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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 02:43am PT
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This gorgeous problem suffered a bit of scabbin' during the fire, but it's still five stars.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 02:29pm PT
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 30, 2013 - 02:48pm PT
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Yeah, that Golden Child is purty.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:06pm PT
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Now I can't remember... is it Golden Child or Perfect Child? Regardless, a stellar line.
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Elcapinyoazz
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Joshua Tree
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:26pm PT
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Now that you mention it, it is Perfect Child, isn't it?
Here's a shot Brendan put up when he sent it back in the fall
PhotoCredit: Brendan N.
At one point, I was working up on Boulder Mtn with the hoods, had to go scout a hiking route to the next water source, and ran into a band of short-ish basalt up there in this tight little gorge type of feature. Marked it on the topo, and then never went back to check it out.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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There's a bunch of good stuff up on the Aquarius Plateau. Incredible stuff, better than Buffalo Park in Flagstaff, only 100X as much, and surrounded by lakes and blue spruce forest and alpine meadows at 11,000 feet. Might have some pics somewhere...
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Elcapinyoazz
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Joshua Tree
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Jan 30, 2013 - 03:49pm PT
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There's also a ton of different kinds of mushrooms up there. I talked to a mycologist who said they'd only ID'd about 1/3 of what was up there.
Which is cool...until some deliquent puts amanita in the group food. Which happened to us. Start getting increasingly frantic calls from the field on the radio..."we think she dosed the food". Then later, "she definitely dosed the food, she admitted to putting amanita caps in the beans, and now half the group is tripping face".
Ah, good times. Wish she would have just stuck with the Chicken of the Woods though, those muscaria are kind of dangerous.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 03:56pm PT
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Ever been up there in high summer when the wildflowers were really going off on the High Top? Damn, don't need no 'shrooms to be tripping. We found killer Basalt cliffbands in some place near the eastern edge of the plateau. The 7.5 quad had it marked as "Bodunk Hollow" or something like that. Spotted the nuggets using the aerial photo library at CRNP. Just about trashed the rig getting there..."bad road, take other", as Abbey would say.
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weezy
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Jan 30, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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it's The Perfect Child. the crack to the right is called Holy Smoke, 5.12. but i've done neither; only stood at the base and gaped up in amazement
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 04:42pm PT
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I did Holy Smoke. One of the maybe 11 or 12 times I put a rope on up there. Didn't know the name 'till now. Five Stars.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 05:44pm PT
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 30, 2013 - 07:08pm PT
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Bob- Did you ever climb the obvious dusty overhanging handcrack that you can see from the Capitol Reef Visitor Center? Not exactly the primo line but looking at it every day...might do something to a man. LOL
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 07:52pm PT
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Don't talk about Jocelyn like that, Steve. After all, she is the mother of my children.
HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH Swear to God I just KILL myself sometimes! Seriously though, there were about 2,000 handcracks visible from the VC...which one?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 30, 2013 - 07:58pm PT
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Way over on the left side, the crack in question splits a fifteen degree flat overhanging face right off the ground. Screams at ya!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 30, 2013 - 08:03pm PT
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bvb, I just realized you were down there when I was using my scholarship money to take hiking/camping classes to Capital Reef. If I'da known, I'da shared some brownies with ya!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
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Oh, right, THAT one! In my Chucks, drunk, wearing the uniform, flat hat and all, while using endangered species for target practice. Sustained Superior Performance Award!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 08:12pm PT
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Did you find the vid yet Wes?
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Jan 30, 2013 - 08:21pm PT
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nope. pretty sure it is sitting in my office... haven't been there for months and months and months. I'm supposed to be there next week, but not sure if that is going to happen. Not sure why it isn't up on the youtube anymore.
just sit tight
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Juicer
Trad climber
SLC
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Jan 30, 2013 - 08:23pm PT
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BVB, I think someone's already mentioned it, but a lot of your photos are from GArfield County along with almost all of the Henry Mountains.
I thought you were nuts to leave CRNP for that Olympic gig.
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