I Plan to replace the rotten log with a fiberglass replica!

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JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 13, 2006 - 01:22pm PT

Can people please post pictures of the rotten log so I can get the dimensions correct.

Thanks

Juanito

Apocalypsenow

Trad climber

Cali

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:32pm PT

Perhaps a new line of work Juan. How about a fiberglass Old Man on Cannon... New Hampshire...while your at it, someone stole the pipe from the pipe pitch. Think you could get that replaced?

Oh yea...and a replacement of the bush of Bushy Ledge at the Leap (so confusing).

TradIsGood

Trad climber

Gunks end of country

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:35pm PT

Before it fell, or after? Please if you do this make sure you engineer it so that it does not seem in any way superior to the original. Not stronger, better friction, etc.

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:35pm PT

If you are talking about the Arches, is that log still there?

Did that climb in 1973 and the darn thing looked like it wouldn't last much longer.

Ksolem

Trad climber

LA, Ca

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:56pm PT

I think it was '81 when I did it. It seemed truly marginal. I recall hearing about it's demise. Anyone remember when that was?

Apocalypsenow

Trad climber

Cali

Mar 13, 2006 - 01:57pm PT

It was there in '91.

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 01:58pm PT

I lifted it out of it's groove and told my partner, here it goes.

Juanito

Wade Icey

Social climber

the EPC

Mar 13, 2006 - 02:03pm PT

"this rod's dust.I'm yarding it."

-D_ _

Pretty sure it was pre '91.

Wade

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Mar 13, 2006 - 02:37pm PT

You'll need to make it out of styrofoam if you want to authenticaly replicate the texture it had.

And that was in 70 or 71

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 02:41pm PT

I plan to bolt it to the wall.

Will need some help hauling it up as it will probably weigh a few hundred pounds.

Juanito

Hardman Knott

Gym climber

Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:01pm PT

Could you install a soda machine up there while you're at it?

Bilbo

Trad climber

Truckee

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:10pm PT

A restroom should be installed on the Sandy Ledge below the penji also..

fareastclimber

Trad climber

Hong Kong & Wales

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:33pm PT

Wonderfully eccentric goal.

Gunkie

climber

East Coast US

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:37pm PT

It needs to creak, vibrate, and flake away as you climb it.

TradIsGood

Trad climber

Gunks end of country

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:39pm PT

See Supertopo - Yosemite Valley Free Climbs.

On page 129, according to Steve Roper, the log "finally parted company with the rock in the spring of 1984."

It was 25 feet long and one foot thick.

Elcapinyoazz

Mountain climber

Anchorage, Alaska

Mar 13, 2006 - 03:46pm PT

Well, the only times I did the RA the tree was long gone. I don't even know where it used to be? Guessing that lieback right facing corner thing a pitch or two from the raps?

Apocalypsenow

Trad climber

Cali

Mar 13, 2006 - 04:59pm PT

I know it was there in 91...I remember climbing on it. I wasn't offroute. I have only done the climb once, are there more than one log?

caughtinside

Social climber

Davis, CA

Mar 13, 2006 - 05:01pm PT

Hmm, normally I like my routes to be free of 'rotten logs' left by climbers, but in this case I will make an exception.

Senor deFuca, you have my full support.

thedogfather

Trad climber

Midwest

Mar 13, 2006 - 05:59pm PT

Boy, I thought there would be a lot of pics of the log.
Yes, in EB's and a Willans harness.

thedogfather

Trad climber

Midwest

Mar 13, 2006 - 06:58pm PT

The pic was from 1976. I recall it was my first climbing trip out of Kansas City and was told to be sure not to put any slings on it for pro just in case it fell away when I was on it!

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 13, 2006 - 07:08pm PT

When I did the rotten log a few weeks before it was trundled I was able to lift it out and pivot it away from the rock. It would have been so easy. It was so slick and polished, and it vibrated.

Juanito

Scared Silly

Trad climber

Mar 13, 2006 - 11:34pm PT

The rotten log may be dead and gone from RA but it does live ...

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 13, 2006 - 11:54pm PT

This post woke me up to what a potentially great guy you may very well be.

I'm gonnah look at yer other stuff now.

The world needs as much wacko insanity as it can get and I am psyched to see you pitching in!

Stay the course Bra!

Ksolem

Trad climber

LA, Ca

Mar 14, 2006 - 12:05am PT

"..On page 129, according to Steve Roper, the log "finally parted company with the rock in the spring of 1984."

That sounds about right to me. When we did it in '81 it was really about to go. When I heard it went a few years later I was surprised it had lasted so long - as in two more years being long..

Dru

climber

HELL, BABY, HELL!

Mar 14, 2006 - 02:16am PT

way to step up to chris mac's request and keep it more climbing related, juan!

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Mar 14, 2006 - 12:21pm PT

Thedogfather, thanks for the post, I almost forgot what climbing on that log was like (only did it once), but your pic brought back memories.

Edge

Trad climber

New Durham, NH

Mar 14, 2006 - 12:49pm PT

Damn, I climbed the arches 3 times between 1982 and 1984, but cannot remember the rotten log!

Either:

1) you people are on chemical enhancements
2) I was on chemical enhancements
3) Wow, it's kind of sunny out. Let's all take some chemical enhancements...

PMS

climber

Woodland Park, CO

Mar 14, 2006 - 01:32pm PT

JD,

Make two fiberglass logs, hang the other one off your new bolt on Double Cross.

scuffy b

climber

S Cruz

Mar 14, 2006 - 07:12pm PT

New bolt??? What was wrong with the old one?
sm

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 14, 2006 - 11:07pm PT

I sure hope no one dies on Double Cross in the next two weeks, but I think it is certain before the end of the month!

Juanito

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 15, 2006 - 04:19pm PT

Off Topic and Bolt Wars is so last year, but I don't remember any bolt on Dbl Cross?

'Course, I haven't been on it since the late Pleistocene.

One of my first whippers was onto a single #4 Chouinard Stopper, right at the crux, near the bottom.

Like, '81 a guy cratered on it, hemoraged bad leaving quite the gruesome skid mark and I guided my clients right over the evidence, probably 12-24 hours after the incident.

'Figured it would be good for them to confront the reality: they got it.

Anyhow, Juan, let us know what you need to replicate the log, as the problematic issues arise.

Levy

Big Wall climber

So Calif

Mar 15, 2006 - 10:46pm PT

Thae last person across the log was Kathy Burns and her partner, Dave Schultz was the one who pushed off the log.. Why don't you ask him? Or ask him for help in replacing the log. With his newfangled thingamijig he developed for stunt rigging, he might be able to help raise it up there, or at least help defray the cost.

Levy

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2006 - 10:55pm PT

Thanks Levy,

Can I have some help with the cost. It looks like the project might run a few thousand dollars to make a good log. I will try to have this done by fall.

Figure we will need a team of ten or so.

Juan

Ouch!

climber

Mar 15, 2006 - 11:22pm PT

"Anyhow, Juan, let us know what you need to replicate the log, as the problematic issues arise."

He needs someone to make the log and put it in place on the rock, take a photo of it, and post it on ST. Then he will tell you what you did wrong and impress Lois.

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 15, 2006 - 11:24pm PT

That's Crafty of 'Im, the Juanito.

Even though it may be a ploy to impress Lois, I say we barge ahead.

Ouch!

climber

Mar 16, 2006 - 03:04am PT

Wonder

climber

Mar 16, 2006 - 03:25am PT

Hey, TarB, im with you, who is this guy, JuanD?

Wonder

climber

Mar 16, 2006 - 03:30am PT

in 78 the thing was so slick and loose i took forever to lead it. how did he know that?
i think i did the route with swiss micki.
oh maybe 79, memory sucks. whats new.

TradIsGood

Trad climber

Gunks end of country

Mar 16, 2006 - 09:06am PT

After Juan performs his community service reconstruction...

Will it still be called the "rotten log", or will we be calling it the "bondo bridge"?

JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Stoney Point

Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2006 - 09:57am PT

Some parameters needed.

Length of Log?
Diameter?
Natural Frequency desired?
Friction? Polished slick as I recall.

Does anyone recall what type of tree it was?

Thanks

Tarbuster

climber

right here, right now

Mar 16, 2006 - 10:01am PT

Wonder,
I dont know who Juanito is, but if I've learned two hard data points about the guy:

He's a forward thinker.
Do Not Touch his bolt on DBL Cross.

Ed H

Trad climber

Santa Rosa, CA

Oct 14, 2016 - 12:11pm PT

How's the log project going?

i-b-goB

Social climber

Wise Acres

Oct 14, 2016 - 12:17pm PT

It will work!

Fossil climber

Trad climber

Atlin, B. C.

Oct 14, 2016 - 12:27pm PT

Don't forget to sign it. And how about putting a register just above it - a "log log", so to speak.
And don't forget the liability insurance just in case somebody manages to ride it down, Dr. Strangelove style.

Spider Savage

Mountain climber

The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles

Oct 14, 2016 - 01:30pm PT

Classic troll of the 2000's.

Since demand for easy routes in the Valley is high, a solid via Feratta should be put up along side the RA route so the Euro's feel welcome and the Mtn Shop can sell lot's of Petzl VF gear. Another benefit would be faster approach to Crest Jewel.