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MisterE

Social climber

Across Town From Easy Street

Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 20, 2010 - 10:17pm PT

Plodding peakward, a plethora of climbers puzzled about the proper path, pig-headedly leading to precarious plummeting in a pathless manner until my pal, Skip, after much plowing of plants, plopped us into the proper playground of pitches.

Partaking in this party were: The profferer of the prose, and 'portant partner, Shleppo-Boy (a peculiar person), and a (Russian) Georgian -the plodding puffer of tobacco- purportedly who participated in 3 armies in 38 planetary years (with a penchant towards pedestrian perambulations). Our Georgian prince partook the palaquin of a pretty park ranger preferring to be passenger rather than plod the ponderous pass.

Participants:

Partaking of present paper publications on the peak's provided park bench:

Paltry though the pillar was, I promptly pawed up a 5.10a off-width, a passageway not without a petit pouring of platelets!

Paying the penalty of pain following previous ascent:

Picturesque Panorama, pleasing in the placid post-climbing repartee:

Levy

Big Wall climber

So Cal

Jan 20, 2010 - 10:38pm PT

Hey Erik,

What did you think of all the glue & chipped holds on those routes?

How 'bout them funk bolts? Hardware store eyebolts on the top of the crag.

Poor ethics?

Lack of vision by the first ascentionists?

Perhaps a "I don't give a damn what others think" attitude?

I'd enjoy hearing your & Skip's thoughts on the place instead of poor poetry and abominible alliteration. :)

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Jan 20, 2010 - 11:01pm PT

Crappy alliteration was more probably giving this choss more than it's due, but hey... it got us off the friggin couch for an afternoon. It doesn't warrant a second visit but the far right (bolted) crack actually was enjoyable.

We forgot to take a picture of an AWOL 2nd (glue-in eye)bolt we later found laying at the bottom with a frighteningly insufficient amount of glue. Yikes.

We figure they were stoned or just exhausted from carrying the park bench all the way up there.

MisterE

Social climber

Across Town From Easy Street

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 20, 2010 - 11:04pm PT

To wit:

I just liked the climbing on the right side route, I will leave the judgment to those more adept at it.

Edit: Just trying to have some fun, which apparently Medusa has no concept of.

Levy

Big Wall climber

So Cal

Jan 20, 2010 - 11:07pm PT

I like the crack with the wide upper section too. I just can't justify all the glue dripping from the flake & the other BS you find there. It is a beautiful place though.

justthemaid

climber

Jim Henson's Basement

Jan 20, 2010 - 11:19pm PT

We actually only did two (out of 6/7?) routes then bailed. Didn't actually see much glue. That glue-budget they blew on the flakes... shoulda saved it for the 1/2 eye-bolts.

Scenic for sure, but a lot of time/effort/money on uber-crap sandstone. The one climb is worth hiking up there.

SO CAL CLIMBING....

I *(heart)* CHOSS