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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 16, 2011 - 10:50pm PT
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Well, I didn't. It was kind of unstable weather here today, though it fined up in mid afternoon. And I'm climbing tomorrow.
Today I went to a talk by Doreen Larsen Riedel, the daughter of Henry Larsen. As in Henry Asbjørn Larsen, captain of the St. Roch, which was the vessel that made the second (1940 - 42) and third (1944) transits of the Northwest Passage, the first west-east, and the first in one season. The Norwegian embassy is putting on a series of talks on Arctic and Antarctic matters this year, to commemorate the centenary of Amundsen's team first getting to the South Pole, as well as to increase awareness. (Norway and Russia recently agreed on mineral rights in the Barents Sea, a major but unheralded event.)
Larsen was a Norwegian-Canadian born quite close to Amundsen's birthplace, who lived 1899 - 1964. The St. Roch was an RCMP Arctic patrol vessel, and he was its captain for nearly 20 years. He eventually became an inspector. A coast guard icebreaker is named for him, plus the St. Roch is in covered drydock at the Maritime Museum in Vancouver, much like the Fram and now Gjøa at Bygdøy in Oslo. Pretty neat stuff.
http://www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/page216.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Larsen_(explorer);
Several descendants of Amundsen's cousins who live in Canada came to the talk a month ago. They have living cousins in Gjøa Havn on the south coast of King William Island in Nunavut - Amundsen and his men had country wives, and DNA analysis has now confirmed their ancestry. If their large noses weren't already a tipoff - Inuit don't have them.
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Chinchen
climber
Way out there....
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Apr 16, 2011 - 10:50pm PT
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Thanks Mike. Nice pics there!
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Somewhere near Red Rocks
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Apr 16, 2011 - 11:21pm PT
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Peyote Power - nice shady route on a warm day! Over 800 feet in 5 pitches.
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F10
Trad climber
e350 / Bishop
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Apr 16, 2011 - 11:38pm PT
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Dip some super cool stuff in Pine Crk yesterday, clipped bolts at ORG today and headed to the Sherwin Plateau tomorrow..
Is the future ok ???
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 17, 2011 - 12:56am PT
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I forgot. A Henry Larsen joke. So he was in the RCMP, aka Royal Canadian Mounted Police, formerly the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. (Known irreverently as the "horsemen", and other things.) They were formed to suppress the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 - 86, in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, when Metis culture was subjugated. (Nobody was innocent in that fight.) Anyway, as you can tell from the name, horse riding was a big part of the routine - still is, with the musical ride and other stuff they do when they're not tasering innocent immigrants.
Larsen came from a fishing town, and was a mariner. He didn't enlist in the RCMP until he was in his 20s, older than the typical farm boy recruit. So he didn't have to go through semi-military basic training in Regina, and was probably the first RCMP inspector (high rank) who not only couldn't really ride a horse, but who was ordered not to. There was no shortage of farmboys who were just fine on horses, but competent Arctic pilots in the RCMP were as rare as hens' teeth.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Apr 17, 2011 - 01:05am PT
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Paco, holy!!!! Nice shots!
The other spots look bitchin' too, people.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 18, 2011 - 01:27am PT
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I just wanted to bump this to show that Ken M isn't the only one of us who goes to interesting talks. Even if I post a TR about it in an odd corner. (4 - 5 posts back.)
Still, I did go climbing today, and got hailed on, on the Apron at Squamish. Plus found and shepherded a few strays, which was fun.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
Oakland
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Apr 18, 2011 - 01:41am PT
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Did some cragging at Pie Shop.
Road House Blues was the standout route of the day. Tricky face climbing to a flake.
Was basically the season opener for me and it was a good one. These are the days where in some places you can do a lap of corn in the morning and climb on granite in the afternoon. Welcome spring!
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Apr 18, 2011 - 12:16pm PT
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I climbed out of a plane on Saturday and did my first solo skydive after finishing my AFF classes.
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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Apr 18, 2011 - 12:33pm PT
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my own private gym..63 seconds from my house
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
bay area, ca
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Apr 18, 2011 - 01:32pm PT
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first 3 pitches of freeblast. then climbed onto a sunny part of the ledge below pine line and sunbathed for an hour of 4
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hairyapeman
Mountain climber
CA
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Apr 19, 2011 - 10:42pm PT
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Apr 19, 2011 - 11:16pm PT
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Trout Creek.
John climbed also.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Apr 20, 2011 - 12:36am PT
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GET F$%&ING STRONG.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
bay area, ca
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Apr 20, 2011 - 01:27am PT
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Where is Trout Creek?
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Apr 20, 2011 - 01:29am PT
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8 ft chain link fence with razor wire at the top.. heh heh heh..avid birdwatching
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Apr 23, 2011 - 01:08am PT
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Nice day at the Pinns with the Boy.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Kirkwood, CA
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Apr 23, 2011 - 01:40am PT
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Woodfords.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Apr 23, 2011 - 02:01am PT
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Mike Bolte-
Nice pics of the RR.
That steep start gave it away!
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