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ninjah
Big Wall climber
mammoth lakes, ca
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Jan 20, 2009 - 02:28am PT
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the first big hard solo on on a sierra peak (north ridge 5.8) bear creek spire!
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ninjah
Big Wall climber
mammoth lakes, ca
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Jan 20, 2009 - 02:45am PT
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ninjah
Big Wall climber
mammoth lakes, ca
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Jan 20, 2009 - 03:16am PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 20, 2009 - 05:40am PT
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hey there ninjah... say, just stopped by to see if you ever got some pics up...
and~~~ it sure enough looks like you did....
i just got to see two, right now...
yeah, if you need to, you can type in your reply, here, etc, and then paste in the ol' image-link, so you get it all together if you like... looks like you're on a roll...
:)
say, can't see the rest of the pics, all you all, tonight... my computer is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy~~~~ to slow....
have fun with all these neat pics... thanks for the fine share, there, ninjah....
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jan 20, 2009 - 09:00am PT
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A few pictures from a recent caving trip to Roppel Cave, Kentucky - part of the Mammoth Cave System, the world's longest cave. We've discovered, explored and surveyed over a mile of new passage this past year, yet again.
Here I am "getting reborn" - the Birth Canal going into Low Tech Dome. It's a tight squeeze, and then you end up getting birthed four feet above the floor.
That's my 68-year-old caving partner, Dick. He is the baddest of the bad-asses. I wanna be just like him when we grow up. The way on is down the little crack below us, which opens to a walking-sized streamway.
Dick led a fifty-foot climb up a waterfall, and we reached a section of big streamway above. In a higher passage parallel to the streamway, we discovered all these neat stals:
These stalactites are covered with beautiful dogtooth calcite crystals. Pretty cool stuff we found. You're the first ever besides me and Dick to see these things.
Cheers, eh? See yous on the bridge this spring.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jan 20, 2009 - 09:43am PT
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Bravo, Pete, I was hoping you'd post some of these.
This is why more folks don't cave.
Sheesh. ;-)
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Jan 22, 2009 - 12:31am PT
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Pass the Pitons~
Every Geolly-wog's dream!
Thanks, but I am sure that
mud is photoshopped onto
your coveralls!
Kidding,
Thor
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 22, 2009 - 12:35am PT
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Yeah now there's a real dirtbag. Dirt all over em.
Nothing like good ole dirt.
Nice photo's Pete.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the campfire just a ways past Chris' Taco stand
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Jan 22, 2009 - 04:01am PT
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Wild stuff Pete. I had to run outside and find me some open space after seeing those photos... and I'm not claustrophobic!
Fletch
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Jan 22, 2009 - 10:45am PT
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Geez, those places aren't even particularly tight. The Birth Canal is just a bit awkward. Maybe you guys need a bit more airspace? How do you feel about swimming in 54F water?
You usually get about twelve inches of airspace when walking through the river, unless it rains outside. We got trapped beyond this point once for 33 hours when a sudden thunderstorm rolled through.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Jan 22, 2009 - 01:52pm PT
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Yea, me too. If I have any kind of phobia, its got to be claustrophobia. My little brother locked me in a trunk once for a couple of minutes. I nearly sh#t my pants.
Hey Pete, you know some people say there are ancient but living civilizations still hiding under the earth's crust. Ever see any weird creatures down there? ha
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scuffy b
climber
On the dock in the dark
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Jan 22, 2009 - 01:56pm PT
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Seems to me that there ought to be a tunnel from Brazil to
Mt Shasta. Plus the special Express Tube between Mt Shasta
and Santa Monica.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jan 22, 2009 - 01:59pm PT
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Man, I look at those squeeze pics and have to go run and breathe into a brown paper bag for few minutes!
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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Jan 22, 2009 - 02:02pm PT
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Spelunking? Wet, muddy, cold(?), claustraphobic, dark, tight, scary...Uhm, no thanks, I think I'll pass! Nice pics though.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Jan 22, 2009 - 02:08pm PT
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Do we get to double post on this thread?
Bear Creek Spire, Oct 08.
Jason on summit ridge
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Dick_Lugar
Trad climber
Indiana (the other Mideast)
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Jan 22, 2009 - 02:10pm PT
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Uhmmm...No Rockermike, too much bandwidth!!! Oh well, too late. Go ahead!
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Thorgon
Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
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Jan 22, 2009 - 08:06pm PT
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Do a few laps around your house!
Guimaraes, Portugal
Thor
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Jan 22, 2009 - 11:02pm PT
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Never thought I would post on this thread....but this is My House. Yeah !!!! and more. Lynnie
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 23, 2009 - 01:02am PT
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hey there 'pass the pitons' pete, say, thanks for showing us all the underground secrets that only you two had seen!...
wow... i love caves, and all kinds of their rocks...but sure wouldn't go a hunting in them...
:)
love the greatoutdoors, a mite better...
:)
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ninjah
Big Wall climber
a van down by the river
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Jan 23, 2009 - 04:01am PT
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thanks "NEEBEE" so QUICK to offer help or a kind word CHEERS YOU make this sight and like minded give alot to this web sight , I"ve seen those wonderful moments, or read of lot of giveing. god bless the freeks. and on that note.
pass the pitons pete, your photos and story from down under rocked! well it brought back memorys of my exploreing spring caves, buford CO, what a fun time in a simaler cave , ya being stuck in a cave 22 hours because of riseing water, run off, been there, saved by the light so to speek, wet exit, no trainning, no brians good luck, but really wow, those are sweet pics, makes me want to go back to fullford, in the winter, and climb those ice formations and underground water/ice falls
roninjah
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