Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[Brad Young]

...it was a (Brad) business meeting...

Well I'll be. Old dogs can learn new tricks.

[waldo]

 Seabright Brewery is hard to beat, for extending the business meeting.

I'm always good at extending business in this manner.

[JC w KC redux]

Thick as a Tick

[clink]

Thick as a Tick

All talk from that viewpoint.

Did you notice the grass was chest high in places.

[JC w KC redux]

In the clear white circles of morning wonder,
I take my place with the lord of the hills...

[clink]

In the clear white circles of morning wonder,
I take my place with the lord of the hills...

 So you do wax...

[clink]

 The C's were top notch on Top Knot. Great lead KC.

 We shelled out some egg hunting in the Monsters lair .

 Nice to run into Gavin.

 JC rocked out 2 serious stance placements while uncorking the bottle. The arraignment of the the previous 2 days is that he does most of the work(7 bolts to 1) and while I expound on the possibility of his future employment opportunity as becoming a gargoyle model. 

[JC w KC redux]

The C's were top notch on Top Knot. Great lead KC.

We shelled out some egg hunting in the Monsters lair .

Nice to run into Gavin.

JC rocked out 2 serious stance placements while uncorking the bottle.

Top Knot was cool dude and Uncorked ain't bad either.
Can't wait to get back to Monster and the Tick's Underbelly 

[clink]

 On the whole, gargoyles seem to have small foreheads bro. This statue has a larger one than most.

 Le Stryge, Notre Dame, early 1900s

[clink]

 Uncle Sam, Buddha, God, and Plato are more in the running. That Lawrence of McEnroe look you were sporting may be catchy.

 

[JC w KC redux]

Uncle Sam, Buddha, God, and Plato are more in the running. That Lawrence of McEnroe look you were sporting may be catchy.

 

It's Lawrence of Wimbledon to you 

[JC w KC redux]

Top Knot

[Brad Young]

^^^

That is a very interesting photo and a cool formation. Looks like fun.

I have two groups of questions:

1. Is the LOLR up and right (below you), and then around to the summit? Is that how you climbed?

2. Am I seeing horizontal ropes across the gap between the summit and the rocks to the left? Did you guys set up a tyrollean traverse to get off??

And I'll take my answers offline if online would give away too many secrets for now   

[JC w KC redux]

^^^

That is a very interesting photo and a cool formation. Looks like fun.

I have two groups of questions:

1. Is the LOLR up and right (below you), and then around to the summit? Is that how you climbed?

2. Am I seeing horizontal ropes across the gap between the summit and the rocks to the left? Did you guys set up a tyrollean traverse to get off??

And I'll take my answers offline if online would give away too many secrets for now    

Nope.
It is like a smaller version of Bicuspid without the unprotected rotten start.
A small crumbly pillar (to my right in the pic) which can't be seen in this picture allows you to gain the main pinnacle.
I placed a bolt on that middle summit for a directional while you climb down to the slot and gain the smaller crumbly pillar.
Pretty cool climb - a mini mountaineering adventure.

[clink]

 JC spotted a line that worked out on a pinnacle we have dubbed the monster, not that it resembles him sporting a goatee in any way.

 At one point JC was around a corner and as I continued to feed out rope I inquired "How are things going?". He yelled back "I'm committed" and probably should be for his mossy run-out to the top.

 The climb surprisingly went at 5.7ish 2bolts 75 ft corkscrew. Cool summit! Dude, that was a great day and climb.

[JC w KC redux]

JC spotted a line that worked out on a pinnacle we have dubbed the monster, not that it resembles him sporting a goatee in any way.

 At one point JC was around a corner and as I continued to feed out rope I inquired "How are things going?". He yelled back "I'm committed" and probably should be for his mossy run-out to the top.

 The climb went at 5.7ish 2bolts 75 ft corkscrew. Cool summit! Dude, that was a great day and climb.

That was an awesome day and I am going with Behemoth for a name.
I will include in the description for the upper slab - climb up to a perfect stance on a decent size lodestone and wonder why there is not a bolt. This one will be left for all the naysayers. 

[JC w KC redux]

Top Knot

Here are some more pics of Top Knot - dueling JC's





and to solve the mystery that Brad inquired about...

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Here's a couple shots of Uncorked.

Drilling on a tippy toe stance




Working on the upper section.

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Thought I would let the suspense build.

Here are a few of clink's shots of me on Behemoth

In the Funky flare




After the Furry slab

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