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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 31, 2011 - 11:27pm PT
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Loose Lips. Right!
I think I saw Coz solo that thing on a cold winter day (he was wearing a full on down jacket) about a year before it collapsed.
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Brian
climber
California
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Saw Croft solo Loose Lips the day before (I think) it fell. I wasn't there the day it came down so I can't say for sure. We used to joke that Peter was so strong he destabilized the thing.
I'm not much of a boulderer, but I miss the Swimming Hole. That place was magic. Hard to believe it just... disappeared.
Killer Cracks were good too, though I remember calling them the Kung Fu Cracks (I'm sure Ksolem is right since he knows that place backwards and forwards).
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tonesfrommars
Trad climber
California
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Great thread.
Y'all know what did in Mickey's Beach right?
a FLAG MANOEUVRE!!
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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I heard that a 1997 rockfall ... the left side of Werner's Crack fell off! ~ Clint
I followed on this thing around '76 or so, wearing some shoenards.
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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Matty,
I remember the swimming hole. Use to party there when I was a kid. Hope all of you guys are still pulling in those parts. :) Loved those routes despite them being way out of my league.
:)AFS
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Rad thread...
that totem pole pic got me laughing pretty hard.
And that huge boulder in that guys house!
I've noticed that the majority (not all) are sandstone.
Shoot man, with crap that big, screw the helmet... just get it over with.
After reading and viewing this thread, it's a wonder any of us are still alive after climbing!
MORE PICTURES! This page is getting boring with no pics...
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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@AFS - Yep the crew still cranks and knowing that it can all be taken away makes us appreciate it so much more. Saturdays with the gang = unforgettable memories.
Let's see:
This one used to be upside down a bit upstream.
GOODBYE =(
GONE!!!
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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Nice! That makes me happy! I do hope that the next big storm is properly 100 years away. :)AFS
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hamie
Social climber
Thekoots
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Trigger Finger was fun. Too bad it's gone now.
The huge flake which used to stick out on Kootenay Flake, at Twin Bays on Kootenay Lake, [get it?] disappeared one winter, along with a wide swath of trees.
A big chunk fell off Sickle at Squamish a long time ago. The route was re-established about two points harder.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Climbs on my list that I was, once upon a time, informed I wouldn't get to do:
Werner's Crack
Pretty much everything left of the Folly.
Wild, Wild, West.
I've told the tale here before, but a while ago...maybe 2002?...Minerals proposed to lead a geology tour in the Valley. I learned a lot that day. He took us over to Lower Cathedral to see 'his favorite boulder', but couldn't find it. Looking left...looking right...sure it's here. I was heaving and weezing from the hike so I took a seat on a not favorite boulder and noticed that there was a bolt with hanger just next to my tush...And thus solved the mystery of where went the missing favorite bouldering.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Buju-
Wes posted pix of the Ahwiyah Point rockfall in spring of 09.
Pretty cool to watch from the Column.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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I recall that article from Climbing Magazine about Black Canyon from a few years back. I don't still have it, but there was a picture of the FAists camped out on an enormous ledge mid way up. The entire ledge and 1/2 a pitch of route was just gone when when they went looking for it. Pretty freaky. That article did an excellent job of encouraging me to stay the hell away from that place.
"WELCOME TO BLACK CANYON- The Rock is Great."
"Just clip it! It's good! We swear!"
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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YOWZA!!!
Great pic, JTM.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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(Fortunately) Not my pic. Some other poor Colorado climber had the misfortune of that little surprise. I found it while I was Googling-around around looking for pictures of Black Canyon's route/ledge that fell down. That's not the only photo of a bolt sticking out of something no longer attached to the wall BTW.
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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the boulder in jt that was left after the killer cracks fell sharma bagged it and its called "iron will" V11/12 or something like that - my bro charlie repeated it.
i dont have a pic but i did a great fa of a tricky V5 traverse into a fun V4 up problem in gualala park in nor cal and i went back after a few months to show a friend and i came around the corner of the other boulders there to show him my new one and it was totally gone - vanished into the ocean and the sand.
it was a few months since i had been there and during that time a huge winter storm must have made the nearby gualala river mouth so wide and strong that it just pushed my boulder out into the sand and eventually the ocean - frkn crazy because the boulder was as big as a house!!
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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A large chunk of this fell off some years ago, you can see the edge sticking out of the water, not the best rock to begin with so what do you expect?
This one was great. I had seen this boulder perched up on a hill for years and then one day decided to see if it would move. All it took was a little digging and some prying with sticks from behind and down she rolled. estimated over 100,000lbs of boulder. It now has 5 or 6 lines on it and there is still a deep trough in the ground where it rolled.
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Larry
Trad climber
Bisbee
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Wasn't there a minor quake in Sedona in the last week? Cause/effect?
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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nice trundle fa's!
that reminds me of another mickeys beach story - the orange buddha boulder was on the hillside about 75ft above the nude "red rock" beach and in the late 80's or early 90's it slid down onto the nude beach where it is rumored to have sat for a few weeks before it split in two! there are about 25 killer problems on it now from V0-V11! one of the locals wrote "danger" under it steep side on the beach to warn you that it might break in pieces again so don't sit under it. funny, i wont sit under it but i will climb on it. hmmm?
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the albatross
Gym climber
Flagstaff
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Larry - Yes, I heard there was a minor earthquake in Sedona last week.
JusttheMaid - You might be referring to Kor's Cave(?) on the Dragon route in the Black Canyon. Apparently a decent sized ledge peeled off at some point after the first ascent.
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