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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: JC w KC redux on January 04, 2019, 10:02:26 AM
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clink asked me to post these. He's incompetent and incognito :yesnod: :lol: :lol:
Left to right - Geoff Norris (of Adam's Apple fame) and Wayne McBroom working on Geoff's truck in clink's driveway
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Caleb (Yo-so-mighty) auditioning for a Things go better with Coke commercial
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from back to front - clink, Geoff and clink's brother Jim
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awesome!
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Cool!!
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Let's see some more old Pinns stuff.
The older the better :biggrin: :thumbup:
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Wait a minute, Clink without a tank top on.
???
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Unheard of!
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waldo and Holmgren atop Resurrection circa 1989
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waldo on South Finger circa 1988
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Vicki leading Chockstone Dome, 1991:
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Vicki Leading/soloing The Anvil, 1991:
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Vicki's wearing high-tops! I love high-tops! Asolos were my favorite shoes.
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^^^^
The aspect of that shot on The Anvil reminds me of the one of you in the guidebook on Carousel. Very cool.
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Vicki having lunch just off the trail, below the upper part of Toog's, 1991 (the second shot is the dedication photo from the 2007 guidebook, but it's better in color):
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^^^
Notice the brand new 1991 David Rubine guidebook in the background?
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Cool pics, thanks.
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I like the orange-ish looking rope. :idea: :yesnod: :frown2: :lol:
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On the first ascent of Spaceman Spiff:
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As is obvious, some of these shots are pretty poor photos. But they are of Pinns and they are old. Vicki took this shot of me soloing Overhang Chimney. It's taken from deep in the chimney, outward, toward the light:
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Vicki took this too of me soloing Flimsy Flume:
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And by the way, the ancient shot of Caleb and the old shots of Bob are just fantastic.
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I see the FA for Spaceman was 93 - how 'bout dates on the others?
I bet that Overhang Chimney has not been repeated (looks fun by the way - NOT!) and Flimsy Flume beckons to me like the White Whale.
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Snow at Pinnacles 1987(courtesy of waldo)
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waldo's sons - Jeremy (10) and Jon (5) with a snowman they made at Pinnacles 1987
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I bet that Overhang Chimney has not been repeated (looks fun by the way - NOT!)
Hey, but you can't fall out of a chimney ;)
There's some truth to this you know.
I'm not sure on the dates where I haven' specified. Other than early 1990s.
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Hey, but you can't fall out of a chimney ;)
There's some truth to this you know.
I'm not sure on the dates where I haven' specified. Other than early 1990s.
You can if you are climbing toward the outside edge of one - plus you could slide down into one when you are exhausted from getting yourself into and then burning yourself out trying to get up and through one. I was gasping when I finally and gratefully emerged from the "birth canal" on Proclamation. I quickly proclaimed that I had been reborn! :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin: :smilewinkgrin: :arf:
That works - anything is better than nothing.
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Caleb is on Flat iron, below the aid bolts.
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Caleb is on Flat iron, below the aid bolts.
Nice. I would have never guessed that. Look how small his beak is. As far as that goes - look at Brad's skinny frame in that first profile pic of Spaceman Spiff. Svelt. :ihih: :yesnod: :lol:
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Spaceman Spiff. Svelt. :ihih: :yesnod: :lol:
Speaking of...
Brad - Are you drilling a bolt overhead in pic 2 and mantling the crux in 3?
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Go for it Vicki!
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Speaking of...
Brad - Are you drilling a bolt overhead in pic 2 and mantling the crux in 3?
No clue. All I'm certain of is that I'm climbing in both shots. Maybe drilling in number two?
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No clue. All I'm certain of is that I'm climbing in both shots. Maybe drilling in number two?
Okay...That must mean you are grabbing "the" glory hold in 2 and mantling said hold in 3. The photographer obviously was on a quick-pivoting boom to get those angles so quickly from one move to the next. Or you had multiple photographer's...yeah...that's it...that's the ticket! :frown2: :crazy: :arf:
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That old truck of Geoff's was our Pinns transportation for a while. When it wasn't running we had to buy a car off my folks.
Geoff and I got stuck in that truck so many times. It was not a four wheel drive, Geoff however didn't let that stop him from off-roading. We got stuck once on a perfectly flat patch of grass.
Keeping momentum was a must. We were tresspassing on government property (Fort Ord) and managed to bounce the battery loose, nailing the radiator. A few minutes later a couple army Jeep's with machine guns and soldiers in fatiges come flying over the hill down to our location. They we're all young kids! None of them were legal age and they asked us to buy them beer. :)
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That old truck of Geoff's was our Pinns transportation for a while. When it wasn't running we had to buy a car off my folks.
Geoff and I got stuck in that truck so many times. It was not a four wheel drive, Geoff however didn't let that stop him from off-roading. We got stuck once on a perfectly flat patch of grass.
Keeping momentum was a must. We were tresspassing on government property (Fort Ord) and managed to bounce the battery loose, nailing the radiator. A few minutes later a couple army Jeep's with machine guns and soldiers in fatiges come flying over the hill down to our location. They we're all young kids! None of them were legal age and they asked us to buy them beer. :)
So apparently you were a delinquent when you were a juvenile too?
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So apparently you were a delinquent when you were a juvenile too?
You're just now figuring this out?
Leave clink alone and let's get back to asking annoying questions about your pictures.
Why has clink not commented on my comment about your physique (pronounced fizz-ee-que)? And wait...there's no shorts? :rolleyes:
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^^^
I used to be skinnier before Vicki-induced absolute contentment had its effect. But the hell with me. Look at how little Vicki has changed in 25 years! Gorgeous then and gorgeous now. Different hair color though ;)
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I was gasping when I finally and gratefully emerged from the "birth canal" on Proclamation. I quickly proclaimed that I had been reborn!
I suppose that Proclamation Pinnacle needs stitches?
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Nice Clink!!
For use it was either my Mazda truck or my buddies el Camino.
Then there was mr muds Van, it only did 35 mph!!!
I swear it was slow.
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I suppose that Proclamation Pinnacle needs stitches?
Though no postpartum depression, I'm guessing.
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Though no postpartum depression, I'm guessing.
There might be some going on with the rain and the fact that this pinnacle goes under the closures.
;D ;)
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Martin Bez at the location of the first bolt, first ascent of Catatonic Stupor:
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Vicki following Toog's Gallery, early 1990s:
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No pics of me?
For shame doc!
Me Toproping FTB in the early 90s? Photo by Brad, IIRC
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Crusher!!
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After waiting on a caulk cleansing rain for a flash ascent of POD in 1981
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^^^
Standing by while you work to correct technical difficulties ::)
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The infamous DES after we (Dennis, Brad and I) finished the third pitch of Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust in 2000. Pitches 1 and 2 were completed in the early/mid 90's with my two brothers.
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^^^
Standing by while you work to correct technical difficulties ::)
So you're not seeing what I'm seeing?
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So you're not seeing what I'm seeing?
I am now. I posted those words when the photo and caption didn't match.
Keep them coming!!! And WHERE did you get that shirt?!?
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Scout Peak: Sparky's Merit Badge 2003
Drilling bolt #1 with dubious cam for "backup" ha!
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Nice!
That guy looks Feral.
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Keep them coming!!! And WHERE did you get that shirt?!?
The POD flash ascent shirt was from a local thrift store
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a flash ascent of POD in 1981
Flash? Do you drop your drawers on lead?
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Flash? Do you drop your drawers on lead?
At the top...
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Ashes to ashes, 2yrs ago Squiddo and I looked at the start. Damn!!!the 1st bolt is a big high off the ground. My memory did not include the 1st bolt, all my memory had was the sweet upper headwall.
Pass!!
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Scout Peak: Sparky's Merit Badge 2003
Drilling bolt #1 with dubious cam for "backup" ha!
That's a cool shot Jim.
Dubious is right. I placed more than one piece of gear in there and had no confidence in it. That left side is crap.
There was a loose cobble above your left foot (unless its the one you're standing on) that pulled out and a bird flew out from behind it (scared the crap out of me). It's unfortunate how loose the left side is in that initial section, because the right side is good. Great effort getting that first bolt in so high and the climb is really fun after getting past there.
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Too damn small!!
At least give us captions so we can try to see what we're squinting at.
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Too damn small!!
At least give us captions so we can try to see what we're squinting at.
My guess is something on the monolith and Alan's Arete.
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nope neither.
Hint: Rob West Side
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I am sure you can guess this one.
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Guessing game?
1984
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Conduit to the Cosmos
John Barbella coming up to the pitch 1 crux in 1982.
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me on obtaining the 2nd pitch belay in 1983.
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brother Bill following p2 early 2000s
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looking down on brothers Karl and Jon from partway up p3 early 90s (the trail line is hanging out from the rock beyond the belay stance and I'm not even at the top of the overhanging section yet...)
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nope neither.
Hint: Rob West Side
Knifeblade.
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Guessing game?
1984
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The reason I carry butt-wipes in the top pocket of my pack....
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The reason I carry butt-wipes in the top pocket of my pack....
On the Yaks wall?
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In that picture of Karl and Jon it looks like there is water at the base of Balconies?
That lodestone belay is unreal.
Those are some really cool pics Jim - thanks for posting.
Love the long hair and sideburns :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin: :lol:
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On the Yaks wall?
Yes.
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White Punks on Rope
Guessing game?
1984
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^^^^
Is that rock on the left any good? Looks very featured and interesting.
Put up one there with an updated name - Dispensary Dilettantes
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no it is not
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no it is not
All the more reason to do the route :yikes: :incazzato: :crying: :devildevil:
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In that picture of Karl and Jon it looks like there is water at the base of Balconies?
That lodestone belay is unreal.
Love the long hair and sideburns
No water - that's the color of the streak.
The lodestone belay there is likely the most awesome I've experience at the Pinns.
And a moosestashe too (kind of hard to see cause it was blonde in those days)
Here's brother Jon drilling the third bolt on White Punks:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7866/39781334133_3803d9d9d5_c.jpg)
Not long after that I was talking with this also infamous Pinnacles hard-man and he mentioned aiding up the diagonal crack until spotting the bolts just left. He retreated so as to not intrude on the project in process.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7831/39770053543_95e2c3d37f_c.jpg)
Jack Holmgren on Resurrection (that pin driven in upside down 'protecting' the crux was way scary!!!!!)
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^^^^
Is that rock on the left any good? Looks very featured and interesting.
Nope, although Jon used some of it to get to the stance (it was raining mudNcrud that day)
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DES do you remember this one?
(Just checking cause you are getting into that age group. And Brad don't say anything yet...)
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Nope, although Jon used some of it to get to the stance (it was raining mudNcrud that day)
That looks like a brutal stemming stance. I woulda gone and stayed left :lol: :thumbup: :biggrin: :yikes: :nono:
By the way - just listened to The Tubes initial offering so Kat could hear the finale.
Starts out sounding like Zappa, then transitions to a blend of Zappa and Todd/full on old Utopia and ends rockin' hard as only the Tubes can - classic 70's stony dude sounds :biggrin: :thumbup: :yesnod: :lol: :blahblah: :guitar: :arf:
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Conduit to the Cosmos
me on obtaining the 2nd pitch belay in 1983.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4820/45819543285_d22109bc2f_c.jpg)
What the heck kinda belay is that? Redirect/modified hip belay through a figure 8?
Yes...the stache is boss - missed that :out:
You look kinda squinty eyed too :lol: :ihih: :crazy:
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Jim, you have become better looking with age.
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DES do you remember this one?
(Just checking cause you are getting into that age group. And Brad don't say anything yet...)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7903/46746837091_15b14a0e5d_b.jpg)
Me? Not say anything? You mean I can't even comment about THOSE SHORTS??
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Jim, you have become better looking with age.
You know the old saying? If you can't say something nice..., better to say it with style!
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And the hat to match.....
What I can’t understsnd is how DES got on to so many FA’s???
He must have lived there.
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I liked that hat. I must say, I have always been a fashionable kind of guy. That is a good route
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Jack Holmgren on Resurrection (that pin driven in upside down 'protecting' the crux was way scary!!!!!)
Brad has this picture in the guidebook as Holmgren on Nexus. Is that what you meant? I see it has gear and a piton at the crux. :biggrin:
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I must say, I have always been a fashionable kind of guy.
Absolutely trendsetting!
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Not that I have any room to talk but I didn't know the local clown college sold used clothes :lol: :arf:
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classic photo
Conduit to the Cosmos
me on obtaining the 2nd pitch belay in 1983.
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Size Matters :yesnod: :biggrin: :lol: :out:
Not that I have any room to talk but I didn't know the local clown college sold used clothes :lol: :arf:
Geez...what does a guy have to do to get a DIE or an ESAD? :ciappa:
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I was sent to a re-education program so I am a bit slow on the draw.
Butt
DIE
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Wow! He not only told you to die, he called you a butt.
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and now for something completely different for those who are re-educated
Laughing Hyenas p2 5.11c Calaveras Dome 1985
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and now for something completely different for those who are re-educated
Laughing Hyenas p2 5.11c Calaveras Dome 1985
Ummmm...you might notice that the title of the thread is PINNS Nostalgia - not Long Term Loss of Short Term Memory or...A Man with Three Buttocks :lol: :out: :prrr:
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nice pic
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We might need to face it, Jim's way past Long Term Loss of Short Term Memory. He's past C.R.S. (Can't Remember Shit), and might even be into the realm of C.R.A.F.T.
Poor Jim. At least we knew you when 8)
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I tried to quote but something wonderfully weird happened
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Your modification to that photo offends me. The red circle seems to mean "no to Pinns." I don't think that's what you intend. I'm going to need to visit my safe space now.
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To Jim's credit he got it half right. The title of the thread is Pinns Nostalgia, so he got the Nostalgia part. Also, I think I see a pin in that pic.
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To Jim's credit he got it half right. The title of the thread is Pinns Nostalgia, so he got the Nostalgia part. Also, I think I see a pin in that pic.
Yes a pin and rigid stem friends. Good thing I’m following cause that big red circle and slash on top of me are really heavy and the arms are getting tired.
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Does the T in C.R.A.F.T. stand for tidbit?
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Jim you can post granite on sonorapassclimbing.com to to your hearts content. No granite haters there!
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Does the T in C.R.A.F.T. stand for tidbit?
Can't Remember a ...
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Jim you can post granite on sonorapassclimbing.com to to your hearts content. No granite haters there!
For the record - I am not an "it" hater.
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Can't Remember a ...
And I told you before what it means. You're getting it too? I'm worried about you Steve.
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For the record - I am not an "it" hater.
Agreed. You just have a sense of what is appropriate when.
(In my best singing voice:)
"To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to climb Pinns, a time to break holds
A time to hand drill, a time to break brush
A time to see friends, that love the place
A time to laugh, a time to weep"
Pinnacles... it's what's for Winter.
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Very nice!
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For the record, I haven't given up on Pinns climbing. :)
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For the record, I haven't given up on Pinns climbing. :)
Hello, this is Ellen, Brad's secretary.
I'm posting here because this site and thread were up on Brad's computer after he was rushed by ambulance to the Emergency Room. We're not sure what happened, but he was rushed to the E.R. after erupting in very loud, non-stop laughter that wouldn't let him breath. I've never seen him laugh so long and so loud.
Hopefully he'll be OK.
Does anyone out there in Mudn'Crud-land know what he might have been laughing at?
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Does anyone out there in Mudn'Crud-land know what he might have been laughing at?
For the record...I don't remember your honor...
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Hopefully he'll be OK.
OMG, this is Ellen again. Brad just sped by the office, on Morning Star Drive itself. And he was on a snowmobile!!
What is going on out there in Mudn'Crud land?!?
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Ok, I was thinking oh sh!t there for a second. Nice post.
Like the lyrics.
Jim can happily post whatever in this thread as long as it has nostalgia and pins
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I so just saw that guy go by!!!!
http://www.sonorapassclimbing.com/sph/index.php?topic=128.0
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Back to the topic at hand and possibly a cure for Brad's temporary(?) disorder...
Guess this classic on the West Side:
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John B, Paul G, possibly Chris B (not shown), and maybe someone else (not shown), and photographer - me (not shown) on a mass free solo up and back down (early 80s). No falling allowed!
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^^^
Another great photo.
I think the route shown is the very first route I ever climbed at Pinnacles. In late December, 1984.
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...in late December, 1984.
Well, this too deserves my best singing voice:
"Oh, what a trip
Late December back in '84
What a very special time for me
As I remember, what a trip...
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Desperate shootout?
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Is that PO in the foreground?
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Hummingbird Spire
My first? West Side climbing.
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Hummingbird Spire
My first? West Side climbing.
That's my thought too. Hummingbird Spire - Regular.
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Hummingbird Spire
My first? West Side climbing.
Looks like it to me but I faced the other way whilst stemming up to clip the bolt.
And there is a scrub oak in there.
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Too easy. The gloves are coming off for the next one. :)
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and now for something completely different for those who are re-educated
Laughing Hyenas p2 5.11c Calaveras Dome 1985
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7820/46022003294_ce33d9d6e7_z.jpg)
Damn!!!!
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Okay Mudders. Let's see who calls this one first.
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Okay Mudders. Let's see who calls this one first.
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The rap off of Proclamation Pinnacle's north summit.
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Hatchet?
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This one!
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The rap off of Proclamation Pinnacle's north summit.
Hatchet?
This one!
Nope, although the first player said it with such authority that I actually am feeling some self doubt about my reality.
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Nope, although the first player said it with such authority that I actually am feeling some self doubt about my reality.
I'm out. Can't think of a formation where there is something that significant on the other side, an overhanging rappel and view facing west. I was thinking Condor Crag South but that faces east. I doubt it's anything I've climbed.
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I'm out. Can't think of a formation where there is something that significant on the other side, an overhanging rappel and view facing west. I was thinking Condor Crag South but that faces east. I doubt it's anything I've climbed.
It seems like it has to be up fairly high too - the ridge-line and sunset in the background wouldn't look that way in a shot from down by the reservoir (for example).
That's why I thought High Peaks.
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Okay Mudders. Let's see who calls this one first.
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and the answer is
The Shaft
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Huh, would never have guessed that.
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Long way from the car to finish the day on the shaft...
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Not long after that I was talking with this also infamous Pinnacles hard-man and he mentioned aiding up the diagonal crack until spotting the bolts just left. He retreated so as to not intrude on the project in process.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7831/39770053543_95e2c3d37f_c.jpg)
Jack Holmgren on Resurrection (that pin driven in upside down 'protecting' the crux was way scary!!!!!)
Argh! That is Nexus and not Resurrection. Either Brad or Wendy interrupted me in the midst of this post creation, and faux pas... (I know excuses excuses)
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Gotta love the fancy approach shoes...I now see his secret....stiff shoes.
I still have that same helmet.
yeah, I thought it didn't look like R-wall, but hey who am I to argue.
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Definitely Nexus - my groin recognized the move.
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Now that the pic is identified as Nexus.... did Jack retreat from Resurrection after seeing the other work being put in?
Proud.
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Definitely Nexus - my groin recognized the move.
Quotable, Waldo. :)