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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 14, 2009 - 11:54am PT
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So it's January, and the everlovin' Buggs rolls into town.
Hmmmm....Gotta go do somethin' with ourselves.
Since we love to suffer together, hiking and climbing seems the only sensible choice.
First we gotta get there.
Where are we going?
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 11:59am PT
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At least we've got Larry the Lariat to hunker down in.
Check out that expando lid!
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 12:08pm PT
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Bitchin' dude, let's stop here!!
"Where are we?"
"Feck man, I don't know..."
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 12:38pm PT
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Mighty nice plants they got here in South Finland!
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
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We know exactly where you are.
Don't make me sic the google on yah.
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Jonny D
Social climber
Lost Angelez, Kalifornia
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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new mex
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:35pm PT
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AZ
Cochise?
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Jan 14, 2009 - 01:38pm PT
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Well it's not the Flatirons. Maybe the backside of the Matterhorn at Disneyland. I'm not real sure. It has been a long time since I was there and things change. But it looks familiar. Or maybe that was just Buggs.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 14, 2009 - 02:23pm PT
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It's either looking at Lumpy from a distance
or it's the South Platte.
Bugsy, I just sent you sumpin. . .
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 03:05pm PT
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This character looks familiar too! Buggs asks if there are any more guesses.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 04:07pm PT
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Nice job Jeremy!
It was awesome. We took no guidebook, and had no idea where any routes went.
We didn't head for Sugarloaf, just busted up toward the Rabbit Ears, picked something and started climbing. The approaches are nothing to sniff at, and we had limited time/daylight, so we got about 600 ft up the formation before the cold and the engineered retreat told us it was time to go.
We found no evidence of climbers on the rib we were on at all.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 04:12pm PT
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We were a bit over halfway on the highest formation in this shot.
There is a sunlit nipple in front of the main summit with a very dark tip on it. That's where we were. We got to that point with 5.8c being the hardest.....
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 04:45pm PT
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It was nippy in the shade, but Buggs flew in from -20 so he wasn't complaining!
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 14, 2009 - 05:09pm PT
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He's got a tree growing out of his back.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 05:16pm PT
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I know, isn't that cool? It grew so fast!
Look what grew out of my hand...............
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 06:10pm PT
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Yes, he was glad it was so warm here....
But then later he thought maybe it was cooler than he wanted!!
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 06:38pm PT
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Buggy halfway up the route when we still had a bit of sun!
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SammyLee2
Trad climber
Memphis, TN
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Jan 14, 2009 - 06:58pm PT
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Wild guess, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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survival
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A Token of My Extreme
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 08:04pm PT
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It was a gorgeous place.
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survival
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 14, 2009 - 08:42pm PT
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