Bad Hybrid at Muir Valley: hold bolted on?!

Post by **Stewy911** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:17 pm

oh c'mon!

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:18 pm

Post by **Sco Bro** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:33 pm

Come on Squeeze, we labored forever on the name. Other options were:

Jesus doesn't like strap-ons.

Strap-ons are for girls. (I know, not very PC).

Keep the strap-on in the bedroom.

Did anyone know that this rock was being bolted on to the climb, was that how it was proposed?

Wes, I respect your opinion and I wouldn't say there is no instance where you wouldn't add a hold. However, I don't think that because a climb is a one move wonder that it should be altered. Espresso comes to mind. I would prefer that the rating be lowered rather than butchering the rock to make it a consistent grade.

Post by **Ultra** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:40 pm

what a bunch of girls

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:41 pm

Sco Bro wrote:Come on Squeeze, we labored forever on the name. Other options were:

Jesus doesn't like strap-ons.

No

Sco Bro wrote:Strap-ons are for girls. (I know, not very PC).

No

Sco Bro wrote:Keep the strap-on in the bedroom.

No

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:42 pm

Ultra wrote:what a bunch of girls

We have to make up for your absence.

Post by **Andrew** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:59 pm

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. That route would have still been 5.6 if you would have glued on a much smaller hold, instead there is a huge boulder bolted onto a slab. It looks horrible. I can somewhat agree with wes. This climb is a 25 foot green pile, that really doesn't climb to bad, but has one hard move in the middle that is so out of range with the rest of the route. Do what you want, but that hold didn't have to be so big, and ugly. If it were me I would have put in just anchors, and definitly not altered the route, since it can be easily top-roped, or soloed.

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:27 pm

another possible fix for problems like this would be not to bolt a piece of shit with glued/chipped/added holds.

Post by **Stewy911** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:34 pm

I am going to go to the LODE and bolt on some plastic jugs to get me through all the climbs i cant do