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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: F4? on January 07, 2021, 06:39:42 PM
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Soledad is your primary city on your iPhone for weather.
End of the day after climbing you search for ticks.
You have taken a lead fall due to a hold breaking.
Your partner continually asks “is that hold solid”
When other climbers ask about the pinnacles rock quality, your responses is SOLID!!
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You're okay if a hold wiggles just a little bit.
You climb your salad.
You don't need an anchor to rappel.
You wake for a day of climbing with a feeling of dread rather than anticipatory excitement.
You love "running" ridiculous obstacle courses.
You find solid rock boring. :sleep:
You're okay with knowing that multiple pieces of gear will likely only slow you down.
You sling knobs and believe...
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When you can count the number of other climbers you have seen in the last five years on one hand.
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For fun you have yelled get off my route to the shirtless guy lowering a rope down discovery wall.
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For fun you have yelled get off my route to the shirtless guy lowering a rope down discovery wall.
It's not nice to yell at Joe ;D
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It used to be Gavin.....
I’d run over and yell at him....get off my route!
Then he would see who was yelling at him and I’d say how are you.
I figured he needed some excitement.
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I figured he needed some excitement.
There are better ways to excite Gavin.
Next time take a 30 foot lead fall while he is climbing next to you. I'd bet he be grateful for that level of excitement.
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There are better ways to excite Gavin.
Next time take a 30 foot lead fall while he is climbing next to you. I'd bet he be grateful for that level of excitement.
What's the back story there?
With the Covid case number climbing, my regular partners (both are moms) are pondering about refraining from going outside. If they both bail, I'm going to dig out my toprope solo gear and will be channeling Gavin.
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Oh nothing, I went off route on the 2nd pitch with Tato Pani via gully, made the fatal move of matching feet, hold snaps and I start cartwheeling down the gully. Luckily Uber was able stop me from getting a 1st decent of the lower part of the climb.
Scratched my shades...
Lessons learned, it does not pay to be bold.
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Oh nothing, I went off route on the 2nd pitch with Tato Pani via gully, made the fatal move of matching feet, hold snaps and I start cartwheeling down the gully. Luckily Uber was able stop me from getting a 1st decent of the lower part of the climb.
Scratched my shades...
Lessons learned, it does not pay to be bold.
1. The move was not "fatal." It could have been and I'm glad it wasn't.
2. I watched the whole thing from the ground, out from the base of the climb.
3. He shoulda' gone about 30 more feet, but as he was crashing through the belay tree, Uber literally tackled him onto the belay ledge (I've never seen anything like it).
4. Stacy's reactions were absolutely priceless (looking back at it from years later).
5. Factor walked out on his own.
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^^^
As it was, he fell/tumbled 50 feet.
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It was a long ways down. Not fun. I should go back with gear and establish that as a variation.
There is a huge difference being bold and just plain stupid.
For me to have tried leading the gully without placing gear was just plain stupid.
So I do exercise more due caution, place more gear (why not, transfer it to the follower and shed 5lbs) and wear a ⛑.
17yrs later I am still climbing on cobbles.
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The standard was "you know about and use three points of contact for every move"...
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When you tell your partner... " That hold is not on"
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... you have the "traditionally bolted routes" speech ready for a moment's notice.
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You do not flinch when someone yells rock
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You still have needle burrs in your socks after they've been washed.
You had so many needle burrs in your socks - you just threw them away.
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You had so many needle burrs in your socks - you just threw them away.
Uncounted times....
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That summit beer you used to carry in your pack has now been replaced by a bottle of Tecnu...
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You had so many needle burrs in your socks - you just threw them awa
That's why I never wear trail runners with mesh sides to Pinns. Threw one pair in the trash.
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Noal I call BS, you don’t wear trail runners cuz you like down climbing 5.8’s in you approach shoes.
Can we put in a rap anchor?
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When you frequently say "Thank God I NEVER have to climb THAT again!"
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You spend at least as much time cleaning and testing holds as you do using them to make progress.
You grab hold of and try to wiggle or kick holds to test them. You chuckle when people only tap on them.
On routes where you have to go more or less "all in" on a single, key hold you're familiar with the phrase - "If this goes...I'm gone."
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You try to will yourself to be light as a feather so the holds won't pop under your weight.
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3 points of contact. Know to NOT use handholds for footholds.
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You have an obscure site called mudncrud bookmarked.
... Know to NOT use handholds for footholds.
Handholds ? Footholds? Now you just sound like a gym climber.
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You have an obscure site called mudncrud bookmarked.
Or, you have the Newly Established and Found Routes thread downloaded on your phone :)
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You make a concerted effort to get the second ascent while the original holds are still there.
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You revisit a climbing route with Brad that hasn't been climbed in 20 years and you just know he is going to say: "Wow, this is a lot worse than I remember." ;D
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^^^
Ouch.
I resemble that remark.
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Handholds ? Footholds? Now you just sound like a gym climber.
Good one :thumbup:
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^^^
Ouch.
I resemble that remark.
Haha - yep, given our recent experience at Balconies it seemed appropriate!
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Worse is when Brad keeps saying watch me, watch me...then screams aloud as he pulls the crux.
It’s all good!
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Please describe scream. :yikes:
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Please describe scream. :yikes:
He's mistaking pulling the crux (those are grunts) with seeing a rattlesnake (that's a scream).
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Ah more like a roar?
I have started to make old man noises in the last year or so.
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And I've been working on my rattlesnake scream for years.
I'm trying to make it more guttural, less of a scream, more manly.
Some slight success so far. Don't ask either daughter to chime in here though.
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Ah more like a roar?
I have started to make old man noises in the last year or so.
I started to make those when I was 9, lol
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..when you approach the Pearly Gates and Saint Peter says to you "Ah, a climber" and pulls a Falcon guide to Heaven's rock climbs from his robe "They are all great routes, on beautiful rock, though somewhat crowded. Come on in."
You ask "Is there any climbing around that isn't so popular?"
He replies "Not on this side of the gates, but from here to hell is rumored to be an endless wasteland of outcroppings of mediocre to extremely poor quality rock, just a few agnostics conjuring up routes on them. Temps suck."
You barter your ticket to Heaven for gear, rations and Tecate.
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"Heaven" lost me at the Falcon guide. Garbage company.
Speaking of garbage, Larry sent me a new Petzl hammer. I'm so done with Black Diamond's.
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I'm so done with Black Diamond's.
so you won't swing mine?
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..when you approach the Pearly Gates and Saint Peter says to you "Ah, a climber" and pulls a Falcon guide to Heaven's rock climbs from his robe "They are all great routes, on beautiful rock, though somewhat crowded. Come on in."
You ask "Is there any climbing around that isn't so popular?"
He replies "Not on this side of the gates, but from here to hell is rumored to be an endless wasteland of outcroppings of mediocre to extremely poor quality rock, just a few agnostics conjuring up routes on them. Temps suck."
You barter your ticket to Heaven for gear, rations and Tecate.
Lol
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Larry sent me a new Petzl hammer.
When you are ready to retire this one, the last route you do should be named Bedtime for Bongo