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MisterE
Social climber
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May 10, 2013 - 11:23pm PT
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THE POWER OF THE CHOSS COMPELS YOU...
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2013 - 12:34am PT
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I feel oddly forced to post this up. Not sure why...
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 11, 2013 - 12:44am PT
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Did I mention I have Sedona choss pictures for days? I'm baaaack!
I miss Jeremy - meh.
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 11, 2013 - 01:00am PT
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Choss requires intense concentration:
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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May 11, 2013 - 01:33am PT
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Here is some cold snowy choss. I'm gunna introduce my son to some classic Columbia River Gorge choss tomorrow. Should be fun.
Plaid
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2013 - 01:37am PT
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choss descents?...
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 11, 2013 - 01:39am PT
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Poles are aid.
Plaidman, the ushering-in of the next generation of thick-headed masochists is a wonderful ritual.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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May 11, 2013 - 10:54am PT
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My son came up with a couple of lame excuses.
I will not relent. He will climb choss.
It is in his blood. he is destined or fated to climb the crumbly stuff.
fated
Web definitions
doomed: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be... a glorious choss monster.
Plaid
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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May 11, 2013 - 11:11am PT
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CHOSS RATING
there might be some consensus.
Choss II 5.6P2 BD 4
something like this refers to choss rubble factor, grade of climbing , Pucker factor for leader and Belayer Death factor
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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May 11, 2013 - 11:22am PT
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Lucky Pink your Choss Rating may have some merit.
There is a chimney that I would like to put up a route in.
I have been musing about how to protect my belayer. I may just have to rope solo it.
A Death Factor 4 seems stiff. I doubt that many sane climbers would even be willing to do it. That's OK I know some really crazy folks. There is always somebody!
But getting back to my previous dilemma:
Searching for the next Choss Monster. Maybe my daughter. She may be THE ONE.
Plaid
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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May 11, 2013 - 11:31am PT
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sweet, Plaid! as you can see I bloat the belayer death factor.. as I am USUALLY the belayer for choss.. or the one holding the phone to call rescue,
Look askance and suggest a mouth guard.
Harrison Hood and Ken Stanton 4/19/2013
best thing about choss is you can take some of the route home with you, as Ken says, souvenir holds.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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May 12, 2013 - 12:50am PT
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We climbed Pillars of Hercules and Rooster Rock. Super fun day. It's solid choss.
Plaid
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hillrat
Trad climber
reno, nv
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May 14, 2013 - 02:47pm PT
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if the pin you,re driving busts the rock before it could hold body weight, are you just chipping?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 12, 2013 - 12:53am PT
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jun 12, 2013 - 03:54am PT
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Choss is better served cold.
Plaid
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:55am PT
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i like my choss hot and sweaty, wondering if that droplet of sweat off yer brow will be the straw that breaks the camel's (and yer own) back. i like it sandy and loose and exposed. i like it solo. i like it with a partner - though not many a choss-o-phile phiner than Sal Paradise be found.
i like it sedimentary and i just moved to a more volcanic environ. wish me luck as i string some lines and figure some cracks for what they are. new routes abound here, just a matter of some love for the loose.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:57am PT
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Into The Great Loose Yonder
A variation on a classic from the crumbly-minded.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 13, 2013 - 01:15am PT
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Into the choss called pooo.
A climber without a clue.
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