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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Did some bike touring on the Rez too......
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Checking my email from the summit of the Totem Pole...
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Long approach to the Chile hospital crags...
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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TG just made this thread awesome.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Venus Needle (cover of the Rock and Ice)......Jason started it.....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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I adopted a few dogs on the REz.......feeding time at the Gordon Hogan...
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fluffy
Trad climber
Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2014 - 01:21pm PT
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Rez dogs!
Nice Todd
The little fat one is awesome
Where we are at now aint' so bad a spot;.....a few Navajo climbers testing their skills and heuvos in thier own backyards, some outsiders climbing certain towers with permission from "landowners" and caretakers, and some wild ones visiting the Rez and rolling the dice against the elements, the stone and The Man........seems like a healthy balance and something for the few who find themselves inclined to "get down to the business " on a Navajo desert tower.
Yep that's great. Take the RnI article out of the equation and you have something marginally sustainable, perhaps even progressive. With it though....
Maybe climbers should just know better than to run their mouths to RnI if they're going to be like this. Is the fame/notoriety/small paycheck worth it?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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road side craggin....The Whale and the tail.......Rock Point, Ariz.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Base of Arachnid on the FA;...ready for big fun........(three days, two bivys) Brian Povolny, Dave Evans..
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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First Ascent, Lucky Strike Spire, Chinle, Ariz.....(another 10 sec. approach to the crags...)...
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Are we ready for a change?.....I think so...and I hope so......I think it's time to re-think climbing on the Rez........
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fluffy
Trad climber
Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2014 - 01:34pm PT
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Mind-blowing geology, and pics Todd
Let's start our own religion, where climbing rocks is sacred.
We have to summit to high-five Jesus, who is waiting on top.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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One of my Navajo pals Henry Thompson on the FA of Rock Point Spire , Rock Point, Ariz...)........
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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checking out some Anasazi grafetti;......the moki steps were too scary for us without a rope.........Many Farms, Ariz.
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rick d
climber
ol pueblo, az
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While I always enjoy TG's images, they are from a time before the internet and may be not relevant to today. I have been on the rez and asked locals about permission and have been denied. There are more locked gates, more closed roads, and more fences in the last 15 years (my first trips were 1988). Some friends last year were told 'don't come back until the ranger says it is ok'- this was miles and miles west of monument valley in BFE.
Alex and Quentin may have a positive impact on future climbing on the rez but we do not know yet. Redbull,IBM, Hollywood, and a few others have done what they want but it has involved cash. To ask climbers for cash for a permit may be the next step but this could become expensive. I know for pretty much certain monument valley and canyon de chelly are going to be off limits (google earth has clouds over monument valley on close up!).
In the end the best policy is not to talk about fight club.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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rickd......"Don't talk about fight club"....probably best, huh.....
For me, I haven't climbed on the Rez in a decade or so.......I might be done;........but;....you never know.......
Dave Evans .......9 rappels off Arachnid Mesa....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Here is how to find desert towers......yeah......
Los Gigantos, Round Rock, Ariz.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Near many Farms, Ariz.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Dead Horse Spire, Chinle, Ariz.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Bentwood Spire.....Many Farms, Ariz.
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