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Erik
Ice climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 6, 2007 - 08:50am PT
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The new issue of Rock of Ice is one of those "best of" climbing photo issues. Is it just me or do any of you also find the endless series of bouldering photos a tad boring? Geologically speaking, shots of boulders are nice, even pretty in their own right. But when it's about climbing, bouldering shots for the most part do not inspire any sort of emotion in me whatsoever, apart from *yawwwwn*. I realize that not every photo can be like Epperson's shot of Pete Takeda on pitch 14 of Sunkist, but still. Guess it's this generation's most obvious way of exploring new territory....which is fine, but if the trend continues, 30 years from now Climbing mag will be showing a bunch of pictures of people climbing trees! (billions of first ascents to be had there)
Bah. Rant over. Nothing better to do today.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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I clicked on this this thread expecting to see some bouldering photos.....
Edit:
Here we go....
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Bouldering shots used to be exciting...
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travelin_light
Trad climber
california
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Notice how bouldering photos are being shot at night to try and make them more interesting?
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Chris Wegener
Trad climber
St. John, Virgin Islands
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Jeez John, just cause you clank when you walk is no reason for you to make use all feel like midgets. :-)
Chris
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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I like them better when you can't see those bouldering pads...
Hey Chris - Long time no see bro! Where ya' been?
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Wild Bill
climber
Ca
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JB, are those pics of Croft?
What you can't see is the GIANT inflated airbag at base of Rostrum. You don't think he climbs without ropes, pads or anything, do ya?
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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"Boring bouldering photos" is redundant.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Now here is where poetry meets Jane Austen. John Bachar always was a man of great subtlety and irionic insight and a master of portraying the provincial middle class of Yosemite.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Liz and Andrew on the pebbles, Monday in the magical Batholith forest. Boring.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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How'd that go Hutch?
Let's see a few more....
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Tom, I had to mail some guides and invoices, so I couldn't get much time in with them. Plus, the kiddos stayed in the car and Andrew had to get to Bozo for work. That South-side of Andrew's has a great feel to it--have to go explore some more around there.
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Erik
Ice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 6, 2007 - 12:53pm PT
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^^ Not boring, but only because she has a nice ass.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Wild Bill - yes indeed, Peter Croft bouldering Butterballs, 11c, and the Rostrum, 11c.
He didn't have a pad....
Thanks Oli - I've always liked irony for some strange reason.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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I like the irony in TKingsbury's photo. All that climbing gear sitting quietly on the ground during a bouldering sesh.
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Oli
Trad climber
Fruita, Colorado
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I was only kidding you, John. You are my friend and mentor.
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AWhit
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Boredom in our everyday lives drives us to search for our own answers
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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w00t w00t! Nice Andrew!
Quite the gear cluster in my shot, makes more sense if you know the location of the boulder....
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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"Bouldering is the poetry of mountaineering" (or something like that).
Isn't that an Ament quote???
Edit:
AWhit - nice photo - where that be at anyway? ...looks great.
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AWhit
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Bachar- Come out for a visit, its not the sierra eastside...but it beats meth.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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My guess is somewhere in the Gallatin Canyon--but only because of the crew involved.
edit: AWhit is pulling Batholith stone on the Continental Divide.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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AWhit - Montana? Bozeman-ish? Volcanic?
Beats meth - as in MamMETH Lakes?
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AWhit
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Totally Plutonic Dude (as in granitic batholith). We already have lots of Californians here in Montucky, so I'm sure one more who can climb wouldn't hurt.
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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They do look like tiny plutons...
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jun 10, 2007 - 02:53pm PT
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Bump. A bit of Friday afternoon, and Saturday (both boring):
Awhit came from Bozeman by himself, so he called me up, and I took the kids to meet him:
Bouldering is actually one climbing activity that is safe and fun for the fam. They can be close by, on pads, and still experience the outdoors.
Adam, Tom, and Pat came up Friday night to camp and get after it. Adam hitting high-point on overhanging finger crack.
Pat seconding mojede's FA: Knees and Tips Dihedral
And nabbing a FA of his own (KTD to right)
Adam seconds--from new perspective:
TKingsbury finds his problem and commits, besting his bro on this one. Dustin on spot.
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10b4me
Trad climber
Hell A
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Jun 10, 2007 - 03:17pm PT
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JB,
those are great bouldering pics
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AWhit
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Jun 10, 2007 - 03:24pm PT
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My tips are killing me....it was a fantastic couple of days. Thanks for the fotos Hutch, hopefully Tom will be getting around to posting a few soon.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Jun 10, 2007 - 03:26pm PT
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Here are some REALLY boring shots:
Kevin Jorgeson, V13R FA, The Beautiful and Damned
Flight of the Bumble Bee, V7R FA
Evilution V??
Gastonia V9
This side of Paradise V10
The Swarm V14
"R" is Relative. LOL!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Jun 10, 2007 - 03:29pm PT
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Tom will prolly put his on the Montucky thread Monday. Yeah, good times--I was sore, but my hands finally quit hurting. I may go exploring around during the mid-week; I'll e-mail you pics.
edit: awesome pro colors JD--thanks for showing us "ams" how to do it and give us inspiration.
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Hootervillian
climber
the Hooterville World-Guardian
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Jun 10, 2007 - 04:20pm PT
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savage lines, sick shots Mr. Dodrill.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Jun 10, 2007 - 04:37pm PT
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Heh. Helps to have some cooperative (and strong) talent to work with. Kevin is impressive, as a person and a climber.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Jun 10, 2007 - 05:10pm PT
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"Kevin is impressive"
And he's strong enough to hang on those crimps and change his shirts. LAST OF THE ATOMIC POWERHOUSES!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Bump : I thought that this thread might need a photo rejuvination.
An alpine tasty treat.
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426
Sport climber
Buzzard Point, TN
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zzzzz.
Sickness...the kids are "awe", right?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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We don't boulder, we rip flakes from walls.
Lance ripping and tearing granite flesh away from the mother stone. Sik strong.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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I find bouldering photos atrociously boring for the most part. However our friend Dean Fidelman aka Bullwinkle has been known to take an interesting shot or two.... {wink}
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 28, 2007 - 12:21pm PT
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Bump
Captain Trips
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 28, 2007 - 12:37pm PT
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Sep 28, 2007 - 12:58pm PT
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 28, 2007 - 04:03pm PT
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Bouldering with the one and only Blowboarder (aka B-cuz).
realmojede.
mojede.
Lyddie on brush detail.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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Sep 29, 2007 - 04:33pm PT
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jeebus, that fat f*#k looks like he's about to rip that choss right off the wall and crush those poor kids...oh wait....nevermind, they survived.
good sesh, mojede, come back with some time to hike and clean and umm.....yesh...Ewash Limestone!!!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 30, 2007 - 01:23am PT
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Blowboarder, thanks again for the privy to the local stone. The whole family had a good ol' time with good people.
thread drift: I know what you mean by having the untouched rock in abundance. This crag is a 10 minute approach that is seen from a dirt road. Too much stone, too little time.
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FeelioBabar
climber
Sneaking up behind you...
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Sep 30, 2007 - 01:55am PT
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Yo TKingsbury! More pics of Montana Liz!
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Sep 30, 2007 - 04:36am PT
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How 'bout one of TK taking a pic of ML ?
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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dang mojede, that looks like some fine dolomite right there.
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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timely bump tking, i was just bumping from page three myself!
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Patty Johnson
Trad climber
Lowerlake, Ca.
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I'm pretty bored right now and I was going to post a boring bouldering shot, but duh; I can't figure out how to do it on this site. Help? : >
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atchafalaya
climber
California
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this weekends boring-ness...
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Blowboarder
Boulder climber
Back in the mix
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gneiss granite!!!
Patty, like this:
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you need to put a [ in front of the opening image tag, I can't type it like that or it will show up as a red x/blue question mark.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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some recent activity...back to the Bourbon's...good shesh with Awhit...damn near to0 good to stop and take pics, so I only got a few...
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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It tears me up inside when you guys call and I can't make it out to the stone with you--next time (and next......)
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nevenneve
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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New V6 on the North shore of Lake Superior
and the slab topout(you really didn't want to fall here)
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Wes Allen
Boulder climber
KY
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Old school bouldererer Southeast sighting...
Beta charades anyone?
coming to know "Air Jesus", she sent next go after falling from the lip. PROUD.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Bouldering is really going transcultural.
Just the other day, I saw this cowboy dude pulling up out of a sit start:
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macalpin
climber
UT
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some rare instances where i've been caught climbing close to the ground...
triassic 2006
colorado 2004
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AWhit
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Tom, your so kind posting those photos. Here is some for you. Awesome day! The 2000+ calories meal afterwards was insane. Boo influenced for sure.
TKinksbury on "Virgin Mary Acid Overdrive"
The Fruh
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Oct 12, 2007 - 03:22pm PT
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Brady going padless at 9700' in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 12, 2007 - 04:25pm PT
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how'd I miss your post Andrew?
Nice stuff...you should post that vid of VMAO if you get a chance...
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Sparky
Trad climber
vagabon movin on
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Oct 13, 2007 - 12:52am PT
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Bullet Hole Rock GJ, Colorado
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 13, 2007 - 11:12pm PT
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P.Kingsbury
Trad climber
Bozeman
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Oct 14, 2007 - 02:11pm PT
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hey tom,
are going to post up the footy??
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 14, 2007 - 05:00pm PT
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James
climber
A tent in the redwoods
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Wes,
Where's the problem in the second (roof) picture? A solid sandstone roof?
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jiff
Mountain climber
autin, texas
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Is that Kurt Smith in that first photo?
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Blowboarder pullin' on N. Idaho stone:
mojede by realmojede:
Kids on spotting duty in both pics.
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Wes Allen
Boulder climber
KY
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James, that is in Rocktown, home to many, many solid sandstone roof problems. That one is called police brutality, and it has a few variations.
And that is Kurt "Triple Crrrrooooowwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnn" Smith.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Dec 10, 2007 - 01:18pm PT
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Some December bouldering out here in Montana...
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BlazeOn
Trad climber
Asheville, NC
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Dec 10, 2007 - 01:51pm PT
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Looks like Kurt on Two Can Sam?
Is that also The Crown at HP 40?
Nice fotos. Schweety scweet places.
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Brian Boyd
Trad climber
Scottsdale, AZ
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Dec 10, 2007 - 03:08pm PT
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Bouldering by the Indian Ocean:
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