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Title: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: BAP on October 26, 2021, 12:50:17 PM
I did it again - Climbed Flying None with five of my friends Chuck, Bruce, Eben, Sonia and Paul on October 17.  Our ages are: two 50+, two 60+, one 70+, and one 80 year old.  Chuck then lead Get Smart on sight.  3 of us top roped after him.  We all had a great time!  Three of us voted Flying None deserves 3 stars.  Two thought it should be at least 2 and half starts.  One said two stars.   And whoever got on Get Smart all agreed "an absolutely 3 stars climbs"

My picture posting wasn't successful.  I will have to try to post them separately. 
 
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: BAP on October 26, 2021, 01:14:18 PM
Chuck on Flying None p1

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51632214880_ca65596eb5.jpg)


Condor #36 flying while we were "Flying None"

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51631588683_021383a53f.jpg);


Bruce, Chuck (team 1) on Pitch 2 while I (in orange) was leading Pitch 1 (team 2)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51630539847_2c78598782.jpg);


Summit Photo of Team 2 and Team 3.  Chuck and Bruce had gone down and were climbing Get Smart.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51632012099_64d0ca5e4b.jpg);


Me top roping Get Smart.  (Yes, Brad, I will go back lead it. )

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51631588658_9218e1d679.jpg).
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: Brad Young on October 26, 2021, 05:09:08 PM
Can’t wait to see how much an inch of rain has cleaned these two up.

Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: waldo on October 28, 2021, 02:27:54 PM
BAP, I'm glad you found somebody older than me!

Brad, I think Pinns got more than an inch.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: mynameismud on October 28, 2021, 03:30:26 PM
awesomeness
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: Gavin on October 30, 2021, 05:52:30 PM
Great trip report! Alacia and I climbed The Flying None recently as well and agree it is an excellent climb - it's wonderful to have another high quality moderate multi-pitch route in the area. The FA team deserves a lot of credit for all that effort.

I'm also glad to hear everyone enjoyed Get Smart - it's definitely a top-notch climb. Alacia and I climbed that again as well and she agreed that it is a 3-star route for sure.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: BAP on November 01, 2021, 09:45:32 AM
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I'm also glad to hear everyone enjoyed Get Smart - it's definitely a top-notch climb. Alacia and I climbed that again as well and she agreed that it is a 3-star route for sure

We went back to Pinnacles yesterday, and I red pointed Get Smart.   What a fabulous climb!  Absolutely a gem!   Thank you Gavin and Brad!

Chuck then lead MI, rest of us followed. We all agreed the rock quality on GS is better than MI.

By the way, I did not have any trouble clipping bolts on GS, nor did I find any "out of reach" spot.  Crux moves are well protected.     

 
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: Brad Young on November 01, 2021, 10:04:26 AM

...I did not have any trouble clipping bolts on GS, nor did I find any "out of reach" spot.


Damn, Gavin, we failed.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: Gavin on November 02, 2021, 11:10:28 AM
By the way, I did not have any trouble clipping bolts on GS, nor did I find any "out of reach" spot.  Crux moves are well protected.   

That's great to hear! Alacia had similar comments about the sequences and crux moves.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: JC w KC redux on November 04, 2021, 10:12:25 AM
...I did not have any trouble clipping bolts on GS, nor did I find any "out of reach" spot.

Damn, Gavin, we failed.



If that was the goal the route name should have been named Get Shorty.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: JC w KC redux on November 04, 2021, 12:20:26 PM
I did it again

Thanks for finally posting something worthwhile.
I was ready to suggest the site be renamed Lame and Tame.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: BAP on November 05, 2021, 08:11:08 AM
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Thanks for finally posting something worthwhile.
I was ready to suggest the site be renamed Lame and Tame.

Welcome back John and Kathy! 
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: BAP on November 05, 2021, 11:31:38 AM
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If that was the goal the route name should have been named Get Shorty.

Be nice John!  Or you will come back as a midget in your life.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: JC w KC redux on November 05, 2021, 03:46:59 PM
Be nice John!  Or you will come back as a midget in your life.

That was being nice.
More people would recognize the title too - not just a lame bunch of Boomers.

That reminds me...someone drove by when we were sitting out by our rig one evening in Oklahoma and yelled - BOOMERS!
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: mynameismud on November 05, 2021, 08:21:20 PM
Last year I had a young kid at work say "ok boomer" to me.  He was sitting down so I took two steps toward him, looked down at him, said "thank you" and walked away.
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: F4? on November 23, 2021, 06:05:45 PM
topo?
Title: Re: Flying None Again 10-17-2021
Post by: F4? on November 26, 2021, 08:23:31 AM
I must say the 1st rap from the top works WAY better than the Coastanoan one.

CoastaN, bad, bad with rope drag.