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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: mynameismud on December 02, 2017, 04:48:25 PM
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Was not sure I would go. Came down with a bug. Last night was miserable. Today is much better.
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Like always Mr. Mud will answer all questions from the trail so if you need advice or just want to get hooted and hollered at stop by. It's kind of like that eight ball you shake up but better!!!
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Noal is correct, he does Seem to know the
Monument well and is always happy to give some sort of advice.
Just don’t feed him.
::)
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all the questions have to be shouted at him while he is drilling.
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Cool! I went out yesterday with the Cooks and Brad(who also has a bug). We went antiquing,(def-"we would often go antiquing in search of furnishings"), at Mud's old stomping grounds above Tourist Trap. A mention of a ring piton that was sighted by Mucci led to the finding of two ancient routes and a total of four ring pitons. No bolts but a full rack made the loose sections negotiable. Pics of the pins should get posted. Most of Mud's "gear routes" looked from mildly, to get a white van parked in the upper parking lot NOW, insane.
I would like to get an account of these individual route first ascents by Mud.
Later on a new, overlooked pinnacle, I opened my own brand of chocolate flavored antibiotics but only succeeded in making us all nearly barf. KC did a nice job of self arrest when a foot blew out, hopefully with minimal scarring.
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Cool! I went out yesterday with the Cooks and Brad(who also has a bug). We went antiquing,(def-"we would often go antiquing in search of furnishings"), at Mud's old stomping grounds above Tourist Trap. A mention of a ring piton that was sighted by Mucci led to the finding of two ancient routes and a total of four ring pitons. No bolts but a full rack made the loose sections negotiable. Pics of the pins should get posted. Most of Mud's "gear routes" looked from mildly, to get a white van parked in the upper parking lot NOW, insane.
I would like to get an account of these individual route first ascents by Mud.
Later on a new, overlooked pinnacle, I opened my own brand of chocolate flavored antibiotics but only succeeded in making us all nearly barf. KC did a nice job of self arrest when a foot blew out, hopefully with minimal scarring.
Nag nag nag.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4584/38096483394_a474062f38_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/213srfA)
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You forgot to mention that I am clearly not as adept as my partners at placing my butt cheeks in lieu of foot holds to make progress on supposed awkward butt easy climbs. I made the big mistake of climbing with my hands and feet - thinking with my reptilian BB-size birdbrain rather than my derriere. In hindsight I would recommend a name change to 5.4 My A$$. 5.4 on the YBS, 5.8 on the YDS.
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Later on a new, overlooked pinnacle, I opened my own brand of chocolate flavored antibiotics but only succeeded in making us all nearly barf. KC did a nice job of self arrest when a foot blew out, hopefully with minimal scarring.
I wonder how chocolate cheeseballs might impact a special edition :idea: :frown2: :eeeek: :crazy:
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Brrrrrrrrr. Musta been a cold day - I just checked the gauge and the high was only 57 with about half full sun/solar radiation readings and wind gusting above 20mph. :eeeek:
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Belayer was in a jacket in the sun up on The Balconies today.
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Belayer was in a jacket in the sun up on The Balconies today.
Cold enough today that the leader was wearing a jacket in the sun while drilling.
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Speaking of cold, how are the colds, guys?
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Cold enough that Mr Mud's voice was completely frozen and it took a couple of days to thaw a little bit. It must have been a one sided conversation from Noal on their drive back after dark.
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Speaking of cold, how are the colds, guys?
Still spewing green shit. Vicki thinks that I'm improving (whereas I think that she needs no improvement, but I digress...).
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Even Tuff Chix bleed:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4561/38148938814_b3f9611673_c.jpg)
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rope burn or rock burn?
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rope burn or rock burn?
She should tell the story, but she didn't weight the rope....
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still an onsight! :)
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It must have been a one sided conversation from Noal on their drive back after dark.
yep, turns out he knows some sign language of the middle finger variety. there was an hour or two there where he sounded like he had smoked a few packs of cigs. kinda had that tom waits vibe goin.
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kinda had that tom waits vibe goin.
Not lost on me :biggrin:
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I had to look up Tom Waits, and this was mentioned on wikipedia: Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding as though "it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." Sounds accurate (about Mud over the weekend).
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rope burn or rock burn?
Little bit of rock rash from wrestling choss on a new route with a muscle-up/mantle move that reminded me of the crux move on Pea Break - unless I did the move wrong on that one too...were butts involved?
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Cold enough that Mr Mud's voice was completely frozen and it took a couple of days to thaw a little bit. It must have been a one sided conversation from Noal on their drive back after dark.
Noal, I hope you took the opportunity to talk about the virtues of Rap bolting and Trump on the drive home.
;D
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I once drove to Tahoe with this guy that described a video game start to finish for half the trip. the second half of the drive were recollections of WWF wrestling bouts.
took a trip to Vegas and the guy driving listened to that automated national weather service station (the one that says the same thing every 30 seconds) at a barely audible volume for the entire drive.
but maybe one of the most equally annoying topics is listening to somebody talk about climbing gear the whole drive to the valley.
but you know what? I am sure... wait...no, positive that I have annoyed the hell out of somebody driving with my jabbering on about something or other. isn't that part of the allure of driving long distances to climb?
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I once drove to Tahoe with this guy that described a video game start to finish for half the trip. the second half of the drive were recollections of WWF wrestling bouts.
took a trip to Vegas and the guy driving listened to that automated national weather service station (the one that says the same thing every 30 seconds) at a barely audible volume for the entire drive.
but maybe one of the most equally annoying topics is listening to somebody talk about climbing gear the whole drive to the valley.
but you know what? I am sure... wait...no, positive that I have annoyed the hell out of somebody driving with my jabbering on about something or other. isn't that part of the allure of driving long distances to climb?
Funny stories as usual - your ad lib of the dude giving bouldering beta is the best - You never fail to amuse me :yesnod: :biggrin: :thumbup: :lol:
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took a trip to Vegas and the guy driving listened to that automated national weather service station (the one that says the same thing every 30 seconds) at a barely audible volume for the entire drive.
but maybe one of the most equally annoying topics is listening to somebody talk about climbing gear the whole drive to the valley.
Do the station use sultry voice for announcing weather?
I don't know. Somehow, long talks about climbing gear sound exciting to me.
I wonder if Mud ever subjected you to detailed descriptions of backups and audits.
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Do the station use sultry voice for announcing weather?
that would be nice but it was one of those clipped robot voices. I'd like Ozzy to read the weather for me..
.I think you can get him for GPS.
Somehow, long talks about climbing gear sound exciting to me.
talking about climbing stuff is cool for part of a drive but it's kind of like Jonathan richman says about wine "He gave us the wine to taste. not to talk about it."
wonder if Mud ever subjected you to detailed descriptions of backups and audits.
yes! I enjoy listening to someone talk about something technical that I know nothing about if they can relate it in a way that the average person with no knowledge of the topic can understand. mud is good at that.
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listening to somebody talk about climbing gear the whole drive
note to self, remind me not to talk about the pile of climbing crap on my garage floor if Noal comes over.
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]you can but I cannot guarantee that I will not fall asleep.
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Mungie, you can talk gear to me when I am over, since you tend to have cold beer.
Ya’ll be thankful for not having to ride in the trooper. It had no heater!
And the West Side parking lot was I sweat 5 degrees that morning.
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I will whisper sweat nothings in your ears on all road trips.
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I don't think I could handle that as my ears are extremely ticklish.
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"whisper sweat nothings" is a good name for a route.
F4, beer fridge just went into garage. Thinks are shaping up. Will need help installing bouldering cave.