Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[clink]

 I like the wide shot.

 

[NOAL]

5.7

[JC w KC redux]

5.7

Zactly 

5.7R* (the Furry slab is 5.5R)
 

[JC w KC redux]

Here is a zoom of the Furry slab. Look close and you can see the sling knob I used. The rope passes it on the right.
I could barely reach it on my tip toes. I thought that it might be a starting hand hold but I actually moved down and right to get started, making the sling knob waaaaay less meaningful. The best holds and LOLR were right up the furriest part along the right-hand side of the slab) I might have placed a bolt from that other noticeable knob (big but not slingable) but once I was standing on it the climbing was getting easier, it was really hot and I was smelling the summit.
clink took this after I had the first anchor bolt in.

[clink]

Today was supposed to be a rest day for the forum.

 Lurkers say hi

[F4?]

Burp!

[JC w KC redux]

Today was supposed to be a rest day for the forum.

 Lurkers say hi

Who made that rule? 

[clink]

Who made that rule?   

  And it was good.

[mungeclimber]

I thought there was a seasonal closure of the forum, much like the Passes in the Sierra.


posting by mud saying "DIE" in 3...2...1...

[JC w KC redux]

Saw and talked to Belizzi in the parking lot today 

[JC w KC redux]

Went back out today with my buddy Dave from L.A. and Kat and we just did fun stuff.
Dave and I went out yesterday and had fun. It was only his second time climbing ever.

Kat chalked up another 8 today on Chockstone - nice    

Explain this to me.
I hike over hell and half an acre every weekend with clink for the last few months - mostly off trail.
Today after sticking to trails and climbing relatively heavily trafficked stuff I find a tick embedded in my ankle, blood on my sock and a nice red circle where the little bastard was feeding - wtf?

[clink]

 It was a Missionary gym tick, that hitched a ride to Pinns on a chalk bag, to spread the "good news" and the benefits of fasting, meditating, yoga, and communal urban living. Unfortunately, upon smelling the blood of a true adventurer it forsook it's vision to convert the masses, and chomped onto your ankle. Poor little heretic.

 

[JC w KC redux]

My theory is the marauder crawled into my hiking boot while it was unattended (while I was climbing). When I put my boot back on, it latched on and engorged itself and one of two things happened. Either it felt poisoned and vomited the meal back into me or my leg moving around in the boot popped it while it was full.
I never felt a thing. All I saw when we got home was a crusted spot of blood on my skin with a surrounding circle of redness. It wasn't until I scraped off the blob of dried blood that we realized there was indeed a buggy vampire in the coagulated quagmire.  


On a more positive note, Dave had a club membership that allowed us all to enjoy a complete tasting of the fare at Chalone Winery. We sat and enjoyed the vino and the view from their balcony and then bought a nice selection - and of course - Kat joined the Pinnacles Club.  

[mungeclimber]

I already thought she was a club member.

If you develop a rash or fever within several weeks of removing the tick, see your doctor. Be sure to tell the doctor about the bite, date occurred, and where.

[Brad Young]

It wouldn't hurt to get a photo of the rash now to compare with later if needed

[JC w KC redux]

Dave gettin' his high step on  

[JC w KC redux]

It was 76 when we hit the gate at 7:30 this morn and 107 when we drove away - Did Old Original with Kat and Julia today.

It was the last day Julia could climb before she moves to Australia for graduate work.

[JC w KC redux]

It was 76 when we hit the gate at 7:30 this morn and 107 when we drove away - Did Old Original with Kat and Julia today.

It was the last day Julia could climb before she moves to Australia for graduate work.

It is that time of year  

Tabular Listing: June 18, 2017 - 16:00 through June 19, 2017 - 16:00 PDT

Time(PDT)   Temp   Relative   Wind     Wind   
                           Humidity   Speed   Gust   
                    ° F      %             mph   mph         
15:37          109.0   18              7         14               

[Brad Young]

It is that time of year  

Tabular Listing: June 18, 2017 - 16:00 through June 19, 2017 - 16:00 PDT

Time(PDT)   Temp   Relative   Wind          Wind   
                           Humidity   Speed   Gust   
                    ° F   %             mph   mph         
15:37           109.0   18                7            14      W   
      

Dude, let's skip the gobbledygook. Here's the takeaway:

IT'S 109 DEGREES AT PINNACLES RIGHT NOW! ONLY NUTS WOULD GO THERE!

There, that was easy 

[JC w KC redux]

Dude, let's skip the gobbledygook. Here's the takeaway:

IT'S 109 DEGREES AT PINNACLES RIGHT NOW! ONLY NUTS WOULD GO THERE!

Sometimes you feel like a nut.
Sometimes you don't.

After we establish Pass the Doobie Scoobie we'll have to do Almond Joy and Mounds