Brad's Tour of Mud (TR)

[NOAL]

You could have fooled me.

[clink]

You could have fooled me.

 


 Do you tie a knot in the end of your rope on "top pitches" of routes Liebackers Lullaby? What length rope?

[Brad Young]

Noal's traxioning days sound pretty long. And they aren't even circles, they're more like zig-zags! I recall when J.C. and I saw him on one such day, trotting (not walking) along the trail to his next crag. Nice.

[NOAL]

Do you tie a knot in the end of your rope on "top pitches" of routes Liebackers Lullaby? What length rope?

For The Yaks I use a 70 meter. On Liebackers it will get you to the big ledge at the top of the first pitch with about 20 or so feet to spare.  It would be difficult to rap off the end of the rope.

[Brad Young]

Following up because of Adam's inspiring trip report, "looks easy from here" and I did the whole tour today.

Upthread I said to J.C. "...don't forget that 'death' is nothing but a condition." I thought I was being fairly clever.

Today's effort made me realize that "pretty f#cking hammered" is also nothing but a condition.

[looks easy from here]

Total blast. My recommendation is leave the guidebook, bring the guide.

For the curious, Brad and my times:

Leave car - 7:05
Tiburcio's X - 7:35
Sisters - 8:05
Gertie's Pinnacle - 8:30
The Frog - 9:20
Flatiron - 10:15
Possibility Pinnacle - 10:55
Kermit - 11:55
Frothy Flake - 12:20
Citadel - 1:10
Penny pinnacle - 1:30
Crowley Tower 2 - 3:00
Crowley Tower 5 - 3:10
Smiling Simian - 3:50
Arrive at car - 5:29

Leave and arrive at car are exact, summit times are plus/minus 2 minutes.

More to come when I'm coherent again...

[clink]

Today's effort made me realize that "pretty f#cking hammered" is also nothing but a condition.

More to come when I'm coherent again...

 Substantiate abuse guys, congrats your grand tour of the Park!

[mynameismud]

Cool

[lasher]

10 1/2 hours on the go. You guys earned your Masters of Mud merit badge and a lot of respect.

[Brad Young]

As we crossed below The Balconies, we saw what's left of some other guy who tried it:

[Brad Young]

Coming up Second Sister (does it look easy from here?):




On top of Gertie's:




Ready to rappel off Little Flatiron (thanks to Adam's comments we brought a short rope for rappels - wouldn't have liked downclimbing this one, and I'll be "changing" the tour's recommendations to include a 100 foot rope):

[looks easy from here]

As we crossed below The Balconies, we saw what's left of some other guy who tried it:

Heehee, stacking this expedition on top of two previous days of climbing I had Brad so beaten down that by the end I was able to get him to pose for a selfie:

[Brad Young]

Downclimbing Kermit:




On top of Frothy Flake:




Descending the class four off the back side of The Citadel:




Class three on Tower Two:




End of the day on Smiling Simian:

[clink]

As we crossed below The Balconies, we saw what's left of some other guy who tried it:

 I believe that was Looks Greasy From Here, he was reported to be a slippery fellow.

[JC w KC redux]

Here is the wonderful old single bolt rappel anchor for Little Flatiron.
So sorry you guys didn't get to enjoy that...well...Brad would have been using it again

[looks easy from here]

We appreciated the new ones. Thanks. Brad was pretty good about pointing credit for new stuff where it was due.



Just for a little more bookkeeping, we rapped off Gertie's (sorta: Batmanned down just holding the rope), Little Flatiron, Frothy Flake, and Smiling Simian. 30m rope was perfect.

[JC w KC redux]

We appreciated the new ones. Thanks. Brad was pretty good about pointing credit for new stuff where it was due.

we rapped off Gertie's (sorta: Batmanned down just holding the rope), Little Flatiron, Frothy Flake, and Smiling Simian. 30m rope was perfect.

I get credit? Cool. How much?
Surprised you guys didn't body rappel sans harnesses.
Maybe Brad didn't want to get any wear marks on his pants 
I'm not a big fan of Adam West 

[looks easy from here]

Maybe Brad didn't want to get any wear marks on his pants 

One more wear mark on those pants and... Well, I'll just say I wouldn't have wanted to walk behind him any more.    

[Brad Young]

One more wear mark on those pants and... Well, I'll just say I wouldn't have wanted to walk behind him any more.    

HEY!

I wore brand new pants (shorts, actually) on all the other days I was down there. Gimme some credit!

[Brad Young]

I get credit? Cool. How much?

A ton. For all the (huge amount) of rebolting you've done: unlimited free nights at Salsa's B&B, any time you want.

I'm not a big fan of Adam West  

Before hanging out with him, I would have bet that looks easy from here wouldn't get that reference. But when I hummed the tune from that show (as I was bat-manning down Gertie's) and asked him what it was, he got it right away.

Cultural attache Junior?