A wet and windy Old Original -TR-

[F4?]

What about the Mayor??

Would like to TR Bandits in Bondage. Been too long since I've followed that. Might make a good lead project.

Bring your bouldering pad. Mr5.10 gives you a V1 move to GET to the bolt. At roof bump up, veer center / right to setup for a knob.Don't go left...to much or you can't get the key knob. The bolt is about at the crux. You won't die.

[Gavin]

The closures are in effect. They are harder to understand regarding Machete than other formations since only part of it is closed.

(Gavin, chime in here if I get it wrong).

The nesting site is about 100 feet right of the second pitch of Los Banditos (it's in an up-and-right roof/corner). So, routes near this are closed. Since it's up on top and not on the face, Old Original is open. The short routes at the base are not very close to the nest and are open (including the Arch - Up the Center route - those are my fixed pins Kevin, and maybe call me about the route before you get on it - the description in the book is not correct and I'll fill you in). But the longer routes from Dadelus to the right up to and including Icarus are close to the nest site and are closed.

Brad is correct here... so 'Bandits In Bondage,' for example, is open for use, but 'Bandits In Bondage - Continuation' is currently closed.

For anyone that is interested: so far I have seen two prairie falcon pairs in the area, one at south Balconies and one occupying both upper west Machete and general Balconies. Once the birds select and focus more closely on nest sites in late March, I'll update advisories ASAP.

[joe]

had a condor circling right above us for quite some time on Discovery Wall on Thursday and then saw another on Friday near the Balconies...spoke with Paul, one of Gavin's cohorts, that said amorous activity has been noted...
good bird sitings to be had out there right now...

[mungeclimber]

Bird Porn is illegal in the state of California, and completely immoral.


Perform 3 hail Machetes and one act of aid climbing, and all will be forgiven.