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Roger Brown

climber

Oceano, California

Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 25, 2013 - 11:12am PT

Clint and I started fixing ropes in TM for bolt replacement this weekend. That long fixed rope on Mountaineers Dome you can see from the road is one of ours. If you try to rappel it, be aware that there is a knot on a overhang that must be passed. Work will start there tomorrow. We fixed in two other locations also.
Roger

Roger Brown

climber

Oceano, California

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 22, 2013 - 02:08pm PT

The ASCA fixed ropes have been removed from Mountaineer's Dome and The Block. The bolts and hangers on American Wet Dike, Bastard from the Bush, Undisputed Truth, Thin Air, Namche Bazzar, Tourist Trap, Don't Exchange Body Fluids, Drafted, and Hammered, were upgraded to 3/8"
All fixed ropes were also removed from Whale's Back. All bolts and hangers on 11 of the routes were upgraded to 3/8"
Ropes are still fixed on Sunny Side Down on Daff Dome, but will be removed soon.
More ropes went up last weekend on Drug Dome. Sunshine and Lord of the Overhigh are now fixed from top to bottom with Lord of the Overhigh being worked on now. These ropes will be moved over to Just Say No and Dragonfly as work is completed.

the Fet

climber

Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La

Jul 22, 2013 - 02:12pm PT

Thanks for your work!!

10b4me

Ice climber

Middle-of-Nowhere, Arizona

Jul 22, 2013 - 02:12pm PT

thanks Roger, and Clint.

Mark Hudon

Trad climber

Hood River, OR

Jul 22, 2013 - 02:18pm PT

Thanks for all your works, guys!

JEleazarian

Trad climber

Fresno CA

Jul 22, 2013 - 02:28pm PT

Thank you very much for your good work.

John

guyman

Social climber

Moorpark, CA.

Jul 23, 2013 - 01:27pm PT

Thank you....

We will begin bolt "testing" in August.

mucci

Trad climber

The pitch of Bagalaar above you

Jul 23, 2013 - 01:38pm PT

Thanks a lot Roger and Clint!

You guys rock!

Impaler

Social climber

Berkeley

Jul 23, 2013 - 02:46pm PT

Thanks a lot Roger! I've been wanting to check out Sunshine. Anyone here done it? Am I gonna die?

snowhazed

Trad climber

Oaksterdam, CA

Jul 23, 2013 - 03:38pm PT

So psyched to hear new bolts on Sunshine! Let's go gunna die!

Mungeclimber

Trad climber

Nothing creative to say

Jul 23, 2013 - 04:17pm PT

Thank you Mr. Elbows of Steel!

the kid

Trad climber

fayetteville, wv

Jul 23, 2013 - 05:28pm PT

ahh. i was wondering what those fixed ropes on whales back were for. bet my routes were easy to replace. not too many bolts there......

Kalimon

Social climber

Ridgway, CO

Jul 23, 2013 - 08:50pm PT

Incredible effort you guys put in . . . wish I could go mini-trax your lines. Just kidding.

Thanks for your role in preserving these routes for the masses.

ruppell

climber

Jul 23, 2013 - 10:33pm PT

When you guys replaced American Wet Dyke how many bolts did you replace? When I did it a few years ago I could only find two. The old guide showed 3 but the new guide now shows 2. It was just a tiny bit spicy with the old 1/4"ers. Rad route though and hopefully people will get on it more now.

Roger Brown

climber

Oceano, California

Topic Author's Reply - Jul 23, 2013 - 10:50pm PT

ruppell,
The Journal reads "Replaced both protection bolts"

ruppell

climber

Jul 23, 2013 - 11:18pm PT

Roger,

That's what I thought. Either that or I am going blind. lol I forgot to thank you and everyone else working on bringing these routes into the 21st century so thank you. Some of the stuff you guys have already replaced and are going to replace is heady enough without "I wonder if that will hold" milling around in the back of your skull.