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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 17, 2009 - 01:07pm PT
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Totally forgot about this micro-classic that Richard Harrison and I first bagged, like, 125 years ago out at Josh: The Aiguille d' Joshua Tree. BITD, it used to be a sort of right of passage to solo up and down the thing (5.6 or 5.7 - no pro). Wonder if anyone goes out there anymore, besides Sean here.
JL
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 17, 2009 - 01:16pm PT
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Abercrombie
Trad climber
Ca
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Jan 17, 2009 - 01:23pm PT
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Been up it 3 or four times. One of the cool circus tricks of Josh.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 17, 2009 - 01:37pm PT
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I still haven't even seen it in real life.....Maybe next time.
But I'm way to chicken to try climbing the damned thing to the top and then downclimb it.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
In the mountains... somewhere...
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Jan 17, 2009 - 01:42pm PT
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Epperson had Waugh hanging all over the thing a year or two ago getting 'old guy with white hair' photos. Pretty classic.
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Marshall
climber
bay area
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Jan 17, 2009 - 02:29pm PT
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zip
Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
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Jan 17, 2009 - 02:34pm PT
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That thing scared the crap out of me!
Somone should put some bolts on it.
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tooth
Mountain climber
Guam
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Jan 17, 2009 - 05:00pm PT
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One of my visits it was howling windy, made it fun to lean into the wind over the edge...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 17, 2009 - 05:19pm PT
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I wonder if one could lassoo the top, and pull it over? On some windy dark night, that is - just hurrying up natural forces. It would be like Trigger Finger at Peshastin, which fell over in 1978 or so.
Edit: Surely Tarbuster must have a lassoo?
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BG
Trad climber
JTree & Idyllwild
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Jan 17, 2009 - 05:20pm PT
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Pretending I'm Gaston Rebufat in Chamonix.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 17, 2009 - 06:41pm PT
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*special cross thread alert*
What's goofier?
The Aguille d'Josh or this guy???
(stupendous photo by Sewellymon, circa 1980)
I mean, this pic is a must gaze.
If you ever wundered why you love Russ...
Or correspondingly need to know where/how/who/why things turned for us out in Josh...
This is the linchpin.
Whew.
*end of crucial thread drift*
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Jan 17, 2009 - 06:55pm PT
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Some of you need to learn how to crop out the base of the thing.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jan 17, 2009 - 07:27pm PT
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Man, that's what he looked like when I first met him, except for the glasses with one lens thing...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jan 17, 2009 - 08:28pm PT
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Long locks (as in hair) rule. Many happy times in the way back, yeah .....! :D Peace and memories lrl
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Wack
climber
Dazevue
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Jan 17, 2009 - 08:32pm PT
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Came across it in a circumnavigation of Hidden Valley a couple of decades ago. What a cool formation to stumble onto. All of the old mini dams and the fireplace out there were cool also.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Jan 17, 2009 - 09:50pm PT
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Tarbuster , that photo SO reminds me of the Saturday Night Live catholic school girl(I don't know her name or who played her; she wore a school uniform, and would stick her fingers in her armpits when she was nervous)
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 18, 2009 - 11:31pm PT
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That would be Mary Katherine Gallagher as played by Molly Shannon. She's swell.......LOL
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Mar 26, 2009 - 01:42pm PT
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sweet
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Wandering through J-tree threads I found this one. Here is a contribution:
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