What is up with this route About half a dozen small holds right around the first bolt are disgusting! The combination of green muck and chalk is like grabbing toothpaste. Is this pile even climbable any more? It has been pretty darn dry for a while now and you would think that the holds would be OK.
Will it dry out here at some point or is there some tricky way to skip all the mungy holds? Any information would be appreciated.
Lest we all forget... climbing is a mostly meaningless pursuit that we do for fun.
What is up with this route About half a dozen small holds right around the first bolt are disgusting! The combination of green muck and chalk is like grabbing toothpaste. Is this pile even climbable any more? It has been pretty darn dry for a while now and you would think that the holds would be OK.
Will it dry out here at some point or is there some tricky way to skip all the mungy holds? Any information would be appreciated.
No shit! What a heap! Besides being a mungefest that route is a squeeze job.
'Darling, may I please be excused for a moment?
I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine, whom I hope to introduce you to after dinner.'
The polite way to excuse yourself and take a piss.
Thanks for the info. At first the climb seemed like it might be fun... the Hard stuff at the bottom with good "moderate" climbing at the top. I had just done High Hard One and it seemed like a logical next climb at the Lode. I am definitley not going to spend any time on it now, maybe in Novemebr if the mood strikes me. Looks like it is on down the wall to Hoofmaker
dhoyne,
I did try to brush the tooth paste out of he holds but it didn't help much. I would need a hose to tinse the holds with after I finished brushing and flossing them
Lest we all forget... climbing is a mostly meaningless pursuit that we do for fun.
Sandy wrote:why do people climb routes that don't inspire them?
I climb anything... classic, pile, long aproach, short approach... how do you know if it is anygood if you don't get on it. Plus once you have hit most of the classics in your range what's left but to try the routes "nobody gets on".... who knows you may find a few hidden classics, and be inspired.
Lest we all forget... climbing is a mostly meaningless pursuit that we do for fun.
Sandy wrote:why do people climb routes that don't inspire them?
I climb anything... classic, pile, long aproach, short approach... how do you know if it is anygood if you don't get on it. Plus once you have hit most of the classics in your range what's left but to try the routes "nobody gets on".... who knows you may find a few hidden classics, and be inspired.
I climb anything, too. But if I've been on it once and it doesn't inspire me for whatever reason, I see no reason to get back on it.
About half a dozen small holds right around the first bolt are disgusting! The combination of green muck and chalk is like grabbing toothpaste. Is this pile even climbable any more? It has been pretty darn dry for a while now and you would think that the holds would be OK.
