Master's of Mud Rendezvous 2019

[NOAL]

Passed this guy going opposite ways.  I had to get back to the car before dark so no time to talk.  Just making sure was not you.  With the glasses and helmets people look similar.

[F4?]

Yeah Noal, I like riding Stevens canyon. Sadly the latest storm damage have made the creek crossing a wet mess. No chance to beat my strava times....

You will know it’s me, I don’t slow down.

[squiddo]

You will know it’s me, I don’t slow down.

Cause you're already slow.....

[F4?]

Cause you're already slow.....

Hurts man, really hurts.....

Plus I don't like riding up the canyon.


Sad to see the stream crossings get torn up by the creek.

I am tempted to put in a bridge on the small cossing. The stream washed all the dirt out.


The bigger corssing is just messed up adn the trail is gone and the creek is deep!

[Atomizer]

Kelly and I will definitely show up Friday. I may have broken one or more of my fingers attempting to ski the whole rim of Yosemite valley so climbing might be nixed for me. Debating whether I should get it xrayed before or after the weekend. There could be benefits to either direction.

[Brad Young]

../attempting to ski the whole rim of Yosemite valley

We know:

http://www.mudncrud.com/forums/index.php?topic=2756.20

 

[JC w KC redux]

Dropped a few and added some to the list after getting messages and emails today.
Weather doesn't look great for Friday but the other days look okay and we can always take a hike or do some mud wrestling (well...you all can).
I was hoping to get a new route done or at least started today but it did not happen.
Crazy amounts of people in the park today (for a weekday) - has to be Spring Break or Youth Program related.

[squiddo]

Kelly and I will definitely show up Friday. I may have broken one or more of my fingers attempting to ski the whole rim of Yosemite valley so climbing might be nixed for me. Debating whether I should get it xrayed before or after the weekend. There could be benefits to either direction.

Ouch dude ouch. I’d say climb cracks but...pins cracks no

[Atomizer]

We know:

http://www.mudncrud.com/forums/index.php?topic=2756.20

 

Wow. Thats cool. Psyched to see everyone and have you meet Kelly. We’ll be sleeping in the van and can park it wherever but could be useful to keep beers really cold.

[JC w KC redux]

Friday it rained .05 inches. So much for the weather forecasters atmospheric river. It was a light rain from 12:30 to 2:30 and then the sun started making an appearance.

Saturday a group went to the Birds and we went to Junction Rocks and the Ghost Slabs. Got a friend from the gym on her first lead and just had a relaxing day with sunshine, flowers and good company.

Sunday we went up and I put a two bolt anchor on Katwalk. I did some reminiscing back to the days when that route went up.

Monday we did a new route on the Frog while Brad, Aaron and climberdude finished Spoof Proof Roof. Both lines turned out nice with The Great Escape topping out near the standard rappel after 180 feet. A juvenile condor landed on the true summit just as we were finishing.

Yesterday we went back out to the Frog and Tadpole after talking to Bruce and Clint - then Gavin and Alacia (in the upper parking lot). We ended the day hanging out with Bruce and Clint below the Thumb. The sky was weird most of the day with fast-moving clouds and swirling, gusty winds.

Okay...your turns...

[JC w KC redux]

By the way...Julius gets the award for most miles traveled to attend.

Matt rode his bike from Salinas.

There were no sightings of Joe with his shirt off. 

[climberdude]

I had a great time at this years Masters of Mud.  The weather forecasters had it all wrong.

[Brad Young]

Great fun.

Now I've got to work into the next three days more than a dozen new route descriptions (half are FAs or new discoveries and half are from guidebook research) and two corrections with long explanations. Along with all my "normal-life" stuff (and I know what you just thought to yourself Mud, so DIE).

And I really am starting to like the place.

[mynameismud]

: )

[JC w KC redux]

Hey Mud Brother,
Can you post one of those shots of me and Aaron drilling pretty please?

And to all you Mudders - How about next year?
Sunday April 12th is Easter so I'm thinking the next weekend would be best (April 17 and 18).

Thoughts?

[mynameismud]

Way to far away for me to even guess

[Brad Young]

Hey Mud Brother,
Can you post one of those shots of me and Aaron drilling pretty please?

And to all you Mudders - How about next year?
Sunday April 12th is Easter so I'm thinking the next weekend would be best (April 17 and 18).

Thoughts?

Downloading photos later tonight (if I don't fall asleep first).

Pick a date, I'll be there (assuming I live that long, etc...).

[climberdude]

April 17 & 18, 2020 sounds great to me!

[Brad Young]

A bunch of us started at The Birds on Saturday. And we got a lot done (a lot of climbing and a lot of research). The heat eventually got to us though and we sought refuge in the shade at Voyeur Wall. Climberdude loved the cool and promptly fell asleep:

[Brad Young]

On Sunday Climberdude helped me get the redpoint of Fifi Wears Lycra, the old one-bolt Jon McConachie project just right of Poodle With a Mohawk, now a 70 foot 5.9, one star climb (Jon asked me to keep his original, intended name).

It went smoothly. When he followed, Mark was as impressed with Jennifer's first lead of the crux water-chute exit as I was. Brilliant effort on her part five weeks ago (she's BAP on this site).

Done there, we cross-countried to the Junction Rocks area, coming across an apparently never-climbed, 45 foot pinnacle in the process (Yellowflower Pinnacle, class four; the name is a tribute to the incredible color that day, FA unknown).

Upon our sweaty arrival, we joined in on the FA of Conjunction Junction (with Dawsons and Hamiltons). Thankfully the creek was still flowing (it was really hot and the immersion felt good).

No photos by me this day.