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  Winter Climbing
  ice • • David Harris  

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  Single digits f yesterday with gale force winds. Nasty. had to put the battery in my mouth to get this shot comming out of the cave... Too cold for Isa to climb so I had to revert to winter hiking...
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  Reply Doug Scott, Legendary British Alpinist Passes
  in memoriam • • johntp  

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  Think positive.. test negative...
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  So long Hamish
  • David Harris  

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  My condolences to his family & many friends. My life is poorer for having never met him, although I did enjoy some good stories about him, from British climber, photographer, author John Cleare, back in the mid-1970's.
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  New Routing
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  Crappy winter so far. a few spattering's of snow and some ice up on Mt washington but nowheres else... and we are not allowed to go to NH from VT. lots of rain the last few days. getting colder now so possibby some real ice locally in 10 days????
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  Pictures of Friends Climbing
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  Andy Tuthill belaying on the Last Gentleman.
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  Indian Creek Home for the Aged and Infirm
  indian creek • • Scole  

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  its in the bridger jacks. 10b cracks but they are not super straight splitters. more of a zig zag and some intermittent holds. Then a short bolt ladder to a summit.
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  History of Rock Climbing
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  I came accross this very cool blog about clean climbing at the gunks. great read! The ‘Gunks of Yore: The Clean Climbing Revolution (1966-1974)
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  This topic is deleted!
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  Are you a real climber? Or a gaper?
  • David Harris  

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  We were gapers because we were heads deep in the guide book bumbling around trying to find someone elses climbs VS launching into the unknown and hucking huge blocks into the void
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  Peak Bagging
  alpine • • NickG  

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  @NickG said in Peak Bagging: the white stuff must have been because of our proximity to Canada. Hmmm... Here's part of my (Canadian) back yard this fine November morning. No white stuff here.
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  Toby Trippin' - City of Rocks MP Gathering
  access city of rocks • • toby  

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  Hey! It was nice to meet you, and the others! Sorry you weren't feeling well. If you want out on some rock sometime, just let me know, eh? Happy to give you a catch, anytime. Helen
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  Lake Willoughby, VT
  first ascent • • NickG  

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  @NickG The beat goes on! Keep after it.
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  A climbing video that is actually worth watching
  • David Harris  

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  Go to YouTube. Search for climbing videos. You will be rewarded with thousands. Almost all of which will either bore you to sleep or make you want to vomit. But here's one from the Wide Boyz that had me laughing. In a good way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQWHvDvtMFs And, for whatever it's worth, here's the first ascent of that route by Adam Ondra. A crazy good climber, but the video is the usual "why the fuck am I watching this" p.o.s. that is so normal for climbing videos now.
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  Scout Hill Park
  first ascent bouldering • • David Harris  

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  @David-Harris - looks fun! I like the traversing stuff
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  Sister Wives: A tale of climbing in Utah
  humor • • Scole  

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  @Scole since i’m contributing to the political in another thread, figured i should take a sec and let you know how appreciative this reader has been for all of the stories you’ve contributed to this board... keep on keepin on, por favor.
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  Idaho Tragedy: Classic Summits Fall To Earthquakes
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  The Big Baron Spire story finally made it into the mainstream news. This was posted today on Boise's NBC station website. Before and after: Sawtooth rock slide topples mountain-top climbing landmark https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/stanley-sawtooth-earthquake-topples-mountain-top-landmark-baron-spire-smoothie/277-f11a87a6-c21c-4a84-9b43-8ce0f9580c29?ref=exit-recirc
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  Anbody out there actually climb anymore?
  • Scole  

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  Hit the local crag for some boulderin after my photo gig Saturday. It was busy. Top roper on the left is on one of my 5.6ish bouldering routes. Leader is on a pretty classic 8+
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  Patagonia’s Ancient Art
  patagonia • • JD43  

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  @Scole "Tags" can be your friend. Perchance was that how you "discovered" it? I added the "Patagonia" tag a few weeks back after the fact so if so, that may explain it. Enjoy! @LynneLeicht Indubitably. This is one I wish we had a bit more higher resolution on. This kind of stuff was too rich for my blood bitd so I only get to live it vicariously. Rock on!
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  Okay, we can't climb... so what to do?
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  It's summer, the weather is great, but... ...we still can't climb. Yeah, Mari returned from work in the US, and we're both in 14-day quarantine. What we can do is welcome friends to our yard as long as we keep socially distant. So here is a shot of our friend Zoe on our slackline a few days ago. Neither of us can walk it without using the handline above, but Zoe is not only a strong climber, but also a slackliner of some skill. No need of the handline for her.
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  Powell River Area Climbing
  access conservation • • Moose  

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  @john-bald Sweet!