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Episode 11 Mickey's Beach Transcript, Photos, and Notes

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  Mickey’s Beach TRBTC Script The ever majestic Emperor boulder sitting on the water's edge So normally when I think about an outdoor rock climbing crag, I have it in my mind that the routes and especially the walls and formations will be the same every time I go back. The geology and weathering of most landforms are processes that happen over millions of years, so I can count on rocks remaining relatively unchanged each time I return back aside from maybe a chipped hold or a slightly smoother edge. Now this adage is true for a large number of rock climbing spots, but at Mickey’s Beach you can have different climbs on routes that didn’t previously exist or on rocks that weren’t previously present. Things change drastically out there not on the scale of millions of years, but rather on the tens of years. In fact you could actually have a completely different experience on completely different routes just based on the season or even the time of day that you show up. On this episo...