Author Topic: Quest for Mud (Special Edition) (Read 685071 times)

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #520 on:** December 18, 2017, 05:21:24 PM »

I evidamndently drew the short straw for both my stances yesterday.

One should not be able to rest this easily - much less smile on stance!

mungeclimber · « **Reply #521 on:** December 18, 2017, 06:15:48 PM »

lol, nice pics!

clink · « **Reply #522 on:** December 18, 2017, 06:39:05 PM »

The slacker in the yellow puffy answered his phone on stance while halfway through with the drilling. He also bled like a stuck pig from a short brush encounter. Brad did talk him into drilling into a big loadstone.

JC, you are doing such a fine job that I have decided to let you drill bolt #4.

Brad Young · « **Reply #523 on:** December 18, 2017, 06:49:49 PM »

Quote from: clink on December 18, 2017, 06:39:05 PM

The slacker in the yellow puffy answered his phone on stance while halfway through with the drilling.

Seemingly unbelievable, but true!

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Brad did talk him into drilling into a big loadstone.

After two holes I started nearby in seemingly good rock both failed.

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #524 on:** December 19, 2017, 07:14:46 AM »

Quote from: clink on December 18, 2017, 06:39:05 PM

JC, you are doing such a fine job that I have decided to let you drill bolt #4.

Since I have already done two-thirds of the work I will just go ahead and finish it.

clink · « **Reply #525 on:** December 31, 2017, 05:45:07 PM »

We hit a new low.

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #526 on:** January 01, 2018, 06:49:03 AM »

Quote from: clink on December 31, 2017, 05:45:07 PM

We hit a new low.

And also hit a new high

clink · « **Reply #527 on:** January 01, 2018, 08:01:26 AM »

Awful, ugly, and gross rock. The worst route yet for me. The consistency of dried diarrhea. When you hit rock bottom, chug a quart of prune juice and start digging. a parade of shitfuckery.

The two square feet of drillable rock eight feet below the summit and the rappel were very good.

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #528 on:** January 01, 2018, 06:43:19 PM »

Quote from: clink on January 01, 2018, 08:01:26 AM

Awful, ugly, and gross rock. The worst route yet for me. The consistency of dried diarrhea. When you hit rock bottom, chug a quart of prune juice and start digging. a parade of shitfuckery.

The two square feet of drillable rock eight feet below the summit and the rappel were very good.

The first bolt is also belay quality - well...what was the first bolt until you started cringing at that rotten traverse and drilled that bolt for a self back-belay. Kat and I went and ran up it again today and I surfaced your bolt and fixed (actually replaced) that bad directional/lead bolt I placed toward the top with a bomber 12mm long triplex. It is actually belay quality now too - although not in the best rock. Kat didn't think the climb was that bad and said she would rather lead it than Rock Bottom

We scrambled over toward Brittle Palace on the way down but ran short of time to climb it. I know prezactly where it is now and how to get there

clink · « **Reply #529 on:** January 01, 2018, 07:51:59 PM »

Easy and yuck. It was funny hearing your dissertation of the rock quality when you disappeared around the corner yesterday. The corridor was cool. Did you get a look beyond it?

Glad you had fun Go Kat

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #530 on:** January 02, 2018, 01:23:48 PM »

Quote from: clink on January 01, 2018, 07:51:59 PM

Easy and yuck. It was funny hearing your dissertation of the rock quality when you disappeared around the corner yesterday.
Glad you had fun Go Kat

Just a reminder for you clink - the loose stool traverse?

We don't have to climb this do we?

This looks like the logical way up - drill baby drill - hmmm...is there anything here that isn't styrofoam? Like a needle in a haystack...

Summit of Prune Pinnacle - The Regular Route

mungeclimber · « **Reply #531 on:** January 02, 2018, 01:31:21 PM »

Prooopy quality. Whew!

JC w KC redux · « **Reply #532 on:** January 02, 2018, 04:21:00 PM »

Kat and I had an absolute blast on Saturday at Condor Crags.

I got us up the first pitch as an aid pitch on gear - my first time aiding on gear - super cool.

I led it as a free climb years ago when Kat and I did St. Valentines Day Massacre.

Belaying Kat up the final 4th class section of the oldest roped climb in Pinns - that's a fairly long and hairy pitch of class four - it was a real treat to finally do it.

Standing on the highest of the South Summits

Climbing to the North Summit (taken from the South Summit).
After I got down there and got past the start, I realized I had climbed the upper section once before when I did Condor Condiment with the McConachie brothers

Looking back over to Kat on the South Summit from North Summit

It was super cool to finally do the old routes but I think the highlight of my day was leading the South Summit Traverse - here is Kat following