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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #400 on: May 20, 2017, 07:06:36 AM »

...it was a (Brad) business meeting...


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #401 on: May 20, 2017, 11:33:56 AM »

 Seabright Brewery is hard to beat, for extending the business meeting.


I'm always good at extending business in this manner.



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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #402 on: May 21, 2017, 09:45:15 AM »
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #403 on: May 21, 2017, 10:05:18 AM »
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All talk from that viewpoint.

Did you notice the grass was chest high in places.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #404 on: May 21, 2017, 03:21:25 PM »

In the clear white circles of morning wonder,
I take my place with the lord of the hills...
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #405 on: May 21, 2017, 04:29:12 PM »
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In the clear white circles of morning wonder,
I take my place with the lord of the hills...

 So you do wax...
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #406 on: May 28, 2017, 05:26:11 AM »
 The C's were top notch on Top Knot. Great lead KC.

 We shelled out some egg hunting in the Monsters lair .

 Nice to run into Gavin.

 JC rocked out 2 serious stance placements while uncorking the bottle. The arraignment of the the previous 2 days is that he does most of the work(7 bolts to 1) and while I expound on the possibility of his future employment opportunity as becoming a gargoyle model.  :)
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #407 on: May 28, 2017, 03:57:46 PM »
The C's were top notch on Top Knot. Great lead KC.

We shelled out some egg hunting in the Monsters lair .

Nice to run into Gavin.

JC rocked out 2 serious stance placements while uncorking the bottle.

Top Knot was cool dude and Uncorked ain't bad either.
Can't wait to get back to Monster and the Tick's Underbelly  :thumbup: :yesnod: :lol:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #408 on: May 29, 2017, 09:10:15 AM »
 On the whole, gargoyles seem to have small foreheads bro. This statue has a larger one than most.

 Le Stryge, Notre Dame, early 1900s
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #409 on: May 29, 2017, 09:31:39 AM »

 Uncle Sam, Buddha, God, and Plato are more in the running. That Lawrence of McEnroe look you were sporting may be catchy.

 8)
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #410 on: May 29, 2017, 04:26:38 PM »
Uncle Sam, Buddha, God, and Plato are more in the running. That Lawrence of McEnroe look you were sporting may be catchy.

 8)

It's Lawrence of Wimbledon to you  :lol:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #411 on: May 30, 2017, 07:47:45 AM »

Top Knot

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #412 on: May 30, 2017, 10:27:17 AM »
^^^

That is a very interesting photo and a cool formation. Looks like fun.

I have two groups of questions:

1. Is the LOLR up and right (below you), and then around to the summit? Is that how you climbed?

2. Am I seeing horizontal ropes across the gap between the summit and the rocks to the left? Did you guys set up a tyrollean traverse to get off??

And I'll take my answers offline if online would give away too many secrets for now  ;D  ;)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #413 on: May 30, 2017, 02:56:02 PM »
^^^

That is a very interesting photo and a cool formation. Looks like fun.

I have two groups of questions:

1. Is the LOLR up and right (below you), and then around to the summit? Is that how you climbed?

2. Am I seeing horizontal ropes across the gap between the summit and the rocks to the left? Did you guys set up a tyrollean traverse to get off??

And I'll take my answers offline if online would give away too many secrets for now  ;D  ;)


Nope.
It is like a smaller version of Bicuspid without the unprotected rotten start.
A small crumbly pillar (to my right in the pic) which can't be seen in this picture allows you to gain the main pinnacle.
I placed a bolt on that middle summit for a directional while you climb down to the slot and gain the smaller crumbly pillar.
Pretty cool climb - a mini mountaineering adventure.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #414 on: June 05, 2017, 01:43:41 PM »
 JC spotted a line that worked out on a pinnacle we have dubbed the monster, not that it resembles him sporting a goatee in any way.

 At one point JC was around a corner and as I continued to feed out rope I inquired "How are things going?". He yelled back "I'm committed" and probably should be for his mossy run-out to the top.

 The climb surprisingly went at 5.7ish 2bolts 75 ft corkscrew. Cool summit! Dude, that was a great day and climb.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #415 on: June 05, 2017, 02:02:32 PM »
JC spotted a line that worked out on a pinnacle we have dubbed the monster, not that it resembles him sporting a goatee in any way.

 At one point JC was around a corner and as I continued to feed out rope I inquired "How are things going?". He yelled back "I'm committed" and probably should be for his mossy run-out to the top.

 The climb went at 5.7ish 2bolts 75 ft corkscrew. Cool summit! Dude, that was a great day and climb.

That was an awesome day and I am going with Behemoth for a name.
I will include in the description for the upper slab - climb up to a perfect stance on a decent size lodestone and wonder why there is not a bolt. This one will be left for all the naysayers.  :lol: :devildevil: :eeeek:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #416 on: June 05, 2017, 02:05:05 PM »
Top Knot





Here are some more pics of Top Knot - dueling JC's





and to solve the mystery that Brad inquired about...


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #417 on: June 05, 2017, 02:21:59 PM »
Here's a couple shots of Uncorked.

Drilling on a tippy toe stance




Working on the upper section.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #418 on: June 06, 2017, 12:30:04 PM »
Thought I would let the suspense build.

Here are a few of clink's shots of me on Behemoth

In the Funky flare




After the Furry slab

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #419 on: June 07, 2017, 04:10:25 PM »

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