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Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 18, 2007 - 11:41am PT
What else have you got?

How about a stick-clip with driftwood and bird bone, in the owl-cave?

Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 18, 2007 - 12:01pm PT

MFT Goin' Ballistic
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 19, 2007 - 11:35am PT

Looking south off mt washington

The hole, acadia
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2007 - 11:51am PT
Air and ocean in motion -- nice shots.
L

climber
Sesame Street
Mar 19, 2007 - 12:05pm PT
Snake--That's some beautiful spray!
MisterE

Social climber
White Van, AZ
Mar 19, 2007 - 12:35pm PT
Prarie-Doggin' at JTree:

MisterE

Social climber
White Van, AZ
Mar 19, 2007 - 12:36pm PT
MisterE

Social climber
White Van, AZ
Mar 19, 2007 - 12:38pm PT
klinefelter

Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
Mar 19, 2007 - 02:07pm PT
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 19, 2007 - 03:42pm PT
Chiloe, did ya fire the route with the blessed bird bone?
Mr E funny stuff
Raydog, we had some times workin at the theatre in yose

Lenticular over the pie shop, tahoe
Nate D

climber
San Francisco
Mar 19, 2007 - 04:23pm PT

uh oh, too wide, I know. I'll pull it if the sirens sound...
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 19, 2007 - 04:39pm PT









Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2007 - 05:26pm PT
These random-photo threads unearth some cool stuff. Liked the clouds, great shot of some hippy in a chimney! Was that a spy-satellite view down the Nose?

Chiloe, did ya fire the route with the blessed bird bone?

Why yes, it supplied extra courage.

dmalloy

Trad climber
eastside
Mar 19, 2007 - 05:42pm PT
ice storm, 2002, Durham / Chapel Hill


what it looks like when a tree falls on your buddy's back deck


what it looks like when part of that tree goes through the second floor attic and partway into the kitchen


what the yard next door looks like once everything is done falling down


I've been in some earthquakes, including the large '94 one in LA, I've been splashed by lightning, I've done things to my brain that took a few days to recover from - but the 12 hours of that ice storm when the trees kept groaning, breaking and falling were the freakiest thing I have experienced in my life.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 19, 2007 - 05:43pm PT
Was that a spy-satellite view down the Nose?

It is the Nose,

I'm a secret agent, so I get some cool toys....

Naw, that is Microsoft's Virtual Earth, they are trying to catch up with Google Earth. It's not as good in some instances, but it's a nice compliment to Google Earth....

GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 19, 2007 - 05:49pm PT
Nut Man on the FA of Porking Express.



GO
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:02pm PT
No French Cathedral has Gargoyles more frightening than these designed by Nature herself:


In Les Calanques, France.

GO

GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:06pm PT
Me in my Plastic Palace.


Okay, it's not really mine, but they let me play there.

GO
L

climber
Sesame Street
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:14pm PT
That's a pretty cool shot, Chiloe. I like the combination of blue clothing against rust-brown rock.

TK--Where do you get those hilarious little clips? Funnnnnny!
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:23pm PT


Just random .gifs I found floating around on the net....
yo

climber
The Eye of the Snail
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:32pm PT
Dude, I've watched the nunchuk boy loop like 40 times now! I can't look away!
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:42pm PT
Tom, those are funny. Dude face-plants, then wipes out when he tries to get up. Fuking hilarious!
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:45pm PT
L

climber
Sesame Street
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:45pm PT
Yeah, but the Ninja Chicken from last Friday had me almost soiling myself. Watch that thing after a margarita...hooty-hoot!
crazyfingers

climber
CA
Mar 19, 2007 - 06:52pm PT

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2007 - 06:58pm PT
dmalloy -- that first shot is beautiful. We get ice storms often enough hereabouts, but I haven't taken a photo that nice.

GO -- do climbs go through those gargoyles? Nutman is still disturbing. He wouldn't dare show in North Cornflake next month.

That's a pretty cool shot, Chiloe. I like the combination of blue clothing against rust-brown rock.

Purely an accidental combination, the only clean clothes I had left. Photo credit to:

grover

Social climber
Akanada
Mar 19, 2007 - 08:40pm PT
numchuck boy almost had me chuckin....
Thanks i needed that!
blackbird

Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
Mar 19, 2007 - 09:46pm PT
Great pics, all!

partial lizard skeleton we found yesterday

nifty hole in the rock in JT

BB
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 20, 2007 - 02:29am PT
Chiloe wrote GO -- do climbs go through those gargoyles?

So says the guidebook. Only climb I've ever backed off of. Even Ukrainian Julia backed off it when I turned the rope over to her. She went up... and came back down.

Nutman is still disturbing. He wouldn't dare show in North Cornflake next month.

Ha! He is oh-so-much-more disturbing in real life. But have no fear, when and where ever Nutman is needed, he will be sure to arrive in time to save the day!

How about you? Almost as rare as Nutman, these days. Could you be enticed for a little Cornflake for breakfast?

GO
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 20, 2007 - 07:59am PT
Ohiopyle, penn


Sommerset ice festival

Falling water, incredible
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2007 - 10:01am PT
blackbird -- a tiny dinosaur, terrible once to even tinier creatures ... what a great find and fine picture.

snakefoot -- water in many forms, those are excellent (as usual).


How about you? Almost as rare as Nutman, these days. Could you be enticed for a little Cornflake for breakfast?

I'm thinkin' about it. My thinkin' has progressed exactly this far: "Well, it's not impossible, I don't have any plane tickets for that weekend."

TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 20, 2007 - 10:16am PT
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 20, 2007 - 10:50am PT
Niagra boulderin

falls

hotels cropped to give a false sense of peace
dmalloy

Trad climber
eastside
Mar 20, 2007 - 11:23am PT


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2007 - 01:19pm PT
TK -- One Hand Clapping?

dmalloy -- the famous JTree fire dancer?
wiclimber

Trad climber
devil's lake, wi
Mar 20, 2007 - 01:45pm PT
Did someone say firedancer? Mo'orea dancers


The sacred blue-eyed eels. They brought fresh water to the island


The boy is about to be attacked :)


I'm about to be attacked

dmalloy

Trad climber
eastside
Mar 20, 2007 - 01:57pm PT
actually that is a decidedly non-famous fire dancer at Rock Creek Lodge for the Mardi Gras party 2 years ago
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 20, 2007 - 02:00pm PT
Those eels look a bit creepy...




One Hand Clapping?

Nope. That thing is called Butte Hurt aka The Wrong Pressure. It's out here in the Humbugs....
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2007 - 02:06pm PT
OK, fuzzy memory. I looked One Hand Clapping up on MountainProject just now and it doesn't much resemble your climb:



wiclimber, where's the wildlife? Looks just like Devil's Lake.
wiclimber

Trad climber
devil's lake, wi
Mar 20, 2007 - 02:14pm PT
Chiloe,

A bit farther afield; Huahine.

Tatoos are big in French Polynesia, as are locals on scooters:


Kirsten after a nice cover up job done by George on Huahine:


Here'a George, one of the best tatoo artists in FP they say.


The eels can get thick when albacore is on the menu (or was the gringo on the menu?)


Nature, could you create some morsels with these guys?

burp

Trad climber
Salt Lake City
Mar 20, 2007 - 03:47pm PT
batman bomb w/ music: http://bmbdramatic.ytmnd.com/

So dramatic!

burp

(follow-up to batman bomb earlier in post)
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 21, 2007 - 05:37pm PT
random lincoln woods boulders

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 05:57pm PT
snake, where's your base? You got quality photos from all over!
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:21pm PT
hangin near new haven now.

saw this site in the poconos last year and it really pissed me off, delicate environment, however ok to chop chop for a platform?

Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:22pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 06:36pm PT
Since this thread seems to have come back to life ... here's a fountain that appealed to my odd sense of humor.



And an afternoon scenic in Spain:

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:41pm PT
Look at the eyes on that face--do ya think it's trying to tell ya something?
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:43pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 06:48pm PT
Look at the eyes on that face--do ya think it's trying to tell ya something?

Quite so, prescient granite. The face and the sign are from different centuries of course, now fate weds them together.


Raydog, was he lookin' at you?
J. Werlin

climber
Cedaredge
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:50pm PT
Grandma

TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 21, 2007 - 06:51pm PT

Is it 5 yet?

cause it is here (close enough)....


cheers
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 06:55pm PT
Yep, we're pre-loading right now, heading to a dinner out soon.
Marshall

climber
bay area
Mar 21, 2007 - 07:36pm PT
nice odd photos everyone!

inspired by the reptilian/marine life photos.


tried to get the girlfriend to lie down next to him for scale...
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 21, 2007 - 07:53pm PT
just chiming in w/ the reptile thing Chiloe
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 08:17pm PT
Always gas up before crossing Death Valley

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 08:21pm PT
Lake Tahoe this weekend

Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 21, 2007 - 08:26pm PT
Nice.

I haven't seen any posts from you in a while Indianclimber, how are you?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 08:32pm PT
Just did a work trip to Tahoe ,non climbing but took pics
Thanks Raydog

Lover Leap Monday
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 08:45pm PT
Good to see you jump in, Indianclimber.

Meanwhile, another reptile -- ironshore lizard proud of its tail.

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 08:56pm PT
Found this little guy at the base of Dark Shadows RR

snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:03pm PT
the new
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 21, 2007 - 09:04pm PT
Wave Wall

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:07pm PT
Australia Xmas 05

Now this is a sad image



snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:08pm PT
indianC, were you actually there for that?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:13pm PT
Yeah,I guess he was home for xmas at the Australia zoo,we were
lucky.Its sad to look at these pictures now


Unique kookaburra call


http://jordan.fortwayne.com/ns/features/zoo/98zoo/birdx.htm
blackbird

Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:21pm PT
snow in Chattanooga... most certainly an odd sight.


BB
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:24pm PT
Time for that rare Chattanooga ice climbing
Great pix upthread Thanks
nita

climber
chico ca
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:29pm PT
Indianclimber, are those Kukaberra birds? sp?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:33pm PT
Yes they are Kookaburra's the cutest bird you have ever seen
as opposed to this fellow


blackbird

Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:33pm PT
You ain't kiddin' when you say "rare", IC!!! Know that this is the town that completely shuts down with the mere threat of white stuff... It's funny, really, when you think about it!!

BB
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 21, 2007 - 09:45pm PT
Chiloe, that wall looks kick ass.
your neck of the woods
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:06pm PT
The tools:


This afternoon was really pretty here:







Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:20pm PT
Spectacular Wes!
blackbird

Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:24pm PT
WOW!!!

Thanks, Wes!!

BB
I'm hurtin . . .

Ice climber
land of cheese and beer
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
ok, I already put this on another thread, but it seems like a good place for it. Behind Artesian Wells, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Rone
Shack

Big Wall climber
Reno NV
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
Smoke caught by the flash...
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:35pm PT
I'm hurtin . . . You can put that picture on as many threads as
you want .That is awesome!
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 21, 2007 - 10:47pm PT
Thanks much!

Here are two *almost's*



And there are a few more on my website, if you are bored.
Cuckawalla

Trad climber
Grand Junction, CO
Mar 21, 2007 - 11:18pm PT
Wax Bomb
Mexican Hat, with a mexican hat
Cisco, CO
Handstand, Castleton
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 21, 2007 - 11:30pm PT
Future Boulderer


Image bootlegged of internet
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 21, 2007 - 11:33pm PT
great stuff! Thanks.
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 22, 2007 - 12:33am PT

Could have gone in Jerry's backyard treasures thread
China ranch outside Tacopa Hot springs
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2007 - 09:49am PT
Wes -- Classy photos as always, lively bunny & birds. I liked the little guy taking a bath.

snake -- I specialized in Cannon for a few years, way back when I had more energy, but later decided it was kind of far to walk. Nowadays I'm looking forward to Whitehorse season, maybe just another month?

IC -- some great textures, including the crag photos.

Some day I ought to get a real camera, although I know that won't make me a real photog.

To keep the pics flowing: nesting brown boobies not too alarmed. "Man, what are you doin' here?"

MisterE

Social climber
White Van, AZ
Mar 22, 2007 - 11:47am PT

My Little Friend, Sidra:

MisterE

Social climber
White Van, AZ
Mar 22, 2007 - 11:53am PT
One off the internet:

Wild Bill

climber
Ca
Mar 22, 2007 - 11:55am PT
Indianclimber, thanks for that 'future boulderer' pic.

JB needs to see that, he was wondering how to get some 'game' over in the Timmy Fairfield thread.
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 22, 2007 - 12:10pm PT
Wow, great pics, all!

Wes, if you can do all that in an afternoon. -humbled-

Got an old pic of bizarre rock formations in Taiwan I took when I was a kid. Will upload after I have time to hit the scanner.

edited to say - I dearly hope that pic of the dog and the deer is photoshopped.

GO
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 22, 2007 - 12:17pm PT
Oh, and Chiloe - don't know if you've seen the movie Spirited Away, but those boobies look just like "No Face".


By the way, glad you're considering climbing in NoCo in April. Would love to hit Whitehorse with you if you're available.

GO
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2007 - 12:48pm PT
Oh, and Chiloe - don't know if you've seen the movie Spirited Away, but those boobies look just like "No Face".

Loved that movie, and Howl's Moving Castle was good too.


By the way, glad you're considering climbing in NoCo in April. Would love to hit Whitehorse with you if you're available.

Can't say yes for sure (sorry!) but I'm interested. Maybe Children's Crusade or somesuch?
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 22, 2007 - 12:51pm PT
I love the Hayao Miyazaki stuff

Check out Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind and Pom Poko if you haven't seen them.....





Cheers
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 22, 2007 - 01:10pm PT
Man, this thread has turned into a whirlwind trip through a magnificent photo mall! Incredible images, you guys-n-gals.


Wes--The cardinal flying could win you an award. I was just at the NAMPA annual conference and some of the winning entries were far less dramatic and technically precise than yours.

Indian Climber & Snakefoot--Really good stuff!

Chiloe--If that's what you get shooting with a fake camera, please don't get a real one! Some of us novice photographers would be so intimidated, we would never post anything!

GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 22, 2007 - 03:23pm PT
Indianclimber, I just realized - that's bark! From some kind of orange birch? I've tried to get that photo before, with no success. Kudos!

And the cat - wonderful!

Everyone's stuff is wonderful, keep the Odd Photos coming!

GO
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 22, 2007 - 04:34pm PT
Thanks much for the kindness. It was a nice afternoon for sure. And it doesn't hurt to have a target rich environment along with plenty of CF cards. There are plenty of one and zeros that got deleated when I was going through the cards.

Oh, and one more of the bird bath - need to get back there again for sure.


There are still a couple more from yesterday, and some more Franti photos on my site, http://www.knowchaos.com/photos

Thanks again for the great feedback.

Wes
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 22, 2007 - 05:11pm PT
Goclimb That's cracking and flaking layers of mud,weird how it came out
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2007 - 04:04pm PT
Ever met one of these?

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 23, 2007 - 04:11pm PT
Why yes, Chiloe--I dated one for a little over a year...
mooch

Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
Mar 23, 2007 - 04:26pm PT
My "son" and watchdog while we're climbing at the crags...



Boink getting in some climbing of his own...

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2007 - 04:35pm PT
Mooch, your happy critter is unrelated to my sad one, so tell him not to worry.

L, I'm pretty sure this dude ended up on a plate. Before becoming a barn ornament.
TwistedCrank

climber
Hell
Mar 23, 2007 - 04:49pm PT
What's freaking me out is that I found out that there's more than one Bozo. Not cool. Not cool at all.
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 23, 2007 - 04:53pm PT
Great thread yall,
following Chiloe with the face statues
In honor of those brave cannucks who defeated our lame attack near niagra
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2007 - 05:07pm PT
TwistedCrank -- when I was little I had bad dreams not about monster skulls but about clowns. The 20-foot-tall kind that might be just outside the bedroom curtains, looking in.

snakefoot -- after some trips, I'm surprised to find so many pictures of statues. The good ones seem expressive, centuries after their sculptor turned to dust.

This gentle face wants to say something, I think, about young men dying. She reigns over a museum of war.

Crimpergirl

Social climber
St. Looney
Mar 23, 2007 - 05:31pm PT
Nice photos as usual Wes. If you are interested, the bathing bird is a White Throated Sparrow. Love the song of that bird. It is the ten o'clock bird on many a bird clock. :)
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 23, 2007 - 05:44pm PT
Thanks much! I have a couple, small bird ID foldouts now. Need to get a better book sometime soon, I guess. Added three bird feeders to the back yard, and have a bunch of "regulars" now, mostly various Sparrow's, some mourning Doves, Red Winged Blackbirds, and a billion goldfinches (they are Thistle crackheads). With an occasional special guest of a cardinal, a couple house (or maybe Purple?) Finches, and some other little guys that I haven't gotten a good look at. Will try to get some photos of them soon...
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Mar 23, 2007 - 05:50pm PT
Chiloe wrote: Ever met one of these http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/Chiloe/March_2007/P1010034b.jpg

So... is it one of those Bozo the Clowns? Did you shoot it yourself?

GO
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2007 - 06:12pm PT
So... is it one of those Bozo the Clowns? Did you shoot it yourself?

No, that one didn't die for my sins. But some of his brethren might have done, it's their bad luck to be tasty.
steelmnkey

climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
Mar 24, 2007 - 12:10pm PT
Always thought these guys were pretty interesting as statue/sculpture goes...


Hoover Dam sculpture.
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 24, 2007 - 08:17pm PT
new hampshire
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 24, 2007 - 08:30pm PT
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 24, 2007 - 08:39pm PT
thats a ride if i ever saw one

the new on a usual hazy day
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 24, 2007 - 08:41pm PT
Beeuutiful country Snakefoot
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 24, 2007 - 08:51pm PT
always a pleasure to post with you indianclimber, glad you enjoy.
looking off mt washington, the whites of nh
steelmnkey

climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:15pm PT
From the "strange things you do with old gear" folder...

john hansen

climber
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:22pm PT


This one I took in the wilderness(from the parking lot at the Crane Flat gas station)

mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:23pm PT
steelmnkey

climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:25pm PT
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:25pm PT
Indianclimber those cars are great
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:51pm PT
Raydog ,What's a car without a trailer

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 24, 2007 - 11:57pm PT
Speaking of hazey days
Heading into Bishop last week

Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:03am PT
kitch and culture funk like that is so great - there's some front yards near Joshua tree like that...

For sure it's sculpture and for sure there's a strong counter culture message but in an absurdist kinda way...

Consumerism factors in as well.

really good.

thanks.
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:05am PT
Man there is so much of this wonderful country I have not seen
Thanks for sharing everyone
nita

climber
chico ca
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:08am PT
Hey Snakefoot...Great picks. The New Hampshire: river& rock
formations, look like the Clavey in Tuolumne County.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:09am PT
Indianclimber - I had these photos of Fish VW van interior that were like that and I'm certain there's something "LA" about the whole thing - I saw an astroturf car and a bead covered car here in Boulder so it's isn't dead yet.

Oh, the photos - lost 'em. Big disaster way back.

snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:10am PT
Nita
the granite out in NH is truly incredible, reminds me of home, the sierras.... glad you enjoy.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:11am PT
that granite is different than anything I've seen and thought it was really remarkable.
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:13am PT
Raydog, had a blast workin with you at theatre in yose

tom
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:14am PT
These were all parked on a lot in Goldfield Nevada ,what a collection,Come to think of it the only other ones I have seen were on Melrose in LA
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:15am PT
ha, cool Tom.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:19am PT
yeah, some kind of LA/pop/acidhead mix thing produced this type of art with a parallel influence coming from the SF Bay, Berkeley for sure.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:24am PT
RE:
" Man there is so much of this wonderful country I have not seen
Thanks for sharing everyone"

ditto.
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:30am PT
falling water, PA
talk about a dream house.....
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:40am PT
Awesome Snakefoot,when I was an art student in South Africa 20 years ago we studied that house Its on my list of places to visit
I did visit Taliesin West when I was in az last year ,Fantastic
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:44am PT
Here's one from the desert.


snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 25, 2007 - 12:45am PT
IC
you will truly enjoy that pad, best when the water is high(after a rain)

otter cliffs, acadia on another hazy day....
Chico

Trad climber
Mt. Shasta, CA
Mar 25, 2007 - 03:23am PT
Spontaneous Spaghetti-Western re-enactment...
Another kind of dream house:

Poor Raven...
blackbird

Trad climber
over yonder en th' holler
Mar 25, 2007 - 09:09am PT
little cousin to the BIG iguana:

shagbark hickorys last week:

snowflakes on the approach to the Tennessee Wall this past winter (our only bit of snow!):


Great pictures all around, folks; thanks so much for sharing!

BB
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2007 - 10:05am PT
This has been great, folks, keep those unexpected images coming!
How often do we get a chance to share these odd visions that once made us stop, think and compose?

Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Mar 25, 2007 - 10:38am PT
Indianclimber, I think that first one was Scuffyb's car.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Mar 25, 2007 - 03:39pm PT
posted elsewhere...but thought they might be nice here too








Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2007 - 03:43pm PT
Ed, some of your photos look like paintings, the light is so diffuse.
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Mar 25, 2007 - 03:44pm PT
That one of lost arrow looks like it's from the YPB approach.

goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Mar 25, 2007 - 04:11pm PT
Beautiful pics folks, keep em coming.

Mt. Meeker this morning


I went xc skiing early this morning looking to find some wildlife, nobody showed up but me.
So on the drive home I decided to stop & shoot something I've been meaning to for years.
john hansen

climber
Mar 25, 2007 - 04:28pm PT
Mono Lake sunset
Mono Lake sunrise


And continuing in the 'water' mode,, Wiamea Bay

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2007 - 04:51pm PT
Fossil corals:

nevenneve

Gym climber
St. Paul, MN
Mar 25, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
A little more snow than most of the pictures.
Fall in the RRG
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2007 - 04:01pm PT
Now for something less natural ... a brick castle?

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 26, 2007 - 05:16pm PT
Holy crap Chiloe ,thats cool .Where can I find me one of those?
Marshall

climber
bay area
Mar 26, 2007 - 05:29pm PT
great photos all!

A couple to add:

more architecture:

Paria river

after too much discussion of what cams to bring, and not enough of who's bringing what book:

late spring turns in the sierra

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 26, 2007 - 06:01pm PT
Red Rock to Joshua Tree will will take you past this

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2007 - 07:12pm PT
Indianclimber:
Holy crap Chiloe ,thats cool .Where can I find me one of those?

In all the world, just one place: the pueblo of Coca, in Spain. Here's more about it:
http://www.geocities.com/coca_castle/Coca_p3.htm

Architecture certainly can be odd. Half a day's drive from the brick castle at Coca, there is this:


Or this:

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 26, 2007 - 07:23pm PT
Frank Gehry is designing this alzheimer center downtown Las Vegas

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 26, 2007 - 07:25pm PT
Chiloe thanks for that link
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2007 - 07:28pm PT
Marshall -- book photo funny!

Indianclimber -- Gehry stuff sure is weird when you see it at first. In any given city, it's bound to be unique. At Bilbao, I think the building outshines the exhibits it contains.
golsen

Social climber
kennewick, wa
Mar 26, 2007 - 07:51pm PT
Cool shots everyone.

Here is an Owl that was sitting in the road near Mt Adams one night. Strange, it is the second owl I have seen sitting in the road. I wonder if they hit something in the forest and got hurt.


Bullsnake?


Posing Sheep


Jay Wood

Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
Mar 26, 2007 - 09:05pm PT


polished granite- Tuolumne





any guess?
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 26, 2007 - 09:08pm PT
the Kelso train station - looks like they've restored it. I love that stretch of highway. How 'bout the Kelso dunes? Special memories of that place - I really miss it out there.
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 26, 2007 - 09:14pm PT
Great stuff for sure. Thanks much for sharing!
Some flowers from this evening, with links to the others to ease the bandwidth a bit..





http://www.knowchaos.com/photos for a few more...
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Mar 27, 2007 - 10:33pm PT
I found these from last summer. Shadow Lake.


d-know

Trad climber
electric lady land
Mar 27, 2007 - 10:58pm PT
indian climber, i too admire the structure.



dino.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 27, 2007 - 11:01pm PT
yeah that's it - what a cool area out there oh I'm gettin home sick.
tenesmus

Trad climber
slc
Mar 27, 2007 - 11:02pm PT
"Frank Gehry is designing this alzheimer center downtown Las Vegas "
those poor, confused people...
leinosaur

Trad climber
burns flat, ok
Mar 28, 2007 - 12:21am PT

all photos by mrs. leinosaur
gly

Trad climber
Flatlands
Mar 28, 2007 - 12:30am PT
Sunset in Port Douglas, AUS
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Mar 28, 2007 - 02:43am PT
tenesmus ,that's frikkin funny when think about it


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2007 - 01:01pm PT
Yeah, when I first saw Gehry's Alzheimer institute design, I thought it was a joke. Surely a lot of funny people will make funny jokes about it!

Here's another angle on Gehry's titanium creation in Bilbao, which I found impressive. This thing is about 4 stories tall.

TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 28, 2007 - 01:04pm PT
How Gehry gets his inspiration....
atchafalaya

climber
California
Mar 28, 2007 - 01:21pm PT
Beatrix Kiddo

Mountain climber
Denver
Mar 28, 2007 - 04:35pm PT
I was once eaten by a frog rock in Grand Junction.


Then there was this time when I wore this costume climbing:


I once climbed in a "user friendly" climbing comp that was really friendly:


and this is one of my faves:


wootles

climber
Gamma Quadrant
Mar 28, 2007 - 04:58pm PT
Mixed climbing sure is easy...
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 28, 2007 - 05:59pm PT
Nice shot, Wootles. Is that you with all the blood rushing to your brain? What rock?
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2007 - 06:05pm PT
Damn, I'd be scared of those tools.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2007 - 07:27pm PT
Windy day at the pass.

wootles

climber
Gamma Quadrant
Mar 28, 2007 - 07:41pm PT
Yes L, that is me but since there's no brain the blood is just pooling in my helmet.
It's at the Cineplex.
wootles

climber
Gamma Quadrant
Mar 28, 2007 - 07:48pm PT
Chiloe, What's going on in that photo?
andy@climbingmoab

Big Wall climber
Park City, UT
Mar 28, 2007 - 08:31pm PT
Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River in Utah

The Mustard Jar in the San Rafael Swel

Rock Art panel in the San Rafael Swell

slayton

Trad climber
Morongo Valley, Ca
Mar 28, 2007 - 09:28pm PT
A couple from Kelso Dunes.




Nice pictures everyone!!
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 28, 2007 - 09:37pm PT
Niiiice, Andy! Beautiful shots!


Wootles...seriously, that's some amazing upside-down work. Aren't you a bit nervous those tools are gonna slip?



Chiloe--That's a fuuuunnny shot! Windy indeed.
d-know

Trad climber
electric lady land
Mar 28, 2007 - 09:40pm PT
sometimes at work, if we can't
use one of these:


we use one of these:



to do this:


dino
spot

climber
Atascadero,Ca
Mar 29, 2007 - 12:10am PT
Giving the photo post a whirl- Sunrise in the Inyo Mts. Nov 2005
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 29, 2007 - 12:17am PT
such beauty, such creativity and I?

Too lazy to fire up the scanner.

Pitiful, I know.
john hansen

climber
Mar 29, 2007 - 01:59am PT
Helicoptor Rescue , practise in Mendicino bay


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2007 - 10:44am PT
Andy -- love the Swell!


Chiloe, What's going on in that photo?

On a December stroll in the Picos, we reached a col -- came this blast of cold wind. S braced for it but with icy footing, L was knocked down. As I took the photo S is laughing and L holding up her scarf in the wind, so the picture will show how strong the wind was.

Here’s our view looking up:

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Mar 29, 2007 - 12:32pm PT
There you go again, Chiloe, taking amazing photos with that little fake camera of yours...
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 29, 2007 - 08:06pm PT
Working on my bird-in-flight skilz in the backyard tonight...


mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Mar 29, 2007 - 10:54pm PT
Caught this lobo chowing down on some Yellowstone morsel.


edit: not the best quality (still shot on video camera--200' away)
Euroford

Trad climber
chicago
Mar 29, 2007 - 10:59pm PT
my firm did the drawings for all of the panels on that gehry monstrosity. can you believe something like 18,000 individual fab sheets for just the panels! eek! we got this crew of malasian cad geeks that just chewed on that for months.

snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 29, 2007 - 11:03pm PT
wes, you have outstanding bird shots as usual
Euroford

Trad climber
chicago
Mar 29, 2007 - 11:06pm PT
call me boreing, but Mies is a little more my style.


snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 29, 2007 - 11:40pm PT

home grown
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 29, 2007 - 11:57pm PT
Wow, very cool flower!
snakefoot

climber
cali
Mar 30, 2007 - 12:07am PT
conness from daff
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 30, 2007 - 12:08am PT
impressive images folks - thanks for sharing keep em coming!
john hansen

climber
Mar 30, 2007 - 12:11am PT
Mt Tom or Tom's? outside Bishop


An one along the Walker River last fall


Just above Fort Bragg




And last but not least,,,'Gobble Gobble'









Nudge Nudge

Trad climber
Wisconsin
Mar 30, 2007 - 09:57am PT
Here's a few from around Wisconsin
Gary

climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Mar 30, 2007 - 10:49am PT
Wow. This is a cool thread. This has been posted before, but I like showing it off, it's the only good one I have. It even got published.


And in case anone is wondering, this is Desolation Basin, Calif.

Richard

climber
Bend, OR.
Mar 30, 2007 - 11:01am PT
Whiskey Jacks

another
wiclimber

Trad climber
devil's lake, wi
Mar 30, 2007 - 11:05am PT
Hey Nudge Nudge,

Looks like Parfrey's but I have to go with Skillet. Right? That things has been kayaked before, crazy. Must be good shooting at both places with all the rain lately.

The third looks like Sand Island up in the Apostles? Maybe Eagle, but I'd guess Sand.

Great shots everyone!
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2007 - 11:10am PT
My daughter takes a lot of great photos, and sends me the low-rez versions. Here's one from her.
Which climber feels at home on the heights?


Nudge Nudge

Trad climber
Wisconsin
Mar 30, 2007 - 11:21am PT
Hey wiclimber,
Skillet is correct, much cooler than Parfrey's. It was taken last year. Go check out Durward's... another one right by Devil's Lake. The last picture is heading to Horseshoe Island at Peninsula SP.

While were on the topic of Wisconsin's gorges...

here's one a bit farther than the others

and another
dmalloy

Trad climber
eastside
Mar 30, 2007 - 11:36am PT
yo, john hansen...that is Basin Mt. The ridge that dissappears on the right side of the frame, sort of behind a tree, is Mt. Tom.

wootles

climber
Gamma Quadrant
Mar 30, 2007 - 11:48am PT
Chiloe, I hope that pink rope is one I gave you.
john hansen

climber
Mar 30, 2007 - 12:06pm PT
Thanks for the info Dmal.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 30, 2007 - 01:31pm PT
Kevin Calder

climber
Bishop
Mar 30, 2007 - 03:44pm PT
I'm really enjoying everyones photos, especially the "odd photos" I know I have some buried away, but for now here at least are some odd clouds, and everyones bird photos inspired me to share a few.
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Mar 30, 2007 - 04:07pm PT
WOW! Outstanding for sure!
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 30, 2007 - 04:25pm PT
it sure is, Wes
Off White

climber
Tenino, WA
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:18pm PT
I've been petting the archives, so here's a couple odd shots

room service, Puebla 1979


abandoned trailer detail, Boulder UT 1979
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:30pm PT
OK... I Have to get in on this now... Gonna have to dig into my abstracts...

Some beautiful shots here. Love some of your shots of "the wave", Kevin! Nice!

Yes, this is actually a photo. It was taken with a lensbaby lens, which is what gives it the distortion. I lightened the yellow a bit in hue/saturation and that's about it.


Green

Jellies!



If that's not enough, there are certainly more where this came from.
Raydog

Trad climber
Boulder
Mar 30, 2007 - 07:34pm PT
man those jelly fish are incredible Nefarius
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Mar 30, 2007 - 08:38pm PT



Nibs

Trad climber
Humboldt, CA
Mar 30, 2007 - 09:01pm PT
Pastels on the Plaza (Arcata)


Kevin Calder

climber
Bishop
Mar 30, 2007 - 09:13pm PT
Thanks Wes, Ray.....always enjoy your photos!

Off White, great shots for "odd" photo thread . Pretty sweet room service, that makes me hungry, and beauty trailer paint!

Nefarius..Wow...eye ball feast! That ain't enough. Throw out some more!

Tkingsbury- what are you flying there? And what's that climbing shot all about?
Richard

climber
Bend, OR.
Mar 30, 2007 - 10:06pm PT
From Death Valley 2/07
Titus canyon
Fall canyon
Mosiac Canyon
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 30, 2007 - 10:34pm PT
Richard, those rocks look alive. And there's so much other strikingly "odd" vision on this page that I'm deleting my earlier post to let the better ones here shine.
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Mar 31, 2007 - 02:34am PT
Richard - Amazing geology there! Wow!

OK, Kevin, you asked for it...


Going in a little closer now...

Meltwater pond in Tuolumne...

View from The Bulb, overlooking San Francisco




Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Mar 31, 2007 - 02:36am PT
I think I saw some petroglyphs upstream too!

More Lensbaby...




Just for kicks...


That sidewalk art up a bit higher is very cool!
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2007 - 08:38am PT
Anyone else like to take pictures of fishing towns? I seem to have a collection.


Nudge Nudge

Trad climber
Wisconsin
Mar 31, 2007 - 10:32am PT
Chiloe, where is the second one?
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 31, 2007 - 10:47am PT
Sisimiut, Greenland
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 1, 2007 - 12:08am PT
reddirt

climber
Apr 1, 2007 - 01:48am PT
Drytooling on top rope indoors with a chalkbag...
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 1, 2007 - 02:00am PT
Nefarius--Those jellies are incredible!


Chiloe--Loved the fishing villages. Ever been to Seward, AK?
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Apr 1, 2007 - 03:03am PT
Ballet, Color from Friday night, B/W from tonight.






More at http://www.knowchaos.com/photos
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Apr 1, 2007 - 03:14am PT
Beautiful, Wes! Reminds me of some of the stuff I shot as the shooter for the Miss California Pageant last year (talnet part).

Thanks, L! You're too kind!
Gomp

climber
San Diego
Apr 1, 2007 - 12:30pm PT
Various critters...




Richard

climber
Bend, OR.
Apr 1, 2007 - 12:33pm PT
pic of the pic taker

pic that the pic taker was taking
Tork

climber
Yosemite
Apr 1, 2007 - 12:40pm PT
Australia 2006




Phil_B

Social climber
Hercules, CA
Apr 1, 2007 - 01:10pm PT
at Swan Slab last week
d-know

Trad climber
electric lady land
Apr 1, 2007 - 05:57pm PT
came across this one in
the southeastern utah
desert last week.



graffiti art in montreal.



another fine evening in red rocks.


dino
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Apr 1, 2007 - 06:03pm PT
what's that crazy blue thing, Tork?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 1, 2007 - 06:08pm PT
Blue bottle ,some kind of stinging jelly fish I think
Yep I think i'm correct
Portuguese Man O' War (Physalia physalis)
TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Apr 1, 2007 - 06:18pm PT
"It works better if you tie into the right end."

mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Apr 1, 2007 - 10:25pm PT
Spring boatin' (hunting limestone) with the kids in Montucky. No product endorsement intended.

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2007 - 01:47am PT
L:
Chiloe--Loved the fishing villages. Ever been to Seward, AK?

Yes, but those slides are among the boxfulls I haven't scanned. Some day....

In the meantime, from a different northern harbor:

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 2, 2007 - 12:54pm PT
Cape town Harbor South Africa

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 2, 2007 - 03:52pm PT
Chiloe--Where is that northern harbor? That peak looks familiar for some reason...maybe famous?




Indianclimber--Beautiful shot!



BTW Nefarius--Those beautiful blue Portuguese Man-O-Wars? Sting hurts like 1000 jelly fish. I got a tentacle wrapped around my toe once, and my whole leg was paralyzed for 3 hours! Hurt like hell.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 2, 2007 - 04:32pm PT
That was Reine, Norway, above.

Doesn't look like we're running out of quality yet!
Tan Slacks

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Apr 2, 2007 - 04:34pm PT
WOW, I just went throught his entire thread. Amazing photographs and photographers!

I want to say a special hello to Richard. We may be headed your way this summer. I'll email as plans get firmer.

Our garden


A Gazebo at Mohonk


Barker dam, two winters ago. When we had water.


Some Meekats I know


There you go, more odd photos
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 2, 2007 - 04:40pm PT
Wowza! Those sunflowers are the deal!!!! Beautiful!!!
And where's Mohonk...that place looks incredible!
BadInfluence

Mountain climber
Dak side
Apr 2, 2007 - 05:04pm PT
how big are those Meekats?

Mohonk mtn house is where Skytop is at the Gunks.
the chemist

climber
Palo Alto, CA
Apr 2, 2007 - 05:15pm PT
Let's see if this works.

Steller's Jay in Yosemite:

Up close and personal:
rectorsquid

climber
Lake Tahoe
Apr 2, 2007 - 05:36pm PT
That's Diamond Peak ski area in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe under those cool clouds. This was a few days ago.

Dave
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Apr 2, 2007 - 05:38pm PT
Wow! Scary sh#t, L! Glad you're OK! I remember reading about the ocean waters of Australia being the deadliest and that there are like 10 things that can kill you as soon as you set foot in. I think those were in there. The blue-ringed octopus, sea snakes, etc... Scary place, but beautiful! I still plan on going, regardless!
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 2, 2007 - 05:44pm PT
Nef--That happened in FLORIDA one spring break! Scary sh'it everywhere...but whadda ya gonna do? Live in a bubble?

Nawwwwww.
the chemist

climber
Palo Alto, CA
Apr 2, 2007 - 06:05pm PT
A few more shots.

Snow cone at the base of Upper Yosemite Falls (January '07):

Lance, a Christmas Kitty:

Badwater Basin, there are two cows...

A late December Meat Grinder photo session:

A few pics from my wife (she's much better than I am, although I don't have her best work on hand.)

The Bay:

Somewhere on the Golden Gate:
rectorsquid

climber
Lake Tahoe
Apr 2, 2007 - 06:17pm PT
Raccoons on our roof in the middle of the day.
Our skiing dummy going off the big jump. This is a scan from the local paper since we didn't get any of our own pictures of the dummy going off of a jump. I think this qualifies as "odd."

Dave
snakefoot

climber
cali
Apr 3, 2007 - 08:51am PT
Somewhat of an inspiration for me, passing through the area and had to stop, Walden Mass


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2007 - 10:21am PT
Finely-crafted wooden phone booth that commemorates the start of transatlantic telephone service, at Seyðisfjörður in the Eastfjords of Iceland.

snakefoot

climber
cali
Apr 5, 2007 - 07:24am PT
couple years back on the coast of rhode island


fort wetherill crags
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Apr 5, 2007 - 09:59am PT
A few fairly recent kayaking shots from Seattle...

Some of my homies as we went through the Ballard Locks out to the Sound:

Our family "station wagon" kayak on a trip to Orcas Island:

A topless Space Needle:

And a sunrise in CA for good measure:
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 5, 2007 - 10:07am PT
Lovely pics Mooser
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 5, 2007 - 10:18am PT
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Apr 5, 2007 - 12:23pm PT
L - the scariest thing about Florida are the sharks... I was watching a show about shark attacks one evening that showed the view a pilot had when flying over the beaches in Florida. SCARY shit! There were sharks everywhere! There'd be like 50 people, then a shark, 50 people, shark, and so on. I never realized that there were sharks intermingled with the people like that.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2007 - 01:41pm PT
L - the scariest thing about Florida are the sharks... I was watching a show about shark attacks one evening that showed the view a pilot had when flying over the beaches in Florida. SCARY shit! There were sharks everywhere! There'd be like 50 people, then a shark, 50 people, shark, and so on. I never realized that there were sharks intermingled with the people like that.

My daughter and I went snorkeling once at a crowded beach near San Diego, hundreds of people jumping around in shallow water. Stick your face under the water and you see almost as many stingrays, mixed in with the forest of feet. That was an amazing sight. Don't know how the rays put up with the people, but the people got by on pure ignorance as our kind often does.
Euroford

Trad climber
chicago
Apr 5, 2007 - 02:10pm PT
sharks rule! i love going down to florida and shark fishing on venice or nacomis beaches during a buzy day. people just flip when you pull a 5' blacktip onto the beach right past their kids. bwahaha! its almost more fun than the actual fishing part!

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 5, 2007 - 02:11pm PT
Nef--That reminds me of a funny story...which I'm gonna bore you with
because I have no friggin' incredible photos to share like you,
Mooser and Chiloe.

Picture this: Spring break. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
A million college brats (I'm one of 'em) spending our days lying in the sun,
drinking like there's no tomorrow,
and living off the appetizers at happy hour.

It's the year after Jaws--the movie--was released.

About noonish, I'm swimming way far out from the beach.
(Florida shallows can go almost half a mile out...and I was probably
a quarter mile.) The water was as crystal clear as the sky, and the
sandy bottom beneath me as white and clean as the beach itself.
Being a long-distance swimmer, I was getting a good workout in and loving
life right then.

As I leisurely headed back towards shore, I caught the movement of a
dark shadow in my peripheral vision.
A big dark shadow.

It was following me.

My blood ran cold. It's a cliche, but that's what it felt like.
Cold blood in my veins.


I started swimming faster.

That thing sped up, too.

It was easily, effortlessly closing in on me.

I was in a full-blown panic now, swimming for all I was worth, the horrifc
image of that poor girl, devoured at night and left for crab food,
screaming in my air-deprived brain.

I couldn't feel my arms. My lungs were bursting.
I thought I felt a snout gently tap my flailing feet.

Finally, I couldn't swim anymore. I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't think. I was going to die. Or at least lose a leg.
And then an arm. Or two.

I turned around in the waste-deep water and shrieked at the Great White:
"Go ahead and eat me you muther focker!!!
Just go ahead!!!!"



Then I saw...







it was only my shadow
reflected on the perfectly clear
white sandy bottom.
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Apr 5, 2007 - 02:54pm PT
chiloe, we all know that's a Tardis


Couldn't find a picture of Dr Who, so I used this picture of Russ as a stand-in.
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Apr 5, 2007 - 06:30pm PT
Indianclimber: Thanks!
L: Awesome story! Better than a picture!
Nefarius

Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
Apr 5, 2007 - 07:52pm PT
L - Awesome! I agree with mooser here - better than a picture! I was riveted until the very end and then laughing when I read it. =) Thanks for sharing!

Ugh! That's kinda scary too, Chiloe! But, what can ya do? I guess there's a little danger everywhere we go. That's what makes adventure oh so sweet.
maldaly

Trad climber
Boulder, CO
Apr 5, 2007 - 11:10pm PT
Okay, here are some good ones from my trip to the canyons of Escalante last week.

I love shooting at night. This is our campsite under the Parawing:

And up on the slickrock behind our campsite we found a bunch of Moki Marbles:

From the campsite looking west towards the Straight Cliffs:

a small arch 200M from our camp:

Another View of that same arch:

Introducing Zacho the dog:

Sunlight reflected off a ppol of fresh rain at Dance Hall Rock:

We had a full moon and with a bit of headlamp fill on the juniper:
Fletcher

Mountain climber
Pahsawdehnaw, CA
Apr 6, 2007 - 12:39am PT
Road trippin' up to NorCal with me boy, Colin. Casa di Fruta, pumpkin season:

Steve contemplating North Peak:
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 6, 2007 - 01:03am PT
Maldaly--Beeeeeeautiful shots! That color! Especially the full moon one. Thanks.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 6, 2007 - 12:32pm PT
As we were snorkeling last month, everybody'd get excited whenever a shark came by. "There's a bigger one over here!" Those weren't the man-eating kind, though. Lotsa rays and 'cuda but the charismatic-megafauna highlight of that trip for me was swimming amid a small flight of squid who flashed neon color-changes in unison as they passed. Wonder how they do that, and what they were saying.

chiloe, we all know that's a Tardis

Doctor Who wasn't home, but we looked.

Fletcher, the pumpkin boy is great. Mal's desert nights reminded me how those feel. Snakefoot, mooser, nice water imagery.

One more below, another of my fishing towns.

L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 6, 2007 - 02:28pm PT
Dang Chiloe! That is nice! Just that band of red with the ultramarine blue...you don't have a coffee table book of fishing villages published yet, do you?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 6, 2007 - 04:27pm PT
Bryce canyon
TGT

Social climber
So Cal
Apr 6, 2007 - 06:45pm PT

Black Bart's Hat
L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 6, 2007 - 06:49pm PT
Ooowwww...cool looking rock, TGT.



Nice photo of Bryce, too, IC.
john hansen

climber
Apr 7, 2007 - 05:10pm PT
Rare Hawaiian Hawk,taken this morning


Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Apr 7, 2007 - 07:13pm PT
Cool Hawk John.

Guess I'll join the fun with some odd photos.

Here's a drunk up in Dunsmuir. Found him in a bus stop just like this:

And some cool optical effects, au natural

In the Valley

Sun setting behind Keeler

and some weird light on a pond in the Meadows. Sunlight refracting through the pollen or something.
john hansen

climber
Apr 7, 2007 - 07:56pm PT
Hey Jerry... Do you have a gallery in Bodega Bay? I'm coming thru there on april 22nd and would like to see it if there is one.
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Apr 7, 2007 - 08:45pm PT
Hi John,
Yeah, please stop by it will be fun to meet you. I'll be here 10am-5pm or so. You can't miss me. There's a big sign that says "DODRILL GALLERY" on the building right next to the little coffee shop. We're in old Bodega. (Directions are on my site: http://www.jerrydodrill.com); I think the Fishermans Festival is happening that weekend over in Bodega Bay, just a couple miles away. There's some good climbing nearby, and some crappy climbing if you prefer.

Cheers!
Jerry
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 8, 2007 - 02:31pm PT
Inspiring to see some real artwork here, amidst snapshots by us wandering amateurs.

Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Apr 8, 2007 - 05:40pm PT


Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 8, 2007 - 08:33pm PT
It looks like you had the happiest of Easters Wes ,great pics
as usual
TopRopeGun

Trad climber
Apr 8, 2007 - 08:38pm PT
Great Pic wes...love that rack-o-peeps!
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Apr 8, 2007 - 11:29pm PT
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Apr 11, 2007 - 01:06am PT


L

climber
The Rebel L Gang
Apr 11, 2007 - 01:28am PT
Nice spring tulips, Wes!
gly

Trad climber
Flatlands
Apr 11, 2007 - 09:55am PT
This was Saturday in East Texas near Nacogdoches. Pretty odd occurrence for Texas, especially in April.

Snowed Crimson Clover

Roscoe
TYeary

Mountain climber
Calif.
Apr 11, 2007 - 10:22am PT
Children along the road up to Pashba, Ishinca Valley, Cordillera Blanca, Peru
Tony





Elvis Lives


JubJubBird

Trad climber
Apr 14, 2007 - 04:02am PT
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Apr 14, 2007 - 09:46am PT
Chiloe: I love your photos. Not only is the subject matter great, but your eye for a good shot is excellent. If you don't mind me asking, how is it that you end up in these incredibly beautiful places?
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2007 - 01:12pm PT
JubJubBird -- very nice! Where are those?

Mooser -- thanks. Part of my job involves research on human-environment interactions in the North. Very interesting work,
you get to know some cold harbors.

JubJubBird

Trad climber
Apr 14, 2007 - 03:05pm PT
Chiloe-Prague (Czech Republic), Prague, Alicante (Spain), and Cambridge (England), respectively!
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Apr 14, 2007 - 03:14pm PT
Thanks, Chiloe. Sounds like fascinating work!

JubJub: Also very nice photos! You gotta love Prague! I took so many shots there that I could barely afford to develop them (in the days of film--the 90's).
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Apr 14, 2007 - 08:48pm PT



justthemaid

climber
Los Angeles
Apr 15, 2007 - 01:21pm PT

My favorite random senseless banner/sign from Thailand.

Still cracks me up every time I read it.
maldaly

Trad climber
Boulder, CO
Apr 15, 2007 - 01:47pm PT
One of my favorite random photos of Tony and Julie around an IC fire. The climbing at the Creek is pretty good but it's the campfire scenes which really define it for me. This was right before the bombs started going off. Don't worry, we weren't anywhere near any of Heidi's cows, other campers, cowboys or sensitive natural sites.

Michael Hjorth

Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 15, 2007 - 05:16pm PT
Chiloe,

Your last Greenland-shot (on this page) I do not recognize.
Could it be Narsaq in South Greenland?

Let me add one from somewhat further north: Uummannaq, last September

Regards
Michael
Michael Hjorth

Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 15, 2007 - 05:27pm PT
And a shot from the shoulder of Bonatti Pillar / Petit Dru:

Michael
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2007 - 06:07pm PT
Quite a view from the Dru. The chopper means bad/good news for somebody, I guess?

You're quite right, my Greenland shot above was Narsaq. In the same season as yours of Uummannaq -- early September. The fjord was just starting to form grease ice, which looked like water but crackled wierdly as the boat moved through.
climbingjones

Trad climber
grass valley,ca
Apr 15, 2007 - 08:26pm PT
Looking south-ish from Conway Summit, end of last year. Mono Lake is down there.

Michael Hjorth

Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 16, 2007 - 08:23am PT
Helicopter? No problem for us.
We were fine, only slightly delayed by an unexpected storm the day before. The chopper were surveing all major routes for trapped "clients", and hoovered the pillar from bottom to top.

This is me contemplating the escape possibilities in case the storm continued (which would have been a rappel down the face, down the couloir, over the glacier, down valley to Cham - in friction shoes, as all gear was stashed and unreachable at Flammes des Pierres...)

Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Apr 18, 2007 - 02:05am PT
It was an amazingly pretty day today. Which I gladly spent at the "best bouldering in Kentucky." At least we had to doors open...



Phil_B

Social climber
Hercules, CA
Apr 18, 2007 - 02:11am PT
I went to Norway last year to go kayaking and had a great time. Here's me on the Ula doing one of the slides that river is famous for.

I ran it a second time and got spun around at the top of the slide. Oops, had to do everything backwards
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Nov 5, 2007 - 02:03pm PT




screelover

Mountain climber
Canuckistan
Nov 5, 2007 - 02:23pm PT
Really appreciate all the wonderful images.

Here are a fewe from a week this August at Lake O'Hara

Wierd fire-thingy mist effect on Mt, Hungabee at sunrise.


Base of Cathedral Pk after an August snowstorm


And Lake O'Hara at dawn with the mist rising.

L

climber
Right side of the Brain, Left side of the Road.
Nov 5, 2007 - 02:31pm PT
Wow! That wierd fire-thingy mist effect on Mt. Hungabee is totally cool! Like a B&W with strategic color effects.
Nate D

climber
San Francisco
Nov 5, 2007 - 02:33pm PT
stunning.
handsome B

Gym climber
SL,UT
Nov 5, 2007 - 02:59pm PT
really, really nice screelover
Floridaputz

Trad climber
Oakland Park Florida
Nov 5, 2007 - 03:18pm PT
Natural Arch RRG


Eagle Creek PCT


Phantom Creek Grand Canyon


Middle Sister PCT

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 5, 2007 - 03:48pm PT
Floridaputz did you do the PCT?

Colorado river Big horn
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 06:42pm PT
nita

climber
chica from chico
Nov 5, 2007 - 07:02pm PT

Floridaputz

Trad climber
Oakland Park Florida
Nov 5, 2007 - 08:08pm PT
Indianclimber, I did Oregon & Washington in 82' big snow year ! The Seirra's were buried.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:03pm PT
hey there all... say, chiloe, your job sounds interesting...

say, gly (?think it was)... nice roscoe.. i sure miss texas...

all these photos are really grand... saw the rare hawian hawk too... download is slow.. for me...

the outdoor scenes are just the BESTTTTTTTTTT....

THANKS FOR THIS POSTING OF GREAT PLACES that you all have been so graced to travel through... near as great looking as all the rocks!
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:11pm PT
Friday morning:



Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 10:15pm PT
say, chiloe, your job sounds interesting...

Well it is, pretty often. I like what I do. Even days like today, 10 hours in one meeting room in Washington DC, some large ideas in the air.

No photos today, though I drew some quick graphs.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2007 - 10:21pm PT
Love the grapes!
nita

climber
chica from chico
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:22pm PT

I saw this Flowering ornamental pear yesterday- It thinks it's spring.
pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 5, 2007 - 10:51pm PT
Wave wall Skaha BC. Watch yer step up there.

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:22pm PT
pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:28pm PT
Indian climber great photo curious did you have a dr. pepper?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:57pm PT

Pulthru,you could be a pepper to!
pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 5, 2007 - 11:58pm PT
Wenatchee fires this summer. Wish the fires in california were as easily contained:

pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 6, 2007 - 12:32am PT
My dad and I spent an unplanned night out this summer. I could not resist one undignified picture before the spooning began. I had a space blanket that my dad thought was a bivy sack and when I asked him if he would like to share he responded "how the hell is that going to work". Half an hour we were like peas and carots. Not sure if this is a post or a confession.

Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 6, 2007 - 01:27am PT
Love all the photos folks! Thanks...

Here's my contribution...


Tibetan Temple Prayer Wheel in Dharamsala Tibet Colony New Delhi, India


uhh somewhere in the middle of east

DD
Sparky

Trad climber
vagabon movin on
Nov 6, 2007 - 01:36am PT
wootles

climber
Ceti Alpha V
Nov 6, 2007 - 10:16am PT
A good days work.


Journey to a mushroom planet.

Floridaputz

Trad climber
Oakland Park Florida
Nov 6, 2007 - 11:28am PT
The morning after we arrived at the cirque.Pingora-Wolfshead are beautiful but this kinda screwed up the climbing.


pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 6, 2007 - 02:25pm PT
Mt. Stuart about this time last year.

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 6, 2007 - 02:51pm PT
Pulthru ,great pictures Thanks
Ammon

Big Wall climber
El Cap
Nov 6, 2007 - 05:33pm PT
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Nov 6, 2007 - 06:16pm PT
Love the bizarre mushroom, Wootles!

GO
pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 6, 2007 - 10:12pm PT
Ammon way cool. Indian climber back at you. I love this thread. I love looking at other people's photos.

Dragontail and Colchuck Lake from the toe of Mt. Cashmere:

golsen

Social climber
kennewick, wa
Nov 7, 2007 - 10:59am PT
Cool pics!

BrokenTop in Central OR



An Odd one,



Looking forward to winter, my son in the Junior Olympics at Mt. Hood Mdeadows

Yaro

Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 7, 2007 - 01:18pm PT

Photo taken from http://www.mountain.ru/article/article_display1.php?article_id=2286
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Nov 7, 2007 - 01:20pm PT
A classic

Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Nov 7, 2007 - 01:27pm PT
Storyboard sketch from last Thursday, for commercial photo project:

Photo from this morning:
pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 7, 2007 - 01:43pm PT
What did one snowman say to the other? Sniff sniff do you smell carrots?

The trail to Prusik Peak

Nate D

climber
San Francisco
Nov 7, 2007 - 05:44pm PT
Ammon-
neato image. Which streaked wall did you use to create it?
REVIVE the Art thread!!

Jerry,
love seeing the sketch and result!
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Nov 7, 2007 - 07:52pm PT
Canyonlands

Ammon

Big Wall climber
El Cap
Nov 7, 2007 - 09:13pm PT

Nate D - El Cap, if you look at just the top/left 1/4, that system is the wild penji into the left leaning corner on Iron Hawk... just a random shot of El Cap that I zoomed in on.
tradchick

Trad climber
White Mountains
Nov 17, 2007 - 04:04pm PT
Tomcat and I finally got dsl this week and I've been waiting to post these pics. I've been scuba diving for the last 5 years in the Caribbean and my favorite diving is at night, different critters and some great photo ops.

Here's a hermit crab that has a sea anemone living on it's back:

This is a regular crab that is enjoying his evening meal:

Then I came across 2 candy cane shrimp gettin' it on...a little blurry but the current was taking me:

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2007 - 04:12pm PT
Underwater photos are something we need more of.
tradchick

Trad climber
White Mountains
Nov 17, 2007 - 04:54pm PT
Here you go:
This is 1 very pissed off moray eel that got caught in one of the cages along the reef. We went back the next morning to let him out, but the fishermen had already taken him.

This is a pic of me down about 80 ft. adding air to my bc. That is the reef and sun above me.

Another pic about 30 feet cruising along a reef that was turned upside down by Hurricane Gilbert.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 17, 2007 - 04:59pm PT
I think you folks might like the Brac.
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Nov 17, 2007 - 09:23pm PT
Will you be mine?
Risk

Mountain climber
Minkler, CA
Nov 17, 2007 - 10:15pm PT
A few from the YNP archives:

The Queen comes to the Valley (NPS photo)

Glen Aulin sewer system materials arrive

Echo Creek Bridge, one man construction crew

Big Oak Flat Road Apocalypse, 1990

Tan Slacks

Social climber
Joshua Tree
Nov 17, 2007 - 11:30pm PT
little girls have to have pets..


five years later...

john hansen

climber
Nov 17, 2007 - 11:55pm PT
Up around Bodega Bay







john hansen

climber
Nov 18, 2007 - 12:27am PT
The Alabama hills and the Buttermilks,








murcy

climber
San Fran Cisco
Nov 18, 2007 - 12:31am PT
tan slacks, that is really touching.
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 18, 2007 - 08:26am PT
Cliffs of Moher Ireland...



Cheers,
DD

edit...hmm while I'm at it,

I bit over exposed but...

Jebel Shams Canyon, Oman


Ellery Lake-TP

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 18, 2007 - 08:37am PT
Great photos so far on this page!

DD, those Ireland cliffs remind me of the Faroe Islands. What's the stone?
Delhi Dog

Trad climber
Good Question...
Nov 19, 2007 - 09:13am PT
Chiloe,

The Cliffs of Moher or Aillte an Mothair, (or Aillltreacha Mothair) is part of Western Clare home of traditional Irish music (stop in at Doolin if you are ever there) and geologically is part of the region known as the Burrens. Its an extensive limestone area, or karst. Its almost entirely limestone except for some areas of shale and mud.

Due to uplifting and the numerous ice ages the hills around the area were scoured and exposed leaving some very interesting formations.

These cliffs are quite impressive I think and except for all the tourist, its a 'grand' place to hang. I'd put it on your list if you or anyone else is in that part of Ireland. There is much to explore both geological and historical.

You can also see the Aran Islands from there too (M.R. RIP).

Jebel Shams in Oman is also almost entirely made of limestone too while I'm on the subject. An increadible amount of climbable rock is on this planet...

Cheers,
DD
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2007 - 10:50am PT
Thanks for the info, DD. I've never been to Ireland, but should do.

It's not Faroes geology at all, then. The Faroes are old layered volcanics, like the (geologically) colder parts of East Iceland. There's an infinite amount of stone both those places, but most of it not climber friendly.

The northern Atlantic is a cool place in general.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Nov 19, 2007 - 04:43pm PT
NCAR, out on the mesa in front of The Flatirons
(Nat'l Center for Atmosheric Research)

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2007 - 04:56pm PT
NCAR always looked to me like a cool place to work. And nowadays they do such hot stuff there.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Nov 21, 2007 - 11:02am PT
Single digits out there this morning.


BRRRRRRR !


pulthru

Trad climber
Wenatchee, WA
Nov 22, 2007 - 09:27pm PT
A little TG fishing earlier today

snakefoot

climber
cali
Nov 23, 2007 - 06:10pm PT
Hikin around in the tahoe area the other day, up past wrights lake and oh my..........perfect rest day



been trying to figure out why image shack is minimizing my pics, sorry for the bs
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Nov 24, 2007 - 08:27pm PT
And now for something REALLY odd...


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 25, 2007 - 11:33am PT
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Nov 27, 2007 - 11:33pm PT
Any of you catch these shots from a windy day in Seattle a few weeks ago? There're cars on the car-deck:





goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Nov 28, 2007 - 03:50pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2007 - 08:08pm PT
Goatboy, that's a good one.
nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Dec 2, 2007 - 11:11pm PT
Paskenta Ca....sick
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Dec 3, 2007 - 12:07am PT
Red Rock a while back
COT

climber
Door Number 3
Dec 3, 2007 - 01:28am PT
Sparking one up at base camp
Who said baseball was dull?
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2007 - 11:26am PT
There must be stories behind those last two ....
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2007 - 05:04pm PT
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 10, 2007 - 05:17pm PT
Marshall

climber
bay area
Dec 10, 2007 - 05:51pm PT
TKingsbury, that is awesome!
cowpoke

climber
Dec 10, 2007 - 06:29pm PT
ditto -- so similar, that I half expected there to be a monkey in your picture. just curious: did you recognize the similarity when taking the picture or afterwords? either way, very cool!

Edit: ok, looking at it again, it's staged, right?!?
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 10, 2007 - 06:33pm PT
haha...yeah, it's not even my photo....just thought it was cool.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Dec 10, 2007 - 06:42pm PT
Winter "street art".
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Dec 11, 2007 - 12:14pm PT
Kind of a self depricating pic of me after a nap on the desert floor with my pup.

TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 11, 2007 - 02:11pm PT
I like that pic Blue, you look at peace with the desert...

---


could you ever get a tattoo of yourself?
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Dec 11, 2007 - 06:33pm PT
Relaxing day at the beach
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 11, 2007 - 06:42pm PT
After shooting the nutcracker for four days in a row, I had the waltz of the flowers stuck in my head til tonight. Haven't really finished going through them yet, but here are a few from Friday night...




scuffy b

climber
The deck above the 5
Dec 11, 2007 - 06:42pm PT
Nobody goes to that beach anymore...


















It's too crowded!!

(Thanks, Yogi)
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Dec 11, 2007 - 06:54pm PT
There has to be a story on that one, Tom,please share.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 11, 2007 - 07:09pm PT
The tattoo?

That's Steve-O of Jackass fame or before that he was on the Whiskey videos...cracks me up every time I see the tattoo...

looks like he has a new show?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63JIf5Syw-Q
cowpoke

climber
Dec 12, 2007 - 07:02pm PT
from a climbing/bluegrass road trip a couple years ago

traffic jam
and jamming traffic

Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Dec 12, 2007 - 07:09pm PT
Nah,T-king,(though that's a weird concept, too) I meant the photo recreation of the Seurat (sp)
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:32am PT
(First time trying to post photos; hope this works. If not, what's the trick?)

Inspecting the rack a few weeks back, I thought these biners looked unsettlingly odd:


Some ice on a Tahoe creek two weeks ago:
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Dec 13, 2007 - 10:08am PT
Willoughby,send the pictures to a photo host site like photobucket,then copy and paste the bottom (4th) address under the picture into the reply box
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2007 - 11:22am PT
Speaking of Wyoming, cowpoke, have you read The Cold Dish or Death without Company?

A nostalgic odd photo from Wyoming, 1974:

scuffy b

climber
Stump with a backrest
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:01pm PT
O, how I want to be there, Chiloe.
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:04pm PT
The megabreccia in Titus Canyon AND the Vortex in Tuolumne (Jay Wood polished granite photo in post #154)… Wow! Good stuff! We’ve been racking our brains for years trying to figure out what the heck is going on with the Vortex. Jay, how’d you manage to stumble across that jem?

Great photos here! Chiloe, I especially like your first “titanium” pic – way cool! I’ll have to dig some up…
scuffy b

climber
Stump with a backrest
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:35pm PT
Cosmic,
is that sparrow shot for real?
It's cosmic.
sm
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:45pm PT
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:56pm PT
Cosmic, that pic is priceless.

Tom...funny as usual. The dog must be used to that monkey. Funny.
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 13, 2007 - 01:57pm PT
Redneck Fun:


Note school bus on left:


Tracer fire:
cowpoke

climber
Dec 13, 2007 - 02:08pm PT
ah, Reynolds Hill. you know, it is one of the few places that doesn't look too different today from that 74 shot.

I recognize your partner (who gave us our very first Vedauwoo guide book as a going away present -- remember that?), but never met the dog. Was he/she a character from your SD days (close to where this next traffic jam shot was taken)?
cowpoke

climber
Dec 13, 2007 - 02:35pm PT
Chiloe, forgot to answer your question: nope. Read a Wyoming set murder mystery you recommended a few years back (ended with a struggle on the diamond), but these are different, no?

Question for you: why not start a 74ish era Voo thread? Would warm my heart on this snowy day. Bet you've got old school shots of this one.
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Dec 13, 2007 - 02:44pm PT
Thanks Indianclimber,
Trying again. Biners:

ice:
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 13, 2007 - 02:57pm PT


TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Dec 13, 2007 - 03:51pm PT
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 13, 2007 - 06:10pm PT
Recognize this spot?

Same place, different year:

Fishers:
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 13, 2007 - 06:14pm PT
Cary Gaynor photo


“Birds” in El Cap Meadow:


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2007 - 06:26pm PT
Chiloe, forgot to answer your question: nope. Read a Wyoming set murder mystery you recommended a few years back (ended with a struggle on the diamond), but these are different, no?

They're different, not so over-the-top. The author, Craig Johnson, writes like Tony Hillerman wishes he could.
Ammon

Big Wall climber
El Cap
Dec 13, 2007 - 09:09pm PT

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Dec 13, 2007 - 11:01pm PT
Death Valley this weekend
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Dec 14, 2007 - 12:00am PT
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Dec 14, 2007 - 12:47am PT
This morning...


This evening...

Now, the odd thing is that I'm planning to leave this place. Doesn't make much sense.
nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Dec 14, 2007 - 01:01am PT
Sutter Buttes.. /trough
Mr Dodrill, where are you moving 2?
edit: Free rent- good for you;-)
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Dec 14, 2007 - 01:46am PT
Lookin' like Sacratomato.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 14, 2007 - 12:07pm PT
I recognize your partner (who gave us our very first Vedauwoo guide book as a going away present -- remember that?),
but never met the dog. Was he/she a character from your SD days (close to where this next traffic jam shot was taken)?


Yes indeed, that's "Fred" from our SD days, seen here fairly near where your traffic jam was.


I have fond memories of Fred, who never was quite civilized.
One time we were grateful that he scared four sketchy drunks so much they climbed up on top of their car.
tdk

climber
Dec 14, 2007 - 07:11pm PT
boy goes under bed to play with new kitten, falls asleep

atchafalaya

climber
Babylon
Dec 14, 2007 - 07:14pm PT
mediumsizeddog

climber
Dec 15, 2007 - 11:27am PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2007 - 12:07pm PT
Just skimmed through this thread from its start, all 400+ posts. Cool, varied and unexpected visions on every page.

Just a handful of broken links from fine photographers (cough, cough, wesallen, cough, nefarious) so in general it's aged pretty well, in that one respect better than Brad's all-time classic photo thread showing who the hell we are.

Cheers to all.
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 15, 2007 - 05:21pm PT
Yeah, sorry about all the broken links, I made some pretty big changes to my web sites a couple months ago.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 15, 2007 - 05:38pm PT
Hah, well that's bound to happen. I recall yours were very good as usual, though.
nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Dec 15, 2007 - 05:44pm PT
Hey, quit the one line banter.;-) Hey Wes, I know your busy and all- being engaged to a Beautiful woman..Congratulations!
But....give us some of your beautiful pictures.. pretty please.

damn red XXXX's

edit: Chiloe, it was fun -going back & looking at all the pictures!
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Dec 15, 2007 - 08:51pm PT
Independence Rock. Check it out all three of these guys were there on the same day.

goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Dec 16, 2007 - 05:19pm PT

Redgarden Wall this morning with some rare ice forming.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 16, 2007 - 05:22pm PT
Goatboy, that's my all-time favorite crag. This used to be the view from my front yard:

Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 16, 2007 - 08:10pm PT
Got a little bit of snow in KY this morning, lucky the couple that I was photographing are outdoorsy types, and even managed to have some fun with it....


(didn't have a tripod)




Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Dec 16, 2007 - 08:26pm PT
Maybe these two should go in the guns and climbers thread...

Her first time shooting, and she did well, even managed to hit the target with a .45, though this is a nice .22 with a laser site...

Hippy with a gun?

To bad we forgot the clips for the uzi!
nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Dec 16, 2007 - 08:40pm PT
Oops..only one carrot.
Wes, I bet the lucky couple -loved the black & white pic. Sweet!
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Dec 16, 2007 - 11:53pm PT
420, dude. My son and the result of 5 unchecked minutes with stickers.
cowpoke

climber
Dec 17, 2007 - 01:01pm PT
came across this quaint scene while hunting for boulders this summer in County Connemara, Ireland.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 17, 2007 - 06:25pm PT
leasure

Trad climber
Reno
Dec 18, 2007 - 03:54pm PT
Trying out how to post a photo. This was on Monster Tower a few years ago.
scuffy b

climber
Stump with a backrest
Dec 18, 2007 - 04:01pm PT
You sure picked a winner for your first picture post.
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Dec 18, 2007 - 09:50pm PT
Cool approach
bob d'antonio

Trad climber
Taos, NM
Dec 18, 2007 - 11:34pm PT
Caught this guy in the act.

mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Dec 19, 2007 - 12:15am PT
Every Winter in Butte they have an ice sculpting contest. While Molly and I stand no chance of winning, we enter for the "couple's therapy", ie.. fighting and arguing in publc (not really).

A local furniture store drew us for their carver(s), and we unexpectantly came to the event and found 2 blocks ready to carve (we usually co-carve for the kid's convenience).

My end product:

Realmojede's work:


We didn't win, but the store was happy and so were we by the end of the day.
cowpoke

climber
Dec 19, 2007 - 08:59am PT
mojede, I love the reflection in the top pic, where you can see the pickup truck, cute building, and hills in the background...captures something related to Tarbuster's mountain lifestyle thread.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Dec 20, 2007 - 01:28am PT
Wolf, marfing down a bison? carcass. Lamar River, Yellowstone. (could be an elk)
Dave Tapes

Trad climber
Silverado CA
Dec 20, 2007 - 11:26am PT
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Dec 23, 2007 - 10:52am PT
goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Jan 2, 2008 - 07:19pm PT
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Jan 2, 2008 - 09:55pm PT
Derelict wood-stave pipeline on Owens Lake, reportedly once 14,000' long, it carried water from wells to evaporation ponds



Some CALTRANS crop circles that appeared briefly along 395 in the late 90s. These were just north of Big Pine



Fence post humor, Baker, NV

john hansen

climber
Jan 2, 2008 - 10:05pm PT
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 2, 2008 - 11:50pm PT
21 miles North of Wing , North Dakota, December 31, 2007.

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Jan 3, 2008 - 12:08am PT
Our daughter Nicole climbing again ,a great way to start the new year
mooser

Trad climber
seattle
Jan 3, 2008 - 09:45am PT
Getting ready to head into Deception Pass with my groovy new helmet cam:


Our dog (Jack) showing great patience until he gets the go-ahead to chow down:


Not my pic, but a cool view of what happens in Seattle when the wind really kicks up:
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Jan 3, 2008 - 12:48pm PT
Gob

Trad climber
CO
Jan 3, 2008 - 03:03pm PT
I just killed so much time at work checking out all of these awesome pictures. I have never posted before - how do you add pictures?
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2008 - 03:06pm PT
IC -- your photo of Nicole is priceless. She looks so happy to be there!
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Jan 3, 2008 - 03:10pm PT
Gob, shrink 'em, host 'em, then post 'em.

Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Jan 3, 2008 - 03:28pm PT
Chiloe she actually asked me to take her climbing ,WoW ,I think our
teenager has turned the corner
Maybe I will have a new partner for 08 and hang up my rope solo gear
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2008 - 03:39pm PT
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Jan 3, 2008 - 03:39pm PT
Some may be interested to know that you can get a poster of that image Indianclimber posted:

http://www.africageographic.com/shop/productInfo.asp?menucategoryID=7

Unlike so many shark images we see online, this one's not a fake. Here's another photo from that series
Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Jan 7, 2008 - 03:09pm PT
I'm curious to see if anyone here knows where this is.




avatar formerly known as wootles
Dave Tapes

Trad climber
Silverado CA
Jan 7, 2008 - 03:23pm PT
This pictures says it all.


bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
Jan 7, 2008 - 04:39pm PT
Holy Sh*t, that shark pic is chilling...

I looked into those pics and they're from research teams in Africa. They were worried about the sharks going after kayaks but discovered they were just curious and left after checking them out. More from the researchers...


Seems as though they very curious creatures.

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2008 - 04:43pm PT
avatar formerly known as wootles

Hey, I almost missed that. Clueless about your cave picture, though.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Jan 7, 2008 - 06:29pm PT
Willoughby

Social climber
Truckee, CA
Jan 7, 2008 - 06:46pm PT
I've been getting into sea kayaking a bit over the last few years, and Whitey's always in the back of my mind. Those South African fish are used to much smaller prey, but in California, they hunt BIG elephant seals. I spent five fall seasons on Southeast Farallon Island (off San Francisco), working for the Point Reyes Bird Observatory, and studying the white sharks was a big part of the gig. They're definitely inquisitive critters, but I don't think I'd be too quick to pet one on the nose like that. One thing's for certain, they can make short work out of an elephant seal (and yes, it's that red; they have super oxygen-rich blood).

Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Jan 7, 2008 - 06:59pm PT
"We're gonna' need a bigger boat"
goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Jan 7, 2008 - 07:03pm PT
WHOA!
Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Jan 7, 2008 - 07:06pm PT
"avatar formerly known as wootles

Hey, I almost missed that. Clueless about your cave picture, though."


Wootles, the avatar, died this past fall in a case of acute taco poisoning. Plus the namesake has fallen out of favor with M and is now languishing at the bottom of a heap of other discarded plush toys.


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2008 - 08:36pm PT
Hah! Well, you might have some thoughts for the classic NH thread.
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Jan 8, 2008 - 12:30pm PT
Tomcat

Trad climber
Chatham N.H.
Jan 8, 2008 - 12:35pm PT
Chiloe,is dat dino print from da Potash Road?
Bryan

climber
colorado
Jan 8, 2008 - 12:43pm PT
Jim

I believe thats Preludes wall Mt. Arapiles.
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Jan 8, 2008 - 12:47pm PT
TKings, who's taking flight in the Gally ?

Zat Pat ?
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Jan 8, 2008 - 12:55pm PT
'tis Pat, on Scraps...winging onto an equalized blue/black alien and green C3...
Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Jan 8, 2008 - 01:56pm PT
"I believe thats Preludes wall Mt. Arapiles."

Good one, Bryan!
I have to confess I don't know the name of the exact location but that it is indeed at Arapiles. I stumbled upon the little guy while out exploring on a rest day. The year was 1989. I've always wondered what the story behind the statue is. Any idea?
crøtch

climber
Jan 8, 2008 - 02:33pm PT
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Jan 11, 2008 - 11:13pm PT


KA-BOOM!!!
Bomb disposal(?), Army Munitions Depot, just south of Hawthorne, Nevada.
(I was hanging out a few months ago and all of a sudden… Felt that one from a ways away… Pretty cool…)
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Jan 11, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
Interesting, minerals I didn't take pictures, but one time, maybe twenty odd years ago me and my buddy and'cid drove by there and saw a similar show (east of there actually, near were the weird bunkers are) ground explosions and ones from airplanes (missiles I guess)
way trippy.



ex Wootie- lehman cave?
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Jan 12, 2008 - 12:43am PT
Yeah, Jaybro. It’s fun to hang out in the middle of “nowhere” Nevada… That boom above was cool but not NEARLY as cool as last January… An F-22 Raptor ripped past me as I sat in my truck on a dirt road one evening on the NE side of Nellis… He must have been cruising the highway at low altitude and picked up my truck on radar (etc.) because by the time I heard him, he was cranking a hard left turn and was “on it”!! KA-BOOM!!! He broke the sound barrier, which sounded (and felt) like a bomb went off behind my truck. The roar of (relatively quiet) jet engines filled the air and the Raptor quickly turned into a black dot that soon disappeared over the ridge. I love that kind of stuff! BAD ASS!!!


Photo found here:
http://www.electronicaviation.com/articles/Military/140

More:
http://home.pon.net/hunnicutt/images/F22.jpg
Minerals

Social climber
The Deli
Jan 12, 2008 - 12:53am PT
Here are a few pics of the Independence and Big Pine fires in early July of 2007. The fires started the previous night during a barrage of lightning strikes. Several cars burned up at the Baxter Pass trailhead.


Independence fires:





Big Pine smoke plumes:



Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2008 - 10:08am PT
Chiloe,is dat dino print from da Potash Road?

Why yes it is, good eye. That was before they put a fence around the dinosaur prints and nearby petroglyphs.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2008 - 11:37am PT
A relic of wars gone by:

the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 14, 2008 - 06:46pm PT
Teton Glacier

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2008 - 07:44pm PT
Museum, when was that? I'm thinking all glacier photos ought to be dated, in these hot times.
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 14, 2008 - 09:39pm PT
I'm thinking it was in 2003- fairly recent. I'm no glacierologist but it looks like it is receding top down- just like others in the Wind River Range.
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 16, 2008 - 08:55pm PT
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Jan 16, 2008 - 11:35pm PT















Shooting inside the glass is cool, but kinda sketchy - I took a glancing blow to the head from a flying stick that night! But, better my head then my Mark III, as i will heal!



Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 17, 2008 - 08:48am PT
Wes, that's a nice range of excellent pictures.
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Jan 17, 2008 - 09:20am PT
Nice pics, all.

Here's an odd one for ya.


GO
TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Jan 17, 2008 - 11:25am PT



fun little java program...

http://morph.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk//Transformer/index.html
cowpoke

climber
Jan 17, 2008 - 05:02pm PT
Wes, cool shots. And, college hockey in Kentucky does seem odd...especially from up in Hockey East land. Does the SEC have hockey or is it a club sport?

GO, did you get on that elevator?!? Seems like something out of Alice in Wonderland.
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Jan 17, 2008 - 05:19pm PT
Cowpoke - you bet! Well, this is "More Odd Photos" after all! :)

Can anyone guess why the elevator was saying Down/UP? I'll give you a hint, it was not broken or confused in any way.

GO
dlew308

Boulder climber
CA
Jan 17, 2008 - 05:33pm PT
Weirdness from Japan


Zander

Trad climber
Berkeley
Jan 17, 2008 - 08:27pm PT
Somewhere in California.
Wes Allen

Boulder climber
KY
Jan 17, 2008 - 11:04pm PT
Thanks much!

I think there are SEC teams that play hockey, but at UK it is a club sport - they usually play at midnight. For a while, it was the 3rd or 4th sport in attendance, but that might not be the case anymore.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2008 - 11:13am PT
So GO, what's with your elevator?
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Jan 18, 2008 - 11:19am PT
Yes, the elevator shot is cute! No guesses? Okay, I took it as the elevator was on the way down in my building's garage from Upper Parking to Lower Parking.

GO
cowpoke

climber
Jan 18, 2008 - 11:33am PT
Nice, GO. My daughters (6 and 10) are really interested in riddles lately. I gave them your shot to ponder...we couldn't generate any reasonable guesses that didn't involve a malfunctioning sign. They'll be psyched to hear the answer!
dlew308

Boulder climber
CA
Jan 18, 2008 - 11:55am PT

More from Japan
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2008 - 04:38pm PT
Gloves for common use on a subway ramp handrail in Seoul, during the SARS scare (2003).

the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 18, 2008 - 10:23pm PT
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 18, 2008 - 10:42pm PT
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 18, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
crøtch

climber
Jan 18, 2008 - 11:49pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2008 - 10:00am PT
Museum, you've got quite a collection. Capitol Peak was my first "big peak," warmup for a trip to the Alps -- that view is still vivid many years later.

crøtch, that would stop traffic.
cowpoke

climber
Jan 19, 2008 - 12:59pm PT
While in Wyoming this past summer, my daughter entered a rodeo in which her friend regularly competes...apparently the bales are quicker than they look.

And, the city-slicker beat out the cowboys/girls for the buckle.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 19, 2008 - 05:55pm PT
She won the rodeo? That's one to remember.
cowpoke

climber
Jan 20, 2008 - 12:56pm PT
One to remember, indeed. Her friend -- a local rodeo celeb -- begged the judges to let her compete, despite a lack of experience or registration. When the judges agreed, I'm sure they weren't thinking the kid in sneakers had a chance.
tuolumne_tradster

Trad climber
concord, california
Jan 20, 2008 - 02:04pm PT
Damn it...I told him to use the sun screen.

the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 20, 2008 - 11:45pm PT
Snowshoeing 1-20-2008 Very nice. 48"-84"

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 07:40am PT
Museum, that looks like fine snowshoeing fer sure. Nice open Western forest, too.

On some trips over deep snow in the East, we've met a "hobbit trail" effect. The branches are so dense overhead
that with four feet of snow on the ground, it leaves only a low tunnel to hike through --
you have to crouch down under the tree-ceiling as you walk.

Makes it all the more wonderful to break through on a rocky summit, though.

cowpoke

climber
Jan 21, 2008 - 09:14am PT
A few years back, a storm brewed while
Chiloe was mid-pitch on what turned out to
be the send of the trip. With lightening
crashing all around, he reported that the
metal button on his hat was humming.

After the storm (and the send) peace returned.

And Chiloe appeared to fine the next day...

but there were some residuals (like "looking"
through his camera with his ear).
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 21, 2008 - 09:44am PT
A few years back, a storm brewed while
Chiloe was mid-pitch on what turned out to
be the send of the trip.


What with my feet blowing off and almost falling dangerously far above pro, reaching the belay with no
air left just as lightning struck the butte and the downpour began but I couldn't get down with one rope ...
felt close enough to the send of a lifetime!

The rainbow afterwards seemed cosmic, though. And I felt unreasonably mellow as you negotiated that hairy
drive through mud down the mountain.
goatboy smellz

climber
colorado
Jan 21, 2008 - 09:58am PT
wildone

climber
Where you want to be
Jan 21, 2008 - 10:20am PT
Goatboy! I've seen that rig at generator crack! I was bummed because you guys were there, so we went up to new diversions cliff and had a blast. Big whoop.
nevenneve

Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
Jan 21, 2008 - 10:27am PT
I think 3M's chemical sewage is having some odd effects on the local wildlife.
Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Jan 25, 2008 - 07:36pm PT
The final pitch of a 6 pitch (7 including this one) route in France. When I arrived at the "belay" my partner was sitting at a table with two glasses of beer.

DMBARN

climber
Jan 25, 2008 - 11:51pm PT
"Fast Food" Liberian style.
The thread about McDonalds is put into perspective when you travel to the third world and see what passes for good food.
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 26, 2008 - 10:21am PT
The lad on his first aid climb.

the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Jan 26, 2008 - 09:36pm PT
Snow shoeing 1-26-2008. Pretty good- especially the second time around..

cowpoke

climber
Jan 27, 2008 - 05:45pm PT
always thought this guy looked a bit like the Easter Island crew:
TrundleBum

Trad climber
Las Vegas
Jan 27, 2008 - 05:49pm PT


A he 'wow mai nei'...

A Mo'ai 'au naturale

cool pic'
Double D

climber
Jan 27, 2008 - 11:24pm PT
Hey museum, do ya think ya otta take an ethics class on Supertaco? I mean maybe you want to re-read the wings o steel stuff. It just ain't right having a ladder on that there rock!
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Feb 6, 2008 - 07:50pm PT
This is one of the last surviving species of the Redneck Shoe Tree. It was darn near ready for harvest too.

Jim E

climber
Mountain Road
Feb 6, 2008 - 08:12pm PT
Awesome!
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2008 - 09:08am PT
Must be a story.
GOclimb

Trad climber
Boston, MA
Feb 7, 2008 - 09:27am PT
Cowpoke - cool pic!

Nevveneve - weird, what is it?

GO
Jerry Dodrill

climber
Bodega, CA
Feb 7, 2008 - 12:51pm PT
Yes, this was an odd find indeed! Was drivin' out US 50 near Austin, Nevada and struck upon this here tree bearing strange fruit. Drove about a half mile yonder, contemplating weather it was fact or mirage, when the little "Go Back" voice crept into my ear. Best I can figure, this tree is on a long pilgrimage and kind hearted passers by offer their shoes in generosity. If trees could tell stories, this one would either be quite good or really stink.

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2008 - 01:39pm PT
Somebody's artwork?
pcousar

Sport climber
White Salmon, WA
Feb 8, 2008 - 12:29pm PT
summer at the house

winter at the house.....
13' fallen so far, about 3 1/2 on the ground..

That's nearly 4 times average snow fall.
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Feb 9, 2008 - 09:09pm PT
Snow Shoeing 2-09-08 36" pretty much everywhere...


O, the man child is bigger than mom now..
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2008 - 12:02pm PT
Museum, we got whiteness around here too, more almost daily, but it doesn't look as pretty as yours.

I haven't posted any odd northern-harbor photos in a while, so here's another one.

tenesmus

Trad climber
slc
Feb 10, 2008 - 12:04pm PT
pcousar I like your house. What's it look like from the other sides?
Jaybro

Social climber
The West
Feb 10, 2008 - 02:42pm PT
Cowpoke, which one is that?
cowpoke

climber
Feb 10, 2008 - 05:47pm PT
Thanks, GO and Trundlebum.

Jaybro, I don't know the formation's name (or even if it has one) -- it is in Lost Creek Wilderness at the end of this valley:
bollullos

climber
Feb 11, 2008 - 03:22am PT


Why to climb if you may have a lift?
Italy, Cabo de Sorrento, X.2007
mojede

Trad climber
Butte, America
Feb 11, 2008 - 12:44pm PT
In Paradise Valley, MT sits this shrine/church for worship.


Nothing too odd--until the Black Armada w/Illinois plates pulls up, and 7 people in black hooded robes emerge on the church. I caught this one recording the day's event.
the museum

Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
Feb 23, 2008 - 11:39pm PT
2_23_08 Still nice snow. A little less than last week. Hey, people how was the nite snow shoe trip last week?

nita

climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
Feb 24, 2008 - 02:20am PT
Working Dogs
andy@climbingmoab

Big Wall climber
Park City, UT
Feb 24, 2008 - 09:54am PT

Painting at a little museum in Leon Nicaragua.
Indianclimber

climber
Las Vegas
Feb 24, 2008 - 12:01pm PT
Now that is an odd photo!!
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2008 - 10:22am PT
Different views, what's so cool about travel.
pcousar

Sport climber
White Salmon, WA
Jun 16, 2008 - 01:46pm PT
Saved a bunny from the cats!

XC Skiing in a snow storm, JUNE 10th (at 4600' on Mt Adams)




Crevasses in the woods, mid May...

Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2008 - 08:01pm PT
Saved a bunny from the cats!

And took his picture! You did good, that bunny needed saving.

We opened up the grill for the first time this season, and found that somebody had been
living there all winter. Cleanest little mouse I ever saw, it was kind of sad to evict him.


TKingsbury

Trad climber
MT
Feb 10, 2011 - 01:07pm PT
Jobee

Social climber
El Portal Ca.
Feb 10, 2011 - 01:19pm PT
climber bob

Social climber
maine
Feb 11, 2011 - 05:15am PT
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Nov 22, 2013 - 07:32pm PT
bit'er ol' guy

climber
the past
Nov 22, 2013 - 08:42pm PT
I don't get it?

Old photos?

Where are the old '80's valley parking lot pics?

tucker in JT drinking a OLD E at the crag?

werner?


isn't that what the ST forum is about?
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Nov 22, 2013 - 08:54pm PT
come, come, do contribute some, of the old days. gud or bad, you were there, right? so then share some.

i am just here for the bath salts.
MisterE

climber
Nov 22, 2013 - 10:11pm PT


mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 22, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Nov 22, 2013 - 11:37pm PT
MisterE

climber
Nov 22, 2013 - 11:59pm PT
The Larry - if it's going to be that kind of party.




...and then, you're like: "We just need more bacon!"


That attracts critters, however

The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Nov 23, 2013 - 12:14am PT
Yummmmm. Bacon. My girlfriend is a vegetarian....

Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Nov 23, 2013 - 01:30am PT

So, MisterE; are those first two just above your creations? I gotta say: they moved me. especially the bat-godzilla flaming the climber on the cliff.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Nov 23, 2013 - 03:05am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 23, 2013 - 07:38am PT
Not yer dad's vodka, THocking. My thoughts and heavy heart, brother, and God bless our pops.
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Nov 23, 2013 - 08:25am PT
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steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Nov 23, 2013 - 08:28am PT
steveA

Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
Nov 23, 2013 - 08:31am PT
Salamanizer

Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
Nov 23, 2013 - 02:37pm PT
Diggin this thread.



3 Day backpacking/climbing trip, no one brought a lighter = no problem!

No idea what route this is.




mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 24, 2013 - 07:19pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 24, 2013 - 07:41pm PT
Odd--there's only one Odd, but two normal people in this shot.

Even Camila knows that!
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Nov 25, 2013 - 02:57am PT
perswig

climber
Nov 28, 2013 - 11:20am PT

Dale
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Nov 28, 2013 - 01:08pm PT

More sea oddness
[Click to View YouTube Video]
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Nov 30, 2013 - 07:54pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 5, 2013 - 05:56am PT
Is your wife a goer?
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Dec 5, 2013 - 03:26pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
Near the Arctic Circle this week, dusk at 2pm:

Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 5, 2013 - 03:47pm PT
^^^^Ha! The first time I went to Finland I had been in The Evil Empire for
3 months. Despite having two or three of the best meals of my life the rest
were pretty awful. With high hopes I descended upon Helsinki and started
walking around to check out which restaurant I would grace with my ravenous
presence. It seemed odd to me that there should be so many Italian restaurants
there. I finally went into one of these ravintola joints and asked them why
there wasn't any italian dishes on their menu. I don't recall a McDonalds
in Helsinki back then but I see now that they've gone italian too.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Dec 5, 2013 - 04:06pm PT
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2013 - 04:38pm PT
Ha! The first time I went to Finland I had been in The Evil Empire for 3 months. Despite having two or three of the best meals of my life the rest were pretty awful. With high hopes I descended upon Helsinki and started walking around to check out which restaurant I would grace with my ravenous presence. It seemed odd to me that there should be so many Italian restaurants there. I finally went into one of these ravintola joints and asked them why there wasn't any italian dishes on their menu. I don't recall a McDonalds in Helsinki back then but I see now that they've gone italian too.

I'm told this particular ravintola is the world's most northern McDonald's, but I wasn't going in. Instead we sought restaurants noted for Lappish cuisine, which especially means reindeer.
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2013 - 04:40pm PT
Mother of god chiloe that's horrible! Dusk at 2 PM.

In just a few more weeks, they'll have dusk there at dawn.

Cold, too, as you can see. But life indoors was friendly and warm.
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 10, 2013 - 09:32pm PT
Good acid's as it does.

You don't want to try Archangelsk Dusk, BTW, over in the Oblast...it's crap, just like the weather and the hours.

Studly

Trad climber
WA
Dec 10, 2013 - 09:45pm PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Dec 10, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Dec 10, 2013 - 09:55pm PT
like that last caption Mouse. Like it a lot. double true if you are alone.


however, there are a few other things that make me go weak in the knees with the beauty and perfection of it all.

Love. First sex with a beautiful woman. Second sex with a beautiful woman. End-of-your physical wits revelations far far out and alone on some f*#king sheep-ledge in the midst of nothing. the best drugs. you know, wholesome sh#t.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Dec 26, 2013 - 08:55pm PT
wilbeer

Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
Dec 26, 2013 - 09:00pm PT

Thom.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Dec 26, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
Sticky seaweed in Argentina - rub your hands together with it and it works
like soap. It dries cleanly.


Works as a scarf, too. And it keeps Americans away.
thebravecowboy

Social climber
Colorado Plateau
Jan 29, 2014 - 03:43am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jan 29, 2014 - 09:15am PT
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Jan 30, 2014 - 01:39am PT
The pig birds laugh to see such sport.
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