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hillrat
Trad climber
reno, nv
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 14, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
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Nice! When I get up that way, I'd love to try it.
Went to the gun-ridiculouslypriceditems-show yesterday. Quaded up to the old V.C pipeline road today and played around. Choss for sure, but fun. Put a bolt in a trough where the rock was actually fair, and for my bolting practice. Feel free to chop it if you don't like it. It's in about two inches. Hell, maybe I should go pull it myself. But then, people would have to go up there to notice it.
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Apr 15, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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Yup, you're on the right track Hillrat. Practice in such an obscure area that nobody cares or even notices, not even you... when you revisit. YAARRRR!!
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hillrat
Trad climber
reno, nv
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2013 - 01:20am PT
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Thanks. Hell, I'd love to put up a quality route some day; but I'm the crazy bastard who wants to go canyoneering something obscure with a goldpan over in CA this summer and climb out up something unknown. Or that's the theory anyway. If one of the few, brave souls who've contacted me here actually ends up going along for the adventure (possible epic), well then I suppose there's a chance something decent might get climbed. Though I doubt it would be oft repeated, goldpan and all. heh heh
What I need to do is find more time to climb, and go do some more established routes at Dinosaur Rock with the silent partner, among other things.
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Apr 15, 2013 - 01:31am PT
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Hell! Arrrr you talk'n GOLD? I have the fever, I'll pan with the best of 'em. I'll climb the 'ell out of the choss... and when all else fails... I'll JUMP!
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hillrat
Trad climber
reno, nv
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2013 - 01:44am PT
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I am. There's some really small flake where I'd like to try, and last year I saw a thoroughly illegal high-banking operation going on upstream of my target. Doubt anyone much gets down where it steepens. Haven't seen any active claims, and plan to search that before going. It's mostly rock, steep, and choss like you never seen before, but I've seen pools of gravel down in there with binocs, and ya just never know. Figure, goldpan, sleeping bag, an MRE or two. Go down and pan a little saturday, try to get out sunday. I pan about as good as I climb, which is crap in either case. My main goal is not getting dead, and having some fun.
Like, today... I did a dumb thing and got run over by my buddy on his quad. First really stupid thing I've done in a long time. Lesson learned, won't do that again. Except I figure in climbing, well, I try to be less accident-prone. Gravity's a bitch.
Go up one page on this thread, first three pics are upper canyon, where it starts getting steep.
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