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This mountain climber figure was carved in a 2" diameter x 6-1/2" aspen limb. The in-the-round figure is standing on some unnamed summit with his coil of rope. Around the base are the names of 18 peaks climbed the previous year.
Aspen wood, no finish, food coloring on names

Photos: 1 - closeup of the upper half, 2 - frontal view, 3 - turned slightly, 4 - base closeup

This is as close as I've gotten to carving caricatures.

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A top job! High standards set here too!
 

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The carving looks great and I love the very creative base too.
 

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Looks great, Phil!

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Just in case you're curious about the mountains named on the base:
Name, Elevation (ft)
Jepson Pk. 11201 - Southern Calif.
San Gorgonio Mtn. 11502 - Southern Calif. (highest peak)
Mt. Whitney 14494 - Highest peak in contiguous U.S. (winter climb)
Sharktooth Pk. 10720 - Sierra Nevada
Silver Pk. 11878 - Sierra Nevada
Banner Pk. 12945 - Sierra Nevada
Mt. Ritter 13157 - Sierra Nevada
Dawson Minaret 11920 - Sierra Nevada
North Palisade 14242 - Sierra Nevada
Temple Crag 12999 - Sierra Nevada
The Thumb 13388 - Sierra Nevada
Split Mtn. 14058 - Sierra Nevada
Error Pk. 11850 - Sierra Nevada
Arrow Pk. 12958 - Sierra Nevada
Pyramid Pk. 12777 - Sierra Nevada
Fin Dome 11693 - Sierra Nevada
Boundary Pk. 13145 - White Mtns (Highest peak in Nevada)
Montgomery Pk. 13442 - White Mtns (in Calif.)
 
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Very Nice Work Phil & Well done.

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It's amazing to think that this carving is now fifty years old! Seems like yesterday.
 

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I'm planning to include a relief version of this figure in a current project (see "Still Life & Street Scene." It will have the names of peaks climbed in 1971:
Mt. Tyndall, 14,018 - Sierra
Mt. Williamson, 14,384 - Sierra (2nd highest)
Mt. Rainier, 14,410 - Washington
Whatcom Peak, 7,574 - North Cascades
Mt. Challenger, 8,236 - North Cascades
Mt. Reinstein, 12,604 - Sierra
Pk 12,309 (1.7S Reinstein) - Sierra
Finger Peak, 12,404 - Sierra
Mt. Goddard, 13,568 - Sierra
Blackcap Mt., 11,559 - Sierra
San Jacinto Peak, 10,831 - So. Calif.
 

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The space on the new carving is limited to the front side of a relief figure, so I may switch to these ten "Colorado 14ers:"
Windom Peak, 14,093'
Sunlight Peal, 14,065'
Mt. Eolus, 14,090'
North Eolus, 14,034'
Mt. Sneffels, 14,158'
Tabeguache Mtn, 14,162'
Mt. Shavano, 14,231'
Mt. Oxford, 14,160'
Mt. Belford, 14,203'
Mt. Princeton, 14,204'
 
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