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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:07pm PT
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Clint is right, it's The Knee.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:10pm PT
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I should add too that you most likely saw John and Noal on The Knee. They were re-bolting the old John Barbella/ Paul Gagner route Blowing Chunks.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:11pm PT
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Cook and Noal?
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:14pm PT
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Yep. I think John took my suggestion of rebolting it to heart - John Barbella's daughter has been climbing with them/us a lot and she'd really, really like to lead her dad's old scarefest (scary because it was "protected" with mostly 1/4 inch bolts).
It's good climbing and deserved the re-bolting.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:17pm PT
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Brad, is the Knee worth venturing out to?
Charles, you really, really asked the wrong person this time !! ;)
Everything at Pinnacles is worth venturing out to, yes.
With new bolts, Blowing Chunks will be nice, It's slabby to a distinct crux. It's a long way out there though, with some brush (repeat that description for almost any route at Pinns that's off the beaten path).
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 05:19pm PT
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And bchains, the photo of The Knee that's in the book was taken from near The Unmentionable, so the view you had from The Sisters would have been different.
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bchains
Mountain climber
san francisco, ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 12, 2015 - 07:26pm PT
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Awesome, thanks. Yup -- we watched 2 guys spend a lot of time on the route and seemingly swapping positions. One guy was in red, the other blue clothing. And right, I meant to screen cap "from" the sisters but I backed up a bit to get them in the shot for reference.
And as an aside, I love the Pinns... rock can be questionable but still lots of fun.
Thanks again! Bryan
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rubberrat
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 12, 2015 - 07:34pm PT
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bchains - we saw and heard your party on First Sister.
I posted the rebolt on our Pinns forum (Mud n Crud) today.
7 of the 8 bolts were 1 1/4" long 1/4" button heads with SMC death hangers.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Oct 12, 2015 - 08:01pm PT
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bchains - one of the guys you saw wasn't in red. He was in orange. I know this because he always climbs in orange (we call him traffic cone). I have an orange shirt that he got me that I climb in when I'm out with him.
Traffic Cone. Clinker's daughter made that one up.
Pinnacles season is coming quickly.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Oct 12, 2015 - 10:39pm PT
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Pinns season doesn't start til December, then it's Lower Merced Canyon season. Or Tollhouse/Grotto season. ;)
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 13, 2015 - 05:51am PT
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Pinns season doesn't start til December
El Nino may finally expose Tiburcio's Treasure and shut down your granite plans Munge.
Pinns season officially started this last Saturday.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Oct 14, 2015 - 08:17am PT
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What? Nobody called me saying I had to go to Pinns now?
I REGRET NO GRANITE!!!!!!!
:)
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