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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jan 29, 2013 - 07:42pm PT
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Who is in that picture Reilly? Looks a lot like my old friend Dave Atkinson on one of his English (well, Wessh) sea cliffs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 29, 2013 - 07:54pm PT
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It's Alan Pettit of Gargunnock, a wee village near Sterling.
He was your typical nameless Scot* with stacks of experience in the Alps and,
duh, Scotland. We did Slesse, the Grand Tour de Bugs, Cottonwood Cyn,
some place near Modesto, etc. Then his wife flew out and they hired a car
and drove to Death Valley, in August. Yeah, he knew it was stoopid.
So they're literally the only guests, save one, at the fancy lodge there
(it isn't open in the summer now) and having G&T's under a brolly by the
pool watching the other guest do bloody laps in the near boiling pool. After
X laps he gets out and walks up to them and in broad Scots intones,
"Well, if it isn't Alan Pettit of Garrrrgunnock!"
They'd been mates in the U of Glasgow Climbing Club and hadn't set eyes
for yonks!
Oh, yeah, the climb is some heap called Dream of White Horses. Don't let
the sun fool ya - it was nearly the middle of November! But it wasn't
pissing and we're Scots and Irish; it's all good! Yeah, the Ben hadn't
come in yet so it was off to Wales.
*As I recall his French name goes back to the load of frogs Mary brought
back from France.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2013 - 12:34pm PT
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Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme
And the rhythm of the sea
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allapah
climber
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Feb 10, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Feb 13, 2013 - 01:58am PT
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2013 - 01:24am PT
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Apr 18, 2013 - 06:02pm PT
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 18, 2013 - 10:07pm PT
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Thanks, crunch.
From approximately the same time (mid-70s)
Skye
South France
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Oct 14, 2013 - 11:35am PT
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That's cool gf, the stone looks really neat!
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Oct 14, 2013 - 03:44pm PT
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Can't climb on it, but one never gets tired of looking at it.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2013 - 12:36am PT
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I like the photos but is there really enough water to go all the way to Oregon, let alone Taiwan?
It was a relief to find the local sea still there but the sun was disappearing Taiwan-ward.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Oct 15, 2013 - 10:09am PT
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Backatcha, my friend.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 15, 2013 - 11:15am PT
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Dry as dry can be in the PNW, Bruce. Threatened by a stalk of grass, though. Good thing Ondrej and Mook were out there, too.
I'm okay with the sun going West. That happens every day. It's that damn trip South that makes the Northern parts of the Traverse tricky for old fingers this time of year.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 3, 2013 - 11:33pm PT
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On my way in I met 3 guys on their way out.
Down by the water I noticed...
Above
Same hold
They did not have pads.
On the walk-off above the problem
Nice evening
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2013 - 11:04am PT
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He was "in the house."
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Considering all the times I've been huffed at by sea lions there in thye summer, a great white would not be out of place.
An orca would probably make a great crashpad
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2013 - 07:47pm PT
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Oh for an app that would alert me, if I had a cell phone. If there was an app. Grey whale, orca, dolphin, great white, or Chilean submarine.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2013 - 11:04am PT
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One was a local photographer/climber, one was a face that seemed familiar from photos but whose name I couldn't be sure of, and Will.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2014 - 10:59pm PT
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Otters make me happy.
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MH2
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2014 - 11:55pm PT
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Good, gf. We need establishing shots, too.
Whatever they are?
edit:
An establishing shot in filmmaking and television production sets up, or establishes the context for a scene by showing the relationship between its important figures and objects. It is generally a long- or extreme-long shot at the beginning of a scene indicating where, and sometimes when, the remainder of the scene takes place.
Well. Maybe it is a little late in the thread for the establishing shot. Still a good picture of our environs, today.
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