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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Nov 22, 2014 - 10:52am PT
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 22, 2014 - 11:09am PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Nov 22, 2014 - 05:21pm PT
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For a second there mouse I thought you had taken a photo from the same spot...thanks for lightening it up.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 23, 2014 - 05:52am PT
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Hey, dome mention it.
It looks like a bad case of dandruff on the old gal. But scenic dandruff. I'd forgotten how it looks up there. Thanks for the pict.
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Bad Climber
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Nov 23, 2014 - 06:47am PT
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Great, great thread! One hellofa rock. One pic up thread features the only two grade VI's I've done--West Face of El Cap and NWFHD. Neat.
BAd
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Nov 23, 2014 - 09:42am PT
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Nov 25, 2014 - 07:19pm PT
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From the Nature Conservancy and worth sharing:
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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This shows the peaks of the Sierra Nevada from appr. Slide Mtn. on south to Tioga Pass.
Mt. Conness, I confess, is the only one that I have scaled.
This last shot appears to have been taken while over (approximate) Peregoy Meadow;
or maybe Bridal Veil CG, along the road to Glacier Point.
This series is owned by Jay, who was operating as Merced Tours but no longer.
These are the actual size of each of these prints.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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@ tuolumne_tradster
I Slept a night in that shelter once. woot!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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The story behind that pic is that it was a planned bivy after climbing Snake Dike BITD (~ late 1970s). The objective was to embrace the cosmos while achieving an inner peace in unimaginable surroundings enhanced by edible magic fungi (aka shrooms). As the sun was setting, a hand-shaped ice cloud appeared that reflected the sun's rays exhibiting pastel colors (see photo below). The index finger of the ice cloud hand appeared to be pointing right at the summit of half dome. Naturally we assumed this was a signal to us that a close encounter of some kind was to take place that evening. Instead the clouds moved in, the wind picked up and we froze our asses off in those bivy sacks. We got up early the next morning and got the hell out of there.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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T_Tradster, good story. Amazing that you didn't get precip from the looks of that first pic.
QITNL, killing it as always with the top-shelf photos. Shame that it was the last post on the page. Okay if I repost?
Edit: where did you bivy the night you took this pic, Joe?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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I forgot about this thread! Let's see if I can dig up some more good ones...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nut Again! and again ad infinity.
Those really rock!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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NutAgain: you posted some incredible shots!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Short clip of Diving Board from where "Monolith" was shot by Ansel Admans.[Click to View YouTube Video]Classical piano in new "Abounds Sound."
Definitely check out the offering at the end, about AA's "Moonrise."
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Outstanding short video clip! The music really fits with it and adds a nice ambiance. It's also cool to see actual motion from the olden days, to see how people climbed, how they used casual belays when it got a little technical (but not too much).
It's more exposed feeling than it seems from pictures to be on the ridgeline of the diving board.
Edit: And thanks for appreciating my photos. They serve me well as mental vacations nowadays when I don't have as much time as I'd like for doing stuff like that.
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