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Bazo
Boulder climber
Ky
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May 27, 2009 - 06:34am PT
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Not my photos (if anyone objects, let me know ), but a nice display from my old stomping grounds the Port Hills/Banks Peninsula (New Zealand)...
Rapaki Rock
Castle Rock ( Tobin Sorenson did a few firsts here along with the UK's John Allen { of gritstone fame } )
The Tors
Mt Bradley
And farther inland, Mt Somers
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 27, 2009 - 11:18am PT
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My shot is the Sine Wall at Paradise Forks.
Posted previously in the AZ appreciation thread.
Some pretty cool routes on there... always liked Tangent and Sine Language. Also the first route ever done at the Forks, I believe, Born Under A Bad Sine.
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Eric McAuliffe
Trad climber
Alpine County, CA
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May 27, 2009 - 01:13pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 27, 2009 - 02:08pm PT
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Whoa!!.........................
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fgw
Trad climber
portland, or
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May 27, 2009 - 07:53pm PT
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the long view (hyperlinked from Dave Jensen's website):
the close up:
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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May 27, 2009 - 08:11pm PT
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oooooh basalt...that's not what i thought it said when i skimmed over it...;)
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Largo
Sport climber
Venice, Ca
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May 27, 2009 - 09:13pm PT
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Holy sh#t, Eric. Now those are splitters!
JL
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FlyMolo
Trad climber
Lemoore Ca
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May 27, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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your rope looks a little worn there just above the accender...
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cintune
climber
the Moon and Antarctica
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May 27, 2009 - 10:52pm PT
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Iconic.
A page with really nice pics of Fingal's Cave, Staffa at: http://www.catswhiskerstours.com/2007_10_01_archive.html
Have a nice little Pa. bouldering crag nearby (39.87109/-77.45189) made of columnar spotted metarhyolite, which is fairly rare, no good pics though.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 27, 2009 - 11:38pm PT
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Maybe not basalt...I don't recall...still cool columns...
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2009 - 12:42am PT
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I was wondering if someone would put D.T. up!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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May 28, 2009 - 12:53am PT
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I think all climbers should be thrilled that the powers that be claimed Devils Post pile as an off limits area. It leaves alot more basaltic (Better )areas for us to climb on; Twin crags, Truckee river canyon and Shakespeare (Glenbrooke rock on US50, very near cave, don't tell anyone.....) which coincidentally looks very similar to the House's of the Holy album cover on the back side.
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Dudeman
Trad climber
California/Idaho/Beyond
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May 28, 2009 - 02:40am PT
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Basalt: a common extrusive volcanic rock.
Dierkes lake, Twin Falls, Idaho
Bridgeview Crag, Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls, Idaho
Dierkes Lake, Twin Falls, Idaho
Black Cliffs, Boise, Idaho
Dierkes Lake, Twin Falls, Idaho
Connor Columns, Albion, Idaho
Dierkes Lake, Twin Falls, Idaho
Connor Columns, Albion, Idaho
Dierkes Lake, Twin Falls, Idaho
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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May 28, 2009 - 04:22pm PT
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Eric McAuliffe - That's gorgeous! By the color on the rock, I'd guess CA. Where exactly?
And Dudeman - I guess I didn't know there was so much cool cool stuff in Idaho!
GO
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 28, 2009 - 05:21pm PT
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Deto is phonolytic porphyry, it's basaltic.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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May 28, 2009 - 06:38pm PT
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"Deto is phonolytic porphyry, it's basaltic."
Yeah... close enough. :-)
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Eric McAuliffe
Trad climber
Alpine County, CA
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May 28, 2009 - 06:42pm PT
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My pic was of the postpile...sppppppplllllliiiiittteerrrrrrrr!!!!!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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May 28, 2009 - 11:31pm PT
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Choss Gee
Trad climber
Wyoming/Utah
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May 28, 2009 - 11:46pm PT
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why does it break and shape so nicely like that?
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