Quest for Mud (Special Edition)

[F4?]

Good day molesting mud and crud with Noal and JC
Odd, Noal had a Trump 2024 hat. He said it would deflect the crud.

[JC w KC redux]

Good day molesting mud and crud with Noal and JC
Odd, Noal had a Trump 2024 hat. He said it would deflect the crud.

Not sure if we were the molesters or the molestees.

Nice job out there guys.

I'll post a pic or two tomorrow.

[NOAL]

Fake news.

[Zay]

Brad,

"Didn't you and Gavin do some 5.10 route on the Balconies? By Electric Blue?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

...722.5 Full Circle  5.10d **

Either you were gaslighting me, or you're list of accomplishments is extensive enough that you would actually forget establishing a two star, bolted 5.10 route on such a pretty precipice.

Or both.

[Brad Young]

Would I ever gaslight anyone?

Now, now. We thought we saw you from the high peaks. Might have been someone else?

[Brad Young]

Or maybe it’s a typo?

Either way, always nice to see your mug 😉

[Brad Young]

And by the way, I still maintain that it’s a one star route. But Gavin disagrees and two very experienced Pinnacles climbers who have each done it more than once have called it three stars. I’ve bowed to more credible sources.

[JC w KC redux]

By my math it sounds like consensus on Full Circle is 3 stars.

Sounds like Zay was on Full Circle and Brad was in the High Peaks. What's your star assessment Zay?
You guys should get giant watches and subscribe to Strava so we can track you 

F4 said he saw someone on top of Smokestack but we didn't hear the BPS so it must have been someone else.
All this detective work is exhausting!

Noal working on bolt 5.
I placed  a long 5 piece bolt (bolt 4) - then Noal went up and managed to stand in a void left where everything peeled off 





F4 went up next and got a bolt in for a hairy transition over to the main mass. I finished the day by tensioning sideways to get in a long triplex bolt that will get us to an airy stance and "should" set us up for the finish (we live in hope!).

We didn't make a lot of upward progress (due to rock quality issues) but we did make significant progress and regained some hope at the end of the day. We remain steadfast. Too bad the rock doesn't understand the literal meaning of that word.
We are already 7 bolts in to a climb that looks easy from the ground.
Oh what a tangled web Pinnacles weaves...

Noal and F4 should have a few more pics.
My legs are still tired this morning after bracing in that last locked out/straight-legged tension stance. I never moved my feet.

[Zay]

We did Bullseye/Derringer to Old Original, to Lava Falls (spectacular day!!!)

Full Circle is on the forecast, 5.10d might just be within my capabilities to lead...

Didn't see anyone else on Machete Yesterday... but man, I've never seen so many climbers on the west side. Chocktone Dome and Flumes were quite the social fairs. Oh yeah, I almost never climb on Saturdays hehehehe

Always good to banter with you guys

[Zay]

JC,

Where is that beautiful rock you just posted? That's a cool looking line.

Forgive me if you already posted about it upthread, I can't keep up with such industrious folk.

Looking forward to giving it a second

[JC w KC redux]

JC,
Where is that beautiful rock you just posted? That's a cool looking line.
Forgive me if you already posted about it upthread, I can't keep up with such industrious folk.
Looking forward to giving it a second

Sorry dude - We are still working on it. The rock quality has forced us to start traversing to the right.
Except for the starting section (about 30 feet of gear protected climbing), the climbing looks much better than it is.
I am hoping we can finish it in one more outing but the rock quality has deteriorated so much that it has become quite the challenge.
If I can get over to the next stance without peeling off (literally), it should start up again and hopefully finish with a few more bolts.
All but one of the drilling positions so far (7 bolts) have been brutal.
I posted a couple shots of Noal upthread a couple weeks ago when we started it.
http://www.mudncrud.com/forums/index.php?topic=2443.msg48649#msg48649

[Brad Young]

Steadfast is a great word.

J.C., that looked like 150 feet of climbing on that side to the summit?

[Brad Young]

Fantastic day for us today. Vicki drove to the parking lot with us. Then both daughters, me and all three Dawson’s laughed a lot, climbed some, and got a hell of a lot of research done.

[F4?]

Only 4 other parties at the east side today???
Devoid of climbers.

Quite warm, until we lost the sun.

Oddly, there was someone on lard butt.

Thanks again Mud Worm for the POD burn.
It never gets old.

[NOAL]

What you guys climb?

[F4?]

She swallows crack
Wet kiss 2x
Organ grinder  2x, james kept doing the 10c eliminate 
Subterranean tango, upper
POD

[Zay]

hey, someone's birthday (not mine) is in, like, a day and a half. day after the conjunction...

what's really a mind bender is, how the hell do I even know?

you know who you are 0_0

[Tuff Chik]

hey, someone's birthday (not mine) is in, like, a day and a half. day after the conjunction...

what's really a mind bender is, how the hell do I even know?

The real mind bender is how old this someone will be tomorrow.

[Zay]

lol

"The well protected nature of this route should be understood, and forgiven, as the age of the first ascentionist is quite-old."

[F4?]

The real mind bender is how old this someone will be tomorrow.

It is shocking. He should make sure to eat his prunes and review his medicare elections.