Author Topic: Ubber is awesome! (Read 7261 times)

mudworm · « **on:** February 03, 2007, 08:56:10 PM »

There is a note in the summit registry on top of Son of Dawn Wall that says: He who leads the chimney pitch is awesome!

F4? · « **Reply #1 on:** February 03, 2007, 10:13:49 PM »

Are you implying that he just did Son of Dawn Wall?

Good job!

Brad Young · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2007, 09:42:50 AM »

Yes, he did, leading every pitch. I needed to "perfect" the topo, and I had a cold. And, I had already done the route with the old guy in '01. So, it seemed perfect for Uber to blaze up, while I followed and topoed. He led both of the first two pitches as one bolt ladder. Hauled ass. Like you, CC, and Mr Mud Factor, Uber is totally cool about helping me on routes that I have to check out.

At the summit register, Mr Mud had indeed written words to the effect that anyone who led the upper pitches was "awesome." So, by definition, Uber is awesome.

One major blemish in the ascent, though. Uber led the last (easy) pitch to the "summit" register. After he was off belay, there was an ungodly delay. I yelled up about maybe bringing me up. "O, yeah," says Uber, "I was signing the register."

F4? · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2007, 12:56:03 PM »

Ubber, what are you doing climbing outside? I thought you'd be locking yourself inside your garage and climbing your brains out on your new wall. 8ft x 8 ft of bliss. Such a small world.

Climbing outside is dangerous. My PO has finally diminished.

Hey Brad, forget your short cuts!

I ended up giving Jenny PO (she didn't know what it was) and she ended up giving it back to me.

Talked about delayed reaction, 5 days later I get the rash.

Brad Young · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2007, 02:17:36 PM »

Shortcut? Poison oak? I don't remember any poison oak. The only "shortcut" we made wasn't a shortcut, it was just the most efficient way into the caves off the normal Machete descent.

Sorry to Jenny. You? like any Master of Mud, you deserve what you get. Just be glad we didn't get any ticks!

Ubergoober · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2007, 02:53:54 PM »

SoDW is AWESOME! What a great climb.

Hey Brad, you probably don't hear this enough, but I really do admire the amount of time and effort you are putting into the guidebook. I'm not sure there are many other guidebook authors out there willing to do as much field work as you have done as well as take the time to do objective research where there has been some controversy. In that sense, you are awesome and I think the final guidebook will be awesome. So thank you for all of the hard work!

Brad Young · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2007, 05:08:58 PM »

Thanks for the comment. I suspect that there are at least 12 people that will care about such detail, but you're obviously one of them. Without you 4 plus Jennifer Wang, there'd be no way in hell I could have amassed so much detail. Plus, it's a lot of fun and adventure, isn't it?

squiddo · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2007, 05:59:22 PM »

Bratton.....I've seen that guy roll with a ziplock bag full of PO. Breaking it out at the base to rub away. He does it so we all ask what happened and then feel bad, going to far as to buy his beer. Watch out!

F4? · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2007, 11:15:49 PM »

Hey Brad,

Now that you mention it, I think it was the decent where I brushed the PO. Can you believe it had been 6-7 yrs since I had the stuff. I didn't even get any at the Western Front. Next time I'm bringing some clippers. Is PO protected at the Pinns? Well Jody?

Squiddo, you are even more paranoid than I. And for comments like that I'll throw a couple leaves into your rope bag

By the way, my family bought me a new helmet for my B-Day. I still like my old one.

The Big · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2007, 01:24:09 PM »

Son of Dawn Wall is a good route.

I think there should not be any R's, X's or anything else. If looks scary go home and cry in yer closet.

squiddo · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2007, 01:56:21 PM »

The closet full of the furbies.

Brad Young · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:11:20 PM »

"..or anything else." Yeah, no 5.9+, no 5.10d so Mr Mud can't rate every climb he puts up one or the other. And most of all, no 5.11, so Mr Mud can't spend his strength and will doing all the 5.11s in the Monument.

mungeclimber · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:21:08 PM »

oh yeah, happy bday Bratt and Mr Mud!

The Big · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2007, 04:07:42 PM »

How long will it take for the final three? Dang, and at one time I thought I was done.

Brad Young · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2007, 05:12:06 PM »

Four, but you don't know it yet.

The Big · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2007, 06:42:47 PM »

Ok now, cough it up. Which route would be the fourth.

Brad Young · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2007, 07:42:05 PM »

Well, let's double check. Which routes would be the three? Herschel Berschel, Raze ... and ?

mungeclimber · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2007, 08:35:04 PM »

Le Petit Mort?

mudworm? How hard is it?

mudworm · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2007, 09:02:10 PM »

mungeclimber · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2007, 11:25:36 PM »

LOL!!!!!

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