A List: New And Newly Found Routes Since the 2007 Guidebook

[Brad Young]

I added eight new routes to the list today. All are at a fun new area called Eye Candy Crag.

-  844.31  Fake Purse Ninjas  5.7 **
 
-  844.32  Chubby Rain  5.8 ***

-  844.33  Sticks and Stones  5.4 R

-  844.34  Break My Bones  5.2 R

-  844.35  Hindsight  5.7 *

-  844.36  The Great Humongous  5.8 **

-  844.37  Naked Groove  Class Four

-  844.38  Finishing Touch  Class Three

[Brad Young]

I added three routes to the list today:

-  844.354  Tell a Lie  5.7 *

-  860.2  Dominant Dome  Class Four

-  871.2  The Big Mossy  Class Three

[JC w KC redux]

I added three routes to the list today:
-  844.354  Tell a Lie  5.7 *
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I thought this was supposed to be Cookies are for Closers - Will the real liar please stand up...

-  860.2  Dominant Dome  Class Four

Thanks for climbing something else dominanted by PO. Great work!

-  871.2  The Big Mossy  Class Three

Is this the trailside scramble near/overlooking Prune Pinnacle?

[BAP]

I thought this was supposed to be Cookies are for Closers - Will the real liar please stand up...

The real liar would be Pinocchio.

When Laura climbed over the "cylindrical knob", she sat on it for a moment, we all burst out laughing... then I asked everyone: "Have you ever heard that joke? -  Minnie Mouse once sat on Pinocchio's nose and begged 'Tell a lie, Pinocchio, tell a lie...'".   

So Brad suggested to call the cylindrical knob "Pinocchio's Nose", and name the route "Tell a lie".  We all agreed.

 

[JC w KC redux]

So Brad suggested to call the cylindrical knob "Pinocchio's Nose", and name the route "Tell a lie".  We all agreed.

Of course you did.

[Brad Young]

I added this route to the list today:

-  860.4  The Tyrant  5.6

[JC w KC redux]

I added this route to the list today:

-  860.4  The Tyrant  5.6

Random my arse.

[clink]

  We should climb the Tyrant when you get back JC & KC. It’s fun

[JC w KC redux]

  We should climb the Tyrant when you get back JC & KC. It’s fun

How would you know? Brad is the only one listed on the FA.

P.S. Climbing with double vision is NOT FUN.

[Brad Young]

^^^

The day I did the FA I ran out of time and so I left a one-bolt summit anchor (with no chains). A one-bolt anchor doesn't seem very modern.

Clink was kind enough to go up there with me after we finished Machete on Monday. Now it has a two-bolt anchor with chains.

And as I picture double vision, I wonder how climbing is even possible (without making the obvious joke, how can you even decide which hold is real?).

[JC w KC redux]

The day I did the FA I ran out of time and so I left a one-bolt summit anchor (with no chains). A one-bolt anchor doesn't seem very modern.

Mystery solved. Thanks. Now I can sleep tonight...

Clunk was dumb enough to go up there with me after we finished Machete on Monday.

There...I fixed it for you.

Barnum said there is one born every minute.

And as I picture double vision, I wonder how climbing is even possible (without making the obvious joke, how can you even decide which hold is real?).

It's not possible - which I why I haven't been climbing.
The one time I tried it was bad for the handholds but even worse for trying to place the feet - not to mention how it affects balance and depth perception. I'm sure some smart-ass will make a comment involving a blind fold, an eye patch or some other nonsense. Just give me a last cigarette and a chance to say a few final words...

[JC w KC redux]

Let me guess.
No clever responses because Brad is guess where? Wait...let me think...Pinnacles?
Clunk must be too busy working or he's pouting somewhere (no way...Meanderthals don't pout).
Noal is working and daydreaming about being halfway up a 100+ foot line.

I just did 13 laps on the uni  for Friday the 13th.
I'm thinking about practicing my hangman's knot/noose.
My ropes are lonely and wondering why they have been neglected for over a year.

[mungeclimber]

JC, did you buy lotto tickets? Lucky day today!

[JC w KC redux]

What was lucky was that we got through the mid west before the big dust storm Thursday.
We did experience a Haboob in SE Colorado about 2 weeks ago - but the one that hit yesterday looked worse.

Like so many of the old routes I have done at Pinnacles - I'd prefer to NEVER experience that again.

[Brad Young]

Gavin and I decided that it was time to make The Stronghold public. Here are 16 new routes that I added to the list today:

-  709.5442  Left to Chance  5.7 *

-  709.5444  Slot Machine  5.6

-  709.545  Right of Passage  5.7 **

-  709.5461  The Joy of Hooking  5.5 A2 **

-  709.5463  Off the Hook  5.7 *

-  709.5465  Once a Hooker  5.9 **

-  709.547  Great Minds  5.10a ***

-  709.548  Second Glance 5.10d **

-  709.551  Scaling the Ramparts 5.11a **

-  709.561  Barbarians at the Gate  5.10a **

-  709.562  Holding the Line  5.10c **

-  709.563  Into the Breach  5.7 **

-  709.566  V for Victory  5.10c **

-  709.567  Arch Nemesis  5.8 *

-  709.643  Hidden Treasure  5.8 ***

-  709.646  Ancient Relic  5.10a *

[Gavin]

Brad - fitting that these are posted on Thanksgiving! 

[clink]

 Cool! 1 named for Brad, 1 for BAP, 1 for JC, KC and myself and 1 for Gavin. The rest are yoga positions?

[Brad Young]

^^^

Not quite.

Although it appears obvious that Great Minds was named for me, it actually describes my and Gavin’s almost simultaneous discovery of/determination to climb the route on successive days.

[russ p]

The Stronghold looks cool. Will this area be affected by the seasonal closures, or is it open year round?

[Brad Young]

Closes for raptors every year.