Author Topic: Official Pinnacles Climber Appreciation Days Thread (Read 47298 times)

mungeclimber · « **Reply #40 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:09:50 AM »

bummed I couldn't make it down that way.

Sounds like it was productive.

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #41 on:** October 26, 2015, 09:47:42 AM »

Quote from: mungeclimber on October 26, 2015, 08:09:50 AM

bummed I couldn't make it down that way.
Sounds like it was productive.

You were missed.
We had a lot of fun and got a ton of work done.

Here are some pics.

Upper Crust Day 1

On the way to CCC road - Day 2

Lunch - Day 2 CCC Rd

Waiting for the shuttle - Day 2 (CSUMB crew in the foreground - Fletcher waving)

JC leading up to finish Out to Lunch

Alacia drills bolt 2 on the first all female Pinns FA!

Bruce Hildenbrand · « **Reply #42 on:** October 26, 2015, 10:20:31 AM »

We had a great crew on the trash pickup effort, Aaron, Dina, Tim and Cynthia. The final tally was 71 plastic water bottles, 54 aluminum cans, 5 glass bottles, 5 tin cans and way, way too much toilet paper and other incidentals. I am pleased to report that we didn't find any cans of Bud Lite Lime. Thanks for being a responsible park user Munge!

mungeclimber · « **Reply #43 on:** October 26, 2015, 11:01:49 AM »

any lime cans found would definitely be someone else.

There's a nice REI Nalgene in that batch, wow! Those aren't cheap.

F4? · « **Reply #44 on:** October 26, 2015, 04:59:12 PM »

Mungie is a smart cookie, he drinks Tecate at the Pinnacles.

No Oyster shells?

how many pairs of underwear??

they look like Mr. Mud's.

Bruce Hildenbrand · « **Reply #45 on:** October 26, 2015, 06:57:58 PM »

One pair of underwear, a wifebeater T-shirt and a couple of ball caps(one from Cal Berkeley). We also found a steak knife, luckily with no human blood residue(as best as I could tell).

On a serious note all the toilet paper was really disturbing. Just about every place where you could get off the trail a few feet into some brush had toilet paper. With the 30% increase in park visitors since becoming a National Park there appears to be a human waste problem. Luckily, we had mechanical pickers to grab all the brown-tinged stuff.

F4? · « **Reply #46 on:** October 26, 2015, 07:32:43 PM »

Well that confirms my theory...now that it's a National Park, more are shitters needed.

One at the reservoir & Disco wall would be nice.

mungeclimber · « **Reply #47 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:20:38 PM »

Bruce, is there any way to use TP location data to determine an optimal facility location?

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #48 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:35:26 PM »

I figured pictures of all the trash laid out was coming.
Bruce - the one of you sliding through the tangle explains a lot about your appearance back at camp.
Aaron grinning in the PO jungle - priceless.

I got a few shots of the completed work at Upper Crust but they aren't very good.
I guess Yoshi will be posting via Larry's site?

Brad Young · « **Reply #49 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:38:34 PM »

J.C. the photos you did post were great.

I second the comment about why Bruce looked so dirty when he got back to camp. Beyond the call of duty. Aaron wasn't exactly clean when he got back either.

clink · « **Reply #50 on:** October 26, 2015, 08:40:29 PM »

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how many pairs of underwear??

they look like Mr. Mud's.

Is there a story that goes with this comment?

Good weekend.

mungeclimber · « **Reply #51 on:** October 26, 2015, 09:55:51 PM »

more pics here...

http://www.mtntools.com/pinns/

Bruce Hildenbrand · « **Reply #52 on:** October 26, 2015, 10:19:43 PM »

Munge,

those photos are from 2014.

As far as the toilet paper issue goes, we found the stuff just about everywhere especially
at the end of switchbacks where there was a short 'use' trail that led off for 10-15 feet back
into the bushes. It seemed like any place where someone could get a little privacy there
was TP. For example, at the Don Genaro Waterfall overlook you can go up the creek a
ways without too much bushwacking. We found 5 or 6 spots with TP. Thank heavens for the
mechanical pickers!

Gavin · « **Reply #53 on:** October 27, 2015, 07:27:55 AM »

Bruce: nice work on the trash clean-up in the High Peaks. On Friday, our tech trash clean-up team - Alacia, Caleb, and I - removed quite a bit of trash from the Bear Gulch area as well, along Moses Spring Trail, through the whole cave, around Monolith, and at the base of the Reservoir. And we removed TP as well, mainly up around the base of Lava Flow. At least the trails will remain clean for a few days! Thanks to everyone for their efforts!

Aaron McDonald · « **Reply #54 on:** October 27, 2015, 12:39:12 PM »

Thanks for a great weekend!

F4? · « **Reply #55 on:** October 27, 2015, 07:47:59 PM »

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Is there a story that goes with this comment?

Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.

clink · « **Reply #56 on:** October 28, 2015, 04:56:57 AM »

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Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.

I know better.

In other words; nut that good or crazy

Aaron McDonald · « **Reply #57 on:** October 28, 2015, 03:42:58 PM »

Quote from: F4? on October 27, 2015, 07:47:59 PM

Go climb a Mr. Mud route on Knuckle Ridge....you'll be changing your drawers.

...or even something on the Frog. Volcanic Panic comes to mind. 40 foot run out to the first bolt with hard 5.10 moves right before the clip. I was cruxing out before the first bolt and I was only following.

F4? · « **Reply #58 on:** October 28, 2015, 06:25:52 PM »

Aaron...yup that one too.

And Brad can chim in on his favorite Mr. Mud quote.......

mynameismud · « **Reply #59 on:** October 28, 2015, 06:52:32 PM »

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