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Jerry Dodrill
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Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 23, 2009 - 03:56pm PT
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Jumbotron size?
Lets get Munge a kids medium and watch him squeeze into it for off width training.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 23, 2009 - 04:06pm PT
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lycra only
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Nov 23, 2009 - 04:09pm PT
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ASIDE... There is a new A5 shirt a coming (yep, you heard that right!) along with a YABO one and a "Fingerlocks or..." (you know the rest) shirt. Great art by Steelmnky on that last one! Oh yea... also, the official "What Song Are you..." shirt! Now, what artwork goes well with choss... Steelmnky... got any ideas?
I hope to have them all announced with pics this week. Gotta finish editing my wife's 27-page report on cotton as a commodity first. Ugh!
And don't worry about sizing... I got that all dialed in now!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Nov 23, 2009 - 04:42pm PT
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That's not choss, that's mud.
I always associated choss with crumbling and/or flakey granite. Vertical kitty litter.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Mare Infinitum
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Nov 23, 2009 - 04:49pm PT
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JEREMY!!!!!
That's Bomber, Dude! Woohoo!!!!
Get up on it.......yeah.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 23, 2009 - 05:03pm PT
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That shizz makes our local choss look bullet!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Mare Infinitum
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Nov 23, 2009 - 05:07pm PT
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It's ALL choss out there, Bubba.
That's a GOOD thing, no? Cuts down on RiffRaff.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Mare Infinitum
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Nov 23, 2009 - 05:15pm PT
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Hangin' tough, Scarin' Hell outa the Noobs & the Ladies alike, up here in Fabulous Ideeho.
Admiring all the choss that abounds here. WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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shoestring
Social climber
truckee, california
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Nov 23, 2009 - 07:52pm PT
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I do like adventure and don't mind a little choss now and again (for example, I can tolerate it in the Sierra BC)...but, when choss involves pulling off a chest size block, breaking an ankle and having to be carried out by a few "friends," I'll pass.
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Choss Whisperer
climber
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Nov 23, 2009 - 08:27pm PT
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I think not being contented with life in general may play a role.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 23, 2009 - 09:34pm PT
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so says the Choss Whisperer...
hrm, who is this guy?
give ya a dolla for your account name!
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Fritz
Trad climber
Hagerman, ID
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11:07pm PT
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A classic route in Idaho's (Idontno's) Sawtooth Range. Fred Becky, Pete Schoening, and Jack Schwabland put this up in 1949, starting a first ascent attempt of Big Baron Spire.
On one hand, the 110 Ft. high summit block is: crack-less, flawless granite; with a 1949 "nightmare” bolt ladder. On the other hand: the first 500 feet of steep 3rd class scrambling is classic Idontno choss.
Fred, Pete,& Jack nearly died on the second day of the climb when a severe thunder storm swept them off the route and back down the choss.
From the 1950 AAJ article by Jack:
“The rock was running with water, and every hold was packed with hail as we climbed down the wall."
"Pete started across the traverse just as the storm picked up in intensity. Lightning struck within 200 feet of us three times in quick succession.----------As the storm increased in fury, we all wondered whether we were to get down alive."
"The “’V’” crack was a terrible thing with water sluicing down its twisting length and lightning knifing all around.-------the remaining pitches were easier, but the lightning was still striking terrifyingly close.”
Fred Beckey, the Choss-King (with help from Pete & Jack) picked the line of least resistance on Big Baron Spire-----and it is right up there with some of the best Idontno Choss. (nothing to compare with Rotten Monolith though).
I had climbed Big Baron Spire three times BITD, but had never been on the Becky Route. We gave it a try in 2007, but the snow/rain/lightning storm swept in. Profiting from Fred’s experience: we retreated before the storm increased.
Idontno choss rules dudes!
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 23, 2009 - 11:39pm PT
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Jingy, no rope there on my choss pic. A rope would be dangerous there, raining rubble on those below.
That's real choss, when you're scared to use a rope!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Nov 24, 2009 - 12:31am PT
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Ask Bob Gaines or Todd Gordon that one...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Nov 24, 2009 - 12:36am PT
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World class choss - it only looks like granite...
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Nov 24, 2009 - 10:40am PT
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Gary - Any chance that's Gorge Choss?
LOL
Just looked in the background.. seems familiar....
Cheers
Choss Climbers Unite
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2009 - 11:06am PT
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Here's some Southern Choss from a while back.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Nov 24, 2009 - 11:19am PT
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Jingy, not Gorge choss, but the real deal -- Kaweah Choss, the best and most chossiest choss in the world.
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fgw
Trad climber
portland, or
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Nov 24, 2009 - 04:32pm PT
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so is this Beckey's broken drill bit from FA of Baron?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Nov 24, 2009 - 05:30pm PT
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Gary,
I hope none of our esteemed northern neighbors see that shot
of Kaweah 'choss' as they might die laughing. I was there last
summer updating my UCS (Universal Choss System) ratings. Sorry to
break it to you but the Kaweahs only get a 5 at best. If you're
lucky enough to be on something sketchy when a 5.0 or greater hits
we'll spot you a temporary 6.5.
Accept no substitutes, and that goes for Columbia gorge basalt, for solid 10's it's the Rockies and Pamirs; everybody else is just posing. Cascade volcanoes can get upwards of 9 though.
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