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jfailing
Trad climber
part Texas, part Oman
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Taken a few trips to Oman recently - there are epic dirt roads there...
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 11, 2015 - 02:08am PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 11, 2015 - 09:04am PT
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DMT, i think your first image, just above the engine nacelle, is looking from good hope mesa downstream past the tapestry cliffs to hall's creek bay. water is low enough there that the ferry service has been suspended between hall's crossing and bullfrog.
second image shows more of water pocket fold/grand gulch. the burr trail crawls out of there to the west, about where the relief allows.
in the distance is navajo mountain and across the gap to the north the eastern escarpment of the kaiparowits plateau, labeled fifty mile bench and the straight cliffs. welcome to (keyword) grand staircase ... should lead to some geologic cross sections to reveal the faulting.
right side up map in all it's glory here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Lake_Powell_Map.jpg
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 11, 2015 - 09:07am PT
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1985, the road to the Bugs (then a dirt road...)
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 11, 2015 - 09:07am PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2015 - 10:38am PT
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DMT! Nice shots of the sweet spots! I would probably shy away from too too many distinct explanations, other than to say that the incredible tectonic stability of the CO Plateau predisposes the place to those fine erosional forms. Laramide-ish compression drove up the single finest string of domes of sedimentary rock that I intimately know. Also, the emplacement laccolithic mountain ranges, coupled with salt tectonism drive this fine place to be just what it is.
Digging your roads, Dr. H.
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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Jul 12, 2015 - 11:15am PT
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Jul 12, 2015 - 01:03pm PT
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The corral hollow trail off hwy. 4 , western sierra...
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 15, 2015 - 04:45am PT
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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Jul 15, 2015 - 10:33am PT
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"Moab II" Oil on Canvas 24"x24"
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jul 15, 2015 - 11:43am PT
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Levy in the lead vehicle.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jul 20, 2015 - 08:31pm PT
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Jul 20, 2015 - 09:39pm PT
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Beside an Afrikaner dirt road
A leaf covered dirt road in the woods of West Vancouver
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hooblie
climber
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Jul 21, 2015 - 07:28pm PT
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hooblie
climber
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Jul 24, 2015 - 08:25pm PT
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o-man
Social climber
Paia,Maui,HI
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Aug 10, 2015 - 09:05pm PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Aug 11, 2015 - 02:37am PT
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