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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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Jan 16, 2011 - 10:03pm PT
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Ron, didn't you crank that thing with both left and right hand presses?
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 16, 2011 - 11:19pm PT
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Big Grunt is much much harder with a "sit start." Just curious... anybody have a grade for that?
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 16, 2011 - 11:33pm PT
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Rick, do you guys ever stop with the "yarns"? By the look on Ron's face it appears to me that he's picking a careful landing amidst the MANZANITA!
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gonamok
climber
aging malcontent
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Jan 17, 2011 - 02:53am PT
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Manzanita indeed!....it was mostly sage and scrub oak
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:12am PT
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Scotty highballin' Left Long's Crack, 5.10d
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:22am PT
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Chris Kleppe styling a roadside gem, Maria's Problem...
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deepnet
Boulder climber
CA
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Jan 17, 2011 - 08:27am PT
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Gary ,Wadda'ya' mean yarns? Hell, we used to smear vasoline on those mantles just to make them sporting!
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scuffy b
climber
Three feet higher
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Jan 17, 2011 - 12:57pm PT
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Gary, it's a good thing you weren't at Big Grunt at a crucial moment
last Shindig. Would have been hard on the wallet. Eeyonkee, Big Head,
Fred and I took strolls up that thing in rapid sequence, grunt-free, nothing but pleasant banter.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 17, 2011 - 01:15pm PT
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And then the cilley, invert start, attempt!
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:01pm PT
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real off-width-ers start low. plenty of grunts that way.
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BeeHay
Trad climber
San Diego CA
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:26pm PT
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Them pads is some serious cheatin' on Maria's, I always used the springy little root. 'Course the root is gone now and I can't do it no mo.
BH
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Jan 17, 2011 - 03:36pm PT
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Bruce - definitely 5.11 with sit start.
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 17, 2011 - 08:08pm PT
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Thanks eeyonkee!--those were the days, huh?
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 18, 2011 - 01:42am PT
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I wasn't there to hear the "silence" on Grunt so you're lyin' as far as I'm concerned! And as far as a sit start...been there, did that pretty recently and with my skinny AP diameter, I fit almost immediately into that width so its still 5.9 either way. Those with larger AP diameters ie; Grug, have to stay out at the lip much further and it looks horrendous for them! I watched a kid who fit that bill and watched him continue probably fifteen feet on the outside and almost hyperventilated himself to failure! When he finally got inside he stopped and said, "I think I'm going to puke!" He was dead serious.
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illusiondweller
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 18, 2011 - 01:54am PT
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Next time, hopefully this March 19/20, I'll be walkin' the mountain with you all! I'll take that role this time. Is that date still sticking?
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:29pm PT
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sit start lieback is the hardest way for sure (heelhook eliminate)
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:33pm PT
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So what does a sit on hands start check in at?
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:36pm PT
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almost as hard as the stand-on-hands start, Ape Index notwithstanding.
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Phantom X
Trad climber
Honeycomb Hideout
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:40pm PT
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Ever soap your soles?
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
OR
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Jan 18, 2011 - 12:47pm PT
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prefer the powder soap for the cleanest possible ascent when water is scarce. Hey Phantom X--- who is "Big Head?" Sounds like somebody we know or should know. That would be a problem on Big Grunt.
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