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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:11am PT
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Nice shots Ed and Cowboy!
Here is Erosion Central, AKA Death Valley, Saturday from the top of
Corkscrew Pk. Man, was that a hump and a half! It didn't help that
I didn't do quite enough route research. When the slot canyon steps
started getting 5th class the protestations from the peanut gallery
got me to thinking, not always a good thing for me. In this case it
was as I found a way out of the canyon and up onto the correct ridge.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:23am PT
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Erosion is the coolest thing ever.
No Bout Adoubt it.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:25am PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:30am PT
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Well, Survival, if you won't I will. Nice shot of El Moro.
And this was erosion in action in Death Valley yesterday!
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:38am PT
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Good job Reilly! So few people could pick the place out of a crime line-up, I'm impressed! I lived in Ramah as a kid, and go back every chance I get.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 12, 2015 - 11:58am PT
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Ed, reference your question above, it looks near Ghost Ranch/Abiquiu NM to me.
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thebravecowboy
climber
just banana-jam it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2015 - 12:19pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 12, 2015 - 10:21pm PT
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Erosion bump!!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 13, 2015 - 12:08am PT
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hey there say, the bravecowboy... wow, again... this is great stuff here...
thanks all, for sharing... :)
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Jan 13, 2015 - 04:54am PT
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Great Thread
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 13, 2015 - 06:37am PT
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jan 13, 2015 - 07:48am PT
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puzzle up on this ... fewer tourists than the one arizona, but similar scalefrom wikipedia:
One dominant theory holds that the canyon is a remnant of an ancient outlet of the Colorado River which existed before the Gulf of California opened up about 7.9 million years ago. Others believe it may represent the remnant outlet of a river draining the Central Valley, perhaps by way of the Los Angeles Basin. The canyon has moved north to its current location by the action of the San Andreas Fault and would have been approximately where Santa Barbara is located when both the San Andreas Fault and the Gulf of California came into being. Similar undersea canyons exist at the mouths of other large rivers around the world today, for instance, the Hudson River Canyon. As no major river lies at the head of Monterey Canyon today, it is surmised that it may have come into being when such a river did so in the past. The clues to its ancient origins lie somewhere at the base of the canyon in a huge sedimentary bed called the Monterey Fan. This fan appears to be far too massive to have accumulated from modern coastal streams. Research including core sampling is ongoing. Thus far, only "recent" sedimentary cores have been obtained. The oldest cores lie deeply buried, and remain to be probed.
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thebravecowboy
climber
just banana-jam it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2015 - 11:41am PT
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^^might be good to have a look for some of those distinctive radiolarians that indicate the earliest presence of the CO River in the Baja (Fukk Kortezz) Sea.
Nice shares, folks!
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thebravecowboy
climber
just banana-jam it
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 13, 2015 - 05:18pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 13, 2015 - 08:09pm PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 13, 2015 - 11:39pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 14, 2015 - 08:26am PT
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thebravecowboy
climber
just banana-jam it
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2015 - 04:18pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Dante's View, Death Valley
Matthes' Crest
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thebravecowboy
climber
just banana-jam it
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2015 - 04:50pm PT
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