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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 · 11/01/2026
This guy is as bad as the shooter!
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What a load of crap! ICE murdered this woman. It was murder and that ICE agent needs to be in prison. Trump is a horrible man.
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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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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
WTF!
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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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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Good, at least they are not loose in the community.
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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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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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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
He is as corrupt as they come. He sold us out. Homan is just as Trump Trump is an authoritarian who only cares about power. He's a dirty cop plain and simple.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Nice, you look confident. Maybe you are climbing better than you realize.
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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 · 28/07/2025
God, I know that feeling.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Ok
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
I like how light, I mean that in a good way, your posts are.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Looks so fun.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
WTF!!
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
What a fun looking climb.
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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
This looks like big fun.
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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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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I personally think the word "unacceptable" is not strong enough. I am sorry this is the world we live in.
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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 · 06/05/2025
If you're ever out my way, I'll give you a place to stay and your choice of 14ers to climb.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I think you're lucky. Norway, like Colorado, has great places to climb. You have family and friends to climb with. I mostly have to climb alone, which is fun but harder to do when you're my age. I like your posts they make me smile.
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I got to say you get some quality climbing in. Makes me smile every time I see people do it.
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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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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Yes
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Very nice.
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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 · 21/04/2025
I did something like that last week
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Phil @highclimber.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Looks fun.
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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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