Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[JC w KC redux]

Nope, that is Little Mount Si which is actually closer to the house and as of yet I have not been there.

We hiked to the summit of Little Mt Si years ago when I had a buddy living in Redmond.
The closest I have been since then is seeing it in the background when Bullock gets abducted in The Vanishing 

[JC w KC redux]

It's official. You all missed the best day at Pinns all summer - weather-wise.
It was so foggy this morning I could not see the Hand from the res.
I'm not even sure I sweated on the chug up the hill to the crag.
I was almost cold getting started in the pseudo sun. It was still trying to peek out of the fog at that point.
I didn't actually feel the heat of the day until 2:00 and even then it was pleasurable.
Park gauge says it was only a high of 87 at 3:30 - I was on the road a few minutes after 3:00.
I spent the morning and early afternoon hanging on knobs and drilling 3 bolts - rope solo.
I will lead the route tomorrow and I told KC if she doesn't lead it she will lose her status as a Tuff Chik.
This is going to be another fun one.
Kat and I are heading back out in the morning to beat the crowds for the free centennial day.

[Brad Young]

It's official. You all missed the best day at Pinns all summer - weather-wise.

Sounds kinda like missing the "best day" in months of beating yourself on the head with a hammer.

...beat the crowds

Seems to be a pattern? A symptom of the heat? Either way, inflict a few blows in my name too please.

[clink]

Seems to be a pattern? A symptom of the heat? Either way, inflict a few blows in my name too please.

Be ready, 2-3 lines are in a wait to explore with the "SOS" come fall.

[JC w KC redux]

Sounds kinda like missing the "best day" in months of beating yourself on the head with a hammer.

Seems to be a pattern? A symptom of the heat? Either way, inflict a few blows in my name too please.

Seems like you have things under control already

Kat and I also had an interesting conversation on the trail today after she had done two new leads. I reminded her that she scored big time by leading the new routes. First of all, she redeemed herself, since I told her if she didn't lead the route I finished bolting yesterday rope solo, she would have to renounce her Pinns status as a Tuff Chik. I told her in addition to leading the routes and being on the first ascent party, she also got the coveted 2nd ascent of both routes. She replied - Cool, I retain my status and I got to snake Brad  

[JC w KC redux]

It's official. You all missed the best day at Pinns all summer - weather-wise.
It was so foggy this morning I could not see the Hand from the res.
I'm not even sure I sweated on the chug up the hill to the crag.
I was almost cold getting started in the pseudo sun. It was still trying to peek out of the fog at that point.
I spent the morning and early afternoon hanging on knobs and drilling 3 bolts - rope solo.
I will lead the route tomorrow and I told KC if she doesn't lead it she will lose her status as a Tuff Chik.
This is going to be another fun one.

I spent Friday getting the upper 3 bolts on Ashes the Mud and I.

Here are the knobs that protected me for bolt 3. The bolt is already in place.





Here is the array I used for bolt 5. It was literally a ladder of knobs. A big one at the bottom, baseball size in the middle and a nice horn at the top. This shows the bottom and middle. The red sling is on the top knob. The purple is in direct to the bolt so I could take the photo and prep to get back down.





Here is the top knob and bolt 5 ready for my descent.





Feeling good after a fun day





I took this yesterday after Kat led the climb. Super fun beginner’s route with an old school finish.

[clink]

Me, Myself and I Reek in the Hot Sun

[JC w KC redux]

Me, Myself and I Reek in the Hot Sun

I have no doubt that is true.
I did not spend any time in the hot sun this weekend.
Maybe if you didn't have greywacke between your ears you wouldn't have either


This is fog, not smoke.

[Brad Young]

...this is fog, not smoke.

There's definitely fog somewhere this season.

Meanwhile, my left elbow is all bloodied from the very awkward, 5.10c crack I successfully led today (maybe I will get back to being a real climber after all). Of course I then backed off a 5.10c face - feeling really rusty on that one and was looking at a fall right onto an eight inch, ankle breaking ledge (the FA party did a piss poor job of bolting it).

[JC w KC redux]

There's definitely fog somewhere this season.

Meanwhile, my left elbow is all bloodied from the very awkward, 5.10c crack I successfully led today (maybe I will get back to being a real climber after all). Of course I then backed off a 5.10c face - feeling really rusty on that one and was looking at a fall right onto an eight inch, ankle breaking ledge (the FA party did a piss poor job of bolting it).

Unless you led a 10c at Pinnacles I'm not interested.
Oh wait...it's granite, it's a crack, it's 10c...I'm still not interested

[JC w KC redux]

Oh...and speaking of fatheads (should I cross post on that other thread?)..check out this new drill bit I tried yesterday.
It drills real nice. The Powers Fat Head design.
Just for fun I switched to my other drill after getting the hole started with this one and it immediately started binding.
Switched back and no more binding. One hole is not enough data but I'll speculate this sucker is going to help me place a lot of bolts faster and easier.

[clink]

Meanwhile, my left elbow is all bloodied from the very awkward, 5.10c crack I successfully led today (maybe I will get back to being a real climber after all). Of course I then backed off a 5.10c face - feeling really rusty on that one and was looking at a fall right onto an eight inch, ankle breaking ledge (the FA party did a piss poor job of bolting it).

Nice, Brad.

There's definitely fog somewhere this season.

Fogged mind.

Despite that JC is right. When most of the holds will stay put, it's a little boring.

[JC w KC redux]

Despite that JC is right.

Briefly hit 96 today.
What a waste

[clink]

Briefly hit 96 today.
What a waste Mad Max Laugh Out Loud

 Nothing was wasted, it was Gender Equality Day. Like D-Day, but with more letters represented. A day for male and female Homo-sapiens to stand tall and proud together as a species, on a united front(but not full)!

[JC w KC redux]

Nothing was wasted

Except a perfect opportunity to quest for mud.

[mynameismud]

I think summer might be over in NW.  Rain in the forecast W-F.  Weekend weather was nice.  Got in a ride Sunday.

[JC w KC redux]

I think summer might be over in NW.  Rain in the forecast W-F.  Weekend weather was nice.  Got in a ride Sunday.

Yes, I forgot you actually live somewhere now that has real seasons  

I had a hard time adjusting to that when we first moved to CA.

Mainly it was the lack of thunder and lightning with the rains.

It was like waiting for a phone call that never happened.

Good to know you are getting out.

I was thinking you might have just led the line I did Friday on sling knobs and gear.

There was a good gray alien about half way up in a hidden slot out right.

[JC w KC redux]

I'm looking at the picture upthread again of the latest route.

If I hadn't already decided on a name I'd probably call it Half a Dozen Scoops of Mud.

You can even see them on Google Earth.

I thought it looked like a backbone too, the first time I saw it in that view.


Here is another version with the bolts shown





Here is the Google Earth view with the line coming up dead center

[mynameismud]

Yes, I forgot you actually live somewhere now that has real seasons  

I had a hard time adjusting to that when we first moved to CA.

Mainly it was the lack of thunder and lightning with the rains.

It was like waiting for a phone call that never happened.

Good to know you are getting out.

I was thinking you might have just led the line I did Friday on sling knobs and gear.

There was a good gray alien about half way up in a hidden slot out right.

Adjusting to winters with more than a week or two of rain might take a bit.

Nah, I'd solo it  ; )

[JC w KC redux]

The crud beckoned and we obeyed.

Some lame brain stole clink's water stash.

We tidied up and led a few new lines.

KC got the coveted 2nd ascent of Call of the Crud, thus snaking Brad again

Lower 90's was pleasant