.
This was the second night:
I think these can be considered portraits of fun without needing to show a face.
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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RURP_Belay
Social climber
Bitter end of a bad anchor
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Trying to dry out after a 6 hour hike through rain & slide alder, half-way into the approach. North Cascades, Washington.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
CA
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Jody, the one with the long horn ?
My GF is a large animal vet and traded some ranch time for some castrations, vaccinations, etc. Her dart gun hadn't been working for a while but in Bimbo mode she reckoned if it sat in the truck for a while it might start working again. Well....it f*#kin didn't and ran out of gas 2 cows too soon. Having dragged her up snake dike for her 2nd roped climb then going to the 4th of July rodeo in Bridgeport I was privy to hear a REAL COWBOY explain how to properly take down a steer. Soooo....I roped the 1st one on the 1st try and did just as he has explained it( you don't get them in a head lock, too big) you roll the nose one and tip them like a tortoise on their back, towards you, then cinch the back leg(see the rope from the neck to the head- it also exposed the soon to be liberated family jewels). So I was pretty proud of takin down this cow(1st ever roping attempt from a Polaris) but the mom wasn't too thrilled and was behind me...it was 107F so I was wearing the appropriate attire.
BTW you can see Bridgeport fireworks from the travertine pool !
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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4th ascent Mt Monarch, BC Coast Range
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Happy Cowboy
Social climber
Boz MT
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Penny ^^^^^wishing for wingspan on an Italian coast.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Nearing the steepest (about 25 degrees) section of the aptly named Dreaded Hill start to the time trial. The singletrack downhill sections are a bit more fun.
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johnkelley
climber
Anchorage Alaska
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A long cold bivi at over 20,000’ in January right after the FA of Takar-Go East Spire in Nepal.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Base of Great Trango, 1992. First time to 16,000 feet. Shortly after just missing by minutes getting swept away by a giant avalanche in Ali Baba’s Couloir. Didn’t sleep the night before and carried too big of a load up the couloir starting at 2 a.m. Sunburnt as hell. Wondering WTF!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Hamie and Deuce-love your self-portraits.
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Larry Nelson
Social climber
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Smiley face on Temple Crag in the rain...10 years ago
2 or 3 pitches later, and past all the technical climbing, we rapped off into a side canyon due to lightning.
In Alaska prepping for a fun job above.
On that fun job above.
200' level, -20F, 25mph winds.
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seano
Mountain climber
none
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MarkWestman -- You did this right! Congrats, and keep on surviving.
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MisterT
Trad climber
little gold truck
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Not me (I was taking the pic), and most of the type II was over, but it was quite the trip - climb up Rainier via Success Cleaver, Ski down the Emmon's Glacier, and paddle down the White River - we planned to make it back to our stashed bikes to return to the cars, but things didn't quite go as planned...
(edited to finish the caption in the text).
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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MarkWestman, great stuff. The "it was fun after it was over," stuff. And maybe not then, either.
A favorite of mine from that part of the world,
Song of Snow Cave Peoples
from
[Click to View YouTube Video]
First Polsih ascent of Mount Logan. First ascent from Yakutat via Malaspina, Seward and Hubbard glaciers. Mount Logan traverse - East Ridge up and King Trench down. Than another 3 glaciers to chitna river and floating down to uto. 6 weeks, 2 men, biggest massive mtn.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Wish I had a camera along for most of my Type 2’s.
This was Don the morning after a -20 bivy. The look on his face belies the fact he couldn’t
feel his toes. I was awake all night wiggling mine and I was irate that he was stacking Z’s.
He recovered in about a month without any lasting effects as far as I know but he gave up
winter climbing, at least with me.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Feb 14, 2018 - 10:45am PT
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Surely known by some of you:
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Hoots
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 21, 2018 - 09:06am PT
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Rapping down North Tower of Paine in gale winds.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 21, 2018 - 10:04am PT
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January 1981 or 82. Ice-glazed log, 10 ft. drop to creek, 55 lb. pack. Big Fritz type 2 fun on the way to North Face Colchuck in the Cascades.
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Cheldric
Sport climber
Colorado Springs
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Feb 21, 2018 - 10:07am PT
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Chilkoot Pass, AK. Freezing rain blowing 40 mph up the Golden Staircase. No rain gear could withstand it. But we still broke out the beer at the top and toasted the adventure!
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MattF
Trad climber
Bend, Or
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Feb 21, 2018 - 10:36am PT
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Fun thread idea.
Here's one of @colorider attempting an FA:
Here's @ladylockoff scared as sh#t on the FA of Llamacorn:
And one of me working hard and in foot pain...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2018 - 06:29am PT
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2018 - 06:51am PT
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Yeah...gear isn’t everything.
Duct tape saved the day!
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anita514
Gym climber
Great White North
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Rappelling Lurking Fear after bailing from Squeeze Play
My tears had dried at this point 😂
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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jim, your old photos remind how difficult it was to get good photos back then and belay at the same time.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2018 - 07:27am PT
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Or a nice Malbec!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Recycling old material...
Not deep enough to build a cave yet.
But enough in the night to trigger avalanches over us.
Cozy!
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Cascade Mountains and Monterey Bay
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