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MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2013 - 07:47pm PT
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.
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2013 - 11:04am PT
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.
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2014 - 10:59pm PT
Otters make me happy.
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 5, 2014 - 11:55pm PT
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.
Oplopanax

Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Jan 6, 2014 - 03:50pm PT
I was soloing around at Copper Cove once when I heard some noises, yipping or like that, coming from by the water.

Peeked over an overhang just above the tide line to see Mama Otter and her brood, four of them.

Mama had a big ling cod, like a 15-pounder.

Well, the otters' jaws went snicker-snack and that ling cod was gone in like, 5 bites, man. Max.
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 6, 2014 - 09:02pm PT
I always scan for otters, among other things. Though I haven't managed to be out there when orcas are spy-hopping, I did see The Creature from the Black Lagoon going by.








The rare times I'm not out there will be covered by these babies.



Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jan 6, 2014 - 09:09pm PT
It's got to be a fluke!
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2014 - 12:07am PT
^

That's because

For De Mille young fur-henchman can't be rowing.



(sorry, Mr. Pynchon)
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 3, 2014 - 11:56am PT
...and some just clap their hands, or paws, or whatever they got, now


...and the otter hasn't got much to say







Thanks, Greg.
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 9, 2014 - 07:58pm PT
This ship has a fairy godmother.


MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2014 - 06:17pm PT
MH2

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2014 - 09:25pm PT
Yep. Notable resemblance, Jim.


RyanD

climber
Squamish
Dec 5, 2014 - 10:01pm PT
Classic!
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 07:21am PT
WHOOO! Climbers in sunshine on warm rock in February, by the Salish Sea.

JB was kind enough to send me a notice but I was out walking our dog and talking the usual photos.

Thanks for the red, Phil.


MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 07:42pm PT
a fair bit of life intervened


Life is what happens when you aren't on The Traverse.

(Might need to work on that idea.)




Chalked pawprint of true alpinists?





Tami reference?


MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2015 - 09:00pm PT
Exactly what was bothering me.
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2015 - 06:05am PT
There is a painted driftwood critter which may have been intended as a seahorse but looks like a rat to me. It showed up one day. I once reunited the tail with the body and re-hung it but have no info on where it came from.

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=724921&tn=444
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2015 - 08:44pm PT
On Sunday the traverse saw a rare constellation of visitors.

On Monday your reporter went down to have a look and came away impressed by the cool wet conditions, after the weather forecast had called for better.

Today I was back and it was warmer and drier. I made an addition of dubious value to the image library:




Then, since the sun had not quite set and I was waiting for that, I left the camera behind and did the north side. On the return leg I paused on the easy part and watched the gold and lilac colours of the sun's path on the waves. Just as I was thinking, "this is what I love most about this place," I saw something:

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=724921&tn=0#msg724921




MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 18, 2015 - 06:54am PT
It might have been a porpoise. The dorsal fin had a definite arch, though. Never saw the head, just the back rolling out of and back into the water at 20 to 50 foot intervals as it went by in the direction of Vancouver. There seemed to be just the one, and it kept to the same heading as long as I saw it.
MH2

Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2015 - 08:48pm PT
close enough

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