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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 19, 2009 - 05:18pm PT
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What I love about geology / paleontology, is that it's so fourth dimensional.
You heading to 'that pass' this weekend, Dingus?
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scuffy b
climber
Sinatra to Singapore
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Jun 19, 2009 - 05:24pm PT
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What's your schedule, Jaybro?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 19, 2009 - 05:29pm PT
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it's 2:25, now, I might not be able to get it together to go, until after 2:30.
got some ultra mafics to decipher, first...
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HighDesertDJ
Trad climber
Arid-zona
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Jun 19, 2009 - 05:33pm PT
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If you hadn't figured it out yet, Sarah is plugging her own book. For those who don't know her she is cool as hell, smart as a whip and a badass climber. Buy this book! I have no doubt that it is extremely well written.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 19, 2009 - 06:17pm PT
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I caught the spam angle, checked it out on Amazon, and ordered one. Good luck, Sarah, fellow small volume book author!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jun 19, 2009 - 06:21pm PT
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That R&I climbing article from the 90s on "THE GEOLOGY OF HOLDS" was one of the worst issues ever. And I say that as a geoscientist.
I'm guessing Sarah's book is better if only because it would be hard to be worse than that.
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scuffy b
climber
Sinatra to Singapore
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Jun 19, 2009 - 06:23pm PT
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I ordered one as well.
Better safe than sorry...
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jun 19, 2009 - 06:32pm PT
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I agree, Scuff, ALWAYS better safe than sorry. What would happen if we were on a tough route and came to a hold we had never seen before, you see?
I think as soon as a bunch of us here get our orders in and have read her cool book, we will be digging the thread up again and making more encouraging remarks. I am hoping that my order comes in just about when I finish David Sedaris' latest and that they dovetail together without an air bubble.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 19, 2009 - 07:14pm PT
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Perhaps the "Flakes" referred to in the title are dense, but not lithic. I've met a few flaky climbers.
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scuffy b
climber
Sinatra to Singapore
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Jun 19, 2009 - 07:16pm PT
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dense not lithic
light not solid
rock hard, fire hot
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Fletcher
Trad climber
the end of the world as we know it, & I feel fine.
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Jun 19, 2009 - 07:43pm PT
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This is wicked cool.... I'm ordering on too.
Eric
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 19, 2009 - 08:13pm PT
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Crimp the syncline, dyno to the allochthonous intruston.
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Nibs
Trad climber
Humboldt, CA
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Jun 19, 2009 - 09:54pm PT
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Sarah, any relation to Don, HSU geo prof?
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Jun 19, 2009 - 10:02pm PT
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well done sarah, way to get it done. i am in mass again, all i want is for the rocks to dry.
be well,
jo-lynne
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jun 19, 2009 - 11:34pm PT
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how many climbers studied geology in school anyway? seems like 10% here on the taco - go figure!
so cool - a climber book on geology, will have to check it out, get a copy for the gearshed here are berkeley (outdoor club). i too love the big picture plates crushing into mountains stuff - i suck at petrology and mineralogy. i also love the human-time dynamic part of geology - guess thats why i do rock fall and seismology!
what kind of geologist are you sarah?
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Jun 20, 2009 - 12:24am PT
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jbar
Social climber
urasymptote
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Jun 20, 2009 - 04:33am PT
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Jbro- Oh great. Just what we need. Route beta for geologist. :o)
Sarah - As a cave diver I felt obligated to learn the little I know about karst geomorphology. Now that I'm climbing I'm more than a little embarassed when the people I take climbing as me what type of rock we're on and I can't answer. Way to see a niche.
Another book sold.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Jun 20, 2009 - 08:43am PT
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My birthday present to me. Just ordered it this morning.
I started my affair with geology in the Grand Canyon as a river guide.
Cool pics tork.
Prod.
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sgarlick
climber
North Conway, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 20, 2009 - 09:48am PT
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Tork--those photos are so great! I want to do that route... it looks crazy.
Jo-Lynne--Hi, Hi, Hi! Please come up and visit us! Emilie arrives tomorrow and we can launch the Challenger II in the river again. Yes, the rain has been a bit much lately, but there's always speed-aid-climbing Cathedral in a downpour for an adventure or the steep stuff at Sundown. :)
And thanks everyone for the comments. I'm not related to the geologist Don Garlick, but I've always wanted to meet him. My research has been in the structural geology/tectonics/metamorphic petrology fields. But these days I'm more interested in geoscience education and outreach.
Happy climbing! I hope the rest of you have a great weekend. The cliffs are pretty soaked here in New England.
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JohnRoe
Trad climber
State College, PA
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Jun 20, 2009 - 11:14am PT
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just ordered the book, thanks for the posting.
Lots of rain here in PA also.
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