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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Oct 22, 2007 - 06:21pm PT
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Don't forget flake roof?(?) I don't believe in the little i, if only snakefinger was still here to show us the way...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 22, 2007 - 06:24pm PT
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Hey Sooze,
My toolbar is pretty phat too,
But if you use the Tools icon on the far right, with the little gear icon (Explorer) not the general one up top & left, you can go to full screen (no menu bar at all showing).
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Oct 22, 2007 - 06:26pm PT
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Roy I just re-loaded Quicktime and adjusted to full screen.
It's tight but it worked, thanks!
~Susan
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Oct 22, 2007 - 06:33pm PT
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I just read some stuff about the restrictions - did you have to reserve your days in advance? How are the crowds these days compared to the late 90's?
The roped routes are pretty cool. Optical Promise, I recall, is pretty awesome.
The show worked fine. The mouseover thing is hidden - maybe there's another option you can generate where that stuff is showing automatically? I wanted to be able to run things at my own speed, which is pretty fast when I'm wasting time at work.
Geek stuff: Monitor size is irrelevant - it's what resolution you're driving it with. I run 1600x1200 on the desktop, for example. One can see the effect of any other resolution your card and monitor will handle simply by changing your settings.
Not all Java virtual machines are created equally, so any java website may appear different on different machines, or may not appear at all. However, I believe Quicktime assures a certain level when it's installed...
JLP
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 22, 2007 - 06:41pm PT
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Right JLP.
I'm set at 1024 x 768 on my desktop monitor.
And that works.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 22, 2007 - 07:26pm PT
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Coupla primer shots...I highlighted the climbers...
Russ on Head Fox...
Felicia on Malice In Bucketland...
Sooze on Fox Trot...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Oct 22, 2007 - 07:36pm PT
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nice touch monk!
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Oct 22, 2007 - 08:10pm PT
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Wouldn't dare open this Nuetron File with my relic dial^fossil. Thanx Steel for thinkin of the little people. Loved the *scampering* & p-shop effect!
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Oct 22, 2007 - 08:12pm PT
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Crowds? What crowds? in 4 days we never saw another person on a cord other than our little ghey group of 5. Besides that, maybe a dozen pad-people standing around here and there.
We did have to make reservations for Day Use at $4.00 per person per day. Typically you are suppose to call the reservation center (see link) to do so. Although, when making Skamping™ reservations they can take care of the Day Use at the same time.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/hueco_tanks/fee.phtml
We opted to Skamp in the park just because.... no real reason other than we're already there, they have showers, water and power to watch our DVD's.
The rule on how many days is vague but this is basically it. Registration in 1 name cannot exceed more than 3 days in 14.
Translation: Russ & I climbed for 4 consecutive days no problem using both names. Our little party of 5 could have climbed for 2 weeks straight no issue.
It was pretty good times, plenty of rules but it's better than NO ACCESS so I'm not complaining.
~Sooze
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Phil_B
Social climber
Hercules, CA
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Oct 22, 2007 - 10:49pm PT
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Way cool! Gotta make it there.
Sigh, yet another place to add to those that I haven't been to (yet). . .
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raymond phule
climber
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Oct 23, 2007 - 05:45am PT
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Great report! Thanks.
I have done window pain, alice in banana land and something more. Great routes!
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MisterE
Social climber
Across town from Easy Street
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Oct 23, 2007 - 10:54am PT
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Nice TR, guys! I agree, Malice in Bucketland and Sea of Holes are awesome routes. 82M cordage? Wow! I got rope envy...
What? No Gunslinger pics?!?
Cheers, Erik
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Oct 23, 2007 - 11:24am PT
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WOW!! Great trip report Russ.
That was a fabulous silhouette shot of Susan Steeelmonkey.
It is cool to see that you guys went out there to use ropes, I thought only the pebble climbers climbed out there anymore.
Did any of you do that Flake Roof? I remember that as a good one. I am not sure if you recall Russ I was out there the same time you were in the 80's with Dave Bengston, we spent a month or so there. $2.00 onion enchiladas at petes. Yum!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 23, 2007 - 12:35pm PT
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Radical: hahaha! nice one. Keep trying
MrE: it's an 84 meter.... that extra 2m is everything
T2:no Flake Roof this time.... you and the Tweeze? hmm... maybe. Petes is long gone now. Looks like a scrap yard.
My new Hueco Questions: I wonder if you can get one of those ghey "guides" to take you out, and instead of bouldering, have them wait at the base while we hangdog the piss out of Secret Sharer or something??? Seems fair..... since the only access to the closed areas (for bouldering) is with a guide.
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sling512
Trad climber
Chicago
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Oct 23, 2007 - 01:09pm PT
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Sweet!! Thanks Russ, it worked perfect for me. I really liked the QT format TR.
-sling
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 23, 2007 - 01:33pm PT
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Thank T2...here's the shot...
Here's a shot of Sooze at the top of the first pitch with Russ At-The-Base™
That Indecent Exposure Buttress dealie is kind of an impressive stack of rock...
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Oct 23, 2007 - 03:22pm PT
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Yes, that Indecent Exposure is a nice route. One of the few routes that Russ absolutely wanted to get on. Mussy, please share your little story about trying to do IE decades before.
The route is pretty neat and the first pitch although not that technical is pretty run out with maybe 80 feet between the 1st and 2nd bolts. I was glad I brought two long runners along with me instead of just quick draws as there were bomber hueco's to be slung.
Problem with the run outs is you can't see where the line goes. I was pretty confused and didn't want to get into any trouble I wouldn't be able to reverse. Russ, yells up to me to "keep going" when I finally saw the bolt - up and over maybe 35-40' from where I was at.
Ah well, that's the fun stuff right?
~Sooze
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Oct 23, 2007 - 03:27pm PT
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Yeah, we should go back so I can knock that thing off.
I think if those routes at Hueco were sport bolted™™™™ the place would be jammed with roped climbers as well as bolderers.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 23, 2007 - 03:54pm PT
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Hey Russ,
TR worked fine for me. Thanks for posting it. Looks like a really cool place.
My only comment has to do with the way I usually read TRs on ST. First I read through carefully. Then I scroll up and down the TR re-reading and looking at pictures on the fly. You can't do that with this slide show format.
All trip reports are good though. See ya,
Zander
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 23, 2007 - 04:47pm PT
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Cool way to do TRs
Thanks for posting up...lots of good looking routes for sure...
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