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Wild Bill
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Ca
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A little Tuolumne sunshine for you all.
Anyone recognize this guy? We had a nice chat while racking up.
So, the gent in the above pic warned us that our intended route was not so choice. Portentious, but we took off anyway. My partner had not climbed in a few years, so we stuck with some 5.8 meadows slabfest - I think we did the second ascent or something like that.
Oops, forgot my shoes. Oh well, these Sportiva approache shoes should be fine, right? It's ONLY 5.8 after all.
ANAM: Fall on rock, off route, exceeding (shoe's) abilities.
Here's the lucky nut that caught my 25 foot slider, seen after the fact. I had been trying to traverse back over to our route, was way out from a bolt, and remembered a recent thread about the value of marginal placements. When I placed it I thought it had maybe a 25% chance of holding. Figured it would slow me down.
All in all a great day in the meadows, followed by the 50th anniversary Half Dome gathering.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Did 'that old ghent' make it to the 1/2dome deal?
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Yup, Jaybro, and he said he went for Royal. Otherwise, the Valley is too much to handle in the summer (as it is for most sane people).
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wootles
climber
Gamma Quadrant
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OWE! That's gonna' leave a mark.
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scuffy b
climber
Bates Creek
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Isn't that TM's dad in the pic?
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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Wootles, I rode it down mostly on the balls of my feet, so the shoes got the worst of it. But my calf is sore as hell . . .
TM's dad? Why, that man above would be the FATHER of Tuolumne Meadows - one of them anyway.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2007 - 05:08pm PT
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crøtch, your people pics are as good as the mountains. And it looks like stellar memories, notwithstanding the fact that ...
the most dramatic stories are about sudden onset Giardia symptoms.
Those stories could be Too Much Information except, for the rest of us, how did two such medically-savvy travelers catch the bug?
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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" that man above would be the FATHER of Tuolumne Meadows - one of them anyway. "
Nice assessment, It doesn't get any better thant That!
Good luck with the flesh, it will heal!
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L
climber
A Light Glider on a Rising Thermal
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Excellent TR, Wild Billy!
Blue skies and a bloodfest all in 5 easy shots! (And I loved those shoes you were sporting...just can't get good colors like that these days.)
Thanks for sharing your adventures in that most gorgeous of places.
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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A quick weekend trip up to Wild Iris. Cheers!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2007 - 08:05pm PT
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Wild Bill, just caught up with your TR -- nice variety of shots, scenic/old dude/the agony of de feet.
Actually my leg looked rather like that last week for a less heroic reason, I had misjudged the stability of a barnacle-encrusted tidepool step-stone.
Handsome B, liked your last shot especially for its sense of place.
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Hey y'all....I loooove this thread. Chiloe, if I ever happen to meet you, I would like to buy you two of your favorite beers.
pardon me if I screw this up royally, my first attempt at posting shots from Flickr....(let's see if I can figure it out on my second try...photobucket was convenient, but I'll be darned if I will keep posting all my photos to two different sites)
I am currently nursing a chronic wrist problem and a blown finger tendon (on the same hand, at least) so ropes are out for me for a while; luckily I live within sight of the finest easy rock scrambling that humans have yet discovered. Here are a few pictures of my lady and I wandering up the Mega Classic North East Face of Middle Palisade last Friday....
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scuffy b
climber
Bates Creek
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as TM has often said: "I'm not TM. I saw that guy the other day.
He's really OLD."
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2007 - 12:25pm PT
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dmalloy:
Hey y'all....I loooove this thread. Chiloe, if I ever happen to meet you, I would like to buy you two of your favorite beers.
Why thanks, glad you're liking it. Favorite beer is a moving target but last night Sam Adams Summer Ale went pretty well with bratwurst off the grill. I hang out mostly NE but have been known to appear elsewhere.
I am currently nursing a chronic wrist problem and a blown finger tendon (on the same hand, at least) so ropes are out for me for a while; luckily I live within sight of the finest easy rock scrambling that humans have yet discovered. Here are a few pictures of my lady and I wandering up the Mega Classic North East Face of Middle Palisade last Friday....
Looks like a fine trip and perfect use of your rehabilitation time. One of the things I like most about Supertaco -- all these folks out there livin' the life, even as Life Itself goes on too. Threads like this can be a window....
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sunjule
climber
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Jul 12, 2007 - 06:24am PT
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Following Chiloe's advice, here's my first post on supertopo (i'm an old rc.com user, so excuse my lack of manners...).
First of all, i like this thead! It's a nice distraction seeing all the awesome photos while in the office.
Second, here is my contribution from the last w-end. We went on a usual 2-day dash to Switzerland. A bit far with 8h driving, but when there, it is FUN! Too many places to explore.
This time we went to the eastern bit of the Bernese Oberland, around Grimsel pass. Here, Swiss constructed the highest dams for their time (beginning of the 20th century) and now it's the electrical company that manages the whole area for tourist development. Kind of a fun concept.
Otherwise, we climbed on this wall called Eldorado, 500m granite slab, made me think of whitehorse in NE, but more orange-pink, chamonix-style granite. Protection mixed, trad in cracks, and bolts on slab. Still, with 2 bolts per pitch even the 5a i tried to lead proved cumbersome.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Jul 12, 2007 - 11:49am PT
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Cool, sunjule! If you could make the pics a *little* bit bigger next time, that'd be lovely. Anyway, sounds like a good weekend!
Cheers,
GO
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sunjule
climber
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Jul 12, 2007 - 01:18pm PT
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Who said bigger???
cheers to you GO!!!
btw, anyone gonna to be in canada (Calgary/Squamish during the first two weeks of september? looking for partners...
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sunjule
climber
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Jul 12, 2007 - 01:21pm PT
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:( not sure why it's not working - new to the game!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 12, 2007 - 01:58pm PT
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Hi J, welcome to the Taco. Where you could always post that Eiger TR and see if it causes the same ruckus here!
As for photo posting, see DR's thread on that topic. The easiest way IMHO is to open a free photobucket account, upload your pics there, and just copy the contents of that little box that says "IMG code", the lowest of four, below the thumbnail of the picture you want. Paste the "IMG code" info into your message and you're set.
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