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nevenneve
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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Apr 17, 2008 - 11:31am PT
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Completely OT but is anyone gearing up for another ascent and perhaps another opinion on the subject.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Apr 17, 2008 - 11:39am PT
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Second ascent?
Neve, you're insinuating that CLIMBING will be done! We must not climb, we most post!
I've got my chalkbag, my hands are taped up to my armpits, I have more stickers on my helmet than that beef jerky shop off the 395.
Reality is gone
There is no rabbit hole
I must post
I must find superglue solvent for my ass and this chair.
carry on.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Apr 17, 2008 - 11:44am PT
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"as clueless as a baby covered in womb sauce"
classic FISH!
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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Apr 17, 2008 - 11:54am PT
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I'm prepared to get the 2000 comment!
I’ve only read a few comments on this thread but I guess I’ll say something on the matter just for the hell of it.
What’s done is done, we should admire the route for what it is. It’s the one route on that face without any crazy death potential. As long as it’s the only route and it remains the only route that’s bin rap bolted on the south face.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Apr 17, 2008 - 12:33pm PT
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Well, I'm going to be away for a few days, and experiencing the real world. My existence may be internet and SuperTopo free for the next six days. I wonder if I can survive? Maybe I can escape into the public library when no one's looking, and check.
Sadly, I won't be climbing, but rather in Toronto, attending to family things. If I'm lucky, I'll go to one of the gyms there. It will be interesting to see what happens next. Will this thread still be going strong?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Apr 17, 2008 - 12:46pm PT
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We need a new farm! A better farm. Posters = bad. Judgements = good.
are we at 2000 yet?
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SteveW
Trad climber
State of confusion
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Apr 17, 2008 - 12:58pm PT
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Base
You really don't want a synopsis. Inform yourself.
Read every word. It's worth the effort.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Apr 17, 2008 - 01:03pm PT
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Maybe FISH will do us the honor of another fine summary.
Oh Russ...yoohoo...are you there?...."womb sauce" Gawd.....:)
DR,
that was a really cool post. I'll have to read it a couple more times to see if it actually says what I think it says.
I'm honored to be in the same womb..er...room with all you people.
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Domingo
Trad climber
El Portal, CA
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Apr 17, 2008 - 01:04pm PT
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I think Fish's summary is still mostly right
"SFHD rap bolted by a naked talus runner [Robinson] and a pro climber [Jones] who also does construction to feed his kids. Route is probably great, but since style is still important to many, FA guys are getting an earful. Other guys are loving the new way to do giant walls safely, and are coming to the defense of the FA guys. Many old crustys in the fray. Lots of bad spelling. Young guys poking old guys with sharpened stick clips.... old guys peeing on ball-less young guys..... Since opinions are like bungholes, even 5.4 leaders from the Gunks are lipping up along with the hardest of the hard from every era. No end in sight."
I'll add on this:
Big-headed Rock and Ice eNews writer and regular onsighter of Red River Gorge 5.10b sport leads posts offensive (and possibly true) opinion piece about the way the internet works. Supertopians can't figure out what the point is; likely, it was an attempt to break the record for egregious spelling and grammar errors in some sort of post-modern climbing art essay. Tacos have moved from the real topic to attacking said "Big Head" in an off-topic shift style vaguely like that of Lois and Fatty.
...yeah... I can only wish to be Fish.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Apr 17, 2008 - 01:18pm PT
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Coz,
lagging a bit here
--beats slagging, tho, for damn sure --
so I'm just catching up with your post.
Tossed a bottle of single malt in my car;
It's got your name on it.
Hoping for a chance to pour it out between us,
and one into the dirt for Walt.
I'm patient
but excited too.
The moon is getting on toward full.
Ahwahnee Meadow would work.
(Nice view of the Dome.)
Even better would be
Under the big jeffrey pine
at the cool basecamp under the South Face.
We could pour another,
Hatch schemes,
cackle with delight,
No longer half assed
from being super-glued to chairs
(already Fast Laned right by that one,
panting our way up the fo-real dusty trail
to get here)
 not half assed but definitely looney
moon-struck
grizazled, sure, but never able to forget
the terror and the grace
of moving, moving,
moving over stone.
Until piercing daylight
and throbbing heads
make us wonder
Was it just a dream?
and
Where did that rabbit hole go?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Apr 17, 2008 - 03:04pm PT
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pour Walt's on the stone, and in the rapids
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Apr 17, 2008 - 03:48pm PT
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Ok, I'll say it since no one else has....
Damn Sarah's cute. (not to mention climbing hard after only two years of climbing)
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SteveW
Trad climber
State of confusion
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Apr 17, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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But one thing mentioned about Sarah in one
of the earlier posts, or maybe Doug's story is that
she has hepatitis C or D or something like that.
I hope she does okay.
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GDavis
Trad climber
SoCal
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:03pm PT
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sarah watson = kelly clarkson?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:14pm PT
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> hepatitis C or D ...
Hepatitis C is very serious; maybe you should check your facts first before posting something like that.
Here's the quote from Doug's article:
"Sarah Watson went back to Boulder and came down with an antibiotic-resistant strain of Staph."
Not exactly good news, but not hepatitis C.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:17pm PT
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Reel it in, boys.
Kelly Clarkson? You're just feeding fuel to AB's fire.
And Matt, you should pull those.
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the Fet
Knackered climber
A bivy sack in the secret campground
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:19pm PT
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Sending my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.
And what about the a-hole who dropped her gear and didn't pony up to help replace. Weak.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:25pm PT
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Yeah, Sarah...
Strong, smart, a desert rat at heart, drawn to steep splitters
I called her a hottie in the first draft of the story.
Female editor removed the reference.
women...
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:25pm PT
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That guy's [mr.cheapskate butterfingers]name is the one that should be plastered all over the interweb.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
Otto, NC
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Apr 17, 2008 - 04:26pm PT
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The 'hellcat bitch', I believe is the nickname given the editor in question.
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