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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Oct 16, 2017 - 08:45pm PT
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You can see the bolts in the Dirty Harry "Cross" scene...
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 16, 2017 - 08:54pm PT
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Dope research t_t
Gonna upgrade that to acute dope research
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Oct 16, 2017 - 09:28pm PT
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Dude: I was there in the early 70s with some friends who wanted to climb the bolt ladder on the Cross. It was late at night & the Cross was still lit up. It was foggy, so you could only see the Cross if you were up close but it was eerie. This couple wandered up to the Cross and said they were trippin' on acid. They were quite astonished and transfixed by what they were witnessing...a guy aid climbing the Cross on a foggy night. They were not familiar with aid climbing techniques. The leader was about to clip the 3rd or 4th bolt, I don't remember, when the lights went out. I think they turned the lights off around midnight. We only had funky headlamps back then and the leader got a bit unnerved when the lights went out, so he backed off. The couple disappeared into the fog. True story...I'm not makin' this sh*t up. Later that year we saw Dirty Harry and noticed the bolts on the Cross in the scene.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 16, 2017 - 09:48pm PT
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Weren't those things called foghats?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 24, 2017 - 11:26am PT
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Flying out of Los Angeleeeze, bringing in a couple of keys. Missed that damn ocean by a country mile.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Oct 24, 2017 - 12:38pm PT
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I landed at Catalina many times, Only heard of one crash, commuter going off the end of the runway. I would always have a buffalo burger, local meat.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 24, 2017 - 12:59pm PT
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Lotsa crashes there, Jon. I bet one every five years. May have slacked off a bit the last decade.
A number were IFR. The VOR approach has very high minimums which, of course, means
guys were going below mins and paying the ultimate price. The VOR/DME was easier and
I cheated on it but if you went below mins you were still a couple miles from the island so no big! ;-)
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Oct 24, 2017 - 01:11pm PT
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Never thought to look for Mammoth Airport vids. There are a bunch.
This one is interesting.
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Sid Mo
climber
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Oct 28, 2017 - 08:47pm PT
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Yeah we rapped off there after lightsout once when the ice chest had run out as well. No tripping visitors but that fog sure was eerie. Dirty Harry woulda creeped us out for sure.
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WBraun
climber
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Oct 28, 2017 - 10:45pm PT
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people died dealing drugs from that plane
Who died other than the two guys flying it?
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Licky
Mountain climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2017 - 10:29pm PT
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Did a FOIA request through DEA and DOJ for Sid Moe's real name and they came back with nothing. He is a non player. Not even on their radar.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Sidmo got no real name? Did you try alternate spellings?
acidMo, fibMo, skidMo, gitMo, moSid, siDom
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Licky
Mountain climber
California
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2017 - 09:33am PT
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Used his real name
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Nov 19, 2017 - 06:47pm PT
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Try Sidmun Freud..
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Sid Mo
climber
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Nov 28, 2017 - 05:39pm PT
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Whew! Thanks lick. I owe you a favor buddy. You're allright!
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Sid Mo
climber
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Where's Licky?
Just because he can't find sidmo is he just gonna quit dreaming his impossible dream? Publish, brother. Publish. Did I say publish? Should I say "print" instead?
Print, bro. Print.
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Sid Mo
climber
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I mean, what's the phuckin book supposed to be about? The plane? The crash? The thread? Sidmo? Does Licky know? Is licky sick? WTF is up?
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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they say that every one sees what they are meant to see
But just in case it is not as plain as the nose on a dog,
I see a skull-like ghoulish face
Flipping the the 'bird'
A black middle finger at the camera.
be well in this the what is it?
The 41st anniversary of sparkley ditch weed from a plane that crashed into a lake in Yosemite national park. end of the beginning. . .
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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I see stOOpid Americans...
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