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Climbing and ... Climbing => Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles => Topic started by: JC w KC redux on December 08, 2013, 09:35:21 AM
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We stayed home today.
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That's pretty messed up. I thought you would at least be down there having an icicle war or something. I reckon I'll see you at the gym later. I'll wear my orange pants.
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That's pretty messed up. I thought you would at least be down there having an icicle war or something. I reckon I'll see you at the gym later. I'll wear my orange pants.
It is messed up but I don't feel so bad seeing as you must have bailed as well.
Don't look for me at the gym - I'd rather stick icicles in my eyes :)
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I'm pretty embarrassed to go in to the gym, so I'll wear my Orange shirt, sunglasses and bandana so people won't know I'm there.
My partner bailed. I would never do that. Looks like Tuesday will be for progress on the route.
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Adam, who painted your new avatar?
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Actually, yeah, I bailed too. The thought of fighting my way down the hill on extremely icy roads for climbs I've done before wasn't enough motivation.
Here it was a good day for around the house chores:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/11276262006_b6234499da_c.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7408/11276313424_497e11be2e_c.jpg)
This one helps when she can - but basically she just loves chest deep snow:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/11276350693_8e6056de4f_c.jpg)
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Adam, who painted your new avatar?
Are those Belaggles?
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Actually, yeah, I bailed too. The thought of fighting my way down the hill on extremely icy roads for climbs I've done before wasn't enough motivation.
Here it was a good day for around the house chores:
Those are fun pics.
Here is KC working on her first batch of vegan Bourbon Balls
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3e9_rq73mYzxZTonMzDHyqeFrlDVlp65nt4hUcYp_8xjSNvha_2adswM_zFXRQh7-v0L2_0KzAg2Gw46a8a7ShyQqdHN-Hg3uR7O5OYCaVZcfutJn_XfrcKVwU9JWUKqtlDokwNGMYBl8EkvZdhQdDa=w750-h563-no?authuser=0)
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The new avatar is from the bitstrips app on Facecrack.
I tried to let all the emotions run their course on Friday after the furlough hit home pretty hard. Now I'm staying focused on making my dreams come true. Time to move on.
First some living space improvements with new shelves, from left over plywood from my bed frame.
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/26C42A08-5B77-4699-8CC5-C504B6A203AB_zpspnvugopd.jpg)
I hung Haven's amazing mosaic that is on loan.
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/ADE0ED16-F070-4C31-B40B-F9AEAB86537C_zpsudej45eg.jpg)
I hung one of my watercolors form last winter
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/B6C8B415-C3D9-4B28-A086-26F9F640CE0D_zpsdppwpbe1.jpg)
Found my first woodblock print
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/52154A82-D31F-406A-A9E8-48E835C27E9A_zpsf0ugregs.jpg)
I'm trying to figure out what to do with this one.
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/8781D622-82B2-4B1E-BDFD-7AC8887A782A_zpszbw0zp6l.jpg)
Put the granite books back in their cage
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/0B5FA052-B820-4CB5-8C36-4A98B753BAB8_zps6jzunhzn.jpg)
And in between the gaps I wished for the ocean to do this again.
(http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss119/adamclimbs/6F24436E-A762-43F2-9F9E-992646891B22_zpssvrjd9da.jpg)
I guess life moves on without rocks for the day.
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Are those Belaggles?
They are "Belay Specs" which are way better IMHO.
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Adam, here's another one to cheer you up: as you may recall, John viciously called you a liar in that other thread. Well, maybe you are, maybe you aren't. But he certainly is a liar, and now you can get him back.
How is he a liar? Well, look at the photo he posted in this thread above. All those claims that he and K.C. are "vegan?" Yeah? Real vegans don't make christmas cookies with TURKEY.
(And what's with "animal" crackers too?)
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How is he a liar? Well, look at the photo he posted in this thread above. All those claims that he and K.C. are "vegan?" Yeah? Real vegans don't make christmas cookies with TURKEY.
(And what's with "animal" crackers too?)
I bet they have some Earl Grey tea too. But they wisely hid that.
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Those are fun pics.
Here is KC working on her first batch of vegan Bourbon Balls
(http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t395/JCwKCredux/IMG_7987small_zpsd4aaa03a.jpg) (http://s1057.photobucket.com/user/JCwKCredux/media/IMG_7987small_zpsd4aaa03a.jpg.html)
Oh, hot damn!
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not only cooking with Turkey but Wild Turkey. The hippies are in an uproar.
I did get out. Went for a 2 1/2 hour bicylce ride. My toes were frozen for 30 minutes after getting back. Was beautiful out on Hwy 1 and the Sunset was real nice.
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Movies watched while staying home...
Elysium
The Wolverine
Clerks
Started watching...
Almost Human (great concept btw)
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Wow you guys are lame. Now I am thinking I should have just stayed home and posted pictures of my cats.
Pinns was almost tolerable from about 12:00PM to 3:00PM when the sun broke through. We actually got few bolts in as well. ;D
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bolts? in?
invalid without pics
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OK Munge, here you go. Validation.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WnCpra8j574/UFtJKkh79dI/AAAAAAAAB_A/4zPTVfz2o8U/w775-h581-no/IMG_20120920_094925.jpg)
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buaahhahaa, look at that expression!
that cat is way runout!
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Wow you guys are lame.
This from the guy who has been at Pinns two or three times in the last year.
No bourbon balls for you!
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bolts? in?
invalid without pics
Munge - He thinks we'll poach his route! He thinks he's stealthy but I know where it is.
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heh
stealth is for shoes, not public forums.
I'm onto your, um, ... cat.
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Munge - He thinks we'll poach his route! He thinks he's stealthy but I know where it is.
We don't and won't poach Aaron. But can I dibs the second ascent?
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This from the guy who has been at Pinns two or three times in the last year.
No bourbon balls for you!
You mean only 3 times in the last month. You only think you know where we are working...and it's not Square.
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We don't and won't poach Aaron. But can I dibs the second ascent?
Brad,
I would be honored. I will need to discuss with Jon. We talked about doing some more work in the area before posting.
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We don't and won't poach Aaron. But can I dibs the second ascent?
Does Brad ask this for every new route at Pinnacles?
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no comment
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Have you guys seen the cheeseburger patch on the ass of Aaron's climbing pants? If he falls and lands on me , or even a near miss, I might forgo the burgers for a while.
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So you're saying that looking at Aarons ass is a taboo just like looking at Brad's short shorts?
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You mean only 3 times in the last month. You only think you know where we are working...and it's not Square.
Wow - 3 times in the last month - that's gotta be some kind of record!...and I already knew it wasn't square.
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Wow - 3 times in the last month - that's gotta be some kind of record!...and I already knew it wasn't square.
Yeah...I mean December. It probably is some kind of record...I have been there more times than you this month!
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I admit to looking at his ass too much lately. Haven't seen any sexy pictures of Brad yet.
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Yeah...I mean December. It probably is some kind of record...I have been there more times than you this month!
I plan to be there 4 days this week/weekend - it's ON!
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I admit to looking at his ass too much lately. Haven't seen any sexy pictures of Brad yet.
geez...I don't think I'm going climbing with the other JC any time soon!
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But can I dibs the second ascent?
And here I thought I was special!
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I plan to be there 4 days this week/weekend - it's ON!
Damnit! Already lost a day :(
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It's a fear thing, JC. You always want to lead everything, which means your belayer is stuck looking up at your hiney, wondering if you pop how much damage it will cause. ie.JC on Sqareblock with 80' ground fall.
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On certain climbs the lead may be more dangerous for the second.
For the belayer it's not just beware of "FALLING ROCK" but also "FALLING ASS"!
Ask KC'
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Falling is not an option.
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The leader must not fall.
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The leader must not fall.
I thought that was an ice climbing rule...
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nah, it is just the rule.
kinda like you have to have two drills, but different.
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nah, it is just the rule.
kinda like you have to have two drills, but different.
Eventually you'll "need" two hammers.
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Holmgren experimented with a "head" hammer, but he got dizzy after twenty hits or so.
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that is hilarious because it is believable.
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Kind of like a headlamp without the lamp. He got it so he could take a decent lick, but he had trouble aiming. Had to close his eyes.
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Kind of like a headlamp without the lamp. He got it so he could take a decent lick, but he had trouble aiming. Had to close his eyes.
You could have taken at least 1 picture.
The best part of leading is you get to decide where to put the bolts in....
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Yesterday was guided by Aaron up Lava Falls. Was admiring Holmgrens placements.
and happy to follow.
We rapped off Hook and Drill. Single 70m stretched within 6ft of ground. Someone rapped apparently off a hardware store snap link from a single bolt 80' up. It is stamped 200lbs, they must have weighed 150 or less?
Showed Aaron the Regular Route and suggested the first pitch as "classic"
Sucker bit! Ha ha. I love being guided.
Was super cool to meet all the Inn Crowd!!
Great day Aaron, thanks
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Wow, sounds awesome!
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F4, tell Clink about the rap station you put in so that one can rap Hook and Drill with one 60 meter rope (two, one-rope rappels).
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Yesterday was guided by Aaron up Lava Falls.
Great day Aaron, thanks
Why would you want to climb a three star classic when you could be on this just across the valley?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50256505832_953016c51f_z.jpg)
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Great day Aaron, thanks
Clink,
Thanks for you patient belay. This was a mile stone for me. The first time I went up Lava Falls, Gavin lead the route with me and Alicia following. This was only a couple months after my first outdoor climb 2 years ago. I came off at the bulge on that first time up and hung around for a while trying to figure the move. This time I really had a mental block when I got back to the bulge. After several tries and a lower off I finally made the move only to discover how physically easy the move really was versus my mental build up. Great feeling to push through. Thanks again Jon!
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Damnit! Already lost a day :(
HA! 4 days and counting.
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F4, tell Clink about the rap station you put in so that one can rap Hook and Drill with one 60 meter rope (two, one-rope rappels).
F4 for real?
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Aaron, he's not answering yet, but yes, for real. He put in a two-bolt rappel station off to the right of Hook and Drill, just outside that route's water chute, on a stance. Instead of rapping Hook and Drill with two ropes, two half-rope length raps (I think about 85 feet and about 60 feet, but use a 60 meter rope just to be sure).
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what's the story on the convenience anchor?
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before when climbing folks rapped from Hook and Drill since there was no anchor on Lava Falls, there is still no anchor on some of the routes to the right of Lava Falls. I rapped Hook and Drill serveral times with a single 60 but that required clipping into and from a jingus bolt. Now you rap to bolts in a blank wall.
Well blank until someone bolts a line up to the new anchors (5.10 -).
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Aaron, he's not answering yet, but yes, for real.
Good to know. I rapped first and tried to look for more options. I guess you need to stay out of the Hook and Drill chute in order to obtain the anchor?
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what's the story on the convenience anchor?
It's not my story, so I'll let F4 tell it. But yeah, I've used it too since he put it in and told me about it. I know he put it in soon after the book came out, maybe in early '08? It is on a blank face - at least blank of climbing routes.
I think I may have top roped the face leading up to it too? Dennis is that what your post refers to - did we try to top rope up to that anchor at some point?
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how is the rock quality? new project?
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Working on a slender memory here, but Dennis' comment about it being in the 5.10 range reminded me that I (I think with him) tried to top rope the line from the ground to the anchor F4 put in. I do recall that there is a bit of a natural line of climbing to that anchor, but I don't remember why I think that.
Rock quality must have been average since the climbing isn't in the Hook and Drill chute (or at least most of it isn't (?), and we didn't rush out to make it a lead climb.
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Yep, it's in a blank face, 50m or so down climber right to Hook and Drill. There is a vague ledge that you stand on. It's on the face opposite Digger/ HooknDrill
I was tired of showing up with 1 rope and having to do some trickery to get off of the balconies. Of course I have since bought a 60m 8mm static that's pretty light.
I have a picture somewhere, not since it was years ago.
BTW, the original b3y3r bolts from the top look fine...until you look from underneath...can you say cratering...
The guides to this in Yosemite and the sierras...you just have to look in the right spots.
BTW, the bolts are lower down the face than we originally planned due to serious rock quality issues/ challenges.
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Brad we may have TR'd that together but my memory really is not all that good. I do remember looking at it real close and thinking it was 5.10 and since I am rarely wrong about ratings...
EDIT:
Brad you may as well put the route in the New Route section now
Blank Wall 5.10 -
FA UnKnown
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I couldn't add it to the new routes even if I were so inclined (and I'm not 'cause it's not). That thread/post is (apparently) maxed out on word count and until you get home so I can call and we can fix it, I can't even add a real new route.
And Factor, it's Sierra not Sierras. The word is spanish and it's already plural.
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???? so I can't spell, you got the point.
Did you guys TR that face?
Damn, beat me to it.
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"Why would you want to climb a three star classic when you could be on this just across the valley?"
JC, what is that? It looks bad, and furry.
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And Factor, it's Sierra not Sierras. The word is spanish and it's already plural.
I love it when people say the Sierra Nevada Mountains :)
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JC, what is that? It looks bad, and furry.
Triple X 5.7 - some tasty moss and choss served with a generous portion of runout on the side :)
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Another weekend of no climbing for the reduxes. UNHEARD OF - and probably one of the coolest Pinns weekends we'll have all summer. We walked to the beach but did little else. I've been riding the big uni every day and backsliding on free range veganism. I have Golfer's elbow - which is a stupid name since golfers don't even get it. Anybody ever have this condition? Seems fate doesn't want me to climb without some nagging, limiting, physical BS.
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...I have Golfer's elbow - which is a stupid name since golfers don't even get it. Anybody ever have this condition? Seems fate doesn't want me to climb without some nagging, limiting, physical BS.
I think I talked about this with you when you were up here? I bet that your muscles are getting stronger faster than your ligaments and tendons (which is how it normally works). I had it bad for several months back when I was new to climbing. It went away spontaneously as the connective tissues got stronger. I hope that that happens for you.
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Yep, it's in a blank face, 50m or so down climber right to Hook and Drill. There is a vague ledge that you stand on. It's on the face opposite Digger/ HooknDrill
BTW, the bolts are lower down the face than we originally planned due to serious rock quality issues/ challenges.
Are the top bolts shown on the topo on page 295? It shows 2 bolts but no route below.
Where would it be on the pic on page 293?
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Are the top bolts shown on the topo on page 295? It shows 2 bolts but no route below.
Where would it be on the pic on page 293?
Nope, page 295 has nothing to do with this rappel. The rappel as it used to be is shown on the topo on page 292. One rappelled from the top two bolts of Hook and Drill to the ground with two ropes (about 160 feet).
I descended from the Balconies this way after the first time I did Lava Falls (as I've said before, Lava Falls used to have a one bolt top belay well back from the top - one walked off to rap Hook and Drill with two ropes after climbing it).
So go back to the topo on page 292. Add in a foot-wide ledge and a two bolt anchor just about where the letter "s" is in the word sling; maybe a little left of that. That's where Factor's anchor is. It was a smart and good addition - the rap can now be made with one rope (I think a 60 meter).
Unfortunately he put it in a few months after the book came out and so no-one knows about the additional anchor.
(And BTW, the new anchor isn't "on" any route, so there is no question of him having added bolts to a route or anything like that.)
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Uh hum, I think everyone knows about it since it is posted on the forum.
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Uh hum, I think everyone knows about it since it is posted on the forum.
Of course they do. Plain silly of me to even suspect otherwise. All the cool kids are here and so are all the Pinns climbers.
(Got my ass kicked hard enough today on granite that I may well be ready for some Pinns action soon.)
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Thanks Brad. I know that was a lot of keyboarding. I will pencil it in to my book.
Now I just need to get up the nerve to go do some stuff on Balconies.
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Now I just need to get up the nerve to go do some stuff on Balconies.
You mean "get up" something on the Balconies other than a great two pitch route that you did the first ascent on?
I think you'd love the north end (Knifeblade and the routes around it).
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I think you'd love the north end (Knifeblade and the routes around it).
Agreed. I have looked at those in the book repeatedly. The approach climb scares me.
I was looking at Casper again yesterday and it scares the crap out of me too!
Looks like a double rack would be a good idea and the anchor needs chains(huge mass of old webbing up there).
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Almost 1.2 inches of rain since last night on the Park gauge.
It stopped for a couple hours this morning and will probably pick up again if the pitter patter on my roof is any indication.
Looks like it is already tipping...
Good day to be a duck.
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Two inches of snow here.
Good day to be a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever ;D
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Almost 1.2 inches of rain since last night on the Park gauge.
And where is that rain gauge in the Park (I forget)?
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And where is that rain gauge in the Park (I forget)?
LATITUDE: 36.470750
LONGITUDE: -121.147278
ELEVATION: 1322 ft
Got an app for that?
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LATITUDE: 36.470750
LONGITUDE: -121.147278
ELEVATION: 1322 ft
Got an app for that?
You're such a great scientist. All of the information you gave was completely accurate. And all of it was useless too.
No, I don't have an app for that.
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What the Great Scientist is saying is, that after a long summer hibernation , the moss is swelling in exuberance.
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(http://www.supertopo.com/photos/26/29/384396_26843_L.jpg)
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You're such a great scientist. All of the information you gave was completely accurate.
Hey thanks! I do important work!!
Gavin gave me the site link way back when (expert terminology taken from my treatise on geochronology) - so he can probably tell you where the station is.
I just figured with all that fancy mac stuff you have AND the fact that you painstakingly provide GPS in some of your fabulous guidebook descriptions - you might be able to make good use of the coordinates.
I do kinda look like that guy - especially the forehead :)
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B028%2714.7%22N+121%C2%B008%2750.2%22W/@36.47075,-121.147278,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0
You can put lat, long coordinates into google maps.
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You can put lat, long coordinates into google maps.
Thanks Adam!
I knew we could do it as a team :)
More good news - The sun is out, rain has stopped...the moss and choss beckons...
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You can put lat, long coordinates into google maps.
Yes, of course. But I was hoping he'd make himself useful and do it for me.
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I do kinda look like that guy - especially the forehead Smiley
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Had a great day out with clink, nelkins, Gavin, KC, Brad and Tricia.
I'll wait for Brad to share. He may even want to start a new topic :)
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Wasn't soaked?
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I started reading a book today. :yikes: :nono: :prrr: :ciappa: :crazy:
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I started reading a book today. :yikes: :nono: :prrr: :ciappa: :crazy:
Fantastic. Would you be willing to let us in on the title and/or subject matter?
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Guidebooks are books too!
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Is it The Very Hungry Caterpillar? One of my faves.
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Geoff Norris placed a bolt on a FA at Pinns after a quarter century hiatus. Lazarus. Of course nothing changed as he asked JC and myself "how do I look?" as he settled into his drilling stance.
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Does Geoff always smile that much? Or was he just really happy to be at Pinnacles?
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Geoff Norris placed a bolt on a FA at Pinns after a quarter century hiatus. Lazarus. Of course nothing changed as he asked JC and myself "how do I look?" as he settled into his drilling stance.
Poor Geoff. Word on the street is the heckling can be merciless this time.of year. :)
Beanolar posted a pic that looked like some of you were bushwhacking thru Borneo. Some things don't change. Lol
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Does Geoff always smile that much? Or was he just really happy to be at Pinnacles?
JC's glow was rubbing off on him.
Poor Geoff. Word on the street is the heckling can be merciless this time.of year. Smiley
Munge, how did you know that we were calling you an x pinnacles climber(at least two connotations, Mud has two also but I believe you both only share one).
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Poor Geoff. Word on the street is the heckling can be merciless this time.of year. :)
I thought the whole cliff might start spinning from the way he was furiously turning that drill! :lol: :yesnod: :biggrin:
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Oh yeah, I got some pix. You should get on facebook, Brad, they're up there.
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You should get on facebook, Brad, they're up there.
Chance Brothers
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Munge, how did you know that we were calling you an x pinnacles climber(at least two connotations, Mud has two also but I believe you both only share one).
I'm reminded of a stanza from the Ancient Philosopher Sir Munge A lot....
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And you want a triple X throw down,
Dial 1-900-MUNGEALOT
And kick them dirty moss
Baby getting back
(Piddle in the middle while on stance)x4...
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Hi, my name is JC and I'm a toproper. I can't keep the secret any longer.
I climbed some toprope routes and will include them on my list of routes done in good style at Pinnacles.
I NEVER thought I would do this.
I have always been of the opinion that if you don't lead a route, you haven't done it in good style.
I've known for a long while that sometimes I take things (and myself) way too seriously.
If a route is listed as a TR in a guidebook, then it was established that way and was meant to be done that way.
I confess that I free soloed a couple of the lines and only actually toproped one.
I must say that I got a much greater feeling of satisfaction and enjoyed the freedom of movement on the free solos but I wouldn't recommend that as a regular thing at Pinns.
This was a difficult compromise for me but it also reminded me how often I compromise on what I want to do versus what actually happens. Sometimes you have to be willing to bend (maybe more than you want to) so you don't break.
Life is short and climbing should be about having fun. If you can't laugh at yourself...yer dun.
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Well it's official - There will be no Pinnacles for us this weekend.
I think we'll mosey down to the beach and look at all the seacliff failures - probably in the rain.
Next weekend is showing some serious promise in more ways than one.
It may require a new thread title - Unprecedented :yesnod: :ihih:
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Unpresidented might be better.
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I always look north toward the Chalones on my morning walk just to see how Pinnacles is doing. Dense, cold, moist cloud this morning - I would have headed out thirty years ago, not today.
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Unpresidented might be better.
Now now now - let's please not bring politics into this. :nono: :frown2: :prrr: :puke:
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I always look north toward the Chalones on my morning walk just to see how Pinnacles is doing. Dense, cold, moist cloud this morning - I would have headed out thirty years ago, not today.
Nice Bob. According to the park gauge the rain ceased at 8:30am this morning and the high temp only hit 54 briefly with limited sunshine. I saw some cool video on fb of the waterfall at the dam saying all the caves are closed.
There has been more than an inch of rain over the last 48 hours.
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. I saw some cool video on fb of the waterfall at the dam saying all the caves are closed.
There has been more than an inch of rain over the last 48 hours.
I always stay out from under that dam when the rez is full. What exactly is holding those big blocks together?
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I always stay out from under that dam when the rez is full.
You are a smart man considering the trail doubles as the spillway :yikes:
What exactly is holding those big blocks together?
I would imagine gravity, cement and of course CRUD :lol: :yesnod: :yikes: :thumbup: :biggrin:
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What exactly is holding those big blocks together?
Does this reservoir/dam serve any current purpose, other as a bridge for the trail?
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Does this reservoir/dam serve any current purpose, other as a bridge for the trail?
The critters in the park use it.
I tried to find some documentation with regard to the techniques used to build it.
I can't find anything beyond a passing mention in the literature online.
Someone loaned Brad a book about the history of the Monument some time back but I don't remember who it was or what the name of the book is.
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Someone loaned Brad a book about the history of the Monument some time back but I don't remember who it was or what the name of the book is.
Alacia gave me a copy:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3921/32635631280_5bb0771f7a_b.jpg)
Two of the more detailed entries about the conception and construction of the dam and reservoir:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/306/32635629440_c27cc493d0_c.jpg)
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/299/32975970146_288a8971c1_c.jpg)
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Thanks for posting that Brad.
So it sounds like it is 34 feet high and it says reinforced concrete, which implies steel beams or at least rebar in with the cement and blocks of rock. It also sounds like the original intent was as a water supply for part of the park. I have read elsewhere that water for the park now comes from various springs within the park. One problem with dams is they cannot fully account for unusually wet years like we are having right now - Oroville is a prime example. They also silt up and don't last forever. I'd be curious to know how much sediment has accumulated behind the dam since it was built. Maybe F4 and Aaron can arrange a scuba team with the NPS to check it out :thumbup: :biggrin: :yesnod:
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I am very happy for and very proud of a certain someone today :thumbup: :thumbup: :biggrin:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3c9hmUfyarDUb32vgMdOBIxZphElITQrrxeBQHSAlb3Lq5u78kSP5I7wvkumHTnadd9CWuDT0CW9fkYk72rFzdRigJfXWkTHVayKoKdeAtn-DrHCPH5bPxNucLQ1RRD-aAlkuHBxYWS6GNBOnKYpG52=w342-h131-no?authuser=0)
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Cool Kat!
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Can we ask for an update on how it's going?
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I'd dive it. And would guess its mostly silted given how long it's been there. Watch it's only 20ft or less.
Nice if them to think of Dam so folks could go in the caves.
I need to talk with pops tonight about if that was a destination growing up.
It was in college.
I wish they would re-stock it with some bass. That way you could catch some fresh lunch.
I still want to jump in it, just to say I did.
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I wish they would re-stock it with some bass. That way you could catch some fresh lunch.
I think piranha would be cool :lol:
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It was catfish. Oddly my first time there as a kid I fished and got nothing.
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It was catfish. Oddly my first time there as a kid I fished and got nothing.
That must have been a fun time to be there.
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Can we ask for an update on how it's going?
She's got her own office. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
It's only been two days but all reports are positive.
Rumor has it that people working there live apple-eee ever after :lol:
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Thanks for the juicy details.
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Thanks for the juicy details.
I turned on the TV and Cider House Rules was on when we walked in the door after her first day :lol: :yesnod: :biggrin:
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Getting ready for the appleocalypse. Stocking many cases in the b-shelter.
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Getting ready for the appleocalypse. Stocking many cases in the b-shelter.
Where might you b-headed?
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Appleholics Anonymous to watch a documentary on the French Revolution.
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clink deep in thought formulating his next response
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50261539371_0f15064e02.jpg)
or wondering where all his stuff is :lol:
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Self medicating.
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Wow Clink cleans up well when we see him at the crags.
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I threw away the world's most disgusting tennis visor today.
It wasn't going to withstand another cleaning and it also brushed slightly against some overhead PO yesterday.
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I threw away the world's most disgusting tennis visor today.
OMFFG. It was just getting broken in. The world will never be the same :o
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I threw away the world's most disgusting tennis visor today.
What is going to keep all that forehead acreage out of the sun this summer?
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As I read the facts to Vicki and Tricia, Vicki laughed while Tricia yelled "NO, NO."
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Keep the head gear!
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What is going to keep all that forehead acreage out of the sun this summer?
Not to worry. I have a stack of new ones just like the old one.
Well...minus the dirt and sweat for a few outings anyway :lol:
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Edit:
Kat led her 100th Pinns route today. That's 100 different routes led in good style of course. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
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Kat did her 100th Pinns route today. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
Hold it, don't you mean 100th Pinnacles lead? She's done lots more than 100 routes right?
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Hold it, don't you mean 100th Pinnacles lead? She's done lots more than 100 routes right?
Yup.
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Cool Kat! You are one serious leader. Only lead fall on Shoo Fly when you broke a hold? :)
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Congratulations
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Cool Kat! You are one serious leader. Only lead fall on Shoo Fly when you broke a hold? :)
Thanks - correct about Shoo Fly :thumbup:
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Congratulations
Thanks Dude! :biggrin:
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Kat hit 103 over the weekend.
The temp gauge on the east side hit 100 today :yikes: :nono: :devildevil:
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I tried to call clink and Martha said he and Brad are out shopping for matching Rompers to climb in this summer :lol: :lol: :lol:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3dJcsRI9P2k5fqVntTpBKydd7xJNXSd2XUuwPq4E3RJIMh6ec2G_ff4-EwrxvZLGBTPMgDyrGDRLhU5DepXTFr30xaRdr2VjVinNhT4EvIE1y6-hlYidQtHVAtkgsDXHysHRfeyNYOiq9kpDVhpFyVh=w640-h360-no?authuser=0)
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They are evidently speechless.
Here is some more if you didn't get enough.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3eKHBvO9CHI0580qTKOYZsMYVFc09TMo2K4H_YyxMM-qUHG56qLtzyjloupS_EJW5TmV4s-O0Q8ePJYuyqL-fA6QnsYSFDK7NJd_oMWJbAuqOcZqCRtmK5oVkB60GZmTZGnDl30GEbkqbjdmGLj-UlY=w738-h367-no?authuser=0)
And for the holidays - this is the Indy 500 version.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ACtC-3fibibAV_AN9XwqZ-qkVZh1UeFOq7oPKH2V4YncsO9VZ8JAWIYDGvsPSaLO6vqET96Q9HxlmZWm2BxVkFId_NNdr1aYrJiYq0pAXpBK7cSVHwGimW65wOIom2VrVo6tGb5MkFRLWxIMx-01q7U54Hca=w575-h568-no?authuser=0)
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that shit is just wrong. Posting more of that will get you modded. Everyone has limits
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that shit is just wrong. Posting more of that will get you modded. Everyone has limits
Come on dude - you know you want one :lol:
By the way is it possible to get a laughing emoticon with eyes watering? :lol: :lol:
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They are evidently speechless.
Here is some more if you didn't get enough.
Eat sh#t and DIE....
that shit is just wrong. Posting more of that will get you modded. Everyone has limits
Mr Mud, the true upholder of Mudn'Crud standards. Integrity and intelligence personified.
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...and beauty.
JC- >:D
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Yup, even I have standards.
Mod that stuff.
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Geez...you guys are a bunch of sticks in the mud.
I was laughing so hard after posting that stuff, I contemplated skipping my uni ride since I had already worked my core.
Where is your fashion sense? Don't you want to get on this bandwagon?
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I don't like fur coats either.
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NOAL!!!! DON'T!!!! lol
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Brad is getting his hemmed higher.
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Just in time!
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Brad is getting his hemmed higher.
Hell, with comments like this I might start skipping the shorts and just climb in a speedo (that would really give you guys something to talk about).
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Hell, with comments like this I might start skipping the shorts and just climb in a speedo (that would really give you guys something to talk about).
Pinns, the Colorado river and the PCT experience will never be the same.
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Yesterday, I was telling JC that our Pinnacles Select Guide and Coloring book should come with 2 flesh colored crayons for your legs, along with singles of the other colors. :) >:D
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Odd brad was sans short shorts today.
Maybe it was due to clink not being there?
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Today's highlights
Rosie missed the Goat Show at Pinns today.
Flies are absolutely awful again.
They were crawling into my helmet and biting my forehead while I was trying to lead.
A girl/lady fell off the monolith today and had a compound fracture of her arm.
We talked to SARS on the way out.
We talked to lots of other folks too and did some good deeds for those less familiar with Pinns.
Going back with beano in the morning.
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beano didn't make it today. :crying:
On the upside, Kat kicked choss and took names leading Alias Bandit Bench and Drop Zone.
I am super proud of her.
She continues to solidify her position as High Priestess of Mud.
The flies didn't seem to be quite as bad on the west side, although at least two bit me in the forehead under my helmet while I was belaying Kat up the bench.
In N Out was more crowded than I have ever seen it.
We actually got our food to go. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
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beano didn't make it today. :crying:
I assume she's OK.
She continues to solidify her position as High Priestess of Mud.
You gotta go with Co-High Priestess of Mud. Her Pinnacles achievements are absolutely, totally impressive. And so are Laura's.
The flies didn't seem to be quite as bad on the west side, although at least two bit me in the forehead under my helmet while I was belaying Kat up the bench.
You haven't been to The West Side much lately. How were temps?
In N Out was more crowded than I have ever seen it.
We actually got our food to go. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
Your standards are too high. As a result you waste time. Go to MacDonalds.
In news from up here, Climber Dude and Jennifer established a new climb at Second Quarry Crag (40 feet, 5.7). It's one of the 20 worst climbs on Sonora Pass (they had fun with it though). Their original name was "Climbs Just Like a Pinnacles Route." I defended our sacred area, Climber Dude immediately agreed that disparaging Pinns wasn't right or fair, and the name settled in at "Just Like Mud."
I laughed at him for putting up such a crappy route as I led the second ascent (he was belaying me). He laughed at me while I was climbing for doing that second ascent.
Fantastic crowd (it could have been even better; not naming names, but you know who you are). Lots of climbing, and 34 people for dinner last night.
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I assume she's OK.
Yes - she is having lots of sleepless nights - I wonder why . ???
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Bean baking
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What!? It rained today in the Pinns :lol:
Might help the footing a little but I doubt it.
The ground has reverted back to it's hard, unforgiving state and all the long grass is back to brown and slick.
Not to mention burr central :yikes: :yesnod: :lol:
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Slip and slide will git you many burrs up the buttress.
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Not supposed to rain in the pinnacles.
What is up with that??
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Slip and slide will git you many burrs up the buttress.
You know you've been off the beaten path at Pinns when you spend a half hour pulling those little needle burrs out of your socks and shoes :yesnod: :lol:
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there comes a point when you just throw the socks away.
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or don't wear socks. never wear running shoes with the breathable mesh. I'm starting to think I will never get all of those things out. I guess I could give the shoes an early retirement, water them, and grow some grass.
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or don't wear socks.
Going Comman-toe :lol:
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clink hauled some hexes out on a recent exploratory day and I was giving him grief about rarely if ever finding decent placements at Pinns for such gear. I am officially eating crow here, since he found this bomber placement at the belay on Uncorked and another on Top Knot.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50260803896_0d4a424f19_z.jpg)
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bounce test it?
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Neener neener neener. Hexes rule!
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bounce test it?
Better yet: have Clink bounce test it!
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Looks good.
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Better yet: have Clink bounce test it!
My sponsor's legal team has OK'd me bounce testing hex placements.
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66 was the high today in Pinns, although sadly we were not there to enjoy it.
Sounds like it will be back to normal by next weekend. :out: :prrr:
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I got this from Mike at Pacific Edge today.
Hey John,
Everything is up and live on the PE website. it all looks good! Thanks for the pics. You can either click on the banner of Kathy's picture on the homepage, www.pacificedgeclimbinggym.com or go right to the page http://pacificedgeclimbinggym.com/kathycook
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The page is fantastic. Did she know that they/you were going to post it?
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Very nice. KC rocks!
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The page is fantastic. Did she know that they/you were going to post it?
Yep. Mike asked me to write something and I let Kat read it before I sent it to him.
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nice.
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Cool and Congratulations.
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Thanks guys! I thought it was pretty cool when Mike asked if they could do a story about me. I'm slowly working my way to the next 100 leads ... ;D
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I led some old, established climbs with Brad on Friday (Salathe's Sliver, Nelson's Needle).
I told him I couldn't remember the last time I led 3 new routes in a day at Pinns.
It usually takes 2 or 3 days to get one new route since it seems like all we do these days is establish new stuff.
It was pretty cool to go back in time and get on these old scary climbs.
A note to self is always carry offset aliens when climbing these old routes.
There were some perfect piton scars that I could have used to steady my nerves. :yesnod: :thumbup: :yikes: :ihih:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4541/37651503384_71bc2e158b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Zn8Ncs)
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I led some old, established climbs with Brad on Friday.
I told him I couldn't remember the last time I led 3 new routes in a day at Pinns.
It usually takes 2 or 3 days to get one new route since it seems like all we do these days is establish new stuff.
It was pretty cool to go back in time and get on these old scary climbs.
A note to self is always carry offset aliens when climbing these old routes.
There were some perfect piton holes that I could have used to steady my nerves. :yesnod: :thumbup: :yikes: :ihih:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4541/37651503384_71bc2e158b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Zn8Ncs)
nice, i tried to tackle feather canyon with the GF yesterday. Let her lead the way and we ended up in the canyon/drainage between H&L - Chuck...found an old pull tab pepsi can tho as the highlight
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we ended up in the canyon/drainage between H&L - Chuck...found an old pull tab pepsi can tho as the highlight
It is surprising on how much depth there is to that area. Plenty of PO to boot.
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nice, i tried to tackle feather canyon with the GF yesterday. Let her lead the way and we ended up in the canyon/drainage between H&L - Chuck...found an old pull tab pepsi can tho as the highlight
Yep, I used to drink those.
Did you get to climb anything?
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I just realized that I was at Pinns 6 days in a row last week.
I think that is a record for me :biggrin:
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You got an addiction, bub. Take two weeks in Moab, and call me in the morning. ;)
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Found this while cleaning out files yesterday.
The date and fee paid are very faint but if you look close they are 12-31 (94 not shown) and 4.00 dollars :biggrin:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4748/39454542225_dd9b840dee_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/237sQQ2)
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Here is the back of the Pinnacles entry slip. We went in the west side and hiked to the High Peaks and across the Steep and Narrow. I remember seeing some bright colored webbing on Photographer's Delight and thinking that was insane.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4694/26492388498_6f7a72c51a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gn3q7W)
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Here is something for the archives. This is a sketch that one of my fellow team members at Toyota made.
We were working on the body quality team at the time. Can you guess which one is me?
Look close at some of the finer details for added laughs.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4616/25491519117_34cbd9d199_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EQAGwi)
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I re-scanned the park pass using a different technique and now you can see the date and fee paid. :thumbup:
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I guess I should have posted these on Back in Time.
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I re-scanned the park pass using a different technique and now you can see the date and fee paid. :thumbup:
Was it money well spent?
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They forgot to mention....go slow for the squirrels!
Yes, after handing the nice ranger my $4, he would always say...Please go slow for the squirrels.
Ahh, the good old days at the Monument...back when the guide was outdated and you got suckered into a hard ass route when you thought it was Portent...
Someboady help me post up a picture of this old park map...complete with 3 campgrounds.
https://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Mesa/i-3XDjG8B/A (https://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Mesa/i-3XDjG8B/A)
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Can you guess which one is me?
The no geeks sign? :)
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https://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Mesa/i-3XDjG8B/A (https://ebratton2120.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Mesa/i-3XDjG8B/A)
The link goes to an Unlock Gallery page asking for a password.
I tried squirrels and carrots but they didn't work.
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The no geeks sign? :)
Rodney King on the left (not kidding and he was the artist) and Jeff Hogg on the right.
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Rodney King on the left (not kidding and he was the artist) and Jeff Hogg on the right.
Quite the interesting piece of trivia. I take it you knew him, at least a little?
Ah, hm?! No Geeks?!
Edit:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://www.therapyforgeeks.com/
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Quite the interesting piece of trivia. I take it you knew him, at least a little?
Ah, hm?! No Geeks?!
Edit:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/
https://www.therapyforgeeks.com/
Rodney was a hoot and so was Hogg. They couldn't have been more different.
You had to be there and work in the factory to understand the geek thing - it was in no way related to techies :biggrin:
I wouldn't expect anyone to get the TPOH reference.
NOAL - if you ever see a CD copy of Summer's Over by Moe Berg or When We Ruled (TPOH) - grab it (or them) for me and I'll gladly pay you :biggrin:
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Password is big boy
Keeps the google riff rad out...
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Password is
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4708/39699499644_5a7f6a4d51_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/23u7j8N)
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See there used to be way more camping.
???
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I like saying gulch.
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Thanks for the rock tumbler JC. Fired up the red one with Johnny today. Mine was retired in 1975, when we moved to California.
He also played his first game of chess today, and 6 little projects with a Snap Circuits kit. My Uncle Jack taught me to play chess when I was Johnny's age on a trip to visit my Mom's family in Dayton.
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James loved the snap circuits. We ends up with 3 sets!
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Speaking of history, Photobucket photos are back....
Hopefully someone at Photobucket figured out that they'd F#%^d up?
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They wised up with flikr being bought by smugmug. Flikr gave 1tb for free...Smugmug charges....
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Mother flicking photobuckups!
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Kat got her REAL ID today :ihih: :ciappa:
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Kat got her REAL ID today :ihih: :ciappa:
We all knew who she was anyway. As real as it gets.
Hey, speaking of historic, does anyone still sell that reddish/Pinnacles-rock colored climbing chalk that the Visitors Center used to sell? I found a bag that's gotta be 25 years old or older in my garage.
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Ack, I bought a bag of that. On hot days it basically ended up as mud.
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We all knew who she was anyway. As real as it gets.
Hey, speaking of historic, does anyone still sell that reddish/Pinnacles-rock colored climbing chalk that the Visitors Center used to sell? I found a bag that's gotta be 25 years old or older in my garage.
I thought Larry was the one behind that colored chalk.
I seem to recall he was still pushing it at the first PCAD.
Just fill your bag with Pinnacles dirt and use that - or I could go scrape up some dirt at UCSC and sell you that - the schist up there produces a nice reddish brown soil.
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On hot days it basically ended up as mud.
Yep, that was the issue with it. I even tried mixing it with white chalk and that didn't work either.
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I found a bag that's gotta be 25 years old or older in my garage.
The garage is a good place for a chalk bag. :yesnod: :biggrin: :thumbup: :lol:
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She's 60 years old. Today. Here's her high school graduation photo. Anyone see any of Katie here? Or Tricia?
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1864/44258851331_8bd9318b7c_b.jpg)
On top of the Lover's Leap mega-classic Bear's Reach. Before kids:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1846/43541937744_fbd321c7da_b.jpg)
After kid number one (I look at these photos and I begin to think I'm the one who's been pretty lucky in life):
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1890/42451503650_a546338dff_o.jpg)
Backpacking off of Sonora Pass:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1869/43541937584_1f79553ac0_b.jpg)
An early PCT trip:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1883/43353411875_3d331666ea_b.jpg)
Doesn't need a caption:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1891/42451815580_e92979ef57_b.jpg)
In the mountains together:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1875/44259122341_a63f41df38_b.jpg)
More recent PCT shuttle:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1844/44210506302_e85c666d73_b.jpg)
And this shot, at almost 60:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1850/44210505042_e85c940364_b.jpg)
She's over on the couch now, drinking coffee and enjoying the morning.
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Ha! I must have been too cheap and escaped that scam!!
I used the blue guide for years and years. I held off from buying the purple guide, too expensive. I succumbed when I started at Western and have a discount.
TM meadows, different story, I was ignorant to the new route potential up there.
OMG, where was my head!!
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...I succumbed when I started at Western...
Fewer than half the people on this site have any idea what the above sentence means....
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My first trip out of town with a friend who had license was to Western. I bought a Kelty day pack, used it for years. Another friend insisted on sending it in for repairs and Kelty sent me a brand new pack.
We missed the exit on the way back and drove the wrong direction for a while.
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Happy Birthday
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Happy 6zero Birthday!!!
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Happy birthday!
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happy birthday!
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you guys had Katie when you were in Motown? the backdrop in that pic makes me think it was, but maybe its the Twain house?
HBD Vicki!
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She's 60 years old. Today. Here's her high school graduation photo. Anyone see any of Katie here? Or Tricia?
Happy Birthday Vicki! Looking forward to seeing everyone next weekend.
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you guys had Katie when you were in Motown? the backdrop in that pic makes me think it was, but maybe its the Twain house?
HBD Vicki!
Nope, that photo is in front of a place we rented for two years before we bought this house. The rental is off 108, about midway between here and Sugar Pine. I can't remember if you ever came by there (we weren't climbing very much on SPH then).
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Vicki's 60th? Wow - that is a big one :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
I can't just say happy birthday.
Vicki is one of the nicest people I have ever met.
From the first time we met, she made me feel right at home.
She is so welcoming and hospitable.
She is also kind, thoughtful, caring, generous and nurturing - and that only covers part of it!
I think Vicki and Kathy's mom should both seriously be considered for sainthood.
May today and every day be bright and full of joy for you Vicki :thumbup: :biggrin: :yesnod: :smile5:
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I thought she was 30
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Vicki is one of the nicest people I have ever met.
From the first time we met, she made me feel right at home.
She is so welcoming and hospitable.
She is also kind, thoughtful, caring, generous and nurturing - and that only covers part of it!
I think Vicki and Kathy's mom should both seriously be considered for sainthood.
That is quite a compliment and so nicely said and does only cover part of it.
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What a joy that we get Vicki in our lives!! wishing her the most splendid of milestones. Love the photos...great memories you've had and so many more to come.
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What a joy that we get Vicki in our lives!! wishing her the most splendid of milestones. Love the photos...great memories you've had and so many more to come.
Thanks Julie!
When I asked Vic what she wanted by way of a "60th birthday celebration" she said: "the usual Labor Day climbing crowd, but I don't have to cook."
Gulp.
With help from Alicia (of Sugar Shack fame), the Dawsons and Kathy and John, I think we pulled it off. A great gathering of climbers and Vicki didn't have to cook or clean up!
Oddly though, I didn't think to bring a camera over to Dawsons. Vicki got a few shots though, on her phone.
Weirdo selfie after we'd loaded into the Expedition to drive over:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1858/29520102787_111a2eb1d8_c.jpg)
On Dawson's deck (newly and proudly rebuilt last summer):
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1895/42649036990_7cec80dea2_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1846/42649035960_11db3233b1_c.jpg)
Gathered inside:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1854/42649037470_5f2cc3002a_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1887/42649036510_b7c79db40e_c.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1895/42649035240_0fba28c859_c.jpg)
Dave and Pamela even came home a little early so that they could make it:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1861/42649037860_00efc0ffce_c.jpg)
Even though the photos only show about 40% of the people who were there, they're still a great sampling of SPH climbers (and also a nice set of Pinns climbers too for that matter). Anyone else get any photos?
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We enjoyed seeing the gang!
Even though the photos only show about 40% of the people who were there,
The tables and seats did block out about 60%, on average, of the people bodies who were in in the pics.
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We had a blast. What a great crew. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
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Sorry - no shots of the party but Kat got a good shot of Dave on Saturday. :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1873/29546370997_c72a4e1f2f_c.jpg)
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Nice pic and nice looking rock.
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Nice rock
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We climbed an obscurity today and I did not rebolt it. :thumbup: :biggrin: :prrr:
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We climbed an obscurity today and I did not rebolt it. :thumbup: :biggrin: :prrr:
Didn't take any climbing pictures either :ciappa:
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Could have retro bolted..
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I had an obscurity removed by my dermatologist.
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Today marks the 30th anniversary of the day I started working at Toyota.
If I had stayed there for a pension, today would have been my last day.
Tomorrow I would be going to the straitjacket and rubber room.
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Tomorrow I would be going to the straitjacket and rubber room.
Now I finally get it. A unicycle can be used to make an escape while in a straitjacket. >:D
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Thank god he did ‘t make mine!!
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Thank god he did ‘t make mine!!
I wasn't on the assembly production line. I worked the inspection line in the paint shop for about a year and then got moved to an offline inspection group that was in charge of overseeing the quality of all the parts. We did investigations and precision measurement. We worked with parts suppliers and engineering (internal) to ensure parts quality.
I was the guy with the red hat and the clipboard, riding around on a bicycle - troubleshooting parts problems.
People that didn't even know me hated me simply because I was in quality control and especially since I was offline.
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So you must have seen Mungie's '99 4cylinder pick-up go by.
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So you must have seen Mungie's '99 4cylinder pick-up go by.
Nope. We made the Camry and Avalon where I worked.
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Good as he beat the ******** out of it!
Glad he finally got the specific Off-road version...now he flys down the dirt roads in style.
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Average speed ~30mph!!
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I'm definitely not in the habit of doing it but I posted some routes on mountain project.
Now some of the answers CAN actually be found on your phone :lol:
The Flumes have been getting swamped as of late and people "discovered" the Upper Flumes.
Let the fun begin!
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You guys could have enhanced a bit more, made the routes harder.
I had to preplace draws for my redpoints.
Yeah, flumes was packed.
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clink is supposed to try some yoga this weekend.
I hope it's not the hot version.
I hear they have fantastic tubs where he is going.
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I wasn't on the assembly production line. I worked the inspection line in the paint shop for about a year and then got moved to an offline inspection group that was in charge of overseeing the quality of all the parts. We did investigations and precision measurement. We worked with parts suppliers and engineering (internal) to ensure parts quality.
I was the guy with the red hat and the clipboard, riding around on a bicycle - troubleshooting parts problems.
People that didn't even know me hated me simply because I was in quality control and especially since I was offline.
So, nothing has changed?
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^^^
DIE!
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21 years ago we were on the road with everything we owned - headed to Cal-ee-Four-Knee-Ya.
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21 years ago we were on the road with everything we owned - headed to Cal-ee-Four-Knee-Ya.
Kin-Tuck-ee's loss.
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You may now legally do whatever the State of Call-ee-forn-knee-ya let's you.
Grab your aspirations with both hands and hang on, or ten, or out, or whatever, and please remember to wash your hands.
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And pay your taxes till you "DIE!!!" (to quote JC)
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High Sierra season is upon us.
Plenty of 5.4 or 5.fun to be had way up there!
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LOL. Post COVID I think a lot of us are reaching for that book.
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I haven't talked to clink since he went to the retreat.
I forgot to tell him that there are no Yoga poses that are done on the knuckles.
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I still associate "Bend over" with more negative connotations than not.
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Seventeen year old Alex Dawson placed a bolt at Pinnacles on lead today. I believe this makes him the youngest person in Pinnacles climbing history to do this.
It was a very good bolt too. Very good rock, nicely placed.
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In other news, Noal was kind enough to attempt a tick removal surgery with the only tool at hand (he got most of it, and thanks for the help!):
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Did you find some tweezers and get the rest out?
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Laura looked at it a bit and couldn't see anything else. Steve skipped that step and just said that I am "screwed."
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Omg that High Sierra "Top Ropes" pic nearly made me spit out my drink.
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Seventeen year old Alex Dawson placed a bolt at Pinnacles on lead today. I believe this makes him the youngest person in Pinnacles climbing history to do this.
It was a very good bolt too. Very good rock, nicely placed.
Hell yeah! That's rad!
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Not bad for field surgery with a big knife:
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It's amazing how fast ticks can make a hole in you. Between the hike in and the discovery must've been less than 2 hrs?
The last one I got was in the center of my chest. Did not discover until I got home. It did not heal up for a long time.
Good to see your wound is not infected.
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It's amazing how fast ticks can make a hole in you. Between the hike in and the discovery must've been less than 2 hrs?
The last one I got was in the center of my chest. Did not discover until I got home. It did not heal up for a long time.
Good to see your wound is not infected.
Nice job on the field surgery. Its a good thing you licked the knife clean :P before digging into his arm or it could have gotten infected.
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Thanks! Sometimes things just work out. The week before when I found that knife in the gutter in the Tenderloin I had no idea how handy it would turn out to be.
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^^^
Obviously I could climb better than either of you if I only had one arm. I'm not sure that this claim needs to be field tested though.
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I get it. If you have two arms Steve can climb harder than you but if we do some more surgery.....
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That weak geezer is pushing hard at 60. What is it now, a day less than 13 months to the big day? He can barely walk to the base of most crags even now.
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Noal, was there a syringe with broken needle near the knife you found? The problem with sharing needles is eventually they break and you have dig the end out with a knife.
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60? I thought he was turning 70.
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No, Brad turns 70.
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So we just discovered tick in my back. Pretty red and swollen. Found a lighter in the room we are staying in and Claire twisted, burned and pulled on the thing to no avail. I showed her the pic of Noal knifing Brad and then she got the head out with my knife and suggested that I call her Nurse Claire.
Even though she said that I was a good patient during the procedure, I was actually quite offended when she asked me to roll onto my stomach instead of onto my abs. :(
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As we've shown: invalid without photos.
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Seventeen year old Alex Dawson placed a bolt at Pinnacles on lead today. I believe this makes him the youngest person in Pinnacles climbing history to do this.
It was a very good bolt too. Very good rock, nicely placed.
I thought that clunk was already drilling bolts by that age - or before he could walk...tap tap tap...
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Speaking of bolts, Jack Holmgren dropped by my house early on Sunday and I cooked him breakfast. We visited for several hours and had a great time discussing various Pinnacles matters. At the end of our talk he bequeathed me his bolt kit, the whole shebang. Some of it is useful booty; some is horrifyingly historic. Among the useful items are virgin Metolius hangers, the baked enamel kind: 4 huge anchor/rappel hangers and six regulars. He also had several dozen five-piece Rawls of various lengths. These are likely outmoded. There are a dozen SMC thick (as opposed to death) hangers (camo-painted by Jack) and still usable in my view. There are numerous Stars and compression bolts (some 1/4" and some 5/16th") that will give everyone the shivers. He also gave me his itty-bitty drill, the one he could hold with a finger and a thumb while using other fingers to grip a hold while pounding. The other drills? Ah, the drills. I'd love to share the old stuff with all you mudders around some future campfire. If you're into extreme piercings, I've got you covered.
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I hope that Bob's post sends some of the newer Masters/Mistresses of Mud scrambling to the guidebook's first ascent section. Calling Jack a legend? It barely begins to cover it. Among so much more, Jack did the FA of Lava Falls. All on stance.
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Wow! I would love to see those drills in person or photos. Maybe in the fall the campfire thing can happen again.
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Wow! I would love to see those drills in person or photos. Maybe in the fall the campfire thing can happen again.
That autumn thing was P.C.A.D. The Masters of Mud Rendezvous was always in the spring. But hell, I'd be into a Masters of Mud Rendezvous in October!
And bring Jack, not just his old gear.
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I am for that too. Does not have to be a super huge event but just get a group site and hangout.
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What Noal said.
Cool Waldo! There must be an appropriate line to use Jack’s gear on and call it “Useful Booty”.
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What Noal said.
Cool Waldo! There must be an appropriate line to use Jack’s gear on and call it “Useful Booty”.
It might even be an inappropriate line.
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What were the original names of the routes you and Jack established at Pinnacles?
Wasn’t Condor Condiment originally called Teletubbies Unite?
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What were the original names of the routes you and Jack established at Pinnacles?
Wasn’t Condor Condiment originally called Teletubbies Unite?
Clink, no Teletubbies, though Jack referred to the belay on pitch 2 as the Condor Club in honor of Carol Soda, of whom the stance reminded him.