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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 11, 2016 - 02:53am PT
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In terms of climbing, it seems that back in the 1980s I was one of the early explorers of the British Virgin Islands. I took my wife (now ex-wife) to Virgin Gorda specifically to go bouldering. I had dislocated my left shoulder in a ski mountaineering accident just a few weeks before the trip, so unfortunately I wasn't in peak climbing shape at the time.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jul 11, 2016 - 03:05am PT
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SLR
The "Baths"!. I remember that we were moored at Peter Island cursing out of Tortola.
I was, still in high school so it must have been 78-79.
The tours to the baths from some resort turned a corner just as I was lay backing up
and out a scoop, the sound of the snapping of shutters, got into my head & I dropped with a splash. The tour guide seemed to have never seen anyone climb there.
I was actually wreck diving, did you dive ? Did you go to the wreck of the Rone?
It was said that it was un- lucky for newly weds to dive on the Rone, it was the site of some of the scenes in the C Bisset N Noltey movie " The Deep". Which is how the word got out to some SoCal chick, who couldn't keep a secret,.,.,.,B+D, youth was not wasted on gnome.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2016 - 05:08pm PT
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Beautiful BVI visuals, Ledge Rat. I am sure I have seen some of them before.
Nice reminiscing, Gnome.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 11, 2016 - 05:09pm PT
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gnome
I wasn't into scuba diving at the time
would love to go back someday with my dive gear
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2016 - 08:06pm PT
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Hurrah!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2016 - 08:28am PT
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That hole might be one I vaguely remember a ways north of most of the climbing and bouldering at Juniper Point.
There is another zawn just barely north of Juniper Point but it doesn't look like the one you show. Oplopanax posted photos of it earlier in the thread:
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=724921&tn=209
Interesting idea to swim in and boulder out.
I usually stay out where I can be available to the public. From August when there was sun:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Apr 22, 2017 - 12:26pm PT
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Long overdue coastal bump...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 22, 2017 - 01:02pm PT
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Hey, it used to be ocean front!
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 01:55pm PT
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Quite timely, Steve,
And we are all about "used to be" here on SuperTopo, Reilly.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 01:59pm PT
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Patterns in my photos
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2017 - 02:05pm PT
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First full (south to north and back) traverse of '17
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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May 20, 2017 - 01:55pm PT
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Salty bumps in the sun...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 20, 2017 - 02:01pm PT
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I hope to contribute this fine thread in two weeks from Anglesey!
Provided it's done pissing there. :-/
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2017 - 09:20pm PT
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Yes, frostback. Sea-cliff fun.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 29, 2017 - 09:38pm PT
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2017 - 09:41pm PT
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The sea holds mysteries.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 30, 2017 - 08:52am PT
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You are right, frostback, but it is a long story. With foreshadowings, literary references, illustrations, botanical and zoological meanderings, and flashbacks to scenes of sex and violence. I have been intending to add it to this thread, and the photo above was a good ending. It will take a while to put the other elements together.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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May 30, 2017 - 10:10am PT
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Ghost you need to keep traversing from that pic to get to Moss Mtn
Thankfully dogs make gud encouragers
Then there's our northern zone. No photos from that shining sea yet?
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2017 - 04:47pm PT
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Thanks, Oplo. That dog looks smart.
Maybe now there is a photo or two of the northern zone?
When Roscoe first showed up he/she was hanging low in a tree where non-climber passersby might go.
I took it for a child's creation and re-located it where it was less likely to be disturbed. To me it resembled a Tami Knight cartoon rat and a good mascot for the traverse.
Roscoe has made it through storm, heat, cold, a fall and loss of tail, and a neck fracture.
This Spring I had to revise my opinion of Roscoe's origin.
I now guess that Roscoe plays a part in weird ju-ju. This Spring I have seen things at the traverse which 25 years of regular attendance did not prepare me for.
What is going on, here?
Answer coming later.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Topic Author's Reply - May 31, 2017 - 04:53pm PT
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And a reprise of a video Harry posted:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
with the spiders
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