Smash, Crash, Boom! ROCK SLIDE off the Chief

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Smash, Crash, Boom! ROCK SLIDE off the Chief

Post by CrackHead Brad » Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:26 pm

Minutes ago (10:09 pm) I just heard a series of thunderous crashs through the pouring rain from a rockfall eminating from probably the north walls. It lasted for about 7-8 seconds. My house is in valleycliffe. I'll scan the walls tomorrow with my binoculars for scars...

...the acrophobes may now be a V2 bum dragger! :shock:
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Post by thebigchin » Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:44 pm

Woah!!! Maybe the Split is now the longest handrail ever.
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Post by XXXX » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:39 am

you know there was a thunderstorm last night, right
sure it wasn't just thunder?
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Re: Smash, Crash, Boom! ROCK SLIDE off the Chief

Post by rich k » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:18 am

CrackHead Brad wrote:I'll scan the walls tomorrow with my binoculars for scars...
find anything?
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Re: Smash, Crash, Boom! ROCK SLIDE off the Chief

Post by JaapSuter » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:06 am

rich k wrote:
CrackHead Brad wrote:I'll scan the walls tomorrow with my binoculars for scars...
find anything?
I'm curious as well. I'm hoping that enough rock has dropped to create an 1800 foot overhanging wall that'll allow me to do terminal BASE jumps... :D

Oh well, wishful thinking... :wink:

Meanwhile I'll stick to the two seconds we get off Teddy Bear's picnic.
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Post by Peter » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:40 pm

Well, our kitchen looks right at the north walls and it looks the same to me
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Post by CrackHead Brad » Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:34 pm

Yup looks as beautiful as always from my kitchen window and no new obvious scars -as big as the sheriff's badge anyway.

However, apparently there has been no shortage of debris falling lately. The following day from my first post, friends on a dog walk witnessed several large boulders fall from the north rim and collide with astro ledge in the surf's up area while other chunks carried on to the bottom. The echo's carried thru the valley.
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Post by PAW » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:54 am

Went bouldering yesturday in the Cleans, rock was pretty good little bits of seep but most of the circuit was climbable.
That's just to rub it in.

But on this topic all the good dam noise was probably the north and south gulleys empty their bowls down onto the road below. You should drive up just to check out all kinds of fresh white rock up through the forest and piled up on the side of the road now.

Looks like the angels crest approach might need a little refurbishment this spring.?
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