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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: mungeclimber on September 24, 2015, 08:10:16 PM
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Registration: http://mtntools.com/toolman/index.html
There's a raffle! Check out KC scoping the goods...
http://mtntools.com/pinns/raffle.htm
(http://mtntools.com/pinns/images/pinns_15_raffle_banner.jpg)
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I see mudncrud and mtnyoung.
it's like Romper Room for adults!
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The big ??? is his Mungeness going?
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Everybody get registered please :)
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I see mudncrud and mtnyoung.
who are those guys? I think I've seen them on supertopo.
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The big ??? is his Mungeness going?
looks like it. Kalen's 35 pitches day is Saturday. I signed up to volunteer Sunday. Hopefully I get the bird watching job!
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35, let us know how it goes.
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I'm doing forty some odd around our bdays. U in?
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when?
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looks like it. Kalen's 35 pitches day is Saturday. I signed up to volunteer Sunday. Hopefully I get the bird watching job!
Friday and Saturday are the volunteer work days and Sunday is supposed to be for climbing.
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Friday and Saturday are the volunteer work days and Sunday is supposed to be for climbing.
Oh, well, free form web registrations get what responses they allow then. That sux.
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when?
"I haaad a baaad experience! Jeez, and people say I'm deaf." -Bashir from Oceans 11
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"around our birthdays"
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Hmm, Monterey, hotel, shower...vs. Pinnacles, dirt mud, Mungie in spandex.
What is a guy to do...
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"I haaad a baaad experience! Jeez, and people say I'm deaf." -Bashir from Oceans 11
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"around our birthdays"
I know when mine is. Is yours around the same time as mine?
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Oh, well, free form web registrations get what responses they allow then. That sux.
You and F4 could spend time soft brushing some routes Sunday :)
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I know when mine is. Is yours around the same time as mine?
Nearby F4, who is definitely in.
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I am in WA through the end of next week and will be in WA for a couple of weeks in Oct and at least one or two weeks in Nov.
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so you're saying your climbing gear is up for grabs?
cool! F4, we ride at dawn!
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jackin' yer own thread...priceless!
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I can never seem to make it to this event. Always wish I could, but always something going on.
This year though we'll be on a long road trip, hopefully climbing some large walls. We're also in the midst of moving out of Monterey so I will no longer be semi-local to the Pinnacles. Which means I'll be spending a lot less time there.... but I still have a tick list left to finish and a new route to finish equipping. Maybe rap bolting will be kosher by the time I get back to it. ;)
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LOL
NEVAR!!! :)
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so you're saying your climbing gear is up for grabs?
cool! F4, we ride at dawn!
DIE
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Which means I'll be spending a lot less time there.... but I still have a tick list left to finish and a new route to finish equipping.
I promise to save any new routes 5.14b or harder for KQ.
Maybe rap bolting will be kosher by the time I get back to it. Wink
It is wise to question. Some things we are told are nonsense.
Jack and Jill went UP(?) the hill.
Meaning and origins[edit]
The rhyme has traditionally been seen as a nonsense verse, particularly as the couple go up a hill to find water, which is often thought to be found at the bottom of hills.
Whatever you are up or down for, best of luck.
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you will be missed.
Much good mojo to you on your adventures.
and
Here's to sweat in your eye
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We're also in the midst of moving out of Monterey so I will no longer be semi-local to the Pinnacles. Which means I'll be spending a lot less time there.
Oh wow, that's a serious bummer for us. Can I ask where you're going to?
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Oh wow, that's a serious bummer for us. Can I ask where you're going to?
It's either brilliant or foolish... but we don't know. Hopefully a place devoid of rattle snakes.
And also we are testing the limits of our 9 year relationship by climbing a wall together. Send some seriously good, positive and patient vibes. ;D
Which also makes me think maybe someone on this forum may have a double portaledge I could borrow? I had loaner one secured but then lost it... Kinda sucks. Thinking about ordering one while I still have pro-deals but would still love to see if I even like walls before I buy one.
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I promise to save any new routes 5.14b or harder for KQ.
I'd take as low as 13b... but only if you bolted it pure stance...
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And also we are testing the limits of our 9 year relationship by climbing a wall together. Send some seriously good, positive and patient vibes. Grin
Yep, some walls can induce not pleasant interactions. Geoff and I have had a coupe doozies. If I were to dig the hammer out of the bottom of the pig and knock Caleb on the head with it, is it still a hammerless ascent?
We can argue and bitch and stay friends. :)
The gang is camping/climbing this thurs at Yosemite. I'll ask Caleb about his ledge.
I'd take as low as 13b... but only if you bolted it pure stance...
Not happening at Pinns without levitating, which is cheating. Aid that is later freed is the "acceptable" method of GU ascent at those ratings.
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It's either brilliant or foolish...
Which also makes me think maybe someone on this forum may have a double portaledge I could borrow?
Sometimes these go hand in hand.
I have a single you can borrow.
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where is Jake M. these days...he has one.
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Wow Kyle, are you doing an extended road trip for a while? I'll bet you could live a lot, lot cheaper on the road than in Monterey.
Good luck with the wall and with the travels. If you make it by here, we've got extra room and you'd be welcome to a meal and a shower.
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Wow Kyle, are you doing an extended road trip for a while? I'll bet you could live a lot, lot cheaper on the road than in Monterey.
Good luck with the wall and with the travels. If you make it by here, we've got extra room and you'd be welcome to a meal and a shower.
Yes, my girlfriend and I are leaving our jobs and hitting the road in search for what is next. Back to school maybe? We can't decide so we're forcing ourselves out of our current lives and heading out in hope that an adventure of sorts becomes the catalyst to what is next. We just got done selling most of our possessions and will be homeless in less than two days.
Our plan isn't much of a plan. But I did just get a double portaledge for our trip so we're stoked now. Last big piece of the puzzle.
I would love to make it to the appreciation days but I guess I'll just have to make sure I get to the Masters of Mud event in the Spring. I will undoubtedly continue to troll this forum until I make return to choss-landia.
Thanks for the hospitality Brad. We'll have to get up there sometime. Maybe in the Spring.
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I am leading a trash pick up team on Saturday. We will proceed up Condor Gulch then split into two teams with one hitting the High Peaks Trail the other down to Juniper Canyon and back up to the High Peaks at the junction. We will re-unite and head down the High Peaks Trail then the Rim Trail and back through Bear Gulch (where Gavin and his crew will have picked up everything before we get there:-))
Those who love bushwhacking are strongly encouraged to attend.
It also looks like I will be helping cook the dinner so unless you want the chef to spit on your food be nice to me:-)
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I never got any registration follow up, so I guess I'm not able to play in all the reindeer games. :(
I'll be around with a lone trash bag setting up ropes with Kalen and showing my buddy how to do some anchors, and will look to say hi to folks.
cheers,
Munge
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I never got any registration follow up, so I guess I'm not able to play in all the reindeer games. :(
I'll be around with a lone trash bag setting up ropes with Kalen and showing my buddy how to do some anchors, and will look to say hi to folks.
In my experience, if you show up Friday or Saturday to any of the trails work sites, you'll be welcomed with open arms (and a shovel with which to work). That is true regardless of whether you are registered (I think registration is most crucial for the camping arrangements, and I assume you are not camping).
I could be wrong though, I leave the organizational details to those who are more skilled at that sort of thing.
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Sunday??
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This year Sunday is a planned climbing day. I'll bet some people continue with trail work, but those who've worked already will climb.
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yes. Sunday was my plan seeing how I didn't see anything identifying work days on the registration form. I thought there would be two work days, seeing how I'm not a lazy sot. ;)
Larry got me squared up, but then I just found out that I have to take care of house remodel project work. So I'm out, once again, and have to bail on Kalen. :(
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I just found out that I have to take care of house remodel project work.
Do tell? I thought your place in Santa Clara was all squared away.
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Speaking of Squares - Brad climbed our new route No Room for Squares yesterday and another new route we had just finished - Out to Lunch. We'll make these public later in the "season". Right now KC and Alacia are working on the first all female FA at Pinns. Alacia placed the second bolt from a slabby stance yesterday :)
Thanks to everyone for participating in the work day.
Shout out to Callahan, Kayla, Connie, Fletcher and Logan.
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bummed I couldn't make it down that way.
Sounds like it was productive.
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bummed I couldn't make it down that way.
Sounds like it was productive.
You were missed.
We had a lot of fun and got a ton of work done.
Here are some pics.
Upper Crust Day 1
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3e-E8M3W47Scp58uE7nia3kAMRFXcTHeTP3sHpfDmwo7T_z0Dv2GyQT8uxI47kNO0ANnKnhk4bw6oAyx_t4dgbjUb7ktL3j3N7xT-s6yn5cCoFqO6kKuEHZzGeiuvmZ_2coiLxSKKoOzeWSvNmXmPRb=w675-h506-no?authuser=0)
On the way to CCC road - Day 2
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3eRqt9VT5o_19KLf_BkvRq6UMMCXuzTE8IWtZZBaSey1Nvu53mYOp6Z8jXwxdmwyRPxddac8C7FmlL2j54tdh55TWa4S7HtxEBEJOKyu05z4xuqxg98APRkV0mZCsORiWHvrqPHvGUtQt0Y66241sDY=w700-h525-no?authuser=0)
Lunch - Day 2 CCC Rd
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3cvSQteIXw_uxAUikhW4CRg2BMaYLaYs_AomE3zl9JRm0iqQ9cBRjjtXOWhEw6iMNT8iB1VGi7TwqrwW-EoZtYY_-WOx-BXR71ia0If_oagVTpHXHRO57RpGuC-8EUxf1VG4LDaOLmrk-3RfMEH9jS3=w700-h525-no?authuser=0)
Waiting for the shuttle - Day 2 (CSUMB crew in the foreground - Fletcher waving)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3d6hOsz4Roa7DYg9qCfr3UCBrb85nsg-Feh9bb40MhV7B0elP-cqCJyUZwxvBW2zdS_2cGB-bRcaV4IOWW9v8c0PAFbUCINDt53RzCTUAtN7ZASyz6PagsX-5RZ0ToMqokVHUO8ea9QabZHGT7Ggw5p=w470-h625-no?authuser=0)
JC leading up to finish Out to Lunch
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3cnh6T8NhK8eSOsjYtJaj2JjQCO5jVQsa2pmhShhnpL2PkTQXhB4-h_92c6pLKiQcpVbJDHUmIHzoqmn7I2a9vR-H5iWy5uc2f-rjfKDeQy-b_0RosDQI4_Wwd38HcmOH5DSvBRPTYS1VNN77DIKtcT=w512-h625-no?authuser=0)
Alacia drills bolt 2 on the first all female Pinns FA!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4400/37111560372_0e6e1631cf_o.jpg)
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We had a great crew on the trash pickup effort, Aaron, Dina, Tim and Cynthia. The final tally was 71 plastic water bottles, 54 aluminum cans, 5 glass bottles, 5 tin cans and way, way too much toilet paper and other incidentals. I am pleased to report that we didn't find any cans of Bud Lite Lime. Thanks for being a responsible park user Munge!
(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z213/brucehildenbrand/pcad_trash_2.jpg) (http://s189.photobucket.com/user/brucehildenbrand/media/pcad_trash_2.jpg.html)
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(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z213/brucehildenbrand/pcad_trash_1.jpg) (http://s189.photobucket.com/user/brucehildenbrand/media/pcad_trash_1.jpg.html)
(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z213/brucehildenbrand/pcad_trash_5.jpg) (http://s189.photobucket.com/user/brucehildenbrand/media/pcad_trash_5.jpg.html)
(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z213/brucehildenbrand/pcad_trash_4.jpg) (http://s189.photobucket.com/user/brucehildenbrand/media/pcad_trash_4.jpg.html)
(http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z213/brucehildenbrand/pcad_trash_6.jpg) (http://s189.photobucket.com/user/brucehildenbrand/media/pcad_trash_6.jpg.html)
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any lime cans found would definitely be someone else. :) ;)
There's a nice REI Nalgene in that batch, wow! Those aren't cheap.
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Mungie is a smart cookie, he drinks Tecate at the Pinnacles.
No Oyster shells?
how many pairs of underwear??
they look like Mr. Mud's.
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One pair of underwear, a wifebeater T-shirt and a couple of ball caps(one from Cal Berkeley). We also found a steak knife, luckily with no human blood residue(as best as I could tell).
On a serious note all the toilet paper was really disturbing. Just about every place where you could get off the trail a few feet into some brush had toilet paper. With the 30% increase in park visitors since becoming a National Park there appears to be a human waste problem. Luckily, we had mechanical pickers to grab all the brown-tinged stuff.
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Well that confirms my theory...now that it's a National Park, more are shitters needed.
One at the reservoir & Disco wall would be nice.
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Bruce, is there any way to use TP location data to determine an optimal facility location?
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I figured pictures of all the trash laid out was coming.
Bruce - the one of you sliding through the tangle explains a lot about your appearance back at camp.
Aaron grinning in the PO jungle - priceless.
I got a few shots of the completed work at Upper Crust but they aren't very good.
I guess Yoshi will be posting via Larry's site?
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J.C. the photos you did post were great.
I second the comment about why Bruce looked so dirty when he got back to camp. Beyond the call of duty. Aaron wasn't exactly clean when he got back either.
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how many pairs of underwear??
they look like Mr. Mud's.
Is there a story that goes with this comment?
Good weekend.
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more pics here...
http://www.mtntools.com/pinns/
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Munge,
those photos are from 2014.
As far as the toilet paper issue goes, we found the stuff just about everywhere especially
at the end of switchbacks where there was a short 'use' trail that led off for 10-15 feet back
into the bushes. It seemed like any place where someone could get a little privacy there
was TP. For example, at the Don Genaro Waterfall overlook you can go up the creek a
ways without too much bushwacking. We found 5 or 6 spots with TP. Thank heavens for the
mechanical pickers!
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Bruce: nice work on the trash clean-up in the High Peaks. On Friday, our tech trash clean-up team - Alacia, Caleb, and I - removed quite a bit of trash from the Bear Gulch area as well, along Moses Spring Trail, through the whole cave, around Monolith, and at the base of the Reservoir. And we removed TP as well, mainly up around the base of Lava Flow. At least the trails will remain clean for a few days! Thanks to everyone for their efforts!
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Thanks for a great weekend!
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Is there a story that goes with this comment?
Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.
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Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.
I know better. :)
In other words; nut that good or crazy ::)
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Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.
...or even something on the Frog. Volcanic Panic comes to mind. 40 foot run out to the first bolt with hard 5.10 moves right before the clip. I was cruxing out before the first bolt and I was only following.
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Aaron...yup that one too.
And Brad can chim in on his favorite Mr. Mud quote.......
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DIE
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DIE
And I was too late....
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wait, Brad had the best quote ever....."I want some"...what did you want Eric? "I wanted whatever I was on when I climbed this thing!" Eric says as he is struggling...
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I told the story again this last weekend (to those that climbed out there). It's absolutely true. Here's how it goes (it's about a route on The Frog that Dennis and Clint established):
"I led Ten Percent Inspiration some years ago (Dennis' memory is off as to the route's name). It was the route's second lead (at least that we know of).
I expected 5.10a since that is what he and Clint had rated it. But I got really surprised by how hard it was for 5.10a. I hung first try, and lowered off and pulled the rope.
I rested and then gave it another (successful) go. Mr Mud followed my lead. As he neared the top of the climb I heard him kind of mumbling. I couldn't quite understand what he was saying, so I asked. He repeated (this time audibly): "I wish I had some more of that."
Naturally I asked: "Some more of what."
His response was classic. He said: "Some more of whatever the hell I was on when I rated that 5.10a."
True story.
The route's solid 5.10c (and it has two more bolts since his first lead - they were added by Clint afterward with Dennis' understanding)."
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vicious lies and slander.
solid 10a
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vicious lies and slander.
solid 10a
Yep, reeaaaaly solid.
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Mud,
Can we go out to the Frog? I want you to show me how to lead Volcanic Panic as a 10.d.
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Mud,
Can we go out to the Frog? I want you to show me how to lead Volcanic Panic as a 10.d.
I'll go too, since I agree that it's 5.10d (Tuff, the next route left is going to be changed from 5.10c to 5.10d in any next edition; it's slightly, slightly harder than Volcanic).
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I vote no upgrades of classics.
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Count me in to heckle and look pretty.
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I vote no upgrades of classics.
So no new knees, hips... for you?
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nice
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I vote no upgrades of classics.
how about if the hangers are pink?
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I vote no upgrades of classics.
What is the qualification that designates these routes as classics? The Classic pinns run out, the classic Mr Mud sandbag Strombagging or the classic 4th assent just last weekend?
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Dennis may correct me, but my perception is that he was speaking of Tuff as "classic," and not necessarily about Volcanic Panic.
And, it was also my sense that he meant Tuff was a classic due to it's history and the length of time it's existed. Tuff is a classic in that way (The Roof is a "classic" in this same way). He doesn't want to "change" those types of classics. But Tuff isn't 5.10c, it's harder than Volcanic Panic (overall, and in my extremely humble opinion).
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So no new knees, hips... for you?
And BTW, that one was pretty clever Clink.
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how about if the hangers are pink?
I am in
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I think Brad mostly covered it. There are those routes that just end up with some kind of persona that other routes do not have. People just seem to know the names of those routes.
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There are those routes that just end up with some kind of persona that other routes do not have. People just seem to know the names of those routes.
Agreed, and well stated. "Classics" of this type don't have to be good routes.
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I agree
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BITD (like 40 years ago), the Classics were all the routes in Roper's 1966 guidebook.
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Posted by: mynameismud
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Quote from: mungeclimber on Yesterday at 09:15:29 AM
how about if the hangers are pink?
I am in
Perfect, will start painting. Squiddo can use his new hand drill.
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BITD (like 40 years ago), the Classics were all the routes in Roper's 1966 guidebook.
some of those still are