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scuffy b
climber
On the dock in the dark
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How do these myths get perpetuated?
The truth is that NOBODY in the Santa Cruz area has a
sense of humor AT ALL.
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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I'll testify to that Scuffy. Hey, if your in Oakhurst check out the guy in the Raley's supermarket that works in the butcher shop. They make him wear this beard net. I always hassel him. You probably should too! It might enhance your climbing trip experience. I swear, I hope he doesn't come for me, he wields a cleaver! Do your shopping first!
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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No humor?
How do you explain the banana slug?
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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50 posts and no pictures? Come on folks, help a bro out.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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No pictures?
Um, look again my friend!
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Sorry, no pictures. It's pretty much your strandard beard net, with the standard "I feel ridiculous" look. Think "Classic".
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kev
climber
CA
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"It's pretty much your strandard beard net, with the standard "I feel ridiculous" look. Think "Classic". "
HUH? Maybe I'm just stupid (a lot of people might agree on that) but I've got NO clue WTF you just said.
what is a strandard beard net?
kev
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Your right Kev, I meant "standard" not "strandard". Every time I hassel the beard net guy he replys "learn to spel". What a smart ass is he! Next time I'll ask him if that's a strandard beard net. I'll bet it confuses him!
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kev
climber
CA
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No Phantom,
I got that part I thought you meant "standard" and was poking fun by repeating the typo (I can't type or spell worth a crap either).
But I still have no clue what you meant. Please enlighten the dim ones like me.
kev
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john hansen
climber
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Its like the "Lunch Lady" wearing a hair net,, only on a beard.
Can't have those stray hairs falling in the food,,,
Sorry, thread drift.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
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A quick image search brought this gem, from Climbing.com:
Looks like killer rock. The climber also has a beautiful back and shoulder blades.
Edit: Resize!
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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That's not him!!!
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fishtrap
Trad climber
Bass Lake, CA
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I live in Bass Lake and climb in SOYO pretty often in the summertime. Most of my time has been spent on Fresno Dome and the Balls. I've been to Fresno Dome about a dozen times in the last few years and have never seen another climber (usually get an early start and are off the wall before lunchtime). Hawk Dome on the west end of Fresno Dome has lots of new moderate bolted routes. Whiskey Bill on FD is a personal favorite with 2-3 pitches of great face climbing and 2 easy pitches of crack at the top.
Enjoy!
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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"so they got a bit hot. The situation was similar at Courtright Reservoir, which I visited once many years ago."
Hmmm... Must have caught it on an unusually bad day, Clint. Courtright is hands-down cooler than Yos, temps-wise. If it's 100* in Fresno, it's 75* at Courtright and 98* in the Valley. Makes sense, as Courtright sits more than 4,000' higher than the Valley.
SoYo better than Yos tho? Not hardly. Damn good? You bet.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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oops I missed a page my bad, good pictures. More Please
I want to go
Tom
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
the ground up
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Here's a (googled) Balloon Dome etc sampler . . .
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Fishtrap wrote:
"I live in Bass Lake and climb in SOYO pretty often in the summertime."
I have a question for Fishtrap: Hey Fishtrap, do you ever catch fish with your "beard net?"
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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I dug up some additional photos that are not from the "Standard Beard Net".
Shangri-La Dome - 5 min from the road, great views, lots of sun.
A view of the East face of High Eagle Dome- at least 275' tall at this point. Many routes follow the dark waterstreaks .
The steepness of the Eyre formation.
Eyre again, lots of difficult routes here!
I believe this one was 5.12d, I forget the name of it, sorry!
This formation is the Queens Throne. Many of the watergrooves/streaks are established lines, perhaps 2 or 3 pitches. Many were done by Herb Laeger & Eric Fazio Rhichard. The formations behind, to the left are called Dreamscape but I think there is little activity here yet. Great bouldering in this area too! Oops! I shouldn't have said anything!
There is so much potential for new routes there. It is true that some of the newer routes have some chipped holds. But overall, a small number of routes have questionable tactics involved. Because it is so spread out & remote feeling, it will never get crowds like some areas so to say that crowds will overrun the place is being alarmist. You'll see way more 4-wheelers & ATV'rs than climbers there anytime you visit.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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There's some rad stuff pictured above. Wish I could pull hard enough for those overhanging face routes..wild.
Thanks. Hope beta becomes available. Have a feeling that Yosemite will always draw enough people away and people are lazy about approaches as well
Peace
Karl
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