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Richard Large
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where you least expect
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Jul 25, 2006 - 02:40pm PT
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Tarbaby: We summited North Pal and then we almost died descending to the west in the loosest and most dangerous gully I've ever set foot in. An epic of chopped ropes and destroyed gear. Sometimes ya gotta feel lucky to still be alive.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2006 - 10:11am PT
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I figured there must be an epic story there.
For our 16th birthdays, my best buddy and I did a grand tour, starting at Lamark Col where we skipped Mendel couloir due to snail eye, down into the evolutions, eventually over Agassiz Col and finally up the U Notch.
After summiting North Pal, we descended the backside of the U Notch, because we were slow, and it was late in the day. The day before, we had seen freight train car sized blocks coming down the U Notch and we did not want to be there in soft conditions.
So we bivied below in the Palisade Basin. Then we hoofed it all way around to the east side of Mt Sill and made a series of rappels next to the V Notch.
Sometimes, you gotta take a break between scrambles, have a glass of wine, think about past scrambles and plans some new ones with your buddies.
I had just scrambled from Tioga pass, following the ridge to Jagged Peak, ending up at Lembert Dome.
You can see a piece of the ridge above Carol, Tom, and Chuck in this picture. Here, we were on a walk out to the old rescue site out behind Soda Springs.
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TYeary
Mountain climber
Baldwin Park, Calif.
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Jul 26, 2006 - 11:04am PT
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Very, very cool! Great pics and they jar so many of my own memories of days in the Sierra. Wondering, has anyone done the splitter crack up the face of the Ibirium Tower on the Moon Goddess?
Keep those pics comming untill yer scanner burns out! Thanks,
Tony
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2006 - 11:28pm PT
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Here is a Little Stroll,
A Road Less Traveled-
From Tioga Pass down to the Meadows:
Taken from the top of Lembert,
You can see a ridge that carries from Tioga pass,
With Mt Dana on the right,
All the way to ragged peak on the left.
It starts on the trail,
But follows it only a short while
Before heading north to connect to the Ridge.
Lions Head Rock?
Also Mt Dana are seen across the way
From the traihead at the pass.
Most of it is a walk,
This is looking back at some of the easy third class terrain,
From the middle of the traverse:
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2006 - 11:30pm PT
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You get some nice views of Mount Conness:
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 26, 2006 - 11:32pm PT
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A view of the big sidewalk in the sky,
heading out toward Ragged Peak,
then down to a trail,
and out to Lembert:
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Jul 27, 2006 - 01:36am PT
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Middle Pal...the easy way up
and the easy way down
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Jul 27, 2006 - 01:41am PT
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and since this thread is already too wide for my little ole screen...I'll add pano
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Jul 27, 2006 - 01:46am PT
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SE Face of Emerson...
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jul 27, 2006 - 08:48am PT
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What a great thread. Wish I had more to contribute.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 27, 2006 - 09:49am PT
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Nice shots of Emerson, sort of an under-rated peak.
On the way to Conness:
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goatboy smellz
climber
shakedown street
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Jul 27, 2006 - 05:05pm PT
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Cross country skiing in the Gros Ventre Range, Wyoming
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rbolton
Social climber
The home for...
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Jul 27, 2006 - 07:06pm PT
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Back to the Range of light:
Partying with Gnarlton on the North Ridge of Lone Pine Peak.
Gnarlton down off the Mithral
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BCD
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 27, 2006 - 09:52pm PT
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more winter....
Mountaineers Route:
Bloody Mountain:
Mammoth:
and a few from today.....
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2006 - 10:14pm PT
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Nice BCD,
And wait just a darned tootin' minute pahdner,
Whut's that rock wall 2 pics north?
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BCD
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Jul 27, 2006 - 10:40pm PT
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that's the south face of Conness, taken from the west ridge.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 27, 2006 - 10:51pm PT
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oh shoot.
And I 'been on it too.
Up high, 'doin the traverse after the OW, 6" of hail piled up around my feets and we bailed.
Cheers,
Tarbousier.
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WBraun
climber
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Jul 27, 2006 - 11:04pm PT
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Sh#t Tar
You've been everywhere, and still not satisfied?
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