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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Mar 14, 2014 - 11:08pm PT
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this video of cheyne removing the death block on the monster offwitdth is pretty damn cool, I cant seem to watch it enough times!!!!!
https://vimeo.com/52653452
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 14, 2014 - 11:21pm PT
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 12, 2014 - 12:23pm PT
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"Maybe Greg Stock will chime in to confirm or deny, but a friend claims to have heard Greg say Boot will be off in just a couple years... "
Deny. I do not and cannot make predictions like that. But if all goes as planned I'll be making a first-hand assessment soon.
Greg
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Apr 12, 2014 - 05:47pm PT
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Have you figured out how much Boot Flake actually weighs?
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whitemeat
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Apr 12, 2014 - 06:30pm PT
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this is from the top of the king swing pitch on that sloping ledge! same one as the pic with a big red arrow...
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Apr 14, 2014 - 11:37am PT
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This one moved 4" on the leader.
Have to use this one later on in the pitch.
It complains a bit.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Apr 14, 2014 - 12:13pm PT
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Former death block. R.I.P.
Nether Region, Pinnacles
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Apr 14, 2014 - 12:54pm PT
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"Have you figured out how much Boot Flake actually weighs?"
Boot Flake has a volume of about 30 cubic meters, as measured from ground-based lidar. Assuming a density of granite of 2,700 kilograms per cubic meter, that yields a weight (choose your unit) of:
81,000 kilograms
81.0 metric tons
89.3 short tons
178,574 pounds
18,857,184 ounces
3.437e+8 pennyweights
etc.
That is actually pretty lightweight by Yosemite standards. For reference, there is a rockfall somewhere in Yosemite Valley of about 80 metric tons every few months on average.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Apr 14, 2014 - 02:05pm PT
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Came across some scary stuff on the 1st pitch of the Kor/Beck route, to the left of the Central Pillar of Frenzy, last week. J.Donini remarked on it as well.
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Apr 14, 2014 - 02:16pm PT
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Pt Mugu
this thing came down during el nino year 1996.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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Jun 23, 2014 - 09:31pm PT
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Clint: Actually that corner was not done (as far as I know) until 9/2001 as "Early Times", by Coiler and Josh Thompson.
Thank you, Clint, once again, for filling-in pieces of the history puzzle. Yes, 'Early Times' follows the line I was attempting to solo back in the early '60s. I thought the route would be direct all the way, ala Comici. At the time I hadn't realized the line would cross the Robbins direct route. That loose block above the overhang must have been long gone when the crack was finally climbed, as I couldn't imagine anyone getting past it without first rappelling from the top to kick it off. It is also hard to imagine that rock maintaining its poise for four decades...
On the other hand much of what passes for rock climbing these days is beyond what I could have imagined back then.
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