Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[Brad Young]

While drilling what would be the last lead bolt, Brad realized the top was close but also realized he had not redpointed the route. I told him to come down and I would be happy to redpoint and drill the first anchor bolt. For some strange reason he declined.
The route will not be called Kind Offering or Charitable Monday  

Chance brothers....

[mynameismud]

Jump

[JC w KC redux]

Where the Wild Things are...

[mungeclimber]

Nice!

[JC w KC redux]

Where the Wild Things are...

[clink]

 I bailed on meeting up with the Cooks. What you do?

[JC w KC redux]

Kat and I climbed with Gavin on Saturday and reached the Throne of Pinnacles after some hair-raising activity yesterday.
 

Climbing Camouflage Corner with Gavin





BAP Trap





Gavin leading Pickpocket





The Long and the Short of It – a cool climb with lots of interesting moves. When it gets as clean as the rest of the routes at Tourist Trap it will be a two-star climb – hopefully it will clean up quickly 

[JC w KC redux]

I'm not sure what it is but I love this picture.





Taking a break on The Throne  
The more I look at it maybe The Recliner is more appropriate 

[climberdude]

I climbed "See Ya Crater Alligator" (5.6 R) today.  It was a nice climb.  I agree that it is not for novices.

[clink]

Glad you got on it. Not as scary as some of the FAs you put up earlier this year. 

[JC w KC redux]

I climbed "See Ya Crater Alligator" (5.6 R) today.  It was a nice climb.  I agree that it is not for novices.

Glad you liked it. We had a lot of fun putting it up.

Just curious - Did you lead it with a belayer, rope solo or free solo?

[climberdude]

I did it rope solo.  The route seemed very logical to use many different features.  I also did all of the routes on The Invisible Cliff on Sunday.  I particularly liked the center one that goes over the bulge.

[JC w KC redux]

Nice. That is what I figured.
I got to do a coveted 2nd ascent elsewhere on Sunday - 

[clink]

I got to do a coveted 2nd ascent elsewhere on Sunday -  Thumb Up Dude Big Grin

 Thread desecration. 

[JC w KC redux]

Thread desecration. 

Notice I didn't say where or on what and where everyone else climbed on solid stuff, I checked out the chossy path less taken

[climberdude]

The "chossy path less taken" sounds like a lot of territory in the Pinnacles!

[mungeclimber]

highly coveted 2nd ascent

there ya go, fixed it for ya.

It's like they're giving away 2nd ascents for free out there in the wild west!

[clink]

 Munge, you mean the wild east.

[JC w KC redux]

Mini adventure yesterday.

Started with me dislodging this rock on the approach and narrowly missing Jason - I barely touched it - shades of Tabooboo?





The destination climb - Dwarf Pinnacle





View from above the route - the sling knobs were a joke and the overall rock quality was not good - it is however exposed, historic (am I on the wrong thread?) and a cool summit





The replacement anchor chains, smash links and bolts all look brand new even though they are 14 years old.





Jason raps





We climbed Possibility Pinnacle on the way back. I took Jason to Photographer's Delight next so he could get a classic lead in. We saw two condors on the rocks below Long's Folly. While we were watching a third one flew right overhead and landed next to the other two. Jason led the Cone on the way down.

[Brad Young]

^^^

Well, well, well. Nice that you finally get to tick that one off your list.