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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:13 am
by Alan Evil
I love Muir Valley. I bet this spring is going to be gorgeous down there. Lots of area for wildflowers, we saw massive groups of salamander eggs last weekend, and I don't think it's been farmed for many years and it's probably been twenty or thirty years since it was last logged. Not good for much but climbing, I'd say!

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:15 am
by Alan Evil
Hey Rick, I'm also an experienced skidloader/backhoe operator so if you need someone for that, give me a holler.

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:20 pm
by ABACUS
All of the bolting that is going on.. is it done with Plated steel or SS bolts? Just curious..

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:41 pm
by squeezindlemmon

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:56 pm
by Alan Evil
BTW, that's not a big snapping turtle. We caught one with a net in a small pond on my grandma's farm that was over 2ft across the shell, side to side. That thing could break a stick bigger than my thumb with seemingly no effort. We just moved it to a bigger pond a LOT further from the house.

From what I've heard they're not very good eating. Those big soft shell turtles are the good ones.

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:47 am
by J-Rock
Yeah, I ate some giant sea turtle meat when I was in the Cayman Islands. It was delicious!

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:43 pm
by J-Rock
Yesterday I noticed that the new Black Diamond catalog had a rad photo of a route from Muir Valley. There was also a gorgeous "unnamed" route from the Gallery.

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:45 pm
by lordjim_2001
Mental note, get the new BD cataloge this afternoon....

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:41 pm
by ABACUS
Whats so great about "The Great Wall" in Muir? did i miss the rest of it? I will say the Sanctuary is impressive.

Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:31 pm
by dhoyne
ABACUS wrote:Whats so great about "The Great Wall" in Muir? did i miss the rest of it? I will say the Sanctuary is impressive.
What's so great? The huge amount of very good quality climbs, that's what!