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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 12, 2007 - 07:04pm PT
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It's unbelievable how much it has grown in four years. I expect about 2,000 people will show up this year. The Facelift is now a National Public Lands Day event, a California Coastal Commission Cleanup event, and the largest Access Fund Adopt-A-Crag event in the country. We are going to have a small weigh-in station in Tuolumne Meadows this year. Raffle prizes are coming in rapidly and special thanks to Fattrad who is the only individual to donate raffle prizes. See you all there and thank you all for making it happen.
Ken
P.S. Camping is nearly filled up.
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Ouch!
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Sep 12, 2007 - 07:06pm PT
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Jeez! Now fattrad's head will get even bigger.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2007 - 07:09pm PT
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Ouch, I thought that was what Photoshop was for.
Ken
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 12, 2007 - 07:59pm PT
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I have 30 official for sushi on Tuesday the 25th. Well.... that's not counting Werner or #46. There's still room for another 10 at least.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:04pm PT
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Doug, please let us know what help you'll need getting set up on the afternoon of the 25th, during the sushifest, and afterward. Hopefully we can share the load amongst those present - I'm guessing there'll be lots of things to do.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2007 - 08:10pm PT
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Werner is going to bring the BBQ over for the non-sushi people. Do you need charcoal? I might be able to bring some firewood if I have the time.
Ken
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Ouch!
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:12pm PT
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I thought Werner cooked with cow poop.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2007 - 08:43pm PT
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Not many cows around here. Some of the recent bear droppings look like Duraflame logs.
Ken
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:50pm PT
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Bears love Sushi.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:50pm PT
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"Gee Wally,..like what do they do at the the Facelift and junk?"
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:53pm PT
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2000 people! Wow! I had no idea!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 12, 2007 - 08:59pm PT
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Perhaps those who want to barbeque on the 25th should be responsible for providing the charcoal. I believe charcoal can be bought at the village store, if nothing else. Maybe we can spring for a bag or two of "seed" charcoal. I gather it's a pretty big unit - we don't have to use the whole thing, but it ain't no hibachi, and may take a fair amount of feedstock to work well.
Those SuperTopians who like things that go bang can take care of igniting the BBQ.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 12, 2007 - 09:15pm PT
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The BBQ has to be towed by a vehicle. It is ample to fill your needs. Bachar, you going to make it?
Ken
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Sep 12, 2007 - 09:21pm PT
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" I don't know Ken, it sounds kinda' scary"
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 12, 2007 - 09:24pm PT
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"The BBQ has to be towed by a vehicle. It is ample to fill your needs. Bachar, you going to make it?"
Yeah, sounds scary to me too. Will JB have to make the BBQ? Or is he going to fill it? With all the spontaneous combusters on SuperTopo, it seems unnecessary.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 12, 2007 - 10:14pm PT
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Anders: other than some help doing the dishes afterwards I'll probably be covered. I'm hoping my homeboys from Flagpole will help with the setup. IF not, one or two bodies is all that is really required. If I have the count correct we have 4 able sushichefs. It's a pretty easy one night deal for me.
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Sep 12, 2007 - 10:42pm PT
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"I'm hoping my homeboys from Flagpole will help with the setup"
Chew got it, Meng!
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Ouch!
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Sep 12, 2007 - 11:00pm PT
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2007 - 12:41am PT
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Sorry Fattrad, I didn't know you wanted it kept secret. I was planning on announcing it with sponsor acknowledgments during the reception anyway and I will be able to tell who you are by your red face. Thanks for your contribution.
Ken
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Ouch!
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Sep 13, 2007 - 12:56am PT
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Fat and Crowley camping side by side
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:04am PT
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Ouch , LOL.... You gotta do some audio with these toons;-)
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2007 - 01:16am PT
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Have fun guys!
Ken
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:27am PT
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The Department of UnFaceLiftian Activity hereby prohibits slander, libel, defamation, name calling, innuendo, and anything ending with "-ist" or "-ism". Both before and during the FaceLift. All will be sweetness and light, or there's going to be trouble. Up to and including helping supervise the group from the elementary school, to a night out with #46, to a lecture from the SuperTopo etiquette guru, to extended dish washing. In extreme cases, a smack upside the head from one of the choicer FaceLift trophies.
Even if you've forgotten most of what you learned in kindergarten, play nice!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:29am PT
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LOL! :-)
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:35am PT
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Hahahaha LOL Ouch
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:39am PT
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Yes..Play nice, or the* Royal Canadian Mountie* will hall you away!
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 13, 2007 - 02:02am PT
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And don't forget to bring dishes and cutlery for eating sushi with, and the pancake breakfast on Sunday morning - there won't be any provided.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 13, 2007 - 02:41am PT
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hey there ken... say, i was just jumping over here, from the "project" post...
say, not sure if there is time, but if you want, and if you ahve an address where i can send this too, i can donate a dream catcher or too, and some earrings, and perhaps a beaded necklace for your raffle stuff...
i will check back, and see if you think there is time... they are light and i can afford to mail it, i am thinking... not sure how fast they can get there.. .though... just let me know...
nice hand made stuff, awwww, i'm not boasting... just have to let you know what to expect... course this may not be "high and mighty" enough... as i dont know how fancy all this going-on is... god bless... hope it all goes "just the best!"
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 13, 2007 - 02:51am PT
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hey there ouch... say, you really got this annimation, cartoon, picture-display stuff down set-to-path, dont you... you sure are keeping that ol' cow a mite busy, there...
have seen many other creative, ...hmmm, ... pictorial events, you might call them... around here, too... well done...
you really should visit the project-post-thread over yonder... and set some of this project to work...
god bless... :)
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 13, 2007 - 10:33am PT
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I have the dishes covered for sushi. No disposables will be used. My only problem might be chopsticks.
Chopsticks are not required - sushi is finger food - so if you want them you might want to pack your own. (though I probably have about 20 pair).
Though... I know this isn't fully within the spirit of the facelift. I do have disposable chopsticks and if we used them to start a fire later wouldn't that mean were getting EXTRA mileage out of the wood and thus it's a good thing?
Crowley (and others): I figure I'll make sushi on more than one occasion so if you are still going to be there plan on sampling my goods. I've committed to doing it saturday for a select few - I can probably do the same on Thursday.
Hell... it would take two or three people a small bribe to get me to whip up some sushi on any night. If I made sushi five days in a row it wouldn't suck.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 13, 2007 - 11:47am PT
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Fatty: would you mind bringing me a republican hat/shirt. I promise I'll wear it when I make sushi for AC. (I'm a large)
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Ouch!
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Sep 13, 2007 - 12:48pm PT
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I'm a Large
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nita
climber
chico ca
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Sep 13, 2007 - 01:49pm PT
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Fattrad, Don't forget to bring pizza;-)
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Forest
Trad climber
Tucson, AZ
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Sep 13, 2007 - 03:19pm PT
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Damnit. Yet again, I miss the Sushi. We're heading up there Saturday morning and leaving 9/23. :-(
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Brutus of Wyde
climber
Old Climbers' Home, Oakland CA
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Sep 13, 2007 - 03:22pm PT
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Nature--
I'll try to remember to bring some disposable chopsticks. I have loads.
Brutus
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 13, 2007 - 04:39pm PT
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Notice: Sushi can be prepared for a small bribe on:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday (already planned)
KNOTT Sunday: free food/beer!
Seriously... I will bring extra supplies. I may not have Fresh Big Eye Tuna or fresh Hamachi on Saturday (left over) but I should have it early in the week. And I will have enough Eel/Shrimp/Wasabi/smoked tuna, etc. to make sushi every night.
With 2000 people attending I gotta figure a few people will catch wind and be willing to bribe me. And I promised Jaybro sushi on Saturday.
Soo......
Fatty: Cool! I am looking forward to meeting you.
Brutus: I have a ton of them as well. We were just trying to keep the use of disposables down to a minimum/nothing.
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Ouch!
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Sep 13, 2007 - 04:41pm PT
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You could whittle some really neat chopsticks out of a pair of bear peckers.
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Sep 13, 2007 - 05:45pm PT
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Yippie!
Brutus you sneak! I got your check and your note and I cannot tell you how pleased I am to be informed the Em will also be joining us!
Best news of the day!
Yippie!
Fatty: you bring it, I'll wear it (at least for a little while ;-). Hell, maybe I'll even make up a republican roll
drum roll please....
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 13, 2007 - 06:55pm PT
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Nature,
I was born to do dishes. Much to my Mom's sadness. She was hoping for a doctor or a lawyer.
Zander
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Sep 13, 2007 - 11:40pm PT
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Haha! I was once told "you will make someone a good wife".
I thought it was funny when I was younger and didn't get the slam.
;-P
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Sep 13, 2007 - 11:53pm PT
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hey ken,
swear to god i'd be there but i still have not recovered from the trauma and embarassment of our little sojourn down to sequioa national park, fall '88, where you scored me a job as a laborer and i overdid it it the first night and spent the next morning hurling while i tried to move huge, 200 lb. rip-rap rocks with shultz.
my guess is you remember nothing of this...but it was a seminal four days in my life.
here's the real trip: did you know that dave's old flame mary is now the f*#kkin' SUPERINTENDENT of lake mead NRA? jesus, life is strange. good on her is all i can say. she went for it and realized her dreams.
anyway...don't know what the point of this story is. i guess i just miss the valley, i miss the 70's and 80's in the valley, and i wish i could be there to help out.
good on you, man. you're making it happen. werd. swole to the core.
peas, out.
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 14, 2007 - 01:21am PT
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BVB, Obviously it didn't impress me at all because, I was probably keeping you company and offering support. I honestly don't remember that at all. I do remember throwing my back out and Dave offering to correct it for me. I gave in because I was desperate, and it worked and I was able to finish the work. Don't worry I would hire you again in a heartbeat. I had heard about Mary. It is funny how we are all connected.Take care Bob and I hope to see you again soon (perhaps the Facelift). Are you still with Jocylen (sp?)?
Ken
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jstan
climber
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Sep 14, 2007 - 03:20pm PT
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This year the YARTS system has added a late afternoon bus from Merced and going to the Valley so those using the train do not have to bivy in Merced. It is getting much easier!
You can get a 10:45AM train at Union Station in LA that gets you to the Merced YARTS bus that arrives in the Valley at 8PM. The total cost one way is $39. If you assume gas at $3 per gallon and a driving distance of 380 miles, driving is better cost-wise only if you get better than 29 miles/gal. This assumes no driving cost other than for gas. Elapsed time is about 9 hours for an average speed of 41mph including about a one hour lay-over in Merced.
Coming from Ventura or Santa Barbara is a little tougher because you need a bus connection to the train at Bakersfield. But it is not all bad if you plan it right. You can spend some time in downtown Bakersfield.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 14, 2007 - 06:32pm PT
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John: All going well, I will/can pass through Manteca or Merced en route to the Valley and Camp 4, late afternoon on Friday September 21st. Perhaps we can link up?
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jstan
climber
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Sep 14, 2007 - 10:01pm PT
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Anders:
That would be great, if it is no bother. YARTS works pretty well.
I come into the AMTRAK station( I think it is near 24th and K in Merced at 4:19 PM. It is at K for sure. Go to where K crosses the tracks and you are there. There are another set of tracks down near 16th street but those ain't it. Google map gives one the layout fairly well.
The bus takes off at 5:15PM so there is a good window for us to connect.
Cheers,
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 14, 2007 - 11:55pm PT
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to stay for the Robbins/Frost talk on Wed. Last year I watched the film of Steck, Roper and Long climbing the Salathe. Steck and Long were there giving running commentary which was really entertaining. The film has no sound. Later I thought, what a wasted opportunity, with today’s technology the great commentary could have been recorded and spliced into the film/dvd without that much trouble.
My point is that if the Robbins/Frost film has no sound, someone should record their commentary so it will be available to put into the film.
Just an idea.
Zander
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2007 - 10:09am PT
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Zander, We recorded that event and so did the AAC. We are not pros but are trying. I agree that this stuff needs to be recorded before it is too late. That is one aspect of this museum project.
Ken
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 15, 2007 - 06:43pm PT
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Ken,
That's great. The guys were giving entertaining commentary.
Zander
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 15, 2007 - 06:53pm PT
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hey there cris... say, thanks for the link to the schedule, posting... for those folks like me that cant be there, it gives us an idea of all the events, etc....
say, i sent ken a hand made dream catcher for the raffle... and some small earrings, too.... not time to make something more elaborate--dont think it would arrive in time.. but one never knows... if i get more time, later, i may have another go at it...
thanks again...
edit---say, i just saw the raffle is for the 30th... so i just may try for a nice necklace to send....
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