Thank you very much Moni! I think this has got to be one of the craziest-shaped towers out there...perhaps with exception of Totem Pole (off limits) or Standing Rock in Canyonlands.
Thank you very much Michael! Yeah, I'm not sure if there's a big market for these Oregon towers out there these days (apparently they were all the rage in the 60's & 70's :)
You are bringing them back into fashion I'll bet! Okay you want more adventure...get on some A3 pin stacks and expando flakes on the obscure side of the tower :D
Thank you very much Jonathan! Great adventure climb - I'd trade most of our other climbing for this kind of sh.. (guess I'm sick or twisted or something :)
Great TR as usual, Radek. I had to girth hitch my personal anchor to my cubicle seat before reading it just to be safe.
Thank god for volcanic plugs! If you think geologically for your climb, it is only possible to climb up these things after the earth around them has eroded away. There are many such plugs still concealed (buried) in the ground. Eons from now, climbers of the future will climb these new plugs...after the Turkey Monster itself has wasted (basted?) away.
Every time I step on a flat slab in an Oregon forest now, I'll be thinking whether or not I'm standing on the summit of some plug yet to be exposed by erosion.
corvallis - Aug 30, 2007 4:27 pm - Voted 10/10
Awsome!Great write up Radek!
rpc - Aug 30, 2007 4:59 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Awsome!thank you very much Tyler - appreciate the good word.
sent you a pm on the Menagerie closure/trespassing thing - lemme know.
Nigel Lewis - Aug 30, 2007 7:01 pm - Voted 10/10
Wow!!Gorgeous looking piece of rock!
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rpc - Aug 30, 2007 7:03 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wow!!Thank you very much Nigel! A great adventure climb on an amazing spire!
Bob Burd - Sep 2, 2007 5:19 pm - Hasn't voted
Freakin' awesomeUnderstated as usual. Great story and pics. Thanks for sharing!
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:13 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Freakin' awesomeThank you very much Bob for the kind word! & thank you for having my TR on front page (I guess that's directed at the elves collectively :)
Moni - Sep 2, 2007 9:42 pm - Voted 10/10
That's onecrazy looking tower!
Thanks for the report!
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: That's oneThank you very much Moni! I think this has got to be one of the craziest-shaped towers out there...perhaps with exception of Totem Pole (off limits) or Standing Rock in Canyonlands.
rickford - Sep 3, 2007 11:21 am - Voted 10/10
What a pleasure!Ya'll had quite an adventure baggin' that there Turkey Monster!
Good work (both on the climb and the report) and as always, thanks for sharing!
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:15 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: What a pleasure!Thank you very much Rick!
mvs - Sep 3, 2007 11:58 am - Voted 10/10
I never heard of this thingIt's really cool, way to go finding some climbing despite bad weather all around :))
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:16 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I never heard of this thingThank you very much Michael! Yeah, I'm not sure if there's a big market for these Oregon towers out there these days (apparently they were all the rage in the 60's & 70's :)
mvs - Sep 4, 2007 12:25 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: I never heard of this thingYou are bringing them back into fashion I'll bet! Okay you want more adventure...get on some A3 pin stacks and expando flakes on the obscure side of the tower :D
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 1:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: I never heard of this thingYup - there's an unrepeated A4 route on the Monster :)
Ed F - Sep 3, 2007 6:45 pm - Voted 10/10
Great readand climb. I'm envious...
Crazy rock!
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:17 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Great readThank you very much Sir - yeah, I thought it is a crazy looking rock too :)
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 12:18 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Awesome!Thank you very much Jonathan! Great adventure climb - I'd trade most of our other climbing for this kind of sh.. (guess I'm sick or twisted or something :)
Klenke - Sep 4, 2007 12:43 pm - Voted 10/10
A plug for volcanic plugsGreat TR as usual, Radek. I had to girth hitch my personal anchor to my cubicle seat before reading it just to be safe.
Thank god for volcanic plugs! If you think geologically for your climb, it is only possible to climb up these things after the earth around them has eroded away. There are many such plugs still concealed (buried) in the ground. Eons from now, climbers of the future will climb these new plugs...after the Turkey Monster itself has wasted (basted?) away.
Oh yeah, and I think I know where the Turkey Monster's female companion is: On an extended holiday in Hawaii.
rpc - Sep 4, 2007 1:31 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: A plug for volcanic plugshehehhe :) thanks Paul!
Every time I step on a flat slab in an Oregon forest now, I'll be thinking whether or not I'm standing on the summit of some plug yet to be exposed by erosion.