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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Apr 26, 2010 - 04:22am PT
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Remember what Sigismund Freud says about the unconscious Will to Death? You must have really wanted to die, Ed, but failed to achieve your repressed unconscious intention. Lucky for you! But those pics are great. Remember seeing that thing avalanche in early July in a good snow year back in 83. Count your blessings!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 12, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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Very cool, very nice shots.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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May 12, 2010 - 12:30am PT
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Great shots. How long did that go on. You are quick with the camera. I just ran into a decent sized mountain lion on a remote section of cliff in Spearfish Canyon. He was only about 10m away and I had my camera, but he was running away when I saw him. I knew I didn't have a chance to get the shot so I just watched till he was gone and turned around and walked the other way... fairly quickly.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 12, 2010 - 12:32am PT
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I was shooting the Gully for a recon photo, I noticed the white snow field in the upper left of my view was expanding, then realized it was an avalanche, so the camera was out.
Usually I try to have a camera handy all the time.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
. . . not !
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May 12, 2010 - 01:36am PT
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Here's C-Mack's brilliant photo and my sister's comment from when I sent her a link to it .
" Probably, everywhere that there is snow there in that gully, we could boulder-hop and climb pretty easily....at the top, where there is no snow, is a sheer wall with tiny foot-and hand-holds. . "
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
climber
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Jul 11, 2010 - 04:56am PT
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Nice snap Clint , but now it's time for Hartouni to go back up !
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 11, 2010 - 10:00am PT
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Nice adventure Ed- the road less traveled by.
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jul 11, 2010 - 10:48am PT
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Many years ago some friends and I too witnessed a major spring avalanche in that vicinity while hiking the Snow Creek trail up to North Dome. By the look of those snow plastered slabs, this is a common occurrence when things start melting and warming. It is easy to forget that Yosemite is an alpine environment with all the associated hazards. Here in the San Juan mountains people generally get their spring adventures over early, in part to avoid the wet slab potential. Glad you bailed, thanks for sharing and best wishes to your recovery.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Jul 11, 2010 - 02:24pm PT
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Be careful!!! Cool pics Ed.
Heal up. Ps. I have a lot more free time if you want to adventure.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Jul 11, 2010 - 02:42pm PT
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sheesh, rock slides, avalanche in july, mountain lions and bears stalking all unwary humans,
just more respect for the indians who still live up there,
oh, they in there, i know de in dere, i seen um with mi own two eyes,
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2010 - 05:42pm PT
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stay tuned...
back is getting better, but after a few weeks of climbing it needed a rest this weekend...
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Jingy
Social climber
Nowhere
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Jul 11, 2010 - 06:06pm PT
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cool avalanche shots...
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DM88T
climber
San Juan Bautista, CA
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Thrilling photos there. What a gift to get to see/hear that.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 12, 2014 - 09:24pm PT
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got a chance to shoot the gully from a different perspective last Sunday
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jun 12, 2014 - 10:03pm PT
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Great pic. I now see the 'surprise ending' my sister talked about.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Mar 12, 2015 - 11:45pm PT
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I was hiking above Hidden Falls (Spring of 1983?) when one of those slides came down.
I instantly sought cover, and feared for my life.
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