Overhang Chimney?

[Zay]

Hey all, does anyone have experience with Pratt's Overhang Chimney? I gave it a shot yesterday and got to the squeeze but couldnt fit! I saw that if i traversed outward it would eventually open up a bit but that was a ways out there, and the underside of the squeeze seemed way to wide to stem accross.

Like a sissy, I downclimbed from there.

I've heard Pratt was barrel chested... did he really traverse out? And how?

talk about bold!!!

[Zay]

I should also mention, that I had it on good athority that the route was "...a chimney; hard to fall out of."

Traversing underneath the roof to get to the wider slot did seem easy to fall out of...

[Brad Young]

Hey, I thought you moved to Mariposa? Well, good to see that you're still a Mudder, at least part-time.

I free-soloed the route in 1991, with Vicki watching (and taking photos from deep inside). I don't recall any problems, it's just a squeeze chimney 

[Zay]

Hey Brad! Yeah I'm in Posa town. Had the day off with a friend who had never been to Pinns, so I emphasized that it would be worth a day trip... pretty weird to turn our backs on Yosemite and drive over Pacheco twice in a day!

Yeah, I just couldnt figure out how to enter the squeeze, I tried a few times but my chest got fully stuck. I'll try it again soon. I love chimneys.

Hope things are going well, I heard your boss is a jerk!

[waldo]

I looked at it long ago, but went down. I feared I'd take a Pratt-fall.

[clink]

Splat and Pratt rhyme