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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 1, 2006 - 12:08pm PT
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Around 1988-1990
Ort Wall
Main Wall
Some are first ascents, some are second ascents.
Ken
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Cool. I didn't venture in there until last fall. I'd heard there used to be trees in there... what happened to them?
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Excuse my ignorance but where is The Grotto? Is that somewhere along highway 108/120 around the 120/108 split? That rock looks chossy, what's it like?
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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yeah. 108 near sonora. And if by chossy you mean super sweet, then yes.
It's a popular area, so if it was chossy to begin with, it's sure cleaned up. Columnular basalt.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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The trees disappeared with the choss. Falling refigerators and household appliance sized rocks are more effective than chainsaws. That was a beautiful dogwood, or was it a buckeye? Can't remember. I started climbing there in '93 I think. McClannahan was always lurking around asking for belays. The climbing is better than it looks.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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The climbing is outstanding!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Yep, and great training for the other place. You know where I mean. Been a while since I spent time up there.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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I was surprised to see that a photo of the other place made it into R&I this month!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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REally? Shame Shame Shame. Was it captioned specifically? Whose photo?
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DavisGunkie
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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whats the weather like there about now, i am starting to jones for a climbing fix, and i have not been there yet
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Chicken Skinner
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 1, 2006 - 01:24pm PT
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Sketch,
I beleive the shoes were Dolomites. I had gotten a couple of free pairs. You might ask Mr. Large I think he was trying them out.
Ken
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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I always looked at the rock when I travelled from the East Bay to Columbia, Cedar Ridge, Sonora Pass in the mid-1970s, but it always looked dirty and chossy and I figured there was enough good rock around not to bother. I guess I should have expored a bit closer.
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Richard Large
climber
where you least expect
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"You might ask Mr. Large"...
Sorry. I remember I was wearing my pink lace panties and silk stockings that day, but don't remember what shoes I used.
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Xela
climber
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The photo was a Tim Kemple shot of Justin, fully referenced as JH. Probably could have been a little more discrete.
The shoes in the first few shots are Scarpa Le Menstrels (sp?). Those were super stiff and would edge like mad but had no sensitivity.
Dave
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