Trip Report
60th Birthday SDIAD celebration TR
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Wednesday May 9, 2012 8:53pm
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tuolumne_tradster
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About the Author
tuolumne_tradster is a trad climber from the leading edge of the North American Plate |
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 10, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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verah nice and I swear, you don't look a day older than 59.
EDIT: kept thinking about those photos. couldn't choose amongst them if I had to. all +++++
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michaeld
climber
Beta Sprayer at your Gym
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Amazing last picture... Nice TR!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Welcome to the ranks of the plus 60's crushers. In 15 months I'll be putting together a 70's brigade....sigh!
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Nice work guys !
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Way to go Vic. A great long day. I like the sea of clouds from Half Dome photo.
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WBraun
climber
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I love the "Summit surrounded by clouds" photo ......
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Proud day in the hills gents. Way to keep the knees moving and the camera shutter clicking. Sound like a great day in the company of good friends. That last photo is a rare sight. Thanks for sharing. Did yall lug an SLR up there or are those shots on a point and shoot? Nice color.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Author's Reply
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May 9, 2012 - 11:44pm PT
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I didn't lug my SLR. Used my Canon point & shoot on Auto setting. All photos post processed using Photomatix.
Thanks everyone for the positive vibes.
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RyanD
climber
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May 10, 2012 - 12:08am PT
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Beautiful photos, looks like a very memorable day. The one of the summit with the bed of clouds below is spectacular. Thanks for sharing.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 12:23am PT
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"Summit surrounded by clouds" and "Sea of clouds" - both incredible, as if the formation itself were floating somewhere off-planet and weightless. What a killer TR.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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May 10, 2012 - 12:26am PT
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Classic!
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FBaker
Trad climber
Concord, Ca
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May 10, 2012 - 12:30am PT
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Had a great time! Nice trip report. Happy B-day.
[photoid=247441]
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FBaker
Trad climber
Concord, Ca
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May 10, 2012 - 12:32am PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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May 10, 2012 - 12:35am PT
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Those cloud pictures are amazing man! I've never seen it quite like that personally. SUPER!!!
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 12:38am PT
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So that's what Heaven looks like!
Well done guys! Amazing photos!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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May 10, 2012 - 02:50am PT
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Outstanding, thank you for posting up. I am taking my 11 year old son up Snake Dike in two weeks, I'll have to show him this when i get home from the fire station tomorrow.
The last time I did SD was 1984, how is the trail from Lost Lake to start?
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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May 10, 2012 - 03:03am PT
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Good on you guys - my 60th is coming up in August and have been toying with the idea of the Diamond, but we'll have to see how the training goes...
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bergbryce
climber
East Bay, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 03:09am PT
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Nice dude, like it!
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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May 10, 2012 - 08:53am PT
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Excellent pictures.
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Dos XX
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 09:37am PT
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Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing a bit of it :-)
Your photos got me stoked for Snake Dike -- I'll be introducing it to a couple of my kids next week.
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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May 10, 2012 - 09:54am PT
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Stellar trip report.
Awesome pictures.
Welcome to the over 60 climbing club!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Author's Reply
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May 10, 2012 - 10:07am PT
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Batrock: here's what the Lost Lake area looks like...
and here are the cables...
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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May 10, 2012 - 10:29am PT
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Very cool TR, more about the overall visual experience then anything techicnal. I'll join in the chorus for the clouds and summit pics and for some reason the Mist Trail steps shot grabbed me. Chapeau gentlemen!!
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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May 10, 2012 - 11:37am PT
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Very nice,
no better way to spend your Birthday!!!!
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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May 10, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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those pictures are incredible!
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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May 10, 2012 - 02:50pm PT
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Great pictures, especially the summit clouds. Happy birthday.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 02:57pm PT
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wicked!
and yeah- wait- hand jammies?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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May 10, 2012 - 05:04pm PT
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TFPUAC - a nice report, and kewl summit photos!
What does "SNIAD" stand for?
edit: Thanks For Posting Up About Climbing. Nothing to do with "TwoPack".
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Starman
Trad climber
Sterling, MA
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May 10, 2012 - 04:06pm PT
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eKat,
I'm guessing "thanks for posting up about climbing"...
Great stuff, lads! Wish it were me and mine... (Well, the "60" part can wait lol)
Steve
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zBrown
Ice climber
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May 10, 2012 - 04:57pm PT
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Bump for this should get greater attention than it's getting.
TFPUAC -> I think it's Samoan.
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OldEric
Trad climber
Westboro, MA
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May 10, 2012 - 05:21pm PT
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Great pics.
I soloed it on my 35th b-day. That was 27 years ago. Getting to be time for a repeat.
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ec
climber
ca
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May 10, 2012 - 06:07pm PT
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Nice post.
WTH is McConachie wearing handjammies for?
 ec
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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May 10, 2012 - 06:08pm PT
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Good job! Happy Birthday!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Author's Reply
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May 10, 2012 - 08:29pm PT
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Mighty Hiker: whoops...I meant...SDIAD = Snake Dike in a day.
Thanks Sheepdog!
McC wears the jammies to protect his delicate hands from intense photons at high altitude...he's saving them for ice climbing.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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May 10, 2012 - 07:13pm PT
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Thanks for putting you pics where they belong in a TR!
They'll get a lot more view over time than in some thread that will get buried soon.
I'll repeat:
The clouds shots with the shoulder and especially the visor rising above are magnificent.
The mist trail steps also moved me. Some cool old school trail building evident there.
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sheepdog
Trad climber
just over the hill
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May 10, 2012 - 07:40pm PT
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SDIAD, SNIAD, Aw give 'im a break, the old guy's over 60. Hey Vic great to see you getting out there! Happy birthday, John
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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May 10, 2012 - 07:45pm PT
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Happy B-Day and congrats on getting out there and having a great adventure.
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ec
climber
ca
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May 10, 2012 - 08:20pm PT
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Yeah, I survived plenty of McC ice salvos. You make it sound as if he's climbing gloveless. Bad Ass...LOL
ec
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50
climber
Stumptown
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May 11, 2012 - 12:43am PT
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Happy Birthday, Vic! Way to go on SDIAD and great photos.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Author's Reply
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May 11, 2012 - 12:54am PT
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Thanks Eric. Wish you could have joined us.
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BMcC
Trad climber
Livermore
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May 11, 2012 - 03:28am PT
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Nice TR, Vic.
Fun times climbing (and hiking and hiking and hiking) with Frank and the birthday boy, tuolumne_tradster!
A few more pics from the hiking...
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Les
Trad climber
Bahston
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May 11, 2012 - 08:44am PT
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Beautiful.
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BMcC
Trad climber
Livermore
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May 11, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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Malemute, EC, and Snowhazed --
Virtually every time I'm out climbing, I get asked about the hand jammies; some of those who don't ask, stare and smirk.
Tuolumne_Tradster has it right: "McC wears the jammies to protect his delicate hands from intense photons at high altitude...he's saving them for ice climbing."
Despite using various sunscreen products during my several decades on the planet, my hands have received lots and lots of that nasty, nasty skin-cancer-causing radiation (UV) from years of surfing, beach life guard employment, swimming, sailing, some fishing, cycling, hiking, and climbing. Yard work, too. For my climbing, the hand jammies provide higher SPF without the greasy feel and need for reapplication...
EC - as of the last several years, instead of climbing ice with leashes, wearing mitts, and slipping a bare hand out for placing screws and clipping draws, I have gone mostly leashless and to wearing relatively thin windstopper fleece gloves... or, when the temps are mild, light leather gloves. Oh yeah, partners beware!! I can, and still do sometimes, knock off huge chunks of ice.
Cheers!
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ec
climber
ca
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May 11, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
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Bill,
Didn't realize you'd taken the big UV hit. It just seemed weird to have you wearing those on a route where the crack is on the first lead and that part is easy.
Too bad we didn't have those on Nowhere to Run, but I think they woulda been too thick for that 1-1.25" crack. Brutal size.
ec
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roy
Social climber
NZ -> SB,CA -> Zurich
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May 11, 2012 - 02:36pm PT
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A great trip and a great trip report.
Cheers, Roy
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Fletcher
Boulder climber
Institute of Better Bouldering-DirtbagDad Division
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May 11, 2012 - 02:39pm PT
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Superb! Thanks for the awesome share. Agree this captures the spirit of the trip in an nicely ethereal way.
My b-day Just a week or so past yours. Will have to do this meself one day for a celebration.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Eric
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BMcC
Trad climber
Livermore
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May 11, 2012 - 02:52pm PT
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EC -
No really big hits, yet. Regular trips to the skin doc for inspection and the occasional application of liquid nitrogen. My skin (I think) is no where near and won't ever get as bad as this guy's, but I have never really been into lying around in the sun:
As I remember the route, I could barely get my rather thick fingers into much of the crack on Nowhere to Run. It was PDH (pretty damn hard). You've always had a great eye for picking and putting up new routes!
Bill
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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May 11, 2012 - 04:16pm PT
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gotta go with Chris Mac. I don't know that I've ever seen that kind of clouds shots under Half Dome's summit. Awesome!
Good point about the hand jammies. I apply face, neck, ears, butt cheeks, but always forget the back of the hands.
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Zoo
climber
Fremont, CA
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May 11, 2012 - 06:32pm PT
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inspiring report. Love the pics.
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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May 12, 2012 - 11:35am PT
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Phenomenal!
What a great day out. I really need to get up there.
Rick
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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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May 12, 2012 - 11:58am PT
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Great way to send/spend your birthday! TFPU.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
On the road.
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May 12, 2012 - 12:41pm PT
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So Freakin' Cool!
Awesome photos!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
Boise, ID
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Apr 17, 2013 - 08:20am PT
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HOW did I miss this TR? I must've not been around, or some such.
Super TR, with transcendent pics.
BMcC captured the endless slabs at the end quite well, too.
Woot!
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Apr 17, 2013 - 08:46am PT
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Missed it too, great photos.....and happy 61st b-day coming up! Thanks for posting and the friendly bump.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Apr 17, 2013 - 08:58am PT
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Me three!
Great shots! Happy belated birthday!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Apr 17, 2013 - 10:30am PT
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Well done young man.....stunning photos!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Author's Reply
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Apr 17, 2013 - 10:23pm PT
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Thanks all...appreciate the good vibes.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Wyoming
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Apr 18, 2013 - 12:57am PT
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Yeah. Some really good images. Thanks much.
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Nohea
Trad climber
Living Outside the Statist Quo
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Apr 18, 2013 - 03:27am PT
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Beautiful TR, and big upps for haring such a fun SDIAD time with us.
A big whooot!
Aloha,
Will
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Johnny K.
climber
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Jul 16, 2013 - 07:11pm PT
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up
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Blakey
Trad climber
Sierra Vista
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Nov 12, 2013 - 11:55am PT
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Great climb, great photos great tale,
Steve
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dkny
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Nov 12, 2013 - 11:57am PT
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Beautiful photos!
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