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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: beanolar on March 30, 2017, 09:53:50 AM

Title: Route Potential
Post by: beanolar on March 30, 2017, 09:53:50 AM

The acropolis is a huge pile of choss. You guys would love it -

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_114635_zpsktojadqp.jpg)

Check out the bolts

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_113831_zpshdmew1cl.jpg)

I know some of you would like to test this lodestone. Whatdya think, 5.6???

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_120107_zpsznwu54rv.jpg)

And even though I KNOW this breaks your ethics, they did put up some pretty sweet corners

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_115719_zpszhxsfbmp.jpg)

5.8??

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_125201_zpsqnomcmwh.jpg)

Sadly, most of it crumbled in your hand. No wonder they got invaded so much. Especially with this stupid 4th class approach on the other side

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170323_133234_zps57mzp3iq.jpg)

I mean, what Roman, Turk, or Venetian couldn't just walk that up, regardless of how much olive oil or greasy kebab lard was on their fingers - for shame!

Luckily, the entire country was not a choss pile. We lucked out and stumbled across this waterside gem - A 6b (??) route called "Super Laura" of all things

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_0734_zpsdsfcdcrf.jpg)

They paint the route names right on the rock!! And had weird maybe-ok hanger lookin bolts, spaced 4-5' apart --- good enough for me!!!

(http://i1052.photobucket.com/albums/s457/beanolar/IMG_20170325_163148_zpsq6anyz8v.jpg)

Opa!

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: mungeclimber on March 30, 2017, 10:37:20 AM

nice!

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: mynameismud on March 30, 2017, 11:22:24 AM

cool

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: JC w KC redux on March 30, 2017, 11:35:29 AM

beano - Thanks for breaking things up with your most excellent humor  :lol:

Jesse showed me a pic of one of the bolts - definitely a glue-in.

The geology is pretty cool. Lots of old seafloor pushed up during mountain building events - then faulting produced basins that filled in with more recent seafloor sediments - including economically important clay deposits. Eventually the whole mess was pushed up again (above sea level) by tectonic uplift. :sleep: :sleep: :sleep:

Here's a map and cross section although no one may give a schist  :lol:

Interesting how the Parthenon sits atop an ancient fault and straddles the contact between older limestones and younger sedimentary rocks.
I also like the retaining walls shown on the cross section that buttress the artificial fill (landfill).

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3fDAX1YhJOLH7pk0OjWeqne7kFtFro-LRu4sdFDpmz19jvmA_O-7xjwFsD2MUUsUen0nnWAjwCogLX8aGb2UPpXbBhAyjnrTDDycLJISLWc2qdBMtxH69EycK-62IJJSNW0BZkjYEsmzQbkRNyh-SlR=w543-h344-no?authuser=0)



(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3fPL1WJcvpDFb27xCNhrlpDr9uN2LR9AK4bkSZV6ekpijUJItd0Vay5_3nTwQw-w6IdNmTmpqmYh_8XP_R8Z0i_5_mhrgLlWMJiR93Yq4LNfUQDAi_yMPmNsbz6h3XrxU0DfSOmfpR10HbIYDbyomO9=w542-h204-no?authuser=0)

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: beanolar on March 30, 2017, 01:21:15 PM

Schist!! Interesting landfill.. Big job!!!

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: Brad Young on March 30, 2017, 03:28:05 PM

And Greco/American relations were never the same....

(Thanks for a fun post. You look great by the way.)

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: beanolar on March 30, 2017, 05:49:40 PM

har har thanks! The bump is filling in fast now!! Mini rope gun is due in late august ;)

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: clink on March 30, 2017, 06:37:13 PM

Quote

greasy kebab lard

Finger lick'n good.

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: beanolar on March 31, 2017, 07:38:55 AM

so .. much .. kebab over there

Title: Re: Route Potential
Post by: JC w KC redux on March 31, 2017, 08:28:46 AM

Schist Kebab  :lol:

Calcareous Catwalk  :thumbup: