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Phil

@highclimber.bsky.social
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I'm an older retired guy, over 65, who lives in Colorado. I love to hike and climb. I'm a trad climber as well as an ice climber. I especially like climbing in winter. These days, I mostly solo trad and aid climb.

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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
👇Ice Officers are are murder for hire group!
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThLa9vqQ/
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SHAME #breakingnews #viral #MN #mineapolis #ice
TikTok video by fearhervoice
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Lyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The new climate denial isn’t denial. It’s doubt dressed up as reason. “We don’t know everything” has replaced “it isn’t happening,” while ignoring what we do know: nature’s carbon sinks are collapsing, and so is our margin for error. normanjansen.substack.com/p/climate-ca...
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Climate Catastrophe?
or climate change as has existed for millenia?  Or something in between?
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Republicans are in control of all three branches of government. Rpublicans care not for the working class when fighting for tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the working class. Republicans own the harm caused by the shutdown.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
explorersweb.com/its-now-or-n... A very bad situation, hoping for the beast.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2025
really can’t say enough about how mike johnson is a sniveling little coward of a man. a bayou-bred pushover with a dignity deficit that would embarrass renfield
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Climbed on the Dimond on Longs Peak last weekend. Big fun. I was soloing so I didn't take many pictures.
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
It's just a “swarm of fish" following a duck.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Just took off my winter pick and put on my mixed pick and add. I put one hell of an edge on the picks. All set for some mixed ice and rock. Boy, my ice climbing picks took some abuse this year, still sharpenable, though.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I haven't been able to get out much this past month. The wife has been I'll. It felt especially good to get out today.
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Clynton keel @clynton1.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Taps sign...👇
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I hope everyone can see this at least once in their life…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2025
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I've set up my spring/summer climbing rack. It's so much lighter than my winter rack. It has no ice screws, only two snow pickets (not 5 like in winter), no snow suit, lighter 3-season tent, less clothing, and no hand axes.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This is a good thing! www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/t...
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Nepal to restrict Everest permits to climbers who have scaled another 7,000+ meter Nepali mountain | CNN
Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing...
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
I only have a half day to climb tomorrow, so I guess it's going to be Boulder Canyon. I'm lucky to have some much trad climbing so close to home.
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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Exactly
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Wow! This says a lot to anyone who has taken a basic economics course. WTF!
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MS NOW @ms.now · 22/04/2025
OPINION: 'He hit the ball squarely into his own goal': Analyst blames Trump for market plunge CNBC’s @steveliesman.bsky.social joins @nicollewallace.bsky.social to discuss the markets' reaction to President Trump's policies. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHM...
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'He hit the ball squarely into his own goal': Analyst blames Trump for market plunge
YouTube video by MSNBC
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Seeing this chart just as Isee a quote from Musk saying fully autonomous self-driving will be ready this year.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It's still winter up high in Colorado. James peak is a good one day climb and ske down. This is from last week, though this week the weather has been sunny, with minor weather.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Spring is coming, but here in Colorado, it's not here yet.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I'm wondering what others use as their go-to ropes? I use the following: Mammut crag alpine sender as main climbing rope, Bluewater Xenon 9.2 as back up and haul line, and lastly, Edelrid 8.6 for alpine use.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Switched to an Edilred 8.6mm Canery for my alpine rope. Tested it out yesterday, I love it.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I've been fascinated by Annapurna for years. I so wish I was 20 years younger and there, going for it.https://explorersweb.com/annapurna-summit-push-is-on-conditions-remain-tough/
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I think this is cool. unofficialnetworks.com/2025/04/01/6...
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6-Year-Old & 8-Year-Old Brothers Send Corbet's Couloir
A pair of 6-year-old and an 8-year-old brothers ski Corbet's Couloir at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Camped at 11 thousand feet at Heart Lake, then got up early and climbed James Peak 13 thousand pluss. I skied back to camp at Heart Lake. Cold windy but big fun.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Is this crazy or what?
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I wish I could be there. Annapurna has always fascinated me. explorersweb.com/summit-push-...
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Summit Push Aborted on Annapurna » Explorersweb
The many open crevasses on Annapurna have forced the lead Sherpa team to use so much rope to secure the route that they've run out -- for the second time.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I envey these people. explorersweb.com/a-record-num...
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First Annapurna Summits Expected This Week » Explorersweb
The Sherpa rope fixers should summit Annapurna on Wednesday. A record number of climbers, over 100, will follow shortly behind them.
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Chris Istace 🇨🇦 @stasherbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
One of the most meaningful investment any local government can do is preserving and protecting natural spaces. Getting outdoors, like my walk today in Chemainus on the Cowichan Valley Trail to a small forest trail in @northcowichan.bsky.social is vital for my good mental health. 🌲💚 #getoutside
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Went climbing in Boulder Canyon and had a good time at Eliphant Bute soloing.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The season is on. explorersweb.com/8000m-season...
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8,000m Season Kicks Off With Sherpas on Annapurna » Explorersweb
A team of Sherpas has fixed ropes as far as Camp 2 on Annapurna. On Saturday, they begin work on the treacherous section between Camps 2 and 3.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I love being up high. I try to get as high as I can get. You just have to love walking a ridge in winter.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I'm packed and ready to go climbing, and now the hard part comes, waiting for Friday.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I'm heading out on Sunday to go to Crater Lakes off the trail that goes to James Peak.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to the woods I go.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Some of my favorite things.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
When skiing got to love the view. Their is nothing like being alone on top of a mountian right before a desent.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
What a great picture.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It's good to be up high.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
James peak, from my climb last week. Cold, windy, and beautiful.
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Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
You have to love a cornice.
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