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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Aug 23, 2007 - 11:38pm PT
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Nive TR!
Great Pics, Red rock. What could be better.
thanks,
Zander
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Awesome TR!
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Sweet Pics and a great TR. Thanks for posting up. Dig'n those first shots!
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Cucawalla way to rock and rolla. Thanks fer totin the camera along and sharing the stoke.
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thebravecowboy
climber
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Apr 10, 2014 - 11:35pm PT
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windy thursday springtime bump
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Apr 10, 2014 - 11:38pm PT
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Awesome desert thread . . . thanks OP and BCBoy!
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Apr 11, 2014 - 12:57pm PT
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Cuckawalla: used to post great content, too bad he's gone. Nice pics and bump!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 11, 2014 - 01:19pm PT
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Wow, blast from the past.
I'm pretty sure Harvey and Layton did the Bell Tower and Watusi in '61.
This straight from Layton.
15 years later I made my first trip to the desert, and climbed the 2 best looking climbs I could spot, only to find out decades later that Layton and I had done the same 2 climbs for our first desert trips!
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thebravecowboy
climber
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Apr 11, 2014 - 01:30pm PT
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Start of the Long Dong pitch?
So, Ron, I have to ask, what was the vibe in Colorado National Monument in 1976? Cute girls at the gate? What were you listening to on your drive in? What approach did you take? What rack (generally) did you bring? Who was your partner? How much cord did you folks pack (we had a heinous 140 m - wimpy!!!)...? Was 1976 as good as the syrupy vibe on this song by Ween?
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Apr 12, 2014 - 07:46am PT
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Bump for the real deal, what does it go at????
Looks like a great climb, Ron and jesse thanks for the history!!!
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thebravecowboy
climber
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Apr 12, 2014 - 09:26am PT
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MP calls p1 5.11, p2 5.7, p3 5.8, p4 5.10
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Apr 12, 2014 - 01:47pm PT
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Nice TR and pics.
We had a chuckwalla mascot that lived in our dodge dart for 2 months on a desert trip in 84. His name was Bachar, was way cool and would climb onto my shoulder when i was driving. He did clamp on to my partners finger for 20 minutes at the hot springs.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 12, 2014 - 02:17pm PT
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Funny you should ask about cute girls.
I showed in March '76 and CNM had just taken on this beautiful red headed zoftig 26 year old anthropologist. She had transfered from another park where she had been involved with a much older man for years. He worked SAR and though not a climber she knew many and understood the jargon.
According to her it hadn't been long before the Supt., who lived 2 houses away with his wife and kids, had propositioned her, but another old guy was the last thing she wanted.
I guess she wanted to cougar.
I was 21.
Our fling lasted a few weeks, and I headed to Zion.
But the spurned Supt. hated me with a passion and called ahead to Zion.
I was wrong footed from the getgo.
Hell, even before I crossed the state line!
My first day in Zion I met both Kevin Kelly and Scott Fischer.
Kevin and I got halfway up the wall left of Monkeyfinger.
After a week and a half, and 2 toolings, Scott talked the district ranger Tony into believing I wasn't evil incarnate and he showed me the memo circulated to watch out for me, described as "a climber and a nuisance!"
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thebravecowboy
climber
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Apr 13, 2014 - 12:38am PT
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I was so tickled as I shared your story with my current climbing pard this AM that I failed to pick up on her lack of amusement. Nonetheless, great times were had today:
So: how burlz is the Ribbed Buttress? The line is striking and it is RIGHT there every time I pedal that stretch of road...And the sister analog across the way is very attractive, and shaded...
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Apr 13, 2014 - 10:01am PT
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Still waiting to hear about an ascent replete with a skateboard for descending the road.
With 2 vehicles that route is longer than the approach and descent combined!
My kind of route, I've done it several times.
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