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I can't decide which I'm looking forward to seeing more... - the picture (it better be good with all this effort going into it! :wink: ) or - the "making of the picture" pictures. :D :D :D :lol: We should call Discovery Network and make a show out of it :lol: anyone here works in the show...

Couple of pix I have on file, if it helps .. http://i46.tinypic.com/o10qqw_th.jpg http://i45.tinypic.com/35kix6o_th.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/28lxpq8_th.jpg Zen Chute http://i49.tinypic.com/2nkj2o9_th.jpg Figure Eleven Chute http://i45.tinypic.com/2j64ljs_th.jpg Girlie Man http://s6.tinypic.com/11...

I've got some pickets I can contribute to the anchor, and a dry rope. There's probably two good ways to do this - rap down on an autolocking belay device like a grigri or cinch, or tie into the end and have someone lower you off the anchor. Bert, lowering is probably the safest way - using a mechan...

Zach, I went over the shoots Ryan took while he was up Taco Sauce and the view of the Bowl is a bit blocked off from that vantage point --here's an example: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i6/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/PC170950.jpg I'd like to get a shoot that aligns with the view tow...

Here's the closeup of vantage point #2 (this is the shoot Ryan took on the infamous " Taco Thursday "): http://content.screencast.com/users/ttlj_vitaliy/folders/Jing/media/9bf0e3ed-f951-4873-b04f-5382f2b92a1f/2010-02-08_1136.png It looks like that wall is fairly shielded from the rock fall...

snmtbaldy -- that's amazing!

Beautiful pix, Vitaly! Thanks for the TR :) Thank you. Sure, we can do that, set some anchors up top and lower down into that little chute That's even better ... I'd be down to help out. Awesome! I went over the shoots I took on Thursday both from below and above the Taco Sauce area and if I am not...

WOW what a beautiful and quiet place -- great pictures!

Awesome! "rim ice popsicles"

Hit up Taco Sauce if you want to die. I don't want to climb Taco Sauce -- the idea is to get far enough to get the right shoot and show the Bowl in it's glory. I know exactly the shoot I am after -- steep walls closing in on both sides with the terrifying vastness of the Bowl beneath and far away h...

Thank you GigaMike. glamisking, are you a storm chaser? :lol: Thank you -- and I am looking forward to your TR ... Yeah I got hooked in 2007 and do my best to watch for the big storms and get out there to enjoy/suffer/survive the ferocity of the storm. Consequently one is rewarded with complete sol...

TacoDelRio wrote:Hit up Taco Sauce if you want to die.

Rock fall?

I didn't give the Bowl the tribute it deserves -- I really need to get into those chutes, hang in the harness and shoot in some really awkward positions to do that :lol: And a lot of things will have to come together for that to work - weather, time-off from work, climbing partner, etc .. Maybe one...

Thank you GigaMike. glamisking, are you a storm chaser? :lol: Thank you -- and I am looking forward to your TR ... Funny story I forgot to mention in my TR -- when I topped out on Thursday the winds were so fierce my face and hands started to freeze, I dropped my pack down and started to fish my par...

Thanks Elwood -- the lens is Nikon 14-24 , it doesn't take filters due to it's massive front element but it really doesn't need to -- it's superb as it is: I didn't give the Bowl the tribute it deserves -- I really need to get into those chutes, hang in the harness and shoot in some really awkward p...

Thank you Shin. The temperature difference can cause lens to fog up -- I keep my small point-and-shoot camera on my pack's hip belt for this reason. The battery must be in good condition otherwise it will loose it's power in the cold.

Thank you Stacy -- I shoot D3.

Nice reaction dragonfly!

Man, I love a wide angle lens. I used to carry my DSLR around up in the mountains, but got tired of that and picked up a P&S. Those are some excellent photos. Heading up the bowl on a weekday with no one around is a little alarming. Thanks Mitch! UWA is my favorite photography too. I am not lug...

Thanks Ryan.

Thank you obie -- glad you like that one.

Thanks Zach! As soon as my knees recover from this one

406 wrote:Fog roll in around 2 pm?

It started at ~ 1:00pm and got really thick by 1:20 ... here's a short video I took in the mids of it:



I imagine it would be impossible to navigate in a real/complete whiteout ...

Thanks Dave and yes, this incident gave me a whole new respect for Baldy Bowl -- it's very deceiving and things can turn bad very quickly.

Great TR Matt, and the picture of Archie in the backpack -- I love it

Thanks Matt -- I stopped shooting RAW when I switched to Nikon 2 years ago, that's also when I dropped post-processing altogether. These are JPG's directly from the camera, re-sized using Nikon ViewNX for Flickr upload.

It's been a while since I've made it up to Baldy Summit so when an opportunity came along to take a day off from work I jumped right on it. I checked the weather forecast and it looked promising -- Sunny with nice, puffy cloud cover -- just what I enjoy the most. I also started to wonder ... what if...

Almost forgot -- did you guys see this on Vivian? Where did that come from? Doesn't it look like an airplane toilet seat?

Excellent TR and pictures Sam! It's funny, I also took my son to Vivian on the 31st and we lost the trail ending up on some really steep stuff where I didn't feel comfortable taking my son. From what Patrick told me over PM it looks like we followed your tracks and I have to say that was one steep c...