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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 9, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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Heidi & I were just out at the boulder picking Asaragus along the creek. We walked around it, and really wondered what is holding it in place. It bounced into one rock at the bottom of its fall, made some impact marks, then rocked back 1". I darn near stepped up the easy backside, then remembered the old adage: "If you're about to do something that could kill you, be sure to have a photographer along!"
Every-time I look at this photo, the theme music for Jaws starts up.
Testicles or a goat for propriation eh!
Bonfires, Red wine, and Inukshuk fun --------is as far as I'm going------so far.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Apr 10, 2014 - 02:15am PT
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Bonfires, Red wine, and Inukshuk fun --------is as far as I'm going------so far.
That just might get it done.
Of course, you won't know for sure that it wasn't sufficient until you're having that sensation of being rolled.
If you really value your life, especially given that Jaws theme running through your mind, well, let me ask it this way: Would you rap from a sun-dried, ratty old sling just because you didn't want to waste a new sling of your own?
Do you really NEED two nuts? Speaking for myself at least, at my age my nuts are gettin' pretty equivalent to ratty old slings. So the analogy would really be more like backing up a ratty old sling with another ratty old sling that I had no real use for. Can't speak for you, of course.
Here's hopin' that you draw the line in the right place. :-)
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2014 - 08:09pm PT
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SUNNYBEACHES!
CMAC picked this thread for his SUPERTOPO CLIMBING NEWS weekly roundup of best picks.
Ladies, and Gentlemen, and the rest of you folks!
I am truly honored!
Life goes on with the upside-down boulder.
The nearby minor earthquakes came after the rollover, and haven't moved it, or anything else on the ranchette.
I consulted the Inukshuks on the subject, but they are silent.
I need to hose that boulder down and climb it in a few spots, now that it appears to be staying put-----for a while.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Apr 16, 2014 - 08:55pm PT
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Fritz, Yay. You made the news bulletin.
Hey, Maybe you can file a claim with FEMA and they'll tip it back up for you?
OOO! Another idea. We could have a pre-geeserfest meet on Saturday & Sunday at your place. It would be like Woodstock, only with Pinot Noir instead of LSD. Hope you don't mind if we all use the toilet in the house. We could get 3 or 4 TRs on Rocky Point (how many of those are there in Idaho now?) and do a bouldering comp on the tip-over. Since I'm like the youngest of the geezers I'm sure to win. Oh wait, I forgot about Donini. Never mind.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 16, 2014 - 11:07pm PT
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Spider! Heidi and I are OK with the pre COR meeting for those coming from the west.
We do actually have two flush toilets, but we also have 5 acres to have outside pee in.
Lots of lawn for camping, but only a little rock.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Apr 16, 2014 - 11:44pm PT
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Fritz...Quit dicking around...Get out...Leave...That was just a taste of what's to come when Borah unleashes her furry....How's the cats..?
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MH2
climber
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:25am PT
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Your boulder would look good next to that one in Africa that slid down a muddy hillside, but too bad the Smithsonian Center for Short-Lived Phenomena is gone.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:28am PT
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Of course he chose your Topic for inclusion in the newsletter:
The grounds of your "ranchette" remind one of San Simeon on the California central coast!
"All climbers live in vans," right?
"All rich folk put out Greek statuary on their lawns," right?
"All boulders run to the sea," right?
"All old climbers are over the hill," right?
"Rong is always right," right? (Sorry, just had to...)
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mountain
Trad climber
Paris France'
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Apr 17, 2014 - 04:47am PT
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Wondering ..!! no one under !!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 10:35am PT
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Thank you again to all you posteurs for your advice and or sympathy.
Re. Mountains comment: Wondering ..!! no one under !!
The only possibly missing being in the area is a well known on ST Rubber Chicken, that may have caused the rollover doing agressive beaking on the boulder.
Mouse! San Simeon eh. Snort!
This place does have its moments
When the wind isn't blowing hard, full of dust, or nearby fires aren't threatening.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Apr 19, 2014 - 10:01am PT
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Yes, it does have it's moments.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 19, 2014 - 10:07am PT
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Hearst's mama called San Simeon "roughing it."
You guys are toughing it out with the calamities here lately up there.
I hope your wine cellar is up to the troubles...
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