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christoph benells
Trad climber
Tahoma, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 13, 2015 - 06:13pm PT
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flydude,
when did they get internet service in prather?
RIP fosters freeze
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Dec 13, 2015 - 06:19pm PT
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It's still dial-up...Morris-code gunfire is still our preferred means of communication...Donut is within friendly fire distance from me, as I was to find out.
Donut, you owe me a window.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Dec 15, 2015 - 02:56pm PT
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Next Summer? I think I see a stash of Bud Lights there on the left.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Dec 16, 2015 - 05:46am PT
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Nice picture Flydude. I'll stash bud light at the base for any wankers who want to go. If I can convince a good climber like Jeremy to go I'll stash good beer instead.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 16, 2015 - 06:07am PT
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KSolem-
This thread and another thread with some Domelands info have me thinking about all the FA's I've seen by Ron Carson.
Did you climb with him?
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Dec 16, 2015 - 07:32pm PT
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Ron Carson is the real deal. Hard cranking, humble and modest. I've climbed a bunch with him and he's as solid as they come. Many of his routes in the Sierra s are still seldom done today due to their difficult moves and bold runouts. I wish he'd go climbing more often.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Dec 16, 2015 - 07:42pm PT
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Thanks for the response Levy. Your description is what I had figured.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Dec 18, 2015 - 06:40am PT
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I distinctly remember sharing a multi-pitch route on Penstemon with KSolem and watching a Peregrine try to rip his head off on the last pitch.
I think it was the same road trip whereby we came under hostile, fully automatic rifle fire at the base of trapper dome. (Was it trapper dome?)
Surreal is the word that comes to mind after I cleaned my shorts. We both tried to exhale and slip into a 3" horizontal crack at the bottom while shards of rock rained down from the bullet impacts above.
That valley is full of mouth-breathers and banjo music
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Radish
Trad climber
SeKi, California
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Dec 18, 2015 - 08:07am PT
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Every time I've been up there its just great. Some really nice and grippy face climbs on Trapper Dome. The Best in High Sierra Climbing that you can drive to.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Dec 18, 2015 - 08:43am PT
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Are the dotted bullet impact pock marks still strewn across the face of it reminiscent of Oradour-sur-Glane circa 1944?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Dec 18, 2015 - 08:53am PT
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The place is da bomb....
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 08:59am PT
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Wow, there are two faces around Courtright on my list of rocks to explore. Doughnut posted a picture of the first one and then Flydude screenshots the second one on Google Earth!
I figured only fisherman would be around there but the climbers are creeping around as well!
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FRUMY
Trad climber
Bishop,CA
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Dec 18, 2015 - 09:39am PT
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It's a long long drive once you start in.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:26am PT
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I climbed with Ron maybe twice, at The Needles and at a Kern Canyon area called The Rincon. A master for sure.
Funny Carson story. I was camped at the Rincon trailhead with a fine young woman in her VW van. Things were looking up as they say. So in rolled Ron in this rig he used to drive, a Toyota truck with a tall slope-sided camper he built that made it look like some kind of battle scarred space vehicle. He walked over to the van. "Hi Kris, what's up?" "Not much, meet (name deleted to protect the not so innocent.)" Ron sized up his prey. "Wanna watch a movie?" She took a quick look at me and turned back to Ron. "Sure, of course." I couldn't believe my eyes, they practically ran over to that truck. Ouch. At least they didn't take my wine.
Ron used to keep these long TR's set up on //Pegleg/Ankles Away, and Scirocco// at The Needles. We'd go out and run laps on those things 'till we couldn't hold on any more. Well, I couldn't hold on anyway. Of course you were forbidden to tie in unless you'd already led the things...
Another summer, it must have been when those guys were doing Titanic. It was morning at the campground and Ron took off to take a dump. When he got back he was carrying a rolled up chocolate power bar in some TP. He took off after Yaniro who fell for it hook, line and sinker. I just about puked up my coffee.
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:34am PT
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Bigger than a bread box.
Cool tales Ksolem
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Dec 18, 2015 - 10:50am PT
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I believe there is a trip report in the bowels of the interwebs about the hail of gunfire in the Cali back country.
Its coming back to me like a hazy dream involving a German temptress and her rude escort.
Maybe Kris' memory is better.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:09am PT
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I had the pleasure/honor of climbing with Mr. Carson a bit. The most memorable trip was when he showed up at the apartment I shared with Lurking Fear. We started the trip by launching bottle rockets into the apartment at lurking fear who was trying to study at the table. He then took me to Dome Rock where he led something scary and then getting me to solo anti-jello crack but only after he agreed to solo behind me to show he was truly confident in my ability to live through the experience.
I saw him this fall and he said he climbs very little due to some injuries. So now he is probably just way better than me rather than way way way better than me like he used to be.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:24am PT
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My friend Bryan and I were up on the ledge at Trapper Dome where there’s that row of sport climbs. Without warning a fusillade of gunfire broke out in the woods below us. This is right by the road and across the road is a popular family campground.
The firing was non-stop, we thought for sure a gun battle had broken out. Then rounds began to hit the rock. We got behind a big flake leaning against the wall. When there was no sign of the battle letting up we made a break around the end of the dome toward the campground hosts site. He could radio the rangers, certainly he already had.
The campground was in full on bug-out mode, with folks throwing stuff in and on their vehicles in complete disarray.
The host was there right by the entrance. He seemed like he’d had a couple, and that he had tried to get the rangers, although it was unclear whether he had. “I’m gonna go put a stop to this nonsense!” He put on his hat and walked in the direction of the gunfire. Bryan and I just shook our heads. The host’s wife went back in the trailer, perhaps to arm herself?
After a few minutes the shooting stopped. Good God, the old man did it! Apparently he walked right up to the firing line and told them to cut it out. Balls. It was a bunch of central valley yahoos who thought they were in the middle of nowhere and had found a cool place to shoot. Sometime later I asked the old man what came of it all. He said the rangers got ‘em on the way down the hill with a stash of illegal guns.
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Escopeta
Trad climber
Idaho
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Dec 18, 2015 - 11:30am PT
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A much better rendition than my fragmented memory. I had forgotten about the drunken campground host gone rogue.
But didn't forget the German hottie ironically....
Signed,
Bryan (the other white meat) aka The Dude.
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