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Moe Beta
Boulder climber
northridge, ca
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MAN! I went up to the summit blocks last week and wtf! Its downright disgusting and so sad to see Stoney looking so bad. A LOT more graffiti, trash, blankets, underwear (safe to assume there's poop involved) and newly broken glass. I hadn't been up there in a while so it was quite a shock. I will be bringing up a couple trash bags and gloves with me next time. I know this is nothing new to Stoney but gatdammm! Its getting bad again.
Anyone know whats the status on the people living by the front entrance? I've been seeing more underwear and poo in and around the front areas especially pile-ups. I have a suspicion that they may be the ones shitting around the boulders. Hopefully they have moved on..
I have also seen the new graffiti cover-ups in the back and on the way to the summit..not sure how i feel about it. A suggestion: use paint colors that closer resembles the rock face. Right now its looks like eggshell white. Thanks for the hard work GUY! I know its labor intensive and highly criticized but at least someone is trying.
BTW theres more "MO's"?! Highly unusual. I might have to shorten my name to just "M".
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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A suggestion: use paint colors that closer resembles the rock face. Right now its looks like eggshell white.
M.... yes-- please do pick up trash. The cover up painting is a work in progress.... I find that you just can't go after it with exact rock colored paint... mostly because no paint matches the color of the stone, because its well stone. To make it go away you need to block out the ART first.... we (my helpers and I ) jump on any new ART that we see and just blot it out-- mostly to send a msg to the taggers that "Its erased, you can't read about your fabulous conquest of that little girl...."
Then we start in and lightly blot over the painted stuff... with a color that looks the most like the stone... after that dries we hit it again with another color that is close and in the end we add little dabs of yellow or black to try to match the stone as best we can.
Its time consuming and so far we have made about 15 one day trips to just paint.
The work is not done.... My goal is to wipe off every large-- ugly-- mess I can find.
So please let me know when something new shows up.... I don't hike up to the top to often but I will go take a look.
Thank you for your post.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Alex.... are you getting sh*T like this???
this?
sad state of affairs
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 17, 2017 - 04:58pm PT
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Raptor Closure at Hot Tuna.
A family of birds have taken up residence in a cave that is part of “Hot Tuna” please tread lightly. The four chicks are well along the way towards fledgling. Let’s give them a chance…. Please don’t mess with them.
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rincon
climber
Coarsegold
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May 17, 2017 - 05:27pm PT
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Hey Guy, What kind of bird are they? Seems really vulnerable! Considering the amount of people that go by there, it's only a matter of time before
some a-hole kills them. That's even low enough for a cat to get them.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 19, 2017 - 11:01am PT
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I think they are Sparrows, maybe.
The bright one did have a white breast.
chicks look like they are doing fine.
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Jun 13, 2017 - 02:48pm PT
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I think they are Sparrows, maybe.
I can't tell from the pic, but I am going to guess that they are cliff swallows.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jun 21, 2017 - 05:05pm PT
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I don't think they were swallows.... there are lots of those zooming around, these look different, fatter .... anyway they are all gone now... flew the coop.
and last week these climbers were getting after the BIG STONE, well for Stoney the big WALL.
I think that any climber worth his salt has clipped up the Bolt Ladder at least once on the road to the Captain.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 21, 2017 - 09:08pm PT
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I think that any climber worth his salt has clipped up the Bolt Ladder at least once on the road to the Captain...
Not this one.
I think 140 is the road to The Captain...
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TasDevil
Social climber
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Jun 27, 2017 - 01:47pm PT
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Way back in 2010 BooDawg wrote:
I've been wondering about a couple of wino characters that frequented SP during the early sixties: One's name was Phil Mesch (sp?); I can't remember the other's. They were actually pretty good climbers on their favorite routes, and they always drank cheap Ripple wine and bragged about how much better their climbing got as an afternoon and their drunkeness progressed. Have there been any postings about them? They always added a lot of color and laughter to our "more serious" approach to climbing. VERY entertaining! Anyone have any pix of them?
I was just trying to remember those guys names, then with a little help from my friends Google and BooDawg - Phil Mesch (sp?) - yes! Larry was maybe the other guy. I think Phil is the one who tried to jump from one branch to another in one of those big oaks down where we used to park. Of course he missed and ended up in what I remember as nearly a full body cast - but he was back the next day on the Ripple! Sadly have no photos.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Wow .... it hit about 110 yesterday and a bunch of young guns were out sending in the heat! It did get sort of nice around sunset... but still it was brutal.
Parts of Stoney caught fire about noon... but quick work by 96 stopped the fire before it could do any real damage.
And TasDevil ..... Hi, nice to "meet you". I think the people you have been writing about, ripple drinkers, tree hoppers are still at Stoney..... Nothing changes.
Got any more photos of Stoney?
If so please post em up.... and if you get a chance come on out to SP and say hi.
Guy Keesee
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jul 10, 2017 - 01:25pm PT
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No its not. It's all hot and dry here folks. Climb on!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Wow .... right in the middle of a HOT Tuesday session... it started to rain hard.... for about 10 min.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Found..... one climbing shoe. It is very sad and misses it's mate.
If you know of a brokenhearted shoe please let me know so we can reconnect this couple.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Hey Boo,
I remember those Ripple drinkers very well. They used to slide down the Slant Rock head first while still holding the wine bottle. Also as I recall, one of them caught a lizard and stuck it in his mouth and stood there grinning with the tail sticking out.
Fond memories of 20 years of climbing at Stoney.
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Sam E
Boulder climber
Malibu
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Sep 21, 2017 - 11:08am PT
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Heard reports of scattered rain around L.A. Can anyone confirm or deny the climbability of Stoney today? Thank you.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Sep 21, 2017 - 11:17am PT
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We got a little drizzle up here in santa clarita this morning, barely enough to wet the pavement. If stoney was the same I think it would be good to go this evening.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 21, 2017 - 11:49am PT
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It is bone dry in Chatsworth.
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Sam E
Boulder climber
Malibu
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Sep 21, 2017 - 12:15pm PT
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Great News! thanks! Here's a pic of Spencer Josif on his problem "Ghetto Bird" spotted by Nick LeProhon.
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Don Lauria
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 21, 2017 - 02:39pm PT
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Guyman,
Not worth my salt, don't recall no bolt ladder back in the 60s - woulda clipped it if it existed. Did it?
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