Pins Sunday

[mynameismud]

Felt good to do some "climbing" at the Pins. Was a typical day out with Noal.  We found the coldest mossiest rock we could.

Noal, I think it is coldest over there.


Yep, This looks to be about right




Plenty of Moss


Nice View


This works




End of the day

[Gavin]

Nice. I wish I could have joined you guys... But I was just returning from a month in India, so no luck.

Were you working on a route at Voyeur, or elsewhere? Any details on the line yet?

[mynameismud]

Up above Voyeur. Slab route with a two somewhat vertical sections.  It is probably around 5.9.  I will not be around this weekend but I think I will be around the 31st.  If Noal is free we can probably finish it then if the weather is cooperative.

Had a new experience.  A guy down on the trail asked if he could take my picture.  We were yelling since the climb is a fair distance from the trail.  After he asked to take my picture ( I had answered sure ) he yelled " Can you wave for the camera? ".  At the moment I was bolting.  So it went something like this.

tap, tap, tap,
Him, Hello....
tap, tap
Me, Hello...
tap, tap, tap
Him, What are you climbing?
tap, tap, tap,
Me, New Route,
tap, tap, tap.
Him, Can I take your picture?
tap, tap, tap
Me, sure....
tap, tap, tap
Him, Can you wave for the camera?
tap, tap, tap
Me, let go of drill, wave left are back and forth,
Him, Thank you
Me, Your Welcome
tap, tap, tap


The previous bolt I had this conversation
tap, tap, tap
girl from trail, WWWAAAHHHOOOOoooooo
tap, tap, tap,
Me, WWWAAAHHHOOOOoooooo
girl from trail, SEND IT!!
Me, tap, tap, tap
( me thinking...   Ahh, not very quickly )
tap, tap, tap

[clink]

You two are a hardy team. Cool pics.

Welcome back Mud and Gavin.

[mynameismud]

also of note for the conversation listed below.  The entire time I was facing the wall with my nose 12" from the rock not really in a position where I could move very easily.

Thanks, Clink   Was hoping to run into some of your but we were pretty much first in last out on Sunday

[looks easy from here]

Glad my cousin and I weren't the only ones up there enjoying yesterday's beautiful blue sky.  Based off that last pic it looks like you outlasted us by about half an hour.

At least our hands didn't sweat much...  

[NOAL]

Glad my cousin and I weren't the only ones up there enjoying yesterday's beautiful blue sky.  Based off that last pic it looks like you outlasted us by about half an hour.

What did you climb up there?

[JC w KC redux]

Thanks, Clink   Was hoping to run into some of your but we were pretty much first in last out on Sunday

We would have loved to see you guys but I kinda had a feeling what you'd be doing 

clink was kinda busy Sunday far far away in the Forgotten Valley.
We all went up to Nanny Goat to finish Hoof It but it had puddles on the holds and was dripping and or running with water.
It's in a water chute, it rained 1/2 an inch about 48 hours previous, it was a hard frost overnight all the nights leading up to Sunday, the daytime high was around 50, the route gets limited sun.
I think you can guess what happened on that one.

It was a bit of a crowd - me, Brad, 3 Dawsons, T girl and clink.

Brad helped me knock the dust off my aid climbing technique on Axe Pinnacle - cool climb.
I also finally know exactly where Dorf...er I mean Dwarf Pinnacle is.
By the way - are you sporting a new doo nelkins?

The gang, sans Brad and me ran up a new line on Coffee Can and I went back with team Young today to climb that. We also climbed an old pinnacle near there and checked out another old Roper climb (I plan to go back and climb it and rebolt).
The old pinnacle we did has no bolts but it did have a more than likely anthropomorphic stack o rocks on top. It was a scary boulder problem that is likely to get harder since I could hear a critical hand hold cracking as I moved through the crux. I thought it was 5.8 and the new climb on Coffee Can a grade easier at 5.7. 

[NOAL]

By the way - are you sporting a new doo nelkins?

No. I just washed it. Now I have a bigger bald spot.

[mungeclimber]

To pay, or not to pay.




Those trail demons are awfully talkative.

[JC w KC redux]

No. I just washed it. Now I have a bigger bald spot.

 

[looks easy from here]

What did you climb up there?

Crud & Mud.  Pics, etc. forthcoming.

[clink]

ran up a new line on Coffee Can

 Steve was flying up it. He drilled 3 of the 4 bolts. Fun route to find and it was warm in the sun, mostly moss free. Perfectly Pinns day. Any pics JC?

[mynameismud]

Glad my cousin and I weren't the only ones up there enjoying yesterday's beautiful blue sky.  Based off that last pic it looks like you outlasted us by about half an hour.

At least our hands didn't sweat much...  

So true.  I did all my climbing in my down jacket.

[Tuff Chik]

So true.  I did all my climbing in my down jacket.

I took 5 girls up to the Northeast Frontier - full sun all day and most of us climbed in tank tops.  Even got treated to two condors when we first arrived. 

[mudworm]

So true.  I did all my climbing in my down jacket.

That does't say much since you wear your down jacket even in the summer. And from what I heard, there was not much climbing, but a lot of standing in place doing "tap, tap, tap." 

[JC w KC redux]

I took 5 girls up to the Northeast Frontier - full sun all day and most of us climbed in tank tops.  Even got treated to two condors when we first arrived. 

Crud & Mud.  Pics, etc. forthcoming.

Nice to know the new routes are getting some love.
Here's mud in your eye Shane. Did you climb Chasam?


I'm trying harder to give the old routes some love too.

[looks easy from here]

I took 5 girls up to the Northeast Frontier - full sun all day and most of us climbed in tank tops.  Even got treated to two condors when we first arrived. 

You almost had company-we were discussing going with a group to the Northwest Frontier or doing a 2 man grinder on Crud & Mud (2 man grinder obviously won out).

We were plenty warm in the sun when we started on the East Face and Just Chute Me, but as soon as we hit the shade the temp dropped probably 20 degrees. There was still frost on the ground when we left. Thank goodness there was just a very light breeze.

Here's mud in your eye Shane. Did you climb Chasam?

Negative. We ran out of daylight before we were able to move over to Pioneer Pinnacle. But we both climbed everything on Crud & Mud except Solotero Pina Especial and Light and Shade. 

[mynameismud]

The V is missing

tap, tap, tap is better than puff, puff, puff

[JC w KC redux]

You almost had company-we were discussing going with a group to the Northwest Frontier or doing a 2 man grinder on Crud & Mud (2 man grinder obviously won out).

We were plenty warm in the sun when we started on the East Face and Just Chute Me, but as soon as we hit the shade the temp dropped probably 20 degrees. There was still frost on the ground when we left. Thank goodness there was just a very light breeze.


Negative. We ran out of daylight before we were able to move over to Pioneer Pinnacle. But we both climbed everything on Crud & Mud except Solotero Pina Especial and Light and Shade. 

Seriously? That is a lot of routes. 13 to be exact - a baker's dozen - although the only potential for anything approaching baking would have been the starting 2 and possibly Bottoms Up. What did you think?