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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jul 25, 2018 - 03:49pm PT
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You are getting the “vanlife”down,tradman.
Cheers
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Jul 25, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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Inspiring..
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2018 - 04:21pm PT
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Isa flipping Frajitas
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2018 - 04:57pm PT
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Station 13 amazeing and intimidateing climb that I have wanted to lead for 2 years now. Not bad once you have done it :)
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2018 - 05:18pm PT
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Spire 1. So cool! Isa hikes the spicy Reppy varriation
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 25, 2018 - 05:24pm PT
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Spire 4. we had not done the Conn rt on this one so yesterday (I think?) was the day. the worm hole kind of sucks but I am happy to get my shoulders through without tearing anything... needles belay climbed Spire 3 today. the dive into the chimny on P3 was memorable :) got lightninged off the sickle. have not loaded the photos yet...
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 25, 2018 - 05:41pm PT
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Your reports are so fun!
I have to share my SUV selfie, while sheltering from the mosquito swarm in deepest Idaho on Monday night. After two days of biting flies working me during daylight, & one evening of thousands of mosquitoes, I'm back in the Idaho desert.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jul 25, 2018 - 07:53pm PT
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Dang, I never looked at pictures of the Needles before and now I want to go there!
And thanks Bad Climber for the link to that badass camper-van. That looks like the camper van I might aim for a few decades from now.
Americans seem to pride ourselves on liking to have choices, but camping vans really highlight how we are not part of the first world. We can't buy base vehicles like this, and even if we could get it, the finishing work one could purchase for the same price is so much crappier quality.
That said, I'm going to extract some ideas from this as I build out my 4x4 Sprinter. Finally receiving the bench/bed with crash-tested 3-point seatbelts for 2nd row seat (bought it from Europe because after months of searching in USA I couldn't find even one!), and now I've got no excuses for delaying the build.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2018 - 12:22pm PT
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Spire 3 had us a bit intimidated by the description of P3 in the guide calling for a #6 camalot. I have never owned anything bigger than the #4. Chyeane convinced us that its fine without so yesterday was the dayIsa Hiked P1 I managed the 5.9 squeeze on P3 and another summit was in the bag :)
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jul 26, 2018 - 10:19pm PT
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You guys rule the universe
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2018 - 10:47am PT
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Our last day in the Black Hills. The Sickel was calling. We had been lightning off the day before and I had retreated from a slung horn. An early start to beat the storms Amazing Conn route. Fairly spicy to another awesome summit we rapped just in time for the massive hail, rain and lightning storms it comes in very fast here..
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jul 27, 2018 - 11:44am PT
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This thread has become a daily check-in for me :)
If anyone in America should be winning so much they are tired, it should be you!
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Jul 27, 2018 - 03:40pm PT
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More please!
Thank you for taking the time to share your great vacation!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2018 - 03:46pm PT
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North Dakota now. Headded to Thunder bay Onterio..
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jul 27, 2018 - 03:56pm PT
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oh man, I just got onto this thread again.
What's in Chunder Bay that can't be had at the Needles? c'mon man! More needles pics!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2018 - 04:17pm PT
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Have to go home and go back to work.... Thunder bay Onterio seems like a most interesting climbing to investigate on the way home..
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divad
Trad climber
wmass
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Jul 27, 2018 - 04:21pm PT
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Deer Leap will seem a little mundane after this trip.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2018 - 07:22am PT
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We left rt 94 behind and have been crossing ND on secondary roads. Super cool.
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Ben Harland
Gym climber
Kenora, ON
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Jul 28, 2018 - 02:03pm PT
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I'm not sure how you're getting to TBay, but this is the time of year (and especially given the weather in the next few days) that I recommend the drive up HWY 71 from Emo to the trans-Canada (#17).
Not all parts of the Canadian Shield are created equal and this is god's country.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jul 28, 2018 - 08:23pm PT
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Missed this while it was happening. Over a perhaps fifteen-year period I spent a week or two in the Needles every summer, typically after getting blasted by hail and lightning in the Tetons, Winds, and/or Bugaboos. It's a magical place.
Looks like you had a good time there. Sure stirred up some nostalgia for me.
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