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drljefe
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Old Pueblo, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2009 - 09:13pm PT
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No shame at all. This trip got me fired up on climbing again!
Reconnecting with old friends, meeting new ones, and realizing that no matter how long a hiatus, I have always been, and will always be a climber.
{{{{{Stoke level HIGH}}}}}
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - May 14, 2010 - 01:46pm PT
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bump
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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May 15, 2010 - 08:10pm PT
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Don't know how I missed this one. Nice post. thanks,
Zander
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Oct 21, 2010 - 12:39am PT
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Wow, how did I miss this thread Jefe?
What a beautiful place. The climbing looks awesome!
It's even better since I "know" Rosebud. Now I see her introduction to the world, cool.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Oct 21, 2010 - 01:20am PT
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Tgiving weekend if all goes well.
The Uncle has a new bit of electronics, but I bet he's solid by then.
getting psyched!
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bob
climber
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:46am PT
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I'll be around G. Mountain...............................
Bob J.
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Oct 21, 2010 - 10:55am PT
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So glad this one came around again as I missed the first show.
I always get choked up by these dog threads.
Good go, mate.
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 21, 2010 - 11:00am PT
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You'll love it Munge.
Bob's your man.
I'll be up there soon too.
WooooHoooo.
Love the Mtn.
Survival, JWerlin~ pretty easy to miss a thread like this~ sub 5.7 touchy feely stuff usually sinks pretty fast around here.
Fact is, no matter the grade, a day at the mountain is always super rewarding. It's a magical place.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Oct 21, 2010 - 05:26pm PT
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Knowing that The Mountain would be closing for the peregrines a trip up to Prescott was in order.
williamson rock near los angeles used to be the busiest climbing venue near the city, about 90 minutes' drive. it had probably more than a hundred climbers there every saturday and sunday during the summer season. it was closed because of an endangered frog in the creek. the last three years it was open, a nesting pair of peregrine falcons actually moved in. they were not there previously. they took up residence on eagle's roost buttress (should've been renamed for them) and kept climbers at bay, shutting down a favorite climb, but generally we tolerated each other just fine. there are lots of other granite crags in the area within a 15-minute flight of these speedy birds, but they chose williamson in spite of hordes of climbers.
like i've said before, it's a well-known fact that frogs will drop dead at the sight of a rockclimber, so i can understand the reason for shutting williamson down. god bless the u.s. forest service and their great, wise ways.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Oct 23, 2010 - 02:57am PT
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kewl
touch base in a couple weeks as I confirm up plans or not.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2012 - 01:26pm PT
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Time to hit the reset button.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jan 13, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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bird closures?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 13, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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Does that mean it's now closed again?
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originalpmac
Mountain climber
Anywhere I like
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Jan 13, 2012 - 01:45pm PT
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One of the better posts I've read. I lurk more then I post but I did my first leads on debut and some of the others. Swan slabs buddy! Used to work moonstone though never sent it. My prouder sends at groom were sucker problem (took at least sixty tries) and charlies angels. Thanks for the reminiscing.
"Roll away the dew"
Edit to say I just took about a year off climbing. Realized I had been neglecting a lot of stuff for the last five years that needed some catching up on. But I started going out this week in the ice park and my stoke is back. There is no shame in stopping for a bit. My friends gave me some ego based sh#t and that pushed me away further. I looked in myself to know when to reset. Back on the wagon now though. Cheers all!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 13, 2012 - 01:53pm PT
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Recall the days that still are to come
Some sing blue.....
Never could reach
it just slips away
But I try....
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 13, 2012 - 02:22pm PT
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"Each of us lives within the universe—the prison—of his own brain. Projecting from it are millions of fragile sensory nerve fibers, in groups uniquely adapted to sample the energetic states of the world around us: heat, light, force and chemical composition. That is all we ever know of it directly; all else is logical inference." -Vernon Mountcastle
In other words, how did I get so ugly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRWkAzqaNlE&feature=related
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2012 - 02:25pm PT
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Where we should go
We just ride.
Time's a wastin'. Closure soon.
Farewell to you 'ol southern skies
I'm on my way!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jan 13, 2012 - 02:26pm PT
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Doesn't close until Feb. 1st.
But it's been pretty cold up there.
Coupla weekends ago it would have been primo...didn't pull the trigger.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 13, 2012 - 02:27pm PT
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TFPU. I love Granite Mountain.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jan 13, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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I have always wanted to go there and it looks like really good multipitch crack climbing. I think Pete Delenoy lives in the area. He put up a ton of classic stuff in the needles.
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