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Ice in the quarry

Postby shannon » Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:41 pm

Is there any ice in the quarry in Bedford?

I'm in town with ice gear

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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby peter » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:12 pm

Shannon: Have a look and let us know. Seems unlikely, but the weather has been weird. Peter
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby shannon » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:26 pm

Hey peter how are you? Will hopefully get a chance to climb the season. I think I'm being storm chased tomorrow. May try victoria park on our way home.
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby beyond_gravity » Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:19 pm

Would anyone be able to give me directions to said quarry? Would it be a good place to go for an evening climb by headlamp?
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby Seb » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:28 pm

The MGRS coordinates to the parking spot for the quarry are: 20T MQ 50770 55766. I’d recommend typing them into Google Earth (you’ll have to convert them to Latitude Longitude first – this can be done at http://www.arsitech.com/mapping/mgrs/) and then clicking on the directions option. This will enable you to get step-by-step directions from a starting point of your choice to the Bedford Quarry. From the parking spot, you’ll be able to see rock cliffs that are about 300 m away (look northwest). Head towards them and you’ll find the ice. I’m sure if you’re hardcore enough you’ll be able to get away with climbing at night with a headlamp. Also, if you’re looking for a climbing partner I’d be up for it (I like to think I’m hardcore enough myself).

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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby veronica » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:47 pm

a few pics of the day at the quarry can be found at
http://picasaweb.google.com/vernsutherl ... directlink

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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby mike » Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:16 pm

Yo V,
That's a great sequence of photos of Seb and the falling ice... very nice!
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby Seb » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:21 am

Yeah Veronica – impressive photos! You’re quite the photographer (and I’m not just saying that because I’m in them).

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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby chameleon » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:25 pm

Cheesy ethereal narrator voice:

The photos merely confirmed Seb's previous suspicions......"yep, it's true, I am hard-[content moderated]-core"
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby Seb » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:39 pm

chameleon wrote:Cheesy ethereal narrator voice:

The photos merely confirmed Seb's previous suspicions......"yep, it's true, I am hard-[content moderated]-core"


And that's not easy to do with boots that imply: "it's a girl"
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Re: Ice in the quarry

Postby chameleon » Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:31 pm

If you think that's not easy, you should try ice climbing in heels!
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