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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 22, 2013 - 10:10am PT
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Climbing into a sea of choss
The sea of choss is on this:
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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Feb 22, 2013 - 10:29am PT
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Gotta love Columbia River basalt entablature - that columnar stuff is for choss-avoiding wimps. You're lucky over there on the west side, you have all that moss to hold it in place... Here's a shot of some REAL climbers braving the über-chossy basalt entablature of Wallula Gap.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 22, 2013 - 10:57am PT
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Munge- I'll take you to Texas Canyon.. the boy is done with that pile and there's some newly bolted crumble-fests to be sent.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2013 - 06:01pm PT
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sounds fun! Let's target some time in Autumn/ or sooner if I visit the rents in so cal?
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Feb 24, 2013 - 11:58pm PT
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We introduced Briham to some excellent Pinnacles choss on Saturday (after he did some of it's better routes on Friday). The only problem is - he's got the photos.
Post up a few Brian.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:07am PT
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Get on FB already Brad. lol I saw some already. He actually sounded like he's warming up to the place, which makes no sense if you put him on The Snail. really?
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Feb 25, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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We introduced Briham to some excellent Pinnacles choss on Saturday (after he did some of it's better routes on Friday). The only problem is - he's got the photos.
Post up a few Brian.
I have to say, after this trip I am more excited to come back...the power of choss has compelled me after all.
He actually sounded like he's warming up to the place, which makes no sense if you put him on The Snail. really?
The snail was definitely not the driving force behind this paradigm shift haha
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:12am PT
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couldn't have been Needles Eye, was it? OMG, chossville for sure.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Feb 25, 2013 - 12:19am PT
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No, did 5 or 6 good routes on discovery wall, and one ok route on the frog.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:48am PT
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good deal. that's how the cults pull you in. first the good climbs, then the crappy ones with stories of stance and drilling, bravery and boldness, but in the end you're drinking light beer in the shade of some oatmeal pasted adobe mud brick piece of a climb. It's not too late to turn back. ;)
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Feb 25, 2013 - 12:50am PT
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Yes, it is too late to turn back, he got the guidebook.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 25, 2013 - 12:55am PT
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A guide book to choss? Wouldn't that be like a guide book to sand castles
built at low tide?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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lol, nice Reilly
oh no, mtnyoung, not good, not good at all.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Feb 25, 2013 - 09:10am PT
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There should be a book about choss climbing. A guide to the fractured areas. Chapter 1: techniques for cranking on loose blocks. (a) always prepare to shift weight since any hold could blow. (b) if you do pull off a big hold, try not to throw it at your belayer as you fall. (I did this once) Chapter 2. The use of ice climbing gear in soft sandstone. Chapter 3. The ethics of removing loose rock in traditional choss areas. It just needs an expert and a book and it becomes a legitimate part of climbing.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 25, 2013 - 09:43am PT
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It just needs an expert and a book and it becomes a legitimate part of climbing.
LOL! O.K. who is going to step up to the plate and become the expert? Where are we going to find someone to publish such a book? Not that it should not be written..... I'm just say'in
Plaid
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 25, 2013 - 10:05am PT
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"And so castles made of sand,
Fall to the sea,
Eventually."
-Jimi
Disclaimer, I live for choss!
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Feb 25, 2013 - 10:30am PT
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I don't wanna be the expert, I'm tryin' to quit.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 25, 2013 - 11:46am PT
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I'm tryin' to quit.
Don the only thing to cure what you got is rehab or a full frontal lobotomy.
I'm getting mine next week. Then I'll be good as new and good for nothing.
Just like before but different.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
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Trephanation by choss rock fall?
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Feb 25, 2013 - 01:59pm PT
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"Castles Made of Sand."
Hey, that's a route at the Pinns! Gosh, darn good name, I'd say ...
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