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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2012 - 12:33am PT
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Apolobamba: Sorry you can't make it.
Indeed!
We will meet and climb one of these days.
Idaho is a really good: Next Year Place! Next year for Sure!
Weather is looking a wee-bit cooler and a wee-bit more windy for the MEET & GREET!
Hold on to your chips & beer!
Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 11 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.
Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Independence Day Sunny, with a high near 85. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 10 mph.
Thursday A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Sounds perfect after the near 100 degree temperatures in Wyoming! Hopefully NO SMOKE? Gasp!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2012 - 10:14am PT
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Weather report has changed again for less wind.
Tuesday
78°
51° overnight.
2% PM 8 mph (13 mph)
29% humidity
Weds.
Jul 4
82°
49° overnight
3% chance of precip PM wind 4 mph (14 mph)
36% humidity
Conditions: N/A
Thursday
Jul 5 82°
54° overnight, 20% chance of thundershowers.
20% PM 5 mph (14 mph)
37% humidity
We also invited climbing ranger Brad Schilling & his wife.
Looking forward to a very pleasant time with new and old friends!
Site 20 7:00 PM.
Please! No dogs or fireworks.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Alright now. Looking for the TR on the evening at COR that I SHOULD have been at.
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Couple of quick shots from this week...
View of the scene from the top of Bath Rock:
Meetin':
Greetin':
Breakfastin':
Climbin':
Thanks for the hospitality!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Right on, Brian. Awesome climbing with you, man. Did ya'll get into some more fun routes after I took off?
And how about HossJulia's french toast, huh?
I'd call the whole thing a rousing success. Really great to meet everyone...
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 5, 2012 - 08:20pm PT
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It was a fun time in "the city." Thanks to all participants for being wonderful people!
Brassnuts & Crimpergirl brought their really pleasant climber-friends Dan & Michelle to the party, but since they have-not been active on ST, we granted them immmunity on being photographed.
Somehow, I didn't end up with a party night photo of our hot-climbing Idaho friends Kim & Pete.
That's OK! The party continued last night.
More photos to follow.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Bump for the Colorado contingent!!!
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peggo
Trad climber
Carpinteria, CA
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Wish I was there to hang with my friend "Pente", and Crimpergirl & Brassnuts too of course! :D
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Bump! I just arrived home after a very difficult flight due to weather considerations. The GOOD NEWS is it's raining here in Wyoming!! Woot, woot!
The Flight Service Station operated by Lockheed-Martin called the weather a Monsoon flow, which is great for all the fires, but grounded my return until very late. I arrived in Casper at 2156 hrs, exactly 4 minutes before the Fixed base Operation closed for the night; I did get my airplane towed inside out of the weather as a result.
It's too late for me to do any pictures, but tomorrow...
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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This was actually more than a "meet and greet," since many groups took off on various climbs the next day: Skully & Brian in SLC ent their way, and Fritz, Heidi, hossjulia, and I went over to the east face of Bath Rock for our fun activities. The temperature (by City of Rocks standards) was too high for many tastes by noon on the 4th, and the fun in camp continued.
We all enjoyed the Boulder contingent, and Pente, the supermodel cat in her finery!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2012 - 03:57pm PT
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Brokedown! Glad you made it home without encountering "cumulogranite" clouds enroute!
Indeed! There was climbing, but I didn't take photos, except while walking in we noticed Brass Nuts & Crimpergirl on a rather difficult route on Parking Lot Rock: Cairo 11a.
The afternoon was a bit warm, and after a very late lunch, we bid Scully & Brian farewell, and Brokedown, Stein, Hossjulia, Heidi, & I sought shade in camp.
We discovered that Michelle had got something in an eye, that camp medicine could not cure. Crimpergirl had to drive her to the county hospital in Burley, where the problem was sucessfully treated.
Cocktail hours started early with the mandatory "here's to cheating death" toast.
Pete & Kim arrived back from a day of climbing hard and we worked up a yummy shared dinner party.
Stein warmed up the crowd by showing us how much fun the straitjacket could be.
Kim agreed that restraint was needed so she could Houdini out of the straitjacket. She couldn't.
Then the hula-hoops came out.
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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I had a fabulous time, thanks to Fritz & Heidi, Crimpergirl & Brassnuts, Stein, Kim & Pete, BrianSLC, Skully, Brokedown, et all. The giant key lime pie was amazing. Pente was precious. So cute.
The night of the 4th was a hoot. I noticed the over 50 crowd was the loudest in camp. (Promptly done at 10 mind you.) Playing with a straitjacket, wide angle SLR and hoops to classic rock. Really loud classic rock. Great "pot-luck", and not a "merican flag in site. yah-hoo.
Had not climbed there for 20 years, and sure enough, part way up both top-ropes, I vividly remembered them. Fun stuff.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Here's some evidence of how well hossjulia climbs...even out of shape and with a sore knee.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Here's another shot of Brassnuts on Cairo, 11a. Telephoto effects are great!
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hossjulia
Social climber
Eastside (of the Tetons)
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Oh that's too funny, the day after climbing "Good Times", I see a band called "GoodTimes" at the Mobil. They play again Sunday afternoon and are good.
Indeed. ;->
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 6, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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hossjulia! Wonderful to hear that you had a fun time!
We hope your fun continues on your John Muir Trail hike!
You are welcome back to Choss Creek or City of Rocks anytime!
We did have a great sunset for the 4th!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Man. Sorry to have missed the night of the 4th. It looks like you guys rocked the camp.
T'was a blast for me while I was, anyway. Many thanks. The City is always a good time.
The hands sized Metolius that someone ditched on Parking Lot Rock was a nice bonus, too.(booty) Rock on, ya'll.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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I'm just gonna' bump this, 'cause it deserves to be front page news! Everyone was great, and we all had a wonderful 4th, thanks to Fritz and Heidi's generosity.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Big thanks to everyone. such a goid time and fun to meet those w had not met before. We are on the road and will be home soon. We will post photos and more text then. Thanks for no snow!!
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