Trip Report
fun times on west face of the tower
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Monday July 1, 2013 2:45pm
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beta: on the second gully rappel for the descent you are free hanging and chris mac said to where the pig but doing that would be horifying.
Brian: post some of your pics below dog
whitemeat
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About the Author
whitemeat is a trad climber from San Luis Obispo, CA. |
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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he meant wear the pig on your harness-not your back. good job dudes.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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crushed it!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Good job Meat!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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BOOM!@
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Wyoming
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Nice trip, Whitemeat!
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Yeehawww! Man that sun was hot!
I'm currently stuck at work, but I'll post photos tonight.
And to add to what Mickey said, he meant that for the second gully rappel you will also want to hang the pig from your harness. The key is for the guy without the pig to go first and then let your partner know how it looks. EDIT: If you are going to send the pig second, then make sure you have cover or room to get out of the way if the pig dislodges any rocks coming down the gully.
Also the "last" rappel on bolts next to a tree that is supposed to reach the ground will not reach with two 60m. Rap from there, but stop at the tree with bolts to the right of it. This also makes it easier if your rope gets stuck (which ours did) woohoo epicing in the sun at the end!!! haha
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Macronut
Trad climber
Fresno, Ca
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Way to getter dun! Yeah it looked hot. Maybe the cold soup wasn't so cold, eh.
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kev
climber
A pile of dirt.
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Burp, err I mean bump!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Nice work in the heat -- and very nice TR.
John
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Mikemcee
Social climber
Mill Valley, CA
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This is turning into the season of Whitemeat vs. Vitaly rock crusher battle. Love it guys..keep it coming!
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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Nice work you guys!
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Nice!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
The Ocean
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Ok enough climbing already.. go get a girlfriend and a bad habit or somethin...
U R Making us look bad.
hahaha!
Seriously though thanks for posting all this.. it's reminding me what it was like to totally live for climbing and how much can be done if it is your burning desire.
Not too many of the new young guns are taking advantage of the net like you are these days.
Yep keep it up and you'll be right in there with all the badass new stuff getting done this generation!
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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You're a hardman. Or hardkid.
Either way, you're kicking some ass.
Keep it up, and stay safe.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
On the road.
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Yup, nice job, keep it up!
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johntp
Trad climber
Punter, Little Rock
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kidz these daze. Don't you know you're supposed to tell us how much of a fright fest it was? Come on! Spice it up with some near death fabrications. All the smiles and giggles are boring.
Good on you for getting after it and having fun!
edit:just look at that beast!
She doesn't look that bad...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Here's my side of the story...
We climbed the tower and I didn't get a scratch, and then two days later I go skimboarding and this happens....
This was the first time Mickey and I climbed together, and it went really well. I'm sure we'll send more, and bigger, stuff in the future!
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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HAHA nice one sully and thanks!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
On the road.
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Fun is what it's all about and it sure does look like you had some on this trip!
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Just a quick add about this point:
"And to add to what Mickey said, he meant that for the second gully rappel you will also want to hang the pig from your harness. The key is for the guy without the pig to go first and then let your partner know how it looks. "
If you are in a gully of any sort it not a good idea to be below a guy rapping with a haul bag. The bag will dislodge rocks and whatnot and clang the guy below. If you are going to send a guy down first, be sure he can either get well out of the way or maybe even jug back up before the guy with the pig starts scraping down the gully. There are many ways to skin this cat with zero chance of anyone getting bonked by a rock.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
The fake McCoy from nevernever land.
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well done troops
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Oh yeah lots of fun!
And very good point Russ. Luckily, I was able to find cover at each rappel station as he was coming down with the pig, but I totally agree with you. There are all sorts of death missiles hanging out in that gully.
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Guangzhou
Trad climber
Bullhead City, Arizona
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Jul 16, 2013 - 03:25am PT
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Excellent report and great job. The memories...
Eman
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 16, 2013 - 08:37am PT
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Guangzhou said it.
Memories of we two watching RAIN while being dry,
Like RR on SOLO ONE, in the month of March, not July.
I want to ask why ever in July, but then I realize
To my surprise, that all these guys, won their prize
Due to being SToked like Casey Jones' boiler!
The fun is sometimes inescapable, even in adversiddy.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
santa cruz, ca
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Jul 16, 2013 - 12:17pm PT
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Being on that in the rain sounds wild, mouse!
We definitely baked a bit in the sun up there, but we did most of our climbing before the sun came over the top. After that wall we swore off walls until the fall when it cools down.... two weeks later we climbed skull queen.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Nov 11, 2014 - 06:24am PT
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bump for much stoke
bump for the growth
bump for to hear
skull queen 2 weeks
later
you guys are still at it so
post a pic or trip report
please an thank you!!
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