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Steve Grossman

Trad climber

Seattle, WA

Jul 14, 2011 - 11:18am PT

This thread has clearly gone to the dogs...Go K & A!

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Jul 14, 2011 - 11:35am PT

Cell phone reception on El Cap, especially on the left side, can be really sketchy at times. Your signal will go from three bars to no signal and then stay there. Now that they're into the steep bit, their direct line of sight to the cell phone towers may be blocked, too. And of course cell phone batteries die all the time.

For what it's worth, these upper pitches offer safer climbing with far less risk of long dangerous falls. They just may be time consuming for reasons mentioned above.

Annie - please check your email, the one you used to set up your account here. Or else write me directly at passthepitonspete at that hot address dott comm, eh?

#1SuperMama

Social climber

Oakdale, Ca

Jul 14, 2011 - 12:41pm PT

Halleujah!

Kait and Ammon are at the top of Pitch 11.
And the goal is to finish WoS today and pendulum over to Aquarian.
Woot Woot!

Feeling ever so much better now.
And can go about my day with less stress.

Chill out,
Annie

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:08pm PT

Thanks for the updates, Annie. Hopefully the heading won't slow them down too much.

Today with any luck they will be reaching the traversing ladder of bat-heads - shallow bat holes filled with copperheads whose cables are probably corroded and no longer useable. Ammon may have to put in new rivets, which he told me he brought to cover this eventuality. While it is normally not cool to "add rivets" to an existing route, in this instance it is legit because he is correcting the mistake of the first ascensionists after they dropped key items in the rivet kit and were unable to do the job right in this last section.

Drilling is tedious, time-consuming and strenuous, but maybe with a little extra reach he can reduce the number of holes below the current count of 12 or 13.

Once he's on Aquarian Wall, a speed climber like Ammon - who has climbed many hard El Cap nailups in a day or less - should be able to fly up to Thanksgiving Ledge.

Do you know if they plan to leave their stuff there at Thanksgiving Ledge and return later to get it? It's a long schlepp over the top via the West Buttress/Lurking Fear finish down to the East Ledges. Plus they must be running low on food and water. Have they said how their supplies are holding out?

Can't wait to hear all about it! Go Kait and Ammon! Get this damn thing over with!

Cheers,
Pete

MH2

climber

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:10pm PT

Fantastic.

A pirate, a young woman, a Mom, a dog, and a Canadian scarecrow bust the spell on WoS.

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:16pm PT

Yup, we've got it all here on the McTopo forum:

Villains, scoundrels, goats, heroes, sh|tters, canines, crustaceans, pirates. Rivets and bolts, hooks and heads, enhancements and batholes, screaming whippers and screaming climbers, dislocations and relocations, lies, innuendo, accusations, defenses. And maybe somewhere even some truth.

How will it all play out? Will the goats become heroes and vice versa? Or knott? Will the sh|tters be outed? Will any former detractors' opinions be changed?

And would anyone dare offer a confession, or worse {gasp} an apology?

Grab your popcorn and beers, folks, because when Ammon and Kait hit town, the sh|t is going to hit the ropes!

Tarz

Mountain climber

Calli

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:20pm PT

Hey MH2: Don't forget the picture posting proud Pops! Geesh...what am I chopped liver?

MH2

climber

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:21pm PT

Are you the wizard?

Tarz

Mountain climber

Calli

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:23pm PT

Wizard????

'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber

like Ontario, Canada, eh?

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:25pm PT

Yes, thanks Tarz for your great photos!

You make sure Annie stays on top of this - and I do mean right now - if she wants her 1000th post. 20 more to go then it's her turn.

kunlun_shan

Mountain climber

SF, CA

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:27pm PT

Kait and Ammon are at the top of Pitch 11.

Annie or Tarz, am wondering if you heard from them via phone, or if someone spotted them and let you know?

re. the 1000th post... as long as Annie is in there somewhere close, like RJ said, "we can fix" :-)

Tarz

Mountain climber

Calli

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:31pm PT

I just warned her to keep up on it. Hahaha We instilled in our kids a love of Yosemite and what it has to offer and what a treasure it is. Little did we know our daughter would be scaling walls with a Pirate. ARGHHH! Proud of her and Ammon. Takes free swinging cahones to do what they are doing!

Mighty Hiker

climber

Vancouver, B.C.

Jul 14, 2011 - 01:36pm PT

Annie, Tarz: When it gets to about post #997, the etiquette is that someone really really wanting post #1000 (you) should then post the same thing, four or five times in a row. It neatly brackets #1,000, so even if someone deletes earlier posts, one or other of yours ends up as #1,000.

Silly, maybe, and not of any real importance, but local etiquette.

Just don't ask us about how to hold a teacup.

#1SuperMama

Social climber

Oakdale, Ca

Jul 14, 2011 - 02:06pm PT

I know you'll ALL do me proud!

1000th = they're off and heading to Aquarian!

Hopefully, no fixing (unless someone doesn't play by #1Mama ethics or morality on this) - just let it hold!
I may be in a spot where I can't post and have to wait for my two turtles to call! Which as some of you have said and Kait repeated this morning - it's all about the cell reception.

Love you all,
#1Mama