Is this a joke or is it really that cool?Steve wrote:Oh yeah, they think the fish was forty feet long with big pointy fangs.
Weekend Reports
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marathonmedic
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Friday: Great day at the Gallery with Gaar. Got on a saweet 11a with a huge juggy roof. Friday night, humiliated myself and hung out.
Sat.: Waited tables at RRO...whew. Then Ihad the distinct honor to go to Purgatory with Kenny, Julie and Robin. Purgatory is the prettiest cliff that I have seen. Kenny's work is masterful. I'm so happy for him and thrilled that he developed that crag. Oh and got on Tony's 11b. Fun fun route! Kenny's a rad climbing partner and I totally dig Julie and Robin too! Watched the movies. Woohoo! Kick ass.
Sun: Climbed at Muir with Mia. Did a slabby 5.9 bolt to bolt and almost peed down my leg. Then I got on a saweet 10b with a loose block and had to figure out alternate beta. It's too fun.
Mon: Climbed with Gaar, Yasi and Agile at the Southern Region, specifically Purgatory and Left Field. Much fun on the 11b again. Last burn, got my ass spanked pretty hard. Then I went home and cuddled up next to my beau. What a great weekend!
Sat.: Waited tables at RRO...whew. Then Ihad the distinct honor to go to Purgatory with Kenny, Julie and Robin. Purgatory is the prettiest cliff that I have seen. Kenny's work is masterful. I'm so happy for him and thrilled that he developed that crag. Oh and got on Tony's 11b. Fun fun route! Kenny's a rad climbing partner and I totally dig Julie and Robin too! Watched the movies. Woohoo! Kick ass.
Sun: Climbed at Muir with Mia. Did a slabby 5.9 bolt to bolt and almost peed down my leg. Then I got on a saweet 10b with a loose block and had to figure out alternate beta. It's too fun.
Mon: Climbed with Gaar, Yasi and Agile at the Southern Region, specifically Purgatory and Left Field. Much fun on the 11b again. Last burn, got my ass spanked pretty hard. Then I went home and cuddled up next to my beau. What a great weekend!
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
-Everlast
-Everlast
Friday we climbed at the Hideout and finished bolting and cleaning two new routes: "Earthsurfer" and "Apotheosis Denied". We also did some more climbing and exploring... then got drunk later (we especially enjoyed Paul's video at Miguels).
Saturday we watched Rick test some bolts and then I went to a new area in Muir with T bone, Gary, Saxman, and Gregg. Tim and I put up a couple of new 5.12 sport routes with much help from the others and we attempted a challenging overhanging flared fingercrack that kicked our ass. I think I'm going to call the short powerful sport route "Bouldergeist". Lots of big powerful moves from several thin 2 fingertip pocket underclings up a slightly overhanging wall... not the safest route to "warm up" on, but we worked out the moves and got it bolted very quickly. Then got drunk later (while enjoying the festivities at Miguels).
Sunday J.J. and I enjoyed a serious thrashing up, over, and through many rhodos and briars on a 2 hour vertical bushwhack to find clifftop access to a beautiful new wall (while carrying two ropes, a trad rack, a bolting kit, etc.). We were more than 2 hundred above the valley floor and it required some scary scrambling and several rappels (while occassionally placing gear, bolts, and sometimes using small dead trees to get into a giant cave under an enormous roof). It was well worth the effort because the routes were awesome! They were so clean that we didn't even need to break out the brushes! Sorry to Saxman that it took us so long to get to the wall under the giant roof, but we were glad he was there to direct us.
We were happy because the routes were clean, easy, overhanging and aesthetic. J.J. and I are always looking for the EASIEST routes possible and we often "compete" with each other for the route with the lowest difficulty. These new ones felt like 5.10. We bolted and climbed them and we were not disappointed. We named them "Sunbeam" and "Moonshine". 5.9+ (sport) and 5.9 (sport).
Lots of fun! Then I got drunk later...
Monday we climbed at Roadside and then went to Fort Boonesborough. Then had some more beer...
Saturday we watched Rick test some bolts and then I went to a new area in Muir with T bone, Gary, Saxman, and Gregg. Tim and I put up a couple of new 5.12 sport routes with much help from the others and we attempted a challenging overhanging flared fingercrack that kicked our ass. I think I'm going to call the short powerful sport route "Bouldergeist". Lots of big powerful moves from several thin 2 fingertip pocket underclings up a slightly overhanging wall... not the safest route to "warm up" on, but we worked out the moves and got it bolted very quickly. Then got drunk later (while enjoying the festivities at Miguels).
Sunday J.J. and I enjoyed a serious thrashing up, over, and through many rhodos and briars on a 2 hour vertical bushwhack to find clifftop access to a beautiful new wall (while carrying two ropes, a trad rack, a bolting kit, etc.). We were more than 2 hundred above the valley floor and it required some scary scrambling and several rappels (while occassionally placing gear, bolts, and sometimes using small dead trees to get into a giant cave under an enormous roof). It was well worth the effort because the routes were awesome! They were so clean that we didn't even need to break out the brushes! Sorry to Saxman that it took us so long to get to the wall under the giant roof, but we were glad he was there to direct us.
We were happy because the routes were clean, easy, overhanging and aesthetic. J.J. and I are always looking for the EASIEST routes possible and we often "compete" with each other for the route with the lowest difficulty. These new ones felt like 5.10. We bolted and climbed them and we were not disappointed. We named them "Sunbeam" and "Moonshine". 5.9+ (sport) and 5.9 (sport).
Lots of fun! Then I got drunk later...Monday we climbed at Roadside and then went to Fort Boonesborough. Then had some more beer...
"Those iron spikes you use have shortened the life expectancy of the Totem Pole by 50,000 years."
--A Navaho elder
--A Navaho elder
Sweet J-Rock. I can't wait to try those. I really enjoyed my bolt by bolt effort to lead Dyn-o-mite (and try to get over my fear of falling) and the new chimney route at the Great Wall on Sunday.
I'm an experienced woman; I've been around... well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been... nearby.
~ Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
~ Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
Sweet! You must be talking about "Call of the Wild". I was hoping that somebody would climb that chimney route! I really enjoyed it, but Karla hated it. I was beginning to wonder if anybody was going to climb it (especially being a mixed route and all)! The other new wall will be opened after we add a few more routes and put in a trail. Hopefully this will be completed within the next few weeks!
"Those iron spikes you use have shortened the life expectancy of the Totem Pole by 50,000 years."
--A Navaho elder
--A Navaho elder
yes, that's the climb. It was pretty cool, although getting to the second set of anchors was interesting. I'd hate to see what I looked like flailing my way up to the ledge. The chimney was a trip.
I'm an experienced woman; I've been around... well, alright, I might not've been around, but I've been... nearby.
~ Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
~ Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
