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Brad Young

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #500 on: November 14, 2017, 12:17:07 PM »

While drilling what would be the last lead bolt, Brad realized the top was close but also realized he had not redpointed the route. I told him to come down and I would be happy to redpoint and drill the first anchor bolt. For some strange reason he declined.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #501 on: November 14, 2017, 12:27:56 PM »
Jump
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #502 on: November 14, 2017, 09:13:05 PM »

Where the Wild Things are...





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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #503 on: November 14, 2017, 09:15:16 PM »
Nice!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #504 on: November 15, 2017, 06:18:42 PM »
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #505 on: November 19, 2017, 10:29:28 AM »
 I bailed on meeting up with the Cooks. What you do?
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #506 on: November 20, 2017, 09:48:00 AM »
Kat and I climbed with Gavin on Saturday and reached the Throne of Pinnacles after some hair-raising activity yesterday. :yikes: :thumbup:
 

Climbing Camouflage Corner with Gavin





BAP Trap





Gavin leading Pickpocket





The Long and the Short of It – a cool climb with lots of interesting moves. When it gets as clean as the rest of the routes at Tourist Trap it will be a two-star climb – hopefully it will clean up quickly  :thumbup: :yesnod: :biggrin:






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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #507 on: November 20, 2017, 09:58:55 AM »
I'm not sure what it is but I love this picture.





Taking a break on The Throne  :yesnod: :thumbup: :lol:
The more I look at it maybe The Recliner is more appropriate  :biggrin:

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #508 on: November 25, 2017, 09:07:00 PM »
I climbed "See Ya Crater Alligator" (5.6 R) today.  It was a nice climb.  I agree that it is not for novices.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #509 on: November 27, 2017, 02:38:22 PM »
Glad you got on it. Not as scary as some of the FAs you put up earlier this year.  :)
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #510 on: November 27, 2017, 08:42:11 PM »
I climbed "See Ya Crater Alligator" (5.6 R) today.  It was a nice climb.  I agree that it is not for novices.

Glad you liked it. We had a lot of fun putting it up.

Just curious - Did you lead it with a belayer, rope solo or free solo?
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #511 on: November 28, 2017, 09:22:49 PM »
I did it rope solo.  The route seemed very logical to use many different features.  I also did all of the routes on The Invisible Cliff on Sunday.  I particularly liked the center one that goes over the bulge.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #512 on: November 28, 2017, 09:46:24 PM »

Nice. That is what I figured.
I got to do a coveted 2nd ascent elsewhere on Sunday -  :thumbup: :biggrin:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #513 on: November 29, 2017, 05:54:19 AM »
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I got to do a coveted 2nd ascent elsewhere on Sunday -  Thumb Up Dude Big Grin

 Thread desecration.  :nono:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #514 on: November 29, 2017, 07:36:30 AM »
Thread desecration.  :nono:

Notice I didn't say where or on what and where everyone else climbed on solid stuff, I checked out the chossy path less taken :eek: :rolleyes: :biggrin:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #515 on: November 29, 2017, 05:57:58 PM »
The "chossy path less taken" sounds like a lot of territory in the Pinnacles!

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #516 on: November 29, 2017, 06:05:37 PM »
highly coveted 2nd ascent

there ya go, fixed it for ya. ;)

It's like they're giving away 2nd ascents for free out there in the wild west! ;)
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #517 on: November 29, 2017, 07:40:51 PM »

 Munge, you mean the wild east.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #518 on: December 14, 2017, 07:45:31 AM »
Mini adventure yesterday.

Started with me dislodging this rock on the approach and narrowly missing Jason - I barely touched it - shades of Tabooboo?





The destination climb - Dwarf Pinnacle





View from above the route - the sling knobs were a joke and the overall rock quality was not good - it is however exposed, historic (am I on the wrong thread?) and a cool summit





The replacement anchor chains, smash links and bolts all look brand new even though they are 14 years old.





Jason raps





We climbed Possibility Pinnacle on the way back. I took Jason to Photographer's Delight next so he could get a classic lead in. We saw two condors on the rocks below Long's Folly. While we were watching a third one flew right overhead and landed next to the other two. Jason led the Cone on the way down.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #519 on: December 14, 2017, 10:32:14 AM »
^^^

Well, well, well. Nice that you finally get to tick that one off your list.