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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

« Last post by beanolar on December 12, 2025, 09:28:09 AM »

Brad, I thought we establish routes, not put them up, like in a climbing gym
Can't remember how many times I was corrected for this one 

Dude, "brahs" gotta be 35 years old or less. That guy in your photo looks old and shriveled. Don't put us on (or don't children these days say "gaslight?").

I laughed at your comment about "primary product" although it's quite sad. I wish it weren't true.

Still not Pinnacles season if you live this close to nice granite. We  put up    a new, 110 foot, three star 5.7 today (which Joel would not stop ranting about - I thought I was the one who got to rant, not him). About 80 feet of bolted face and then one looks up and the bolts just stop... A few moves up and... holy wow, where did that fantastic crack come from? Nice exposure.

Established another, two star 5.7 and a 5.8 that "could have been a contender." The 5.8 starts with an absolutely gorgeous finger crack in perfect granite that is completely clean.

And then the crack runs out after 20 feet and easy face follows to moderate face. Damn!

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

« Last post by beanolar on December 12, 2025, 09:24:30 AM »

Greetings crud enthusiasts

Say, what time would you have to show up to snag a bear gulch parking spot on saturday?

Want to make sure it's not all BAP'ed up before these MBAPs show up 

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by mungeclimber on November 20, 2025, 10:28:35 AM »

I probably shouldn't be fixated on it, but why would it use a comma instead of a period for the climbing difficulty ratings? lol

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by Marco on November 20, 2025, 10:09:05 AM »

gpt's topo making abilities assures job security...

The "summit?" is gold. Same with "bolt placed vaguely"

I'm working on a little Alex Honnold Free Solo thing on the 5.0a

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by burnsbabe on November 19, 2025, 07:25:02 AM »

Scary - it uses the right words (mostly) and yet to those of us who know, it has no idea what the hell it is saying.

Still, I think that "Turkey Vulture Ethics Committee," and "Trail Mix of the Elders" would be great route names. It understands how random that part of the process is. And I therefore hereby dibs both.

It missed significantly on style though. This seems much closer to Chuck Richards'

I was also thinking "Turkey Vulture Ethics Committee" was a surprisingly good name for a route.

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by mungeclimber on November 18, 2025, 08:26:50 PM »

gpt's topo making abilities assures job security...

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by mungeclimber on November 18, 2025, 08:21:03 PM »

It knows! Or maybe it doesn't, but it will act like it knows and then there's the question of what's the difference?  simulation and simulacra discussion proceeds...


Already...

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Turkey Vulture Ethics Committee

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by Brad Young on November 18, 2025, 06:30:53 PM »

Also, I co-dibs the route name "Triumph of Friction" with Dave Harden.

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by Brad Young on November 18, 2025, 06:22:45 PM »

Scary - it uses the right words (mostly) and yet to those of us who know, it has no idea what the hell it is saying.

Still, I think that "Turkey Vulture Ethics Committee," and "Trail Mix of the Elders" would be great route names. It understands how random that part of the process is. And I therefore hereby dibs both.

It missed significantly on style though. This seems much closer to Chuck Richards'

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Masters of Mud -- Pinnacles / Re: ClimbGPT Bradbot Mode engaged

« Last post by Marco on November 18, 2025, 08:56:00 AM »

Lots of good routes and information on this BrahBot list.

Good Style note: Don’t french-free the pin. Brad didn’t.

I was there for Brad's send, he cheater sticked the pin...

These bolts serve no purpose for modern climbers except to confuse people

Fantastic. Still clipping them

a fixed caving piton driven horizontally into soft volcanic tuff. The first ascensionist wrote, “Why? Because it was in my pocket.”

The FAist seems like a cool dude with cool stuff in their pockets.

#4 Stopper — not weighted, not necessary, just jammed so perfectly that removing it would alter the geology.

Every nut alters the geology at pinnacles

a final mantle onto a ledge with a single, perfect, half-driven soft iron piton whose continued existence is a triumph of friction.

This was poetry. Far superior to the JR advanced pinnacles guide. Look forward to the full version