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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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^zactly what the OP said!!!
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Oct 11, 2015 - 07:47pm PT
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Just a bump for the man that does the hard work behind the scenes.
Big fan since the Index Guide.
So, wait... is the chevron an arete or a dihedral? LOL.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:49am PT
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Hi Clint,
Thanks for posting the Cobra pics on the 'Days of Yore' thread. What year were they taken? Have you ever done a trip report for it?
-bushman
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:59am PT
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He is Mr. Yore.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Oct 12, 2015 - 06:49am PT
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Damn straight bump. I appreciate his no bullshit responses too. Thanks Clint!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Oct 12, 2015 - 07:03am PT
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Bump.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 12, 2015 - 10:18am PT
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Awesome guy that contributes nothing but great info and positive vibe to threads. Thank you!
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mynameismud
climber
backseat
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Oct 12, 2015 - 04:27pm PT
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Clint, thanks for climbing with me when I was a maladjusted idiot. Wait...
And thanks for being an incredible resource to the climbing community.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Oct 12, 2015 - 08:12pm PT
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Harvard! So glad you overcame that handicap...
... great efforts with route information and sharing information!
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tornado
climber
lawrence kansas
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bump
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Recent poetry meltdown with Horni drama Quinn on Maxine wall bring back this tread of Clint appreciation immediately. Clint not only did huge work of replacing old bolts , but did a lot of removing of fixed gear. One potz left #6 camelot stuck in the crack few years ago and Clint bring it back unsolicited. Thank you Clint to teaching me how to remove fixed gear with tire iron .
And thank you for sharing your vast knowledge of Yosemite climbing with us
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ElGreco
Mountain climber
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Nov 19, 2018 - 10:25am PT
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Clint, as someone who has benefited from your rappel route work, I'd like to voice my gratitude and appreciation for the thought, physical effort and expense that has gone in them.
The work will have already reached thousands of people, and will keep growing every year.
Thank you!
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Zay
climber
Monterey, Ca
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Nov 19, 2018 - 05:40pm PT
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Clint's trip reports have been some of my favorite things to read over and over again when Im wondering what to aspire towards.
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Zay
climber
Monterey, Ca
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Nov 19, 2018 - 05:49pm PT
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I once "met" Clint at Pinnacles. He was doing some rebolting on the Discovery Wall with Bruce Hildenbrad. I think they were rebolting Wet Kiss...
As I remember, I was walking underneath them and yelled up, "You guys having fun?"
Clint, who I didnt get to meet in the parking lot like I did Bruce, immediately responding with a stern, "No!"
While I remember feeling sheepish at the retort, Ive since gotten a tiny bit of hands-on rebolting Kung Fu, and now I chuckle at the memory- knowing how much of a pain in the ass that sh#t can be.
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i'm gumby dammit
Sport climber
da ow
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Nov 27, 2018 - 01:59am PT
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I think I just read Clint's 7000th helpful post on this site! I don't think I've ever seen him be rude or unhelpful on here, and his climbing pages have helped me out in the past. Also love his hand drawn topos and perfect beta recollection!
Never met the guy, but three cheers for clint! I wish my posts were consistantly as helpful an on topic as his, something to strive for. (fast forward 10.5 years) I searched before starting a very similar thread and found the exact same sentiment i wanted to express so i'll just leave it there
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Nov 27, 2018 - 02:03pm PT
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Can't believe I didn't add in my voice of appreciation sooner! I've never met Clint in real life (actually maybe I did at a picnic table in Upper Pines with the rebolting crew nearly a decade ago?) but I have been amazed on countless occasions how helpful he is here on discussions of obscurities. Hearing so many other people's positive experiences with him is heart-warming.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Nov 27, 2018 - 04:37pm PT
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I once "met" Clint at Pinnacles. He was doing some rebolting on the Discovery Wall with Bruce Hildenbrad. I think they were rebolting Wet Kiss...
As I remember, I was walking underneath them and yelled up, "You guys having fun?"
Clint, who I didnt get to meet in the parking lot like I did Bruce, immediately responding with a stern, "No!" I was just trying to be honest!
Most of the time, rebolting is fun, but the original bolts on Wet Kiss were really good,
so I was unable to remove them and was not sure if were doing more harm than good....
I recall we basically replaced the hangers.
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BruceHildenbrand
Social climber
Mountain View/Boulder
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Nov 27, 2018 - 05:33pm PT
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Yes! The key to removing wedge bolts is:
1) get the old nut off
2) get the bolt stud spinning
3) remove the old stud
4) re-drill the hole
5) put in the new bolt
As Clint mentioned, on many of the bolts on Wet Kiss we couldn't get the old nut off(existing threads on the stud were damaged - these were 30 year old wedge bolts without the cone to protect the threads which are found on most wedge bolts these days).
And once we did get the nut off by either filing or hack sawing off the damaged threads we couldn't get the bolt to spin. We were spending up to two hours per bolt and basically only able to replace the hangers.
BTW, we did replace two of the bolts and I had the old studs tested at Colorado State University. The 30-year old studs tested to new specs(5000+lbs) in shear strength!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Nov 27, 2018 - 06:02pm PT
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P1 of Called On Account Of Rains. This is done in one long pitch these days . It was Much Thinner, 2 pitches and mixed when Clint was part of the FA P3 is usually Fat, steep and sustained! Called is one of the most Bad assed climbs in the North Eeast US. The start rarely comes in as fat as it was the day we did it.
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