Author Topic: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)  (Read 446898 times)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1560 on: November 20, 2019, 10:07:38 PM »
copy that. Pine Line, it is.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1561 on: November 21, 2019, 06:28:22 AM »
Shouldn't you two be posting on the "Quest for pizza and beer at Camp Curry" thread?
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1562 on: November 21, 2019, 09:18:16 AM »
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copy that. Pine Line, it is.

Pine Line, that was my first Yosemite lead back in 2003.  Sean Leary (Stanley, the one who died wing suite Jumping and made a Nose speed climb record once with Dean Potter) took me there.  I got tired after the crux move, and asked him, "can I hang and take a rest?"
"Not on you first lead" he replied.  So I climbed on.  He was a great climber and very nice person too.  I can't help to think of him every time when some one mention Pine Line.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1563 on: November 21, 2019, 09:19:43 AM »
^^^

Hey BAP, how's the P.O.?

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1564 on: November 21, 2019, 09:38:13 AM »
PO are 60% Contained.  (yes, like the wild fires)

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1565 on: November 21, 2019, 10:15:11 AM »
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"Not on you first lead" he replied.  So I climbed on.

I had a similar experience on Pine Line during a Dolt Tower run on the Nose. My buddy and I were climbing to Dolt to try and get familiar with the route for a NIAD attempt (which never successfully happened...).  I was climbing Pine Line and was about to pull on gear, since the purpose of the day was to go fast, not free climb. And he said, "dude it's 5.7, just climb it!!" So I did.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1566 on: November 21, 2019, 10:28:01 AM »
It is a good 5.7 route.  I love that climb. 

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1567 on: November 21, 2019, 07:22:09 PM »
Way back in the early 90’s. When Mr Mud had long hair (hippie!)....my Buddy and I were at the top of the 1st pitch on South Crack.
2 well known valley locals come up.

It was pretty windy (typical meadows).

I comments, man it’s windy!!

“Nah, it’s just breezy.”

Words to live by!!!!
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1568 on: November 22, 2019, 06:02:17 PM »
blasphemy, never a hippie
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1569 on: December 03, 2019, 05:19:07 PM »
Like mud but harder and more bolts...


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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1570 on: December 06, 2019, 01:59:44 PM »
cool
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1571 on: December 13, 2019, 01:06:45 PM »
Does anyone mind if I delete the last 15 posts?

I received some complaints sent to the administrator about Tokyo drift and some grumbling about the Valley on a MUD thread.  :madmax:

Getting the train back on the track, Craig and I ventured out to The Mockingbirds yesterday and climbed Jean Louise and Boo Radley. Approach the same as you would for Scout Peak Regular Route and then walk downhill, avoiding a few bits of PO.
Nice staging spot and good rock on the formation. Routes stay shady. Routes were dry with that spongy gray lichen on the rock - reminded me of Dirty Bird Crack at The Frog.

Fun lines with some interesting natural features. Additional natural features at the summit of Boo Radley that are belay quality if you choose not to reverse to the bolted anchor to belay. Spoiler alert - Boo has a surprise at the top of the 5th class section. Rappel is 40 feet, so a 100 foot rope is all you need. I love using half a 60m. That is my ideal rope.

Thick green moss elsewhere is still quite wet but most else has dried considerably. Ticks are out in full force since the rain.

Cool temps starting tomorrow with a slight chance of rain tonight and overcast will obviously hinder further drying.
Looks like more rain in the forecast for next week - Boo!  

Party at beanos tonight  :guitar: :blahblah: :crazy: :arf:
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1572 on: December 13, 2019, 01:39:05 PM »
I looked through the last 15 and do not see anything worth deleting.  PM specifics
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1573 on: December 13, 2019, 01:40:04 PM »
everyone is getting soft.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1574 on: December 13, 2019, 02:14:17 PM »
I looked through the last 15 and do not see anything worth deleting.  PM specifics

I didn't see anything worth posting either  :lol: :ciappa:

everyone is getting soft.

I think that is a separate issue - maybe an Old Man thread?
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1575 on: December 15, 2019, 07:14:18 AM »
I didn't see anything worth posting either  :lol: :ciappa:

I think that is a separate issue - maybe an Old Man thread?

I can contribute to that thread. I have nap pictures.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1576 on: December 16, 2019, 10:16:35 AM »

Saw a guy with an orange helmet rope soloing Full Circle yesterday.
I watched him finish and then rap a single line all the way down to clean.
He must have had an 80m rope 90+80+70 = 240
Not sure what he did after that. We didn't stick around that long.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1577 on: December 16, 2019, 11:32:18 AM »
Then he did a 240 ft traxion.

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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1578 on: December 16, 2019, 01:03:22 PM »
Then he did a 240 ft traxion.

That's what I figured but did not wait around to see. I imagine he would have needed a substantial break after the rope solo. It looked like a slow, agonizing process managing the loops of rope and using some trickery to move up (couldn't really tell exactly what he was doing) but he appeared to be doing the whole thing free. I had binocs but it was still a long way off.
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Re: Quest for Mud (Special Edition)
« Reply #1579 on: December 16, 2019, 03:32:51 PM »
He also could of jugged back up.  If it was me I'd rather climb.