I really can't remember when it was 81 or 86 seems more likely the later with BIG Al and his girl Katie Wilkerson. ( I also flashed Silent Scream,----)
. I was tagging along in typical Gnome fashion. The locals had been having fun trying to see if I'd cheese grater or crater - Go cartwheeling off the end of the traverse.
I did neither, linked the last 2 pitches. Then went on & led Solid Gold the same day.
I was a floor resident at Gordos for two weeks? I can't be sure. But the locals will know.
Scott Cosgrove was there at Gordos. I think part of the time?
I remember meeting Scott and trying to get him to share a rope.
He declined day in and day out eventually soloing my objective
in front of me, -the Right Ski Track-
- Both , Figures . . . . & Solid Gold. . . Some real estate
A proud day to be sure.
My old Gnome memory....not that I was blessed with a good memory chip anyway, and buds
did not help the cause.....
The things I remember Most were that the locals still were not impressed or maybe they were. It was at a time when in the the Olympics were in LA? ( now I'm not sure of year again, '84?)
I fancied my self a barer of the vulgarian torch from the Gunks.
I wanted to name a climb
The Ole' Limp Prick Rings.
At the time Big Al an' Gordo knew politics And Randy Vogel.
I don't think Randy smoked or liked off-color names, Todd told me that. So we had come up with a name - politically correct, and relevant to the news of the day.
It was when then Pres Ronny Ray Gunn, had started to call his line item veto power
- Pocket Veto - -https://www.mountainproject.com/v/pocket-veto/105859263
That is how the name was picked Gordo And Big Al and I named it.
but I led the FA of that Rigg - without the bolt, we had agreed,I think, Gordo went back & added it ?
I was glad the bolt was there the next time, (the next year? ) that I did it.
It was solid 5.10 & very R/X on the FA, without the bolt.
The things I can rember was that Cossgroves spelling was weak on his 3X5 cards, where we recorded FA's for Todd to pass to Randy . I can't remember if I met Vogel?
If we met it was when he came over to the Gordo Ranch to pick up the 3x5 cards with the harvest of new routes on them, is this ringing any bells?
Let us know!