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SLIME TIME.

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.

why do people climb routes that don't inspire them?

Power2U wrote:SLIME TIME.

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.

I know you'd never think about it, but have you considered bringing a brush with you to clean the route?

Just give it awhile to dry. All the groundwater from hurricanes is probably seeping thru still.

I also had to wait for it to dry before doing it. Good route tho- way easier than Skinboat for the grade- IMO.

Patience2U, Power2U

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

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.

ATLdude wrote:Just give it awhile to dry. All the groundwater from hurricanes is probably seeping thru still.

I also had to wait for it to dry before doing it. Good route tho- way easier than Skinboat for the grade- IMO.

Patience2U, Power2U

Ah 13a on sale, what a Bargain, that is a bargain for me, I think I will climb some

Power2U wrote:

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.

Mercy, the Hoofmaker..... That's a hard one. Very hard for the grade IMO.