The Anti-Spray Thread

by **Diggler** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:50 pm

Drove 150 miles yesterday (round-trip) to climb a peak that is below the elevation of Denver. Approximately 20 minutes car-to-car. Cool observatory nearby & beautiful environs, but it does beg the question 'why??!! What a disease to have...

by **MarthaP** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:23 am

Awesome posts, great to know that we can have relax, BS days, too. It just balances things out and gives a chance to catch our vertical breaths.

Guy, you were benighted on an old skewl 5.6, right? Hell, some of those low 5s in JT are hair-raisers.

They're all just numbers. Wait until I get to JT next spring. You'll feel like Ron Kauk in comparison (not that you aren't already :wink:

).

Deleted User · by **Deleted User** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:42 am

Squish that 5.7 mutha fuggin White Corner (where does it go again) damn near sent me packin haha. Funky pro..

Did you guy send on Sunday, or get rained on?

DMT

by **lisae** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:17 am

Diggler wrote:Drove 150 miles yesterday (round-trip) to climb a peak that is below the elevation of Denver. Approximately 20 minutes car-to-car. Cool observatory nearby & beautiful environs, but it does beg the question 'why??!! What a disease to have...

Mt. Hamilton?

Deleted User · by **Deleted User** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:19 am

squishy wrote:
Dingus Milktoast wrote:Squish that 5.7 mutha fuggin White Corner (where does it go again) damn near sent me packin haha. Funky pro..

Did you guy send on Sunday, or get rained on?

DMT

Cold wind shut us down early rained on the drive down, I did some trail work and trundled (without hitting the route) all that loose stuff off the white corner so it's little safer...toxo attempted the 10d again and ripped off a few more flakes...That white corner is awesome and I'm thinking of leading it next time, now that I know what pro it needs...Thanks again for a fun day...

Make sure you're dialed dude - the pro is not sound on about half of that thing. Must not fall.

DMT

by **lisae** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:25 am

cp0915 wrote:I'm not sure if this belongs here, or in the Obsessed thread. But here goes...

A couple years back, I got on this kick to climb every named summit in the county where I live. This is no trivial task, as the county is sprawling, much of it remote and difficult to access, and these peaks number in the hundreds.

About two months (and 60 peaks) into this project of mine, I found myself driving 30 miles one afternoon after work to bag one of the peaks on the list. Fortunately, good dirt roads allowed me to drive across the open desert to within 1/4 mile of the base of the thing. I then walked 20 feet of uphill to stand on the highpoint. This damn named peak had a whopping 20 feet of prominence. Then and there I lost all interest in my project.

Clearly I didn't learn any lessons though. I'm still trying to tick off every peak that can be seen from the town I live in. There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them. Ridiculous.

I'd say it belongs in the obsession thread. :-)

But it also sounds fun, to me. I bought a guidebook for walking and running routes in my area. I have been checking off the routes for the last year or so and am a lot more familiar with the area.

by **Mark Straub** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:54 am

Once, I was a child. And life was good.

Then, as I became a teenager, I found a liking, nay, almost an obsession for the mountains. Hikes, to scrambles, and now to climbs.

My innocence is gone and all I want to do is climb...but I lack a car. So I am stuck here.

I would LOVE an opportunity to bag a 20-foot prominence peak on my own schedule. That would be fun. But alas, no car, and no money for insurance (it all goes to my climbing gear. See this conundrum I have gotten myself into?)

In the words of Fred Beckey: WILL BELAY FOR FOOD

-Mark

by **Diggler** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:41 am

lisae wrote:
Diggler wrote:Drove 150 miles yesterday (round-trip) to climb a peak that is below the elevation of Denver. Approximately 20 minutes car-to-car. Cool observatory nearby & beautiful environs, but it does beg the question 'why??!! What a disease to have...

Mt. Hamilton?

Close- Copernicus Peak (well, then Mt. Hamilton...). Do you understand???

by **Mark Straub** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:17 am

Lolli wrote:
cp0915 wrote: Yes, I bagged a peak whose summit lies at 55 feet below sea level. Beat that.

definitely cool!!

Yeah that is seriously cool.

-Mark

by **lisae** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:47 am

Diggler wrote:
lisae wrote:
Diggler wrote:Drove 150 miles yesterday (round-trip) to climb a peak that is below the elevation of Denver. Approximately 20 minutes car-to-car. Cool observatory nearby & beautiful environs, but it does beg the question 'why??!! What a disease to have...

Mt. Hamilton?

Close- Copernicus Peak (well, then Mt. Hamilton...). Do you understand???

yep, I think I do . . .

by **The Chief** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:51 am

Yesterday I sent a .10b with my rock shoes on backwards, the rope tied around my neck and my chock bag over my head, completely obscuring my vision!

A first for me.... possibly one for the books.

FKN A!

by **JasonH** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:36 am

by **JasonH** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:36 am

oh shit, it's I, Lolli, who posted the former post.

by **Day Hiker** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:53 am

Somebody doesn't get what "anti-spray" means.

by **lisae** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:46 pm

cp0915 wrote:While driving home from Death Valley yesterday, I stopped to bag Cinder Hill. Although few have heard of it, Cinder Hill holds special significance. To my knowledge, it is the lowest named summit in the Western Hemisphere. Yes, I bagged a peak whose summit lies at 55 feet below sea level. Beat that.

Okay, I finally remembered the book this post reminded me of: "Into Thick Air," by Jim Malusa.

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