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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Oct 23, 2014 - 09:21am PT
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^^^^
That's amazingly beautiful!
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Oct 23, 2014 - 10:29am PT
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^^^ +1 Yes yes yes!
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Oct 23, 2014 - 10:45am PT
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Always good stuff from you Ed. Thanks!
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Oct 23, 2014 - 11:36am PT
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Stunning picture (China BTW). Like how the helmet matches the leaves. What a cute little buttress by the road.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Oct 23, 2014 - 02:36pm PT
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Granite is a big word in geology. What most of us call plain old granite actually has a more precise name, depending on percentage of mineral constituents.
"Granitoid" rocks come in a nigh endless number of flavors. Too bad Brian Law doesn't post here. Igneous rocks were his thing. I work with sedimentary rocks. So don't ask me to do it.
The rock which I see incorrectly identified, lately, is quartzite, a metamorphosed sandstone.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Oct 23, 2014 - 06:05pm PT
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The granite of Val Bregaglia on the Swiss Italian border is accessible via a Seilbahn from Vicososprano, Switzwerland. It has a broad range of alpine, multi-pitch climbs on excellent granite. You can stay at the Albigna hut where you can get an excellent meal and a bunk to sleep on. This area is only about 10 km away from the trailhead to the Sasc Fura Hut and the Piz Badile.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Oct 23, 2014 - 08:29pm PT
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Mother good one Doc H.
Why do iPhones persist in changing what you type? I said nother not mother,
Let it be.
Don't take anything for granite,
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Oct 23, 2014 - 09:30pm PT
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Oct 23, 2014 - 09:41pm PT
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Apple mind is not aimed for climbers, Z
the Swiss Have great granite
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 24, 2014 - 01:37am PT
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Vedauwoo, the world's premier, granite.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Oct 24, 2014 - 12:17pm PT
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plutonic = intrusive
volcanic = extrusive
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Pajamas
climber
Wilderness, Home
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Oct 24, 2014 - 02:55pm PT
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Oct 24, 2014 - 05:01pm PT
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Coast Plutonic Complex
largest exposed granite body in the world
too many unclimbed walls to name or count let alone climb
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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Oct 24, 2014 - 06:20pm PT
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Oct 24, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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Excellent photo jgill!
Granitic.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 24, 2014 - 06:38pm PT
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hey there, say, ed! love this granit, stuff!!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Oct 24, 2014 - 06:48pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Oct 24, 2014 - 08:13pm PT
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Someone mentioned granite aficionado Brian Law up thread. He took me to see these Ladder Dikes in Cathedral Peak granodiorite.
LADDER DIKES, CRAZY GEOCHEMISTRY, AND LIQUID IMMISCIBILITY(?) IN OTHERWISE SANE GRANODIORITES
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012CD/finalprogram/abstract_201686.htm
Exfoliation Dome, Darrington, Washington
Castle Crags, Mt Hubris, Cosmic Wall
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