Trip Report
2011-02-25 a lazy day in Muir Woods (sorta TR)
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Friday February 25, 2011 8:25pm
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During a break in the storms, we decided to check out a local Berkeley crag up on Grizzly Peak Blvd:
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We were depressed by the condition of the place and the general stupidity that makes people think it's fun to do this:
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But look closely, this is why we decided not to climb:
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It was a a gentle reminder of how mother nature eventually rights herself after the violations of man.
Well, the protection was a little sketchy anyways:
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The weather and the rock was a bit brisk and damp, forecast uncertain in Berkeley:
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So we decided to go to Muir Woods for the day and be shutterbugs:
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I love the smell of bay trees, and often grab a handful when I'm rapping off some Yosemite obscurity and thrashing around nearby. This was just a beautiful emerald carpet whose wonders changed with the shifting clouds and light:
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When I walk around, I enjoy seeing different textures and patterns:
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That's one of many things I share with my lady. She taught me what those "white balance" and "ISO" thingies are on my little digital pocket camera:
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It was a magical trail, such a short amount of walking to separate us from the madding crowds:
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It's hard to be agitated in a place like this. The stately natural rhythm of things finds subconscious resonance with our quiet inner peace:
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We make a little game out of trying to capture the beauty we see all around us, and in those expanded moments of perception the little wonders fill our world:
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And let ourselves become tangled in patterns:
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And we freeze time to savor every delicious drop that rolls off our fingers to dance before our eyes:
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And we cherish the life we live together, not having to choose between doing what we love and being with our love:
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It was a good day. But we're so lucky, it would have been a good day even if we sat around a paint-covered crag amidst shards of glass. Because we're with each other.
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nutjob
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About the Author
nutjob is a climber from Berkeley, CA.
Some people call me the space cowboy yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
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scuffy b
climber
heading slowly NNW
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Feb 25, 2011 - 08:32pm PT
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Looks like a great day.
Here's to many more!
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seneca
climber
jamais, jamais pays
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Feb 25, 2011 - 08:34pm PT
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Scott
I always enjoy your posts, but this one was especially beautiful and nice.
Bob
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Feb 25, 2011 - 08:43pm PT
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Yippee! Friday nature walk.
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Feb 25, 2011 - 08:45pm PT
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Great photos and wonderful prose. Thank you!
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Feb 25, 2011 - 09:49pm PT
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing your walk in the woods.
Hope you don't mind I freshen up my Wallpaper.
...the Spider shot.
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mud
Trad climber
CO
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Feb 25, 2011 - 10:21pm PT
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Great photo's!
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Joe Metz
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Feb 25, 2011 - 10:27pm PT
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Yay!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 25, 2011 - 10:30pm PT
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Thoughtful, with spectacular images, thanks Scott.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Feb 25, 2011 - 10:43pm PT
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Beautiful job man.
Awesome nature detail pics.
Just think, the whole world used to be covered in stuff like that!
They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Feb 26, 2011 - 12:41am PT
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cool surprise! thx
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Feb 26, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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Dig it, NutJob! That's a good TR.
TFPU! I like the owl shots, too. I climbed that rock once, sans owl.
I like it better with.
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Gal
Trad climber
going big air to fakie
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Feb 26, 2011 - 12:51am PT
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What a cool day-VERY pretty-the shots turned out excellent. I really like the ?mushrooms? and the owl!
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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Feb 26, 2011 - 01:25am PT
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beautiful photos! beautiful love...
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Feb 26, 2011 - 01:35am PT
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Muir woods is a great place to spend a foggy rainy day. Thanks for capturing the magic and sharing it with us.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 26, 2011 - 04:02am PT
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hey there say, nutjob... wow, this is really nice reporting... say, but i have to re-read with the pictures....
there is more going on than meets the "words" in this case...
be right back, after the download here... or upload for whatever the ol' computer has to do here for the pics...
*your intro, is what made think i need to get more info here...
:O
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 26, 2011 - 04:14am PT
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hey there say, nutjob....
ohhhhhhhhhhhh my!!!!! awwwwww, the OWL... :)
i love owls.... ohmy... see, i KNEW this was not just a regular (lovely and exciting though they are) climbing trip... :)
say, my mom and i always loved the woods, and i do think, as a kid, i had a field trip to this woods, as well... (may have even gone as an adult, years and years ago, but not sure?) well, i love it...
my daughter, who is not very friendly with me as a buddy, ect, well:
when she was a baby and i carried her in the woods, she'd SING...
it seemed the one thing that was extra special to her, then, and i hope that somehow, someday, it will be sweet to her again...
:)
*well, back i go to see the rest of the pics unfold...
thanks so very much for sharing these woods...
i just talked to my mom, twice this week (a treat, as she lives far from me) and now this is part of my joy, joined into these last two nights....
god bless...
:)
this is an exxtra happy supertopo night, for me, in deed...
:)
*plus, there was a soft "magical" snowfall, just a bit again, that made you feel the quietness of the greatoutdoors, but in a gentle way, as if to unfold the freshness of new thoughts...
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426
climber
☬
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Feb 26, 2011 - 10:09am PT
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Nice fotos yo
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Feb 26, 2011 - 10:37am PT
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Nice pics! Thanks for sharing, you really brought out some of the unique-ness to that area.
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okie
Trad climber
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Feb 26, 2011 - 10:56am PT
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Beautiful. Owls are spirits visiting our world. That's my opinion.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Feb 26, 2011 - 11:08am PT
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thanks for the views. got me to craving a cappucino.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado & Nepal
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Feb 26, 2011 - 11:13am PT
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I haven't been in Muir Woods in 45 years. Thank you so much for bringing it back to me so vividly. I can smell the dampness just looking at your photos.
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J. Werlin
Social climber
Cedaredge, CO
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Feb 26, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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The Turkey Tails were popping. Thanks, the owl was cool.
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susu
climber
East Bay, CA
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Feb 26, 2011 - 01:47pm PT
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Nice thoughts... sounds like you were in another world, a separate reality frame of mind. Enjoying the photos... especially love the owl and how in one picture it looks like a tree stump with a knotted, angry eye. What great cover, except if someone ever climbs its rock.
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Jingy
climber
Random Nobody
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Feb 26, 2011 - 02:30pm PT
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Incredible!!!
An owl.. you spotted an owl.... Sitting still and looking at you... THATS F*#KING COOL!!!
three cheers for the shutterbugs!!!
Really great shots. Love the close ups and the time stretched ones.... Brilliant.
Thanks
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c_vultaggio
Trad climber
new york
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May 25, 2011 - 04:44pm PT
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Nice work - I was out in Muir last year on a rainy day, some great photo ops there...
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