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MisterE
Social climber
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Feb 14, 2013 - 09:29pm PT
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Chances of killing your belayer with loose rock must be incorporated into the grade, devalued if there is an overhang/cave that said victim can huddle in.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 14, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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We had a good cave on St. Peter's Dome. Totally protected the belayer. I really did think about how not to kill my best friend on that endeavor.
My partner did how ever pulled off a rock bigger than a softball when he started jugging the rope without making sure that he was directly below the anchor. So when he finally weighted the rope it was dragged across the rock and pulled off a chunk. The damn thing whacked him in the thigh.
That was on him though... literally. He won't do that again.
I tried to tell him..... sometimes they just got to hose it up for themselves to learn.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 02:33pm PT
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Here's a few from our local glory spot, Chossil Rock
A charming little area
Green moss and white legs, you know you're in Washington
A detail shot of the fertile choss. Yes, this is a route.
It gets cleaner as it gets steeper
Friendly warm up routes...
...and not universally mossy.
Of course, sometimes we'll drive 3 hours to the dry side of the state to climb at the Chossyard.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
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Its true that this thread isn't all choss, there are some FRAC areas too. In case you don't recall, that's "Funky Rock, Awesome Climbing".
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Backclip
Trad climber
utah
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Feb 15, 2013 - 03:03pm PT
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I was thinking you were talking about Echo closer to my home in SLC. That place sucks! The pix above look moss-tacular!
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Feb 15, 2013 - 03:04pm PT
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This is almost as good as the original boob thread!
Anyone got any pics of the fine choss of the Superstitions????
Lots of choss to love there!!!!
kev
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Feb 15, 2013 - 03:19pm PT
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Off White, that is some serious choss. The last one reminds me of a quarry where all the rock is shattered by dynamite but still holding together somehow.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 10:00pm PT
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MisterE
Social climber
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Feb 15, 2013 - 10:02pm PT
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Jeremy is curiously absent in this thread...
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 10:03pm PT
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^^^^YEAH! WTF! Where are those guys?
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 15, 2013 - 10:05pm PT
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StahlBro those pics are awesome. The first one looks like there are ticking time bombs in layers just ready to cut loose!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 16, 2013 - 11:09am PT
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Crown Point.. yee haw. Good candidate for the next issue of Moss and Choss. You know it's the good stuff when you're wishing you'd brought along your battery-powered weed-wacker.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 16, 2013 - 12:07pm PT
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I think the weeds are what's holding it together. I'd leave um ;-)
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abrams
Sport climber
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Feb 17, 2013 - 01:07am PT
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Its so f'd up when choss comes to visit you rather than the other way around
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MisterE
Social climber
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Feb 17, 2013 - 01:15am PT
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But on a more positive note:
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 17, 2013 - 11:52am PT
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Yeah justthemaid Crown Point could have it's own issue featuring it in Moss and Choss. Some of the ledges are only made up of moss. A little scary the first time I did the West Chimney. Some would wonder why I have climbed it 3x. Cause it's fun.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Feb 17, 2013 - 04:34pm PT
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StahlBro your first pic is disqualified. This sport is called rock climbing not sediment climbing. Rock has lithified.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 17, 2013 - 04:59pm PT
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Bouldering on Thumb Rock, Liberty Ridge, Mt. Rainier. I forget the name of this intrepid climber, but he was the founder of Pipestone Mountaineering in Missoula, MT.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 17, 2013 - 08:17pm PT
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Too bad. The Chosswidth on the right side rules. It gets wider every time you climb it.
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