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Prod
Big Wall climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Nice job Tar.
Thanks,
Prod.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 11:02am PT
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Pull down on some tasty crimps today Tom!
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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I certainly will do my best! Heading out the door.....
Now!
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 11:22am PT
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Maybe Jello will tell us something about Shoshone's west wall...
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 11:41am PT
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Well done, Roy! I am in awe.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the territory, this is a notable endurance feat, normally accomplished only by the super fit, and in the balmy, long days of summer. To do it at this time of year, solo, is remarkable,and illustrates that Roy is not only a master of stone, but also of the high alpine!
Rick
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Thanks, Roy - looks like a good bit of fjellrangling! Did you do the trip recently?
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 2, 2008 - 01:20pm PT
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Friday, October 31 2008.
Trick & Treat!!!
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Wow, nice ramblings Roy. I missed this earlier. Truly a magic time to be in the mountains.
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Pewf
climber
nederland
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Bump for a great TR.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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I just went back and read the whole cruise start to finish, to get the full flavor.
What a staggering amount of walking, climbing, scrambling and keepin'-it-together you did.
And taking great pictures the whole way, making a story with no gaps while daylight lasted.
cheers,
L
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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sweet blind baby jesus, tar - you bring tears to me homesick eyes sometimes with these, and this would be one o' dem times...
word...
-t
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Really nice Roy! That is my favorite area in the Indian Peaks. I've been up Lone Eagle 2x but never the Fair Glacier. I'd like to do the Glacier to Iriquois. I've been back in the cirque 4x and 3 of those 4x I've seen moose. Great job. Happy to see this TR!
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Beatrix Kiddo
Mountain climber
Littleton
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Wait. . is Jello Jeff Lowe? I hope he does post something about the Lowe Route! Stich and I set out to find it one day and had zero luck.
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Thanks Tar for the great report. I love long days in the mountains. What a stellar trip.
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2008 - 06:16pm PT
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Y'all are quite welcome!
Since this thread is retaining a little interest,
There's a little postscript to Chiloe's statement:
"And taking great pictures the whole way, making a story with no gaps while daylight lasted."
It is the "while daylight lasted" bit that gets me...
Because, as I was unstrapping my crampons on the Isabelle glacier, I looked to the south and in my rush, failing to take a photograph but my no means losing notice, I saw this gorgeous glow over Navajo Peak.
You know, that sort of sky depicted in a Roger Dean painting, a silhouette landscape revealed only by a thin halo of airbrushed aqua sky, then above that a thick mantle of red, then blackness.
I had other things on my mind preempting investment in photographs; like getting back to my wife.
You see, on another one of these "Supertramps", last year into the southern margin of Rocky Mountain National Park, I was out for 15 hours, putting my ragged butt home by 10 p.m.
Lisa had then been expecting me by seven or eight, had been worried understandably, and began to make the calls...
So this time for Apache, I left the following map with notes giving her a clue as to expected times with a three-hour buffer. As I collapsed last Friday on the summit of Apache, I reached into my pack and was able to get a cell phone call out just before the battery died, wherein I let Lisa know that I was on top at 5:20. The revised numbers with circles are hers:
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Stitch_Buster
Social climber
Nederland, CO
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Yeah, that's cool Tar. I made two cell calls from Lone Eagle as well to my honey. She appreciated it for sure.
Oh, but you knew that since we share two brains. Duh-oh.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Lisa had then been expecting me by seven or eight, had been worried understandably,
and began to make the calls...
Back before cell phones, back when I still did 18-hour mountain days, three friends and
I topped out on some hard-to-reach part of the Divide around sunset, and got back
to Boulder past midnight. Leslie was already calling other friends, asking how
worried should she be. A cell call from me woulda been nice.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2008 - 07:09pm PT
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Heck, cell phones often don't even work IN Boulder, much less from the summit of some faraway peak; but sometimes the straight shot to a tower is of benefit so this time I told her I would try for a call when I topped out.
Next time I'm calling ahead for a trailhead gurney and pizza too!!!
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Great, great trip Tar!
When ever I open a thread and see your distinctive map I know I'm in good hands.
Just beautiful pictures. As I read I got colder and colder. Had to put on a few layers. Might need to bivy here in the office.
Thanks,
Zander
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