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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Thanks Greg for the usual detailed rockfall info, right down to explaining the flight path. It does appear to have been the worst bit of the general release zone; in healyje's markup of the photo, you can see a lot of water streaks right below the facets that are still covered with dirt, where a lot of the rock probably came from. The other not so happy part doesn't look quite as bad; not that I'd go climbing there for a while, just sayin.
That tree at the bottom of the rappel had a few too many damn branches anyway, good to get some of those cleared out of there.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Vitality M- what's your point? You pissed 'the man' is closing routes? Go ahead and rope up and climb there, sounds like a good idea! Idiot. Get over it.
Call me an idiot to my face c#nt lice.
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cleo
Social climber
the canyon below the Ditch!!!!
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bump - spread the word.
-Val Zimmer
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The 'Man' should ban Euros from climbing in the Valley. I've had more rock
trundled my way following those people than an Iranian sodomite.
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apogee
climber
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Oh, yay! Internet gangsta spray!
That stuff is always so entertaining, and makes us climbers look soooo good...
Keep it up, boys...
...somewhere else, please.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Thanks, Greg and Jesse. I particularly like the way Jesse phrased this -- there is a risk of rockfall everywhere, but this area's risk exceeds that of most other areas, at least for now.
The more rockfall I've observed over the decades in the Valley, the more grateful I become that none of it landed on me!
John
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Is anyone going to go up and survey those loose looking blocks? Or do we just wait until nature takes its course and they eventually fall?
Can't they just blast the area with explosives like they do on ski hills? The SAR guys would love that
Would almost be as good as the old "Firefall"
Peace
Karl
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~kief~
Trad climber
nor-cal
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^Bump
for front page worthiness
edit-maybe time for forum division?-OT,climb,TR?
I like the OT stuff,but when they bump super pertinent topics
off the front page,i wonder...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Can't they just blast the area with explosives like they do on ski hills? The SAR guys would love that...
Not sure if I'm ready to wrap my head around the image of Werner running around the valley with a recoiless rifle...
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OR
Trad climber
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Krikey! That does look like there will be lots more to come down in that photo, That block looks huge.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Call me an idiot to my face c#nt lice.
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LOLZ!! Damn that's funny!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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hoip - I read sarcasm in Vitaliy's note.
Thanks! Finally I found someone who understands *XOXO*
I was not planning to climb there this weekend, I do value my life.
The whole "Bishop's terrace is closed" thing just sounded kind of funny to me. I usually hike/climb peaks and see rock fall often. The idea of a route being closed for climbing by 'the man' leads my thoughts to "this ride is closed" sign somewhere in Disney land...It is just weird for someone who is not used to anything being controlled anywhere. I bet not many can share my humor, but calling someone an idiot is quite disrespectful, we can live without insults. If someone wants to insult me please email me so we can meet, and do it to my face. I do not want to be a part of interpersonal online circus.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Russ that is classic. Leave it to us outlaws to find a way around the offensive language filter. LOL!!
{{{{{{{{{{{{cunt lice}}}}}}}}}}}}
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The Real Mad Dog
Gym climber
Napa, CA
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I climbed Bishop Terrace 9 years ago and wondered when (hopefully not on my ascent) a big chunk of rock would break loose. Bound to happen.
Yosemite Valley is the rockfall capital of the western Sierra; no other canyon comes close (more, however, occurs on the east cliffs of the High Sierra crest). Only Lovers Leap, a set of cliffs, spalls rockfall at a faster rate than does Yosemite.
Can't blame global warming on this situation.
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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So the thing about the blocks circled in the photos above is that they were not directly undermined by these recent rockfalls, i.e., they have been that way for probably centuries or longer and we have been climbing under them all that time. Welcome to Yosemite.
Greg
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Everyone raves about BT and I'm not sure why. The climbing seemed un-inspiring to me. All that to get to ~12' of good hands climbing??
Saw some all brand new gear guy who had been spraying like a sprinkler bail off it after we rapped which made it worth it though. I'm usually supportive of all climbers at all abilities, but watching that guy bail with his date/girlfriend watching, after all that spewing was entertaining.
Oh the rockfall, uh yeah, right. Crazy. Glad it happened at night.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Here's a screen shot from xRez of the source area, where I tried to circle the stuff that came down, lining up with the "dirty" spots on Greg's photo.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Finally, Haley Anna is gonna get some traffic as the next best 5.8 crack in the park, er ahh in yosemite....
Great photos!
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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Quote HerEveryone raves about BT and I'm not sure why. The climbing seemed un-inspiring to me. All that to get to ~12' of good hands climbing??
e I felt the same way about Super Slide when we did it. 4-5 pitches of mediocre climbing to get to 15 ft of 5.9 hands size crack and then have to rap off? Yuck.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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gstock - glad to hear that structure is more stable than it looks in that photo - it would suck to have those lines threatened for the long haul.
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