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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 17, 2011 - 10:33pm PT
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It's the feature visible from the Tamarack Flat trail, on the way from Tamarack Flat along the north rim to El Cap. I hiked it in September 2009 after the FaceLift - I wanted to look at the recent fire, which was still burning in areas quite close to the trail up from Foresta to Tamarack. (Tamarack Flat campground was closed.) The photo is from where the trail up from Foresta intersects the trail (old road) coming from Tamarack - you then go slightly downhill for a km or so, then hook left and steeply up. I thought it looked interesting. I have some photos of flames and moonset and stuff, too - a nice day out, though probably 30+ km and about 1200 m elevation.
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MH2
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Jan 17, 2011 - 11:08pm PT
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"Way up there on the obscure scale"
But lower after your post. A metric for obscurity seems self-destructive.
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 17, 2011 - 11:30pm PT
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 17, 2011 - 11:32pm PT
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Hey, it's obscure, eh?
It was rather cool that there was already stuff starting to sprout amongst the ashes, although there hadn't been much rain since the fire, and indeed the fire was still sputtering along not far away.
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Mighty Hiker
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:48am PT
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Another photo from my afternoon amble.
A metric for obscurity seems self-destructive.
Or, as some put it (less poetically), if I told you, I'd have to kill you.
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hoipolloi
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A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
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Jan 18, 2011 - 02:34am PT
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I don't think I have ventured in the the O7 category, but I have some routes in mind that could take me there!
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scuffy b
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Three feet higher
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:08pm PT
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Kevin, I think if we did the approach to Braille Book, you'd be waiting
for me.
I'm not quite to the spring after approaching for an hour.
But from Tamarack, the approach is easy and really aesthetic.
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MH2
climber
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:31pm PT
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From Mighty Hiker:
A metric for obscurity seems self-destructive.
Or, as some put it (less poetically), if I told you, I'd have to kill you.
I love that. A fierce obscurantist.
Going back the other direction:
"What did you climb today?"
"Don't know. Haven't named it yet."
And:
And the Wind seemed to add:
"The dream you dream shall live in your memory, a delight that never will stale; it will be your inspiration in the bitter years to come. But be careful! For what you have gained you have paid in full measure, but it is meant for you only. Keep my precious secrets to yourselves and reveal nothing to anybody."
I, obstinate as I am, have written a book about it.
PoW Camp 336, Gilgil (Kenya) July 1946
No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Felice Benuzzi
2 of the 3 things that Samuel Beckett said we can be sure of:
The inability to communicate
The inability to remain silent
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le_bruce
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Oakland, CA
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Aug 21, 2015 - 11:08am PT
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Bump for the O-scale
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Aug 21, 2015 - 11:47am PT
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My O scale is like the old Nixon timetable for withdrawal from Viet Nam - secret. I will say, however, that there are plenty of obscurities in Yosemite Valley, the knowledge of which few people (other than, most likely Clint and Ed) possess.
Also, the Obscurity factor changes over time. Largo mentioned Dynamo Hum early in this thread. That route used to be popular as an A1 beginner's intro to aid climbing when it was the first pitch of Camp 4 Tree from South Base.
The obscurity factor is also aubjective. My route-mislaying skills can transform something like Schultz's Ridge into a hopeless search for the non-existent, when I was looking for the allegedly 5.7 start to get to the ridge's top.
John
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