Trip Report
back atcha dingy ... my first TR - tribute that is
Saturday September 23, 2017 11:52pm
should DMT happen to swing by ...
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have him follow the trodden path, it's wide enough for two
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when it fades, things get weird
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wacky
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and western slopey
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edit: (a little weak, that part ... agreed)
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then surprisingly, in short form at least ... wall aah!
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there's a walkin' way down
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and a place to sit and consider the well placed sandal
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it's zoned rodent residential
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family friendly
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got low overhead
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a chance to step up
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or step in
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over
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or perchance out
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with occasional block parties
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some are rock and roll ready
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others strong and steady
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munch in the shadow of mature landscaping
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or in the nicely appointed corner niche
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active tagger pre-emption crew
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tri-cam parking
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a dual freakin' letterbox
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there's even one of these!
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by golly send up a smoke signal, i'm all in
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stop by the midden owner's association, ask about cc&r's. they might be tight that way
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once more over the shoulder, a nod in the general direction of milktoast
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cheers! eh?
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hooblie
About the Author
hooblie is a climber from from out where the anecdotes roam.

Comments
little Z

Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
  Sep 25, 2017 - 05:29pm PT
Hooblie,

thanks for the visual and poetic ramble, and overall relaxing vibe
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Sep 24, 2017 - 04:06am PT
The commute is a bit long but the scenery's grand.I wondered where you'd gone when I woke up from my nap in the car.

Nice shoot, hooblie.

We learn from observing the master traveler, eh?
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
  Sep 24, 2017 - 09:07am PT
Attractive real estate. Good decorative features. Well presented.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
  Sep 24, 2017 - 09:18am PT
Begs for rusted fixed pins.
guido

Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
  Sep 24, 2017 - 10:58am PT
What, no volcanoes?
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Sep 24, 2017 - 11:43am PT
why yes! thanks for asking
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
  Sep 24, 2017 - 12:01pm PT
And you could cantilever out the back, if there does not seem to be enough room.
yanqui

climber
Balcarce, Argentina
  Sep 24, 2017 - 04:10pm PT
I always like your posts, hooblie.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
  Sep 25, 2017 - 03:45pm PT
Sweet, make your next one on the Clack's Fork.
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Sep 25, 2017 - 03:51pm PT
Excellent. A nice walk on the wild side.


Thanks,

Scott
wilbeer

Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
  Sep 25, 2017 - 04:06pm PT
A great assertion of photos right there, thank you hooblie
L

climber
Just livin' the dream
  Sep 25, 2017 - 04:38pm PT
Thanks hooblie, I really enjoyed that.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Sep 25, 2017 - 04:58pm PT
Hooblissimo!

You're doing good work here, and we're taking to it like kittens to a plate of milk.
Delicious!

Would it spoil the vibe to ask: where that be?
guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
  Sep 25, 2017 - 05:47pm PT
Nice!

TFPU
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
  Sep 27, 2017 - 12:04pm PT
Great photos, nice scenery, wonderful captions. Iz cool if you don't wanna say where it is, but could you allude to the volcanic center these effusive rocks came from??? Looks basaltic to me.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Sep 27, 2017 - 12:50pm PT
He says "western slopey" and to my eyes, it's reminiscent of the Table Mountain "basalt" in the Sonora Pass area.

https://www.mountainproject.com/v/table-mountain/105733998

There is some disagreement on this subject, but the rock is Latite.


Therein lies a climbing area called The Grotto, which is pretty cool, (though I'm not saying that's where this TR's content is located):

https://www.mountainproject.com/v/the-grotto/105734135
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Sep 27, 2017 - 12:53pm PT
The cliffs are reminiscent of The Grotto. But they are inland a very long ways and nearly a mile higher, Tarbuster. This is juniper-pinyon forest and where does that happen? Not in California.
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:15pm PT
This is juniper-pinyon forest and where does that happen?

New Mexico! Heck, could even be outside of Paonia, Colorado. But N Danger probably would have said so, were it the latter ...

(Thanks for the nudge, mouse)

[edit]
And I've seen rock like this in Northern Arizona.
Looks like I'll be thrashing around in the brush for quite a while before I run into Hooblie.
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Sep 29, 2017 - 11:06am PT
the whole sweep of that day's traverse. the peak in the distance is bill williams mtn. pr/dice forks is an analog but this drains the other way.
i didn't knock on heisenberg's door so the hounds were not released.
any footprints i failed to prevent are the only ones there.
here's the prime cuts so far. the images will continue to trickle in for quite a while i hope,
as long as my sneaky skills abide. i did say weird right?
but western slope referred to local terrain.

one approach would be off BNSF right of way, through USNF
but that won't get you all the way there.

Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:19pm PT
New Mexico, yep, that looks right. Thanks Tar, Mouse. There are certainly places that look very much like this up on the Taos Plateau, Rio Grande flood basalts, or welded latite from the Jemez caldera.
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:26pm PT
Bill Williams Mtn, AZ, got it. If you see Heisenberg's cat does that mean this place exists or doesn't exist???
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:31pm PT
hey there, say, hooblie... wow, this is excellent...

wonderful photo-trip-report...

thanks so much for sharing... :)
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:55pm PT
thanks neebee ;^)


Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Sep 27, 2017 - 01:59pm PT
Hey Hoobles!
Can you hear me now?
[Click to View YouTube Video]

... Maybe if I get off at (or near) rd 108 ... scuff around in my boots for a while and holler real loud ...
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Sep 29, 2017 - 12:23pm PT
:) i'd be thrilled to spot that trademark hat in the tall grass roy
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
  Sep 27, 2017 - 02:15pm PT
I'm naming this cliff Lizaard's Leap. It's virgin, but nowhere near the Virgin.
Another outcropping of the same igneous material.

There. I've used the most technical geologic term I know!
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
  Sep 27, 2017 - 02:28pm PT

Hooblissimo, yes. Keep them coming!
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Sep 29, 2017 - 03:43am PT
and nick i was hoping someone would toss a few terms around.if these rocks could talkstory, geez ... and to some they do
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
  Sep 27, 2017 - 03:24pm PT
^^^
I reckon that looks more like astral nebula than rock!
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
  Sep 28, 2017 - 10:12am PT
Hooblie,
Your photos are so wonderful I had to stop in again this morning to enjoy them with my morning cuppa. Please feel free to indulge yourself shamelessly posting more beautiful flix.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
  Sep 28, 2017 - 05:11pm PT
hey there say... yep, me too...

had to see them again... pictures can speak to us,
over and over again, ...even if we have a busy day...


which i just did, again, by the way, :))
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Author's Reply  Oct 10, 2017 - 11:03pm PT
some "abstract" images are piling up over here:
right? http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1843791&tn=640


and yes i found a puddle! i actually gasped
thanks one and all.
could be something to "a guy working his dopamine rat bar" ...
i'm feeling warmly rewarded


no doubtaboutit, i'm still lovin' up on mistress earth over here
Nick Danger

Ice climber
Arvada, CO
  Sep 29, 2017 - 06:38am PT
Another bump for my current favorite way to start my day.
Thanks, Hooblie.
BigB

Trad climber
Red Rock
  Dec 13, 2017 - 08:16am PT
Ive also stumbled around in that area...nice land! some farther west has potential too. maybe a climber/mtber dued ranch?
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