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Climbing and ... Climbing => Everywhere Else => Topic started by: Brad Young on May 14, 2011, 05:12:04 PM
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The advantage of not having to drive 182 miles to climb; we spent today getting on granite in spite of a few sprinkles. Then to home to start the wood stoves. It's supposed to snow to 3,000 feet tonight (we live at 4,400 feet).
Random shots of Laura leading a newly established route:
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/5720114515_52cef9e525_z.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/5720697548_1ef645787c_z.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2046/5720143337_a0d24b6fee_z.jpg)
It's not Pinns, but climbing up here does have a certain convenience, a quality of limitless exploration. And sometimes granite is nice.
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Castle was nice...sunny at times.
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pics aren't showing up
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oh, and weak sauce post not putting this on sph
I butchered the moody blues, but what the heck, the name sounded good at the time. :)
Nuns in white satin, never reaching the end,
Climbs I've developed, never meaning to send.
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you.
Gazing at people, some hand in jams,
Just what I'm going through they can't understands.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to free, you will free in the end.
And I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
Nuns in white satin, never reaching the end,
Climbs I've developed, never meaning to send.
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
Breath deep
The gathering gloom
Watch lights fade
From cabin rooms
Bay area people
Look back and lament
Another day's useless
Energy spent
Thrashed on punters
Wrestled and won
silly man cries for some
And has none
New climbs put up
just for fun
Senior citizens
Wish they were young
Cold hearted crag
That rules our sight
Remove the munge
tie on a bight
Red/gray and
Yellow/white
But we decide
Which alian is right
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oh, and weak sauce post not putting this on sph
I butchered the moody blues, but what the heck, the name sounded good at the time. :)
Huh? What you talking about?
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Nice looking route.
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cool!
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Dude you have no idea....I'm just laying down...was out all day.
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Alright, I confess. Rob put up the route in the photos last weekend. Nice FA on a section of granite with great views over the Stanislaus River canyon. We all suspected he'd recognize the photos (suspected? We should have KNOWN). And I put them up on this site only to goad him into chewing me out for using this site rather than the (obviously) more appropriate site.
But it wasn't much of a chew-out, so I guess I didn't get him.
Nuns in White Satin 5.8, 60 feet (both of the Dawsons and I climbed it, two leads, and we thought 5.8 for sure, with a unique, pull around the roof crux).
Meanwhile we had a little precipitation here overnight, so no climbing today (we'll work on the guidebook instead):
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2496/5722675212_03ff97b713_z.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/5722119267_0f4a7de7cc_z.jpg)
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Looks 5.7 from my couch.....
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Looks 5.7 from my couch.....
What does, our back deck?
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5.7 for sure
did the thin crack the arete and their respective top outs get done?
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This line looks 5.7, maybe 5.6?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/5720697548_1ef645787c_z.jpg)
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5.7 for sure
did the thin crack the arete and their respective top outs get done?
Yes 5.7, and DES Junior says so too. No, only a bit easier than the 5.9 to its left; 5.8 for sure.
Thin crack did not get done, Tim spent much time on the approach trail (very nice now), and only a little cleaning that crack.
And I promise next time I'll post on the CORRECT forum ;D ;D
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Isn't this the forum?
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This line looks 5.7, maybe 5.6?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/5720697548_1ef645787c_z.jpg)
Just realized Laura is placing a blue alien. I placed the exact same piece thinking maybe something else would work, but in terms of where you stand, it's the most convenient piece to place.
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Wouldn't a bolt be easier??? Or a piton?
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Weird, I led it before she did and I got in a great .5 Camalot eight inches farther to the (climber's) left. I have longer reach than her, but I don't think I've got longer reach than you?
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I have longer reach than her, but I don't think I've got longer reach than you?
I thought you did? Me, I'm like a tyrannosaurs rex.
PS, Valley was nice Sat but then went to hell in a hand-basket. Still worth it....always.
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Crap, I have to get up at 5:00 A.M. tomorrow.
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Want a wake up call?
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Nah, thanks. Vicki's none too pleased as it is (I hope she can go back to sleep).
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Crap, I have to get up at 5:00 A.M. tomorrow.
5am for you?? Surprised you're not moaning about it more. I'll be sleeping- or changing a diaper
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Diaper? Man, I've forgotten about those. I suppose you're over the gag reflex by now?
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Diaper? Man, I've forgotten about those. I suppose you're over the gag reflex by now?
I'm moaning some, but since it means an extra afternoon of climbing at Red Rocks, I suppose I have to whine in a somewhat restrained manner. But, actually, I can whine about that too. We were going to the Kern River/Lower Needles, but given the weather we decided on five days at Red Rocks instead. So, once again, I have to climb in Red Rocks. Life is about tough choices.
Gag is long gone. Ps, that's not a tough choice but its bragging....
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OK, you're probably right. I took it down.
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OK, you're probably right. I took it down.
Brad- I was kidding!! How is SNP looking (aside the snow), love to get back up there.
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Snowed two more inches last night. But it's supposed to be warming now.