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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #940 on: November 11, 2018, 08:44:34 AM »

We went to the west side with the Raisin Snails yesterday. We started at Chockstone Dome, taking turns leading Walk the Plank. It was a little smoky when we got there and the smoke was supposed to get worse around 4:00 pm. By the time we finished having fun on the dome it was already getting bad. beano got on lead for the first time since she had the baby 15 months ago.

beano leading The Big Bad West. That haze you see is smoke. It was pretty bad but not quite enough to chase us out.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #941 on: November 13, 2018, 10:11:02 AM »
Thanks for taking us out cookies, and enduring the squeals of the wee beanito. Leading feels much easier with 15 lbs less. Maybe I can start loading up with gear, or bolts ha ha ha

I can think of some routes that I'd like to fill in with more bolts!!!! :) :) :)




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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #942 on: November 13, 2018, 10:16:30 AM »
It was fun to watch beanito try to mimic the adults. And to see she inherited mom's preference for slabs, stems (chimneys!!), and photogenic expressions.




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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #943 on: November 13, 2018, 01:44:42 PM »
Brings back memories of my older girls when they were that age on the Westside.  :)
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #944 on: November 13, 2018, 02:46:39 PM »
Pinnacles water makes them strong!!!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #945 on: November 14, 2018, 10:00:24 AM »

I just had a fantastic three days at the place that we all love, the last two with J.C. and K.C.
I'm pretty much into Pinnacles season now. I even talked with Jim a few minutes ago about finishing a project he started down there in 1985! Let's go Jim  ::)

Got to climb some cool new routes on Monday.

Lonesome Me is fun and so is Fixtures. Crumble and Tumble was a no-go.
Didgeridoo adds a bit more value to the area (I'm sure Brad is working furiously on the new routes thread).

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #946 on: November 14, 2018, 04:25:01 PM »

...I'm sure Brad is working furiously on the new routes thread.


Those damn fence posts still mystify me. Half a mile of thick brush from anywhere that anyone might ever have used a fencepost in or near Pinnacles.

No fury here. At least regarding getting the new routes described so far. Instead I've been unbelievably busy on real work. One staff member (my secretary) has a badly broken finger and is typing at two-thirds speed. Another is taking care of a very frail, elderly mother and had to take a few emergency days off (we actually encourage her in this: family really, really matters). Then there is Jennifer, one of my two business partners. She seemed to think that last evening would be a fine one in which to have an emergency appendectomy and, of course, we've had to cover for her. Yep, its been a mad scramble here today (mad enough that I had to take five minutes to type this and, simultaneously, catch my breath).


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #947 on: November 14, 2018, 05:24:50 PM »
^^^^
You're in desperate need of another dose of MUD with a side of Tadpole  :biggrin: :thumbup: :yesnod: :smilewinkgrin:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #948 on: November 14, 2018, 05:28:22 PM »

^^^^
You're in desperate need of another dose of MUD with a side of Tadpole  :biggrin: :thumbup: :yesnod: :smilewinkgrin:


Lemme catch up a little first, brother. But yeah, it's now Pinnacles season for sure.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #949 on: November 14, 2018, 05:32:36 PM »
Lemme catch up a little first, brother. But yeah, it's now Pinnacles season for sure.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #950 on: November 14, 2018, 07:06:31 PM »
Big chunk of stone.
On Aid at Pinns... It's all A1 til it crumbles. - Munge

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #951 on: November 15, 2018, 10:45:04 AM »
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Yep, its been a mad scramble here today (mad enough that I had to take five minutes to type this and, simultaneously, catch my breath).

So you're saying you had to work 35 hours this week?  ;D (said lovingly)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #952 on: November 15, 2018, 11:41:29 AM »
or 38 hours? ;)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #953 on: November 15, 2018, 11:50:12 AM »

So you're saying you had to work 35 hours this week?  ;D (said lovingly)


Yo, kid: my name is on the letterhead. I'm it (one of three "its" in our firm). As such, I'm working 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

That's 168 hours a week. Your math skills need some serious work (and don't be so damn jealous either).

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #954 on: November 15, 2018, 12:46:20 PM »


Better late than never. This one is for beano aka Raisin Snail and beanita

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #955 on: November 15, 2018, 12:53:39 PM »
Big eye roll to Brad's post  :rolleyes:

LOL to John's post  :lol:

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #956 on: November 15, 2018, 01:00:55 PM »
hahhahahha, on point John

5.7x!? Gah
can we throw some fenceposts in at least for mental pro

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #957 on: November 15, 2018, 01:02:38 PM »
He's a lawyer, not an accountant
Kathy, how many hours is he working??

My computer scientist viewpoint (based on # posts) is 15 hahhahahah

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #958 on: November 15, 2018, 01:30:40 PM »

He's a lawyer, not an accountant


No normal person thinks of me as a lawyer. It goes like this: Husband, father, climber, hiker, author. Then, maybe, what I do for a living.

And I work many, many, many hours a week. And then overtime, putting up with YOU PEOPLE.

BTW Cook, if you two make it to Tricia's play? Remember what you typed onto that photo of Kim. How prescient!


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #959 on: November 15, 2018, 02:13:15 PM »
 Approximately 48 hours a day, is what I was told.
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