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This is a long shot, but does anyone know how to contact "rockslide" from death-valley.net?
He wasn't super active as I recall. He did post some trip reports, but hadn't been active the last two years or so of the forum.
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IIRC he may have worked at the same place as Sierra Sparkles but I don't know either of them personally. I have recently linked up a few contacts on FB who are regulars out in the area and I'll see if any of them mention him. There's a whole bunch of interconnections socially; it's rather fascinating actually.
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2020-12-12, 08:22 PM
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Rockslide ... Boy, that is a blast from the past! If I remember right, he was a member in the old, original DV Talk, wasn’t he?
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(2020-12-12, 08:22 PM)DAW89446 Wrote: Rockslide ... Boy, that is a blast from the past! If I remember right, he was a member in the old, original DV Talk, wasn’t he?
I just spot-checked the DV Talk archives, but didn't come across a user named rockslide.
(2020-12-12, 04:37 PM)MojaveGeek Wrote: IIRC he may have worked at the same place as Sierra Sparkles but I don't know either of them personally. I have recently linked up a few contacts on FB who are regulars out in the area and I'll see if any of them mention him. There's a whole bunch of interconnections socially; it's rather fascinating actually.
I don't remember Sierra Sparkles!
But please do ask around about rockslide, thanks!
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I'm pretty sure Sparkles sometimes hiked with Cori aka SnowNymph. I have some recollection of Rockslide posting about Panamint Butte from the Big Four Mine!
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He definitely did post about climbing Panamint Butte from the west. However, the report I best recall involved an unique route, up a different ridge south of the Big Four Mine.
That route is what I'm primarily interested in! Though it would be nice if he'd come back and participate again.
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Maybe rockslide was part of the original DV.us forum that predated DV.net.
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I think I recall Rockslide posting on DV.net occasionally at some point after I joined, which was in 2010, but I could be confusing him with someone else. But I do recall mention of the "Rockslide Route" up Panamint Butte!
Link to my DV trip reports, and map of named places in DV (official and unofficial): http://kaurijacobphotography.yolasite.com
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Correct, rockslide was a contributor to the recently-closed forum. Including the "Rockslide Route" on Panamint Butte!
I don't know how far back his participation went, if he was on DV.us or not. My concern is getting back in touch with him!
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LOL, I just never know what I might find when searching...not the depths of the internet, but the depths of my laptop!
This afternoon I found the map below, while looking for something totally different. To say the least, it wasn't in any folder it "should" have been in. I presume it is the map he posted, because it doesn't look like any mapping software I've ever used.
Perhaps in the future, I need to first search my laptop, THEN the internet!
Rockslide Panamint Butte route by
Candace66, on Flickr