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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #640 on: March 11, 2018, 07:04:10 PM »




Looks like a "Who farted?" face to me  :lol:                     
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #641 on: March 11, 2018, 09:04:34 PM »
nice color on the quad
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #642 on: March 12, 2018, 07:58:23 AM »
He should have pushed that bolt up a bit further
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #643 on: March 12, 2018, 08:49:08 AM »
You’ll be fine.  Just don’t slip between clips.  That ground is dreadfully hard.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #644 on: March 12, 2018, 09:02:52 AM »

You’ll be fine.  Just don’t slip between clips.  That ground is dreadfully hard.


Probably he's harder though....

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #645 on: March 12, 2018, 11:50:36 AM »
He should have pushed that bolt up a bit further

The spacing is actually quite spread out. I have to say that I was glad to clip all three of those first pitch bolts and the bolt that Brad placed to get it started is very nicely situated to get through the lower crux on the worst rock. We were also trying to consider the follower. It's a cool climb. I think you would like it Mud.  :thumbup: :biggrin:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #646 on: March 13, 2018, 01:53:38 PM »
Putting things in a more cohesive order. We didn't get a shot of Brad drilling the first bolt.  :-\

He should have pushed that bolt up a bit further

The spacing is actually quite spread out. I have to say that I was glad to clip all three of those first pitch bolts and the bolt that Brad placed to get it started is very nicely situated to get through the lower crux on the worst rock. We were also trying to consider the follower. It's a cool climb. I think you would like it Mud. :thumbup: :biggrin:


Leading the first pitch of Quadruple Decker:




You can see bolts 1 and 2 in the pic above.



This one is Jim drilling bolt 3 from an uncomfortable slabby stance. Knees bent and against the rock with no pads  :yikes:





Jim came down after drilling the third bolt. We pulled the rope and I got to lead to the first deck to drill the midway anchor and  finish the day.


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #647 on: March 13, 2018, 02:21:39 PM »

...we didn't get a shot of Brad drilling the first bolt.


Yeah, 'cause you two were smart enough to be out of the sun, exploring other possible lines. You got your comupance an hour later though.

There's been over a third of an inch of rain down there today. A wonderful cleaning of all the drill dust and brushed off holds. Those two formations are gonna be pretty now  ;)


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #648 on: March 13, 2018, 02:30:13 PM »
Yeah, 'cause you two were smart enough to be out of the sun, exploring other possible lines. You got your comupance an hour later though.

There's been over a third of an inch of rain down there today. A wonderful cleaning of all the drill dust and brushed off holds. Those two formations are gonna be pretty now  ;)

Thank goodness you were tough enough to step up there and get things going.
I had it easy compared to you two. Sometimes it's okay to be last in line  :ihih:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #649 on: March 13, 2018, 02:37:05 PM »

...I had it easy compared to you two. Sometimes it's okay to be last in line  :ihih:


Maybe.

I do recall that, of the three of us, you were the only one who had to stand there and drill while I drooled, exclaimed, laughed and rambled on about the wonderful holes above. That must have been difficult, a true hardship  ::)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #650 on: March 16, 2018, 08:23:52 AM »
That is a funny self description.
Causing trouble when not climbing.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #651 on: March 16, 2018, 09:00:07 AM »

Brief surprise after my Quest yesterday.
Pot o gold on the mighty Rift.


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #652 on: March 18, 2018, 01:54:51 PM »
Nice pic
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #653 on: March 18, 2018, 06:17:38 PM »
Nice pic

Thanks dude. Kat and I returned to the site today and finished the route I started Thursday.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #654 on: March 19, 2018, 05:54:34 PM »

Man it was nice out there today. I feel lucky.
Got to hang out and climb with Gavin and Alacia and some young folks. (Kristen, Kimber and Nico sp?)
Also got to hike in with Brad, Katie, Hitch and Phoebe to the res.
Looking forward to more outings of a similar nature.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #655 on: March 21, 2018, 06:18:37 PM »
Katie and her cousins high up at Pinnacles:




Hitch following Molar:



(Can anyone see these photos? I'm not sure Flickr is working correctly on my new computer)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #656 on: March 21, 2018, 06:19:23 PM »
Yes
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #657 on: March 21, 2018, 08:10:09 PM »
Is that a new bi-pattern Pinnacles rope?(as in New England black yellow Pinnacles model?)

Nice slingable feature by the way  :thumbup: :biggrin: :ihih:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #658 on: March 21, 2018, 08:28:36 PM »

Is that a new bi-pattern Pinnacles rope?(as in New England black yellow Pinnacles model?)

Nice slingable feature by the way  :thumbup: :biggrin: :ihih:


Not a bi-pattern rope at all - that's just the difference between the part of the rope that's in the sun and the part that's not!

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #659 on: March 21, 2018, 10:33:45 PM »
I made my own bi-pattern rope. I put half in a box and the other half I left out in the sun for a  couple of months.  If anybody wants one just give me your rope. I might be able to speed up the process to 6 weeks by putting it in the window of my car.  No charge.