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thedogfather
Trad climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 18, 2006 - 08:57am PT
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Time to post the pictures you didn't intend to take.
Ok simple mission. Get some good bouldering pictures of crimpy on a St Louis trip so I can do a nice TR. Simple right? Not if you have a slight delay in your shutter. :
First problem:
Second problem:
Third problem. Getting frustrated now!
So I say f%$^$k it. I'll just take a nice bird picture.
you can't win!!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Aug 18, 2006 - 09:32am PT
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Bwahahaha! That weekend was great fun!
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Jacob
Trad climber
yucky valley
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Aug 18, 2006 - 12:01pm PT
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now i just have to be the first one to comment on that last one!!
crimpie... on your knee's for something? and where exactly is that hand going?!?! and with BIRDS PRESANT! im ashaimed
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Tahoe climber
climber
Texas to Tahoe
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Aug 18, 2006 - 04:58pm PT
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bwahahahah!
Nice photos!
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goatboy smellz
climber
up a peak without a paddle
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Aug 18, 2006 - 05:17pm PT
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I especially like the third one, where crimp's slapping the boulder in disgust.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 18, 2006 - 05:35pm PT
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That 'high five' one looks like pre-cambrian rock, what is it?
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 18, 2006 - 06:22pm PT
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All the bouldering pics are at Elephant Rocks in Missouri. Here is a quote from their web site:
Imagine giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants. That's what you'll see at Elephant Rocks State Park. About 1.5 billion years ago, hot magma cooled forming coarsely crystalline red granite, which later weathered into huge, rounded boulders.
There are even John Gill routes there.
The below picture is from a Dingus post on RC.com.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 18, 2006 - 06:33pm PT
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'stuff kinda looks like monzonite.
then look at that center gill shot.
mortals would be lucky to jump into that position, at best.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 18, 2006 - 07:46pm PT
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Tar, that's Sherman, peabody, maybe.
I recognized it from the Gill book photos, but I'd never seen it in color before; the pink k-spars xtals (geologist jive-jargon) jumped out at me. That it indeed IS 1.5 byo really reinforces the Sherman granite connection plausibility. I will investigate, any info? -Elephant Rocks SP, Mo?
Dog, Crimp, et al, if you like that, you Need to check out Vedauwoo!
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TradIsGood
Trad climber
Gunks end of country
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Aug 18, 2006 - 10:57pm PT
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This does not look like unintended pictures, so much as snapshots that go into the circular receptacle.
An example of an unintended picture is the unfocused rope and rock next to your pant leg while leading After Six.
Lesson, when using disposable cameras, advance film before shots, not after when climbing.
Though I suppose these pictures qualify, if, and only if, you were using your grandmother's camera, and you did not realize that she had the date stamp setting turned on.
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 18, 2006 - 11:08pm PT
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TIG, fwiw, my INTENT was to capture crimpie on multiple boulder problems. The unintended result was pictures of her falling three times on three different problems. un·in·tend·ed - Not deliberate or intentional; unplanned
As I look through 30 years of climbing pics I really wish I always had the date stamp. My pictures are for memories, not professional publication so I like to see the date. I have actually had people politely ask why I do that as opposed to trying to make a snide condescending remark.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Aug 19, 2006 - 01:45am PT
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Dogfather - cool to see the Gill photos. I wondered how in the heck he got off the ground there. Even after seeing it, I know that my attempt would produce yet another cratering photo. That rock is friggin' sharp!
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Aug 19, 2006 - 02:09am PT
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If you were using a digital rangefinder camera, I have a suggestion.
I find that with this type of camera, that when I press the shutter button at the action moment, that there is a delay and the moment is missed.
To correct this, I press the button half way, to focus, then at the right moment, press it the rest of the way. No delay.
Fresh batteries help too!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Aug 19, 2006 - 02:13am PT
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Nice advice all. Dogfather got tons of great photos from that bloody trip too. We all had a great time. Too bad it was 100 degrees. Brutal.
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Midwest
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 19, 2006 - 08:16am PT
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Crimpie, the scary thing about the Gill picture is that he has not crash pad, the landing is granite and we know that rock is huge with no obvious easy way down.
Sometimes the pictures captures the climb perfectly but the other people in the shot don't have a clue:
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Aug 19, 2006 - 08:38am PT
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No kidding. As the recipient of a 'digger' off the top of one of those rocks earlier this year, I can attest to the fact that the rock there is HARD, and SHARP, and it will put a hurt on a person.
Elephant Rocks 1
Crimpie 0
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Aug 19, 2006 - 12:25pm PT
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shame on those spotter boyz for their lackadaisical composure.
'specially considering the company...
(musta been the heat)
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Aug 19, 2006 - 01:22pm PT
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Safety first, I always say.
reminds me of a scene in "The king of Hearts."
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