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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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That's Diamond Peak ski area in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe under those cool clouds. This was a few days ago.
Dave
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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Wow! Scary sh#t, L! Glad you're OK! I remember reading about the ocean waters of Australia being the deadliest and that there are like 10 things that can kill you as soon as you set foot in. I think those were in there. The blue-ringed octopus, sea snakes, etc... Scary place, but beautiful! I still plan on going, regardless!
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L
climber
The Rebel L Gang
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Nef--That happened in FLORIDA one spring break! Scary sh'it everywhere...but whadda ya gonna do? Live in a bubble?
Nawwwwww.
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the chemist
climber
Palo Alto, CA
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A few more shots.
Snow cone at the base of Upper Yosemite Falls (January '07):
Lance, a Christmas Kitty:
Badwater Basin, there are two cows...
A late December Meat Grinder photo session:
A few pics from my wife (she's much better than I am, although I don't have her best work on hand.)
The Bay:
Somewhere on the Golden Gate:
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rectorsquid
climber
Lake Tahoe
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Raccoons on our roof in the middle of the day.
Our skiing dummy going off the big jump. This is a scan from the local paper since we didn't get any of our own pictures of the dummy going off of a jump. I think this qualifies as "odd."
Dave
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Somewhat of an inspiration for me, passing through the area and had to stop, Walden Mass
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2007 - 10:21am PT
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Finely-crafted wooden phone booth that commemorates the start of transatlantic telephone service, at Seyðisfjörður in the Eastfjords of Iceland.
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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couple years back on the coast of rhode island
fort wetherill crags
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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A few fairly recent kayaking shots from Seattle...
Some of my homies as we went through the Ballard Locks out to the Sound:
Our family "station wagon" kayak on a trip to Orcas Island:
A topless Space Needle:
And a sunrise in CA for good measure:
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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L - the scariest thing about Florida are the sharks... I was watching a show about shark attacks one evening that showed the view a pilot had when flying over the beaches in Florida. SCARY shit! There were sharks everywhere! There'd be like 50 people, then a shark, 50 people, shark, and so on. I never realized that there were sharks intermingled with the people like that.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2007 - 01:41pm PT
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L - the scariest thing about Florida are the sharks... I was watching a show about shark attacks one evening that showed the view a pilot had when flying over the beaches in Florida. SCARY shit! There were sharks everywhere! There'd be like 50 people, then a shark, 50 people, shark, and so on. I never realized that there were sharks intermingled with the people like that.
My daughter and I went snorkeling once at a crowded beach near San Diego, hundreds of people jumping around in shallow water. Stick your face under the water and you see almost as many stingrays, mixed in with the forest of feet. That was an amazing sight. Don't know how the rays put up with the people, but the people got by on pure ignorance as our kind often does.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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sharks rule! i love going down to florida and shark fishing on venice or nacomis beaches during a buzy day. people just flip when you pull a 5' blacktip onto the beach right past their kids. bwahaha! its almost more fun than the actual fishing part!
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L
climber
The Rebel L Gang
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Nef--That reminds me of a funny story...which I'm gonna bore you with
because I have no friggin' incredible photos to share like you,
Mooser and Chiloe.
Picture this: Spring break. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
A million college brats (I'm one of 'em) spending our days lying in the sun,
drinking like there's no tomorrow,
and living off the appetizers at happy hour.
It's the year after Jaws--the movie--was released.
About noonish, I'm swimming way far out from the beach.
(Florida shallows can go almost half a mile out...and I was probably
a quarter mile.) The water was as crystal clear as the sky, and the
sandy bottom beneath me as white and clean as the beach itself.
Being a long-distance swimmer, I was getting a good workout in and loving
life right then.
As I leisurely headed back towards shore, I caught the movement of a
dark shadow in my peripheral vision.
A big dark shadow.
It was following me.
My blood ran cold. It's a cliche, but that's what it felt like.
Cold blood in my veins.
I started swimming faster.
That thing sped up, too.
It was easily, effortlessly closing in on me.
I was in a full-blown panic now, swimming for all I was worth, the horrifc
image of that poor girl, devoured at night and left for crab food,
screaming in my air-deprived brain.
I couldn't feel my arms. My lungs were bursting.
I thought I felt a snout gently tap my flailing feet.
Finally, I couldn't swim anymore. I couldn't breathe.
I couldn't think. I was going to die. Or at least lose a leg.
And then an arm. Or two.
I turned around in the waste-deep water and shrieked at the Great White:
"Go ahead and eat me you muther focker!!!
Just go ahead!!!!"
Then I saw...
it was only my shadow
reflected on the perfectly clear
white sandy bottom.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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chiloe, we all know that's a Tardis
Couldn't find a picture of Dr Who, so I used this picture of Russ as a stand-in.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Indianclimber: Thanks!
L: Awesome story! Better than a picture!
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno, CA
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L - Awesome! I agree with mooser here - better than a picture! I was riveted until the very end and then laughing when I read it. =) Thanks for sharing!
Ugh! That's kinda scary too, Chiloe! But, what can ya do? I guess there's a little danger everywhere we go. That's what makes adventure oh so sweet.
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Okay, here are some good ones from my trip to the canyons of Escalante last week.
I love shooting at night. This is our campsite under the Parawing:
And up on the slickrock behind our campsite we found a bunch of Moki Marbles:
From the campsite looking west towards the Straight Cliffs:
a small arch 200M from our camp:
Another View of that same arch:
Introducing Zacho the dog:
Sunlight reflected off a ppol of fresh rain at Dance Hall Rock:
We had a full moon and with a bit of headlamp fill on the juniper:
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Fletcher
Mountain climber
Pahsawdehnaw, CA
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Road trippin' up to NorCal with me boy, Colin. Casa di Fruta, pumpkin season:
Steve contemplating North Peak:
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