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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #520 on: December 18, 2017, 05:21:24 PM »
I evidamndently drew the short straw for both my stances yesterday.







One should not be able to rest this easily - much less smile on stance!

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #521 on: December 18, 2017, 06:15:48 PM »
lol, nice pics!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #522 on: December 18, 2017, 06:39:05 PM »
 The slacker in the yellow puffy answered his phone on stance while halfway through with the drilling. He also bled like a stuck pig from a short brush encounter. Brad did talk him into drilling into a big loadstone.  :)

 JC, you are doing such a fine job that I have decided to let you drill bolt #4. >:D
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #523 on: December 18, 2017, 06:49:49 PM »

The slacker in the yellow puffy answered his phone on stance while halfway through with the drilling.


Seemingly unbelievable, but true!


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Brad did talk him into drilling into a big loadstone.  :)


After two holes I started nearby in seemingly good rock both failed.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #524 on: December 19, 2017, 07:14:46 AM »
JC, you are doing such a fine job that I have decided to let you drill bolt #4. >:D

Since I have already done two-thirds of the work I will just go ahead and finish it.  :yesnod: :thumbup: :prrr:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #525 on: December 31, 2017, 05:45:07 PM »
We hit a new low.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #526 on: January 01, 2018, 06:49:03 AM »
We hit a new low.

And also hit a new high  :lol:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #527 on: January 01, 2018, 08:01:26 AM »
 Awful, ugly, and gross rock. The worst route yet for me. The consistency of dried diarrhea. When you hit rock bottom, chug a quart of prune juice and start digging. a parade of shitfuckery.

 The two square feet of drillable rock eight feet below the summit and the rappel were very good. 
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #528 on: January 01, 2018, 06:43:19 PM »
Awful, ugly, and gross rock. The worst route yet for me. The consistency of dried diarrhea. When you hit rock bottom, chug a quart of prune juice and start digging. a parade of shitfuckery.

 The two square feet of drillable rock eight feet below the summit and the rappel were very good.  

The first bolt is also belay quality - well...what was the first bolt until you started cringing at that rotten traverse and drilled that bolt for a self back-belay. Kat and I went and ran up it again today and I surfaced your bolt and fixed (actually replaced) that bad directional/lead bolt I placed toward the top with a bomber 12mm long triplex. It is actually belay quality now too - although not in the best rock. Kat didn't think the climb was that bad and said she would rather lead it than Rock Bottom  :yesnod: :thumbup: :biggrin:
We scrambled over toward Brittle Palace on the way down but ran short of time to climb it. I know prezactly where it is now and how to get there  :thumbup: :biggrin:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #529 on: January 01, 2018, 07:51:59 PM »
 Easy and yuck. It was funny hearing your dissertation of the rock quality when you disappeared around the corner yesterday. The corridor was cool. Did you get a look beyond it?

Glad you had fun  Go Kat  :)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #530 on: January 02, 2018, 01:23:48 PM »
Easy and yuck. It was funny hearing your dissertation of the rock quality when you disappeared around the corner yesterday.
Glad you had fun  Go Kat  :)

Just a reminder for you clink - the loose stool traverse? :lol:





We don't have to climb this do we?





This looks like the logical way up - drill baby drill - hmmm...is there anything here that isn't styrofoam? Like a needle in a haystack... :out:





Summit of Prune Pinnacle - The Regular Route  :crazy: :yesnod: :ciappa: :lol:





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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #531 on: January 02, 2018, 01:31:21 PM »
Prooopy quality. Whew!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #532 on: January 02, 2018, 04:21:00 PM »
Kat and I had an absolute blast on Saturday at Condor Crags.

I got us up the first pitch as an aid pitch on gear - my first time aiding on gear - super cool.

I led it as a free climb years ago when Kat and I did St. Valentines Day Massacre.





Belaying Kat up the final 4th class section of the oldest roped climb in Pinns - that's a fairly long and hairy pitch of class four - it was a real treat to finally do it.





Standing on the highest of the South Summits





Climbing to the North Summit (taken from the South Summit).
After I got down there and got past the start, I realized I had climbed the upper section once before when I did Condor Condiment with the McConachie brothers





Looking back over to Kat on the South Summit from North Summit




It was super cool to finally do the old routes but I think the highlight of my day was leading the South Summit Traverse - here is Kat following





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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #533 on: January 02, 2018, 04:24:43 PM »
Sendy!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #534 on: January 02, 2018, 04:29:06 PM »

Summit of Prune Pinnacle - The Regular Route  :crazy: :yesnod: :ciappa: :lol:








That one actually looks like a prune (squished onto its end).

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #535 on: January 02, 2018, 04:52:21 PM »
That one actually looks like a prune (squished onto its end).

Keeping it regular my friend.
My mom would have especially liked this one  :yesnod: :biggrin: :thumbup: :lol:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #536 on: January 02, 2018, 06:07:42 PM »
Someone can do the Prune Direct or shall we call it The Derrierettissima.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #537 on: January 02, 2018, 06:09:29 PM »

That one actually looks like a prune (squished onto its end).



And it's pitted  :yesnod: :biggrin: :rolleyes:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #538 on: January 02, 2018, 06:14:14 PM »
Someone can do the Prune Direct or shall we call it The Derrierettissima.

You should TR the rappel line and claim the FA  :madman: :madmax:  :incazzato:  :devildevil:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #539 on: January 02, 2018, 06:19:18 PM »
And it's pitted  :yesnod: :biggrin: :rolleyes:

It also encourages the use of and epitomizes the term PILE  :yesnod:
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