Pinnacles Climbing: 30 Years and Counting

[Brad Young]

Do you know who Lady Gaga is?

Yes (but I'm not impressed).


Lord?

No.


Edward and Bella?

Yes, but only from hearing about them from my girls.


Ever eat Coco Puffs?

Now boy, that's just mean. After all, I'm not the MoM who's a free-range vegan. I do eat less than healthy foods at times. Have I ever eaten CocoPuffs (I'm impressed that you spelled it right too)? Well, lemme answer that with an old saying that they use up here in the mountains: "Is a frog's ass water-tight?"

And I don't differentiate either between free-solos and redpoints. My friend Donny does that. To me it always seemed too dangerous to emphasize that difference.

[JC w KC redux]

Ever eat Coco Puffs?

Now boy, that's just mean. After all, I'm not the MoM who's a free-range vegan. I do eat less than healthy foods at times. Have I ever eaten CocoPuffs (I'm impressed that you spelled it right too)?

I have eaten Cocoa Puffs. Ever have Coco Wheats? Now that is some eatin'! and correctly spelled.

maybe clink got a hold of one of these - I'd actually never heard of it before now - they evidently can't spell either:

You make a coco puff like this:

-Slice a long slit down a cigarette with your razor blade trying not to fluff up the tobacco. Do not cut the whole thing open.
-Sprinkle in some powder cocaine.
-Carefully take a rolling paper and rip the 'glue' part. Lick it and seal the slit. Or, you can just re-role the whole cigarette with the rolling paper.

Light and pass around. You will not notice a strong high unless you use powered crack cocaine. If you do use powdered down crack cocaine, it is no longer a coco puff.

I wonder what it is if you substitute climbing chalk for the weasel dust...

[clink]

I spelled Lorde wrong. and Coco Puffs never get old. But no coo coo puffs.
JC, you may borrow my chalk bag for a runout lead any time you want, use liberally.

[clink]

As a parent you can stay "up" on pop culture vicariously or secretly be into vampires.

[Uncle Stinky]

Coco puffs, now I get the lyrics  to a song always thought they were singing about the cereal.

[mungeclimber]

To me it always seemed too dangerous to emphasize that difference.

Aye, if you're OCD about numbers. Good to know thyself.


Thyself <-- good name for a route

[JC w KC redux]

Thyself <-- good name for a route

Sure - for a narcissist! If you need good names I can help you...for a fee - remember what clink said - the silly name you pick will last forever!

[mungeclimber]

Reminds me of a route name I wanted to name on a formation I would call the Bread Pile...











... wait for it...












Self Loaving

[Brad Young]

Sure - for a narcissist! If you need good names I can help you...for a fee - remember what clink said - the silly name you pick will last forever!

A fee? You can help me name routes and I'll let you belay me. That's a fair trade.    

And Munge doesn't need help, he's come up with some beauties (by way of climb names):

-  Red Line

-  Full Throttle

-  Drop Zone

-  Wind Hammer

-  Last Remaining Light

[mungeclimber]

Know Justice, No Peace ...is one of my faves. I should reclimb that soon.


Legitimation

[MUCCI]

Emulsified Pride.

[mungeclimber]

Emulsified Pride.

indicating of course that you got whipped

[clink]

Should I be glad I missed Wind Hammer? What is the story with the above mentioned names?

[mungeclimber]

Should I be glad I missed Wind Hammer? What is the story with the above mentioned names?

Clink, you should not miss Wind Hammer. Small gear on a moderate angle slab right next to an arête in a canyon. Daily the wind will come thru and push the wind over this arête hitting you like a hammer.

The opposite side of that arête captures the Last Remaining Light of the day. Really great lines that F4 and I did on Weeping up on SPH. Would love to give you a tour if you guys would ever stop climbing at Pinns.

[Brad Young]

The following real route names are products of having done enough FAs that I've actually run out of ideas a few times. On some of those occasions I've come home and just asked Katie and Tricia for names. Here are three (all on SPH) that resulted:

-  Tomatos in Paradise

-  Orange Rhymes with Door Hinge

-  Pineapple Line Dancing

Makes sense doesn't it? I love these names now.

[clink]

Sign me up for the tour. I'll be heading up once a month or so.

[mynameismud]

from my list my favorite so far is Insecurity Complex for a 5.9 wide crack.

[Brad Young]

from my list my favorite so far is Insecurity Complex for a 5.9 wide crack.

That name for the "5.10d" offwidth that you and I did the FA on up here is pretty good. Remember "A Pound of Flesh?" The 5.10d that we gave it is in quotes because Scuffy B, who is truly an offwidth master (I've seen him free solo 5.10c offwidth), insists it's 5.11b. And so it is in the new book.

Another favorite offwidth crack name is one I put up with Joel and Alan. It's in the South Fork Canyon. When I led it, protection consisted of giant cam after giant cam. After Joel followed he had so much metal hanging off him that I thought of "Heavy Metal." And then when he almost puked from exertion I modified that to "Heavy Mettle."

Then there is your and Clint's 5.10d wide crack at Midguard: "Ground Up."

It's all fun.

[clink]

Munge. I sent a pm with my #. Can't tell if it worked. I also saw a pm from you back in Feb. Sorry I didn't get it or back to you.

[mynameismud]

forgot about those other two.  Protective memory I suppose.

Those are both quite good.  perhaps better.