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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2015 - 05:35pm PT
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 21, 2015 - 06:51pm PT
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hey there say, mouse... read the doc visit... also, say,
perhaps, just for a history note:
you could share that bit of the telegraph fire, in the fire thread?
someone might remember it and want to comment? as to hmmm, whatever...
you never know... might help out, too, ?, with insight, ?
thanks for sharing...
http://geology.com/articles/debris-flow/
wow, hope the 'flow' settles down again, here,
one remembers that, the debris flows can do damage, oh my...
i just learned about this from the crater thread...
debris flows build up, and happen, a bit different than an outright mudslide...
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 21, 2015 - 07:16pm PT
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Oops
. My bad!
women. . . you know girls can get touchy about how they look
what Gravity has wrought through the years. . . . . Who knew ?
maybe zb knew. . . That picture of Marilynn did not help in fact it was fresh up
Just posted when or' my shoulder she was all miffy piffy
"Don't post that"!!
It is the most flattering picture she has taken in a longtime but poof in 3,2, 1 c it's
Gone!
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Apr 21, 2015 - 07:18pm PT
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Apr 21, 2015 - 07:34pm PT
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Clambering up onto the fresh Cookie Rockfall, all white alabaster boulders, and overwhelming pine/ozone perfume. You could still hear it groaning. So far out!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2015 - 08:29pm PT
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"That's some magic loogie there."--Seinfeld
What are the chances of anything happening in the first place, let alone subsequently?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution
What are the chances of a trout, for example, surviving a debris flow in a creek channel?
What are the chances that this magic trout will find a mate and continue the line?
I'm just wonderin'.
Homework assignment. Read this and tell me what it says.
http://m759.net/wordpress/?m=201407
The rocket scientist knew about Gravity's Rainbow, no doubt.
How many debris flow events have happened in Yosemite's past?
There is no "Stock answer" to that question, likely, except this: "Quien sabe?"
Rockfall, avalanche, mudslide.
Debris flow, trundling, 100-year flood.
Earthquake, landslide, dropped hardware.
Dust storm, slope creep, lava flow.
Cats and dogs, meteors, and sky-falls.
"Only good things come from above."
You all remember that shitty kids' joke, right?
And Throwpie, who can forget Too Loose to Trek?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 21, 2015 - 09:12pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 07:07am PT
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HAPPY EARTH DAY!
On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River on the southern shores of Lake Erie caught on fire as chemicals, oil, and other industrial materials that had oozed into the river somehow ignited. Just a few months before, on January 28, 1969, an oil rig leaked millions of gallons of oil off the coast of Santa Barbara. That same year, reports surfaced that our national symbol, the bald eagle, was rapidly declining as a species due to the chemical DDT, while around the world, whales were being hunted nearly to extinction. These and other incidents caught the attention of the national media and galvanized public awareness of the many environmental insults being hurled at the nation and the planet.
In response to the public outcry, Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson, who served as the Governor of Wisconsin (1958-1962) and in the U.S. Senate (1963-1981), organized a nationwide "teach-in" about environmental issues to take place on April 22, 1970. More than 2,000 colleges and universities, 10,000 public schools, and 20 million citizens participated—nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population at that time.
This outpouring of grassroots environmental activism marked the first Earth Day—a recognition of the importance of caring for the environment and accepting stewardship responsibility for the nation's resources.
--N.O.A.A.
I will be staying indoors today, as much as possible, even though the temp's only supposed to go into te seventies.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 07:40am PT
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"Oh, just say something Canadian, I suppose, Lenny."
I was wonderin', zBrown, "What's to eat for breakfast?"
Robbie Fulks/The Scrapple Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08iJW-7xIzk
MISSION
I've worked at my work
I've slept at my sleep
I've died at my death
And now I can leave
Leave what is needed
And leave what is full
Need in the Spirit
And need in the Hole
Beloved, I'm yours
As I've always been
From marrow to pore
From longing to skin
Now that my mission
Has come to its end:
Pray I'm forgiven
The life that I've led
The Body I chased
It chased me as well
My longing's a place
My dying a sail
--Leonard Cohen
Cheers, Norwegian!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=1354502&tn=140
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Apr 22, 2015 - 08:07am PT
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No breakfast today. Don't know why or what's the reason for, but I'm going the Gas-X route this AM (free and solo).
I am wondering whether Mr. Cohen has left the retreat at Mt. Baldy. Likewise the dog, "Blackie Dojo", related in some inexplicable fashion to the notorious "Blackie Moto".
Used to have a key to the place on my UC Irvine key stash.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 11:23am PT
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David Muench.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 11:27am PT
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Ansel Adams.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 11:35am PT
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Dingus McMilktoast.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2015 - 11:41am PT
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Karl Baba.
Marvelous, KB! Great lighting.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Apr 22, 2015 - 05:36pm PT
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Despite the free advertising, it's no free tacos because the picture was too small. Fellow didn't get to 29 on the Yelp list by falling off the tamale truck.
Still trying to remember what that building used to be.
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