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salad
climber
San Diego
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Jan 11, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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antoher from mt starr.. tess with sherpa dadda
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Jan 11, 2008 - 03:55pm PT
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Salad
The Mt. Starr one is awesome!!!!!
Go Tess!
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tdk
climber
puhoynix
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:05pm PT
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Grand Teton
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:11pm PT
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Arrow Peak, with the Cowan Massif in the background (pointing to Black Spire).
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:22pm PT
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Summit of Vampire Spire NWT Canada
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:24pm PT
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Buckner, 1972 w/ mom + dad
Sherpa Balanced Rock, 1974 "conquistadors of the useless"
Bonanza, 1987 w/ Nancy and our dads
Goode, 1993, my dad
Stuart, 2006, Steph
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jewedlaw
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jan 11, 2008 - 04:37pm PT
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My partner and I, Cathedral Peak
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Misha
Trad climber
Woodside, CA
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Jan 11, 2008 - 08:50pm PT
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My bud on Mt. Hoffman
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 11, 2008 - 09:02pm PT
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Back when he was just a little squirt.
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the museum
Trad climber
Rapid City, SD
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Jan 11, 2008 - 09:15pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
concord, california
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Jan 11, 2008 - 10:09pm PT
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Mt Whitney
Fairview
Cathedral Pk
Mt Starr King
Mt Conness
North Dome
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jan 11, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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a long time ago
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 11, 2008 - 10:51pm PT
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Double D
climber
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Jan 11, 2008 - 11:54pm PT
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It all started when Ron swung by the Tahoe City trailer park in his new pride and joy sedan. "What ja doing in this neck of the woods?" I holler down from roofing my scrap shack.
"Going to the desert to do SR with the Bird, you up for it?"
Ten minutes later I was packed abandoning my dwelling's bad needed repair, job and any hope of immediate income, I became the third leg of the "Battle of Wounded Windshield II" epic.
Here's what we were out to climb:
Here's JB on the Summit (statute of limitations apply's after 25 years, right?):
JB Summit Silhouette:
Ron Snooz'n on Summit:
That Night's Ritual Fire Celebration:
So we get back to Ron's car after several days to find all the tires slashed and all of the windows broken or cracked. Needless to say, we're not exactly doing something legal, totally broke, without the modern luxury of debit cards, and in a foriegn country...sort of.
Jim called his wife Peggy and somehow charms her into wiring $75 so we can get 4 bald tires to drive home on (she's an angel!). The temps drop and we're all cruising down the highway in our sleeping bags keeping the speed under 50mph just to stay warm. With just pocket change, we are surviving off tea ("you can get free water refills" Jim tells us) and ketchup (free as well).
So all is well, or so we think...until we pull up to Flagstaff where they're enforcing chain controls in a fluke snow storm. I mean we're fishtail'n like crazy as we come up to the officer pulling folks over to chain up, and we all agree to just stare out the windows like bewildered tourists. Succesfully avoiding the officer's eyes we fishtail right past him and somehow make it over the summit.
4 bald tires: $75
Replacement windows from a Las Vegas Junkyard: $125
Memories: Priceless!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 12, 2008 - 12:09am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 12, 2008 - 12:39am PT
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hey there all.. say, these are great shots here!!! ...
say, as to that post or so, just up above mine---what is it about folks "busting up parked cars"...poor ol' cars, innocent, they be...
i am backing tracking now, to understand just exactly WHERE you were ( i got it--you left tahoe, and then i lost it somehow?)
*you are lucky you-all WERE NOT sleeping in your car on night, before you set up the mountain....
man, oh, man... most likely that is an understatement...
sure glad you made it back safe
such wonderful trips sadly should not have to leave one's car in a mess....
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Jan 12, 2008 - 12:46am PT
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Neebee, I remember when Ron took that road trip. He told me that they were climbing without permission from the Rez.
Hence, For every action....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 12, 2008 - 01:17am PT
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