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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 4:02 pm
by Jerry Bargo
Hey tbone, what was "R" about Strokin' the Nut?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:11 pm
by Danny
Sounds X rated to me.
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:30 pm
by t bone
jerry i dont think it was. the only thing i remember was the upper section took pro but probably would not have held a big fall. it was easy up there.just some sandy coarse rock. i looked at the picture last night. it starts on a 20-30 ftright facing wide crack up to a ledge. off the ledge it was a left curving hand crack thru a bulging section then it backed off after that.it topped out near the trail. I was so fired up about just onsighting jack the ripper i forgot the details! l believe it was fall 94. it may have not been the fa.
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2002 8:42 pm
by SCIN
That's definitely not The Specimen and does sound like the route you did Danny.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:16 am
by Danny
Yea, it does. Although I am sure there was nothing close to R up there. Maybe he was so excited from his onsight he was too busy stroken his thing to place gear.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:34 am
by t bone
I think was the fact i didnt take hardly any gear with me. the name came from me dropping a wired nut down the cliff. drank alot of beer since then. it hard some time to remember all the details sometime. but jack the ripper was way cool.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:43 am
by SCIN
Nice onsite of Jack the Ripper t bone.
That route is so damn cool. I have a video of Randy Leavitt doing Book of Hate 5.13d in Yosemite. It's like freakin' Jack the Ripper times ten.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:51 am
by t bone
i like to see that. my hips were killing me after that stemming.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 9:53 pm
by Danny
yea, actually I think I did end up placing mostly big cams up there so it may not take smaller stuff too well.
tbone, in your original note you said it was to the left of JTRipper. The one I'm talking about is to the right. Is that what you meant?
me too, on JTRipper I got a cramp in my front hip and had to shake out my leg while pushing against the wall. My right foot has had pretty major surgery and it took about 15 minutes before I could move those toes afterwards.
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 6:01 am
by 512OW
K....heres how I see it in my mind.....
starting at Jack the Ripper, and going right.....
Jack...
Some dirty thing called Gumby in the Rough that tops out...about 5.8 or something....does have a big ledge, and is DIRTY.
As Luck Would Have it 5.10??? Short little fingercrack starting above a head high roof....goes to a ledge....could have a DIRTY 2nd pitch.
The Specimen......10c
The Whistle Driller.....5.9ish handcrack to chimney to fingercrack to anchor
Pangea.....11ish
Now starting at Jack and going left......
Jack
Mr. Get it on Jones
Jerry Bargos thing....dont' know what he called it...