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radical
Novice climber
cult county
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 9, 2002 - 01:47pm PT
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It almost makes me sick.
A little group of brainless, programmed ninny's standing around midnight lightning all day.
Crash pads down, everyone grunting and swearing and acting stupid. Taking 30 minute rests, only to get two moves off the ground so they can rest, swear and stare at this stupid, polished piece of rock for another 30 minutes.
Lets save these poor pathetic souls from themselves. Lets blow up Midnight lightning so they can see a world of life, wonder and love that awaits them beyond this boulder problem.
All right, granted it probably won't do anything for these poor souls. They will move onto something even more inane, annoying and boring in life. But at least I won't have see them every time I take a crap in camp 4. No matter how appropriate that may be.
radical
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rock kicker
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2002 - 06:01pm PT
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what a dumb ass thing to post about-
"let's destroy a magical piece of YV history just because we aren't into climbing what/how/when those other guys are into climbing"
(because we are the cool ones & those guys are just fools?)
i guess ron kauk is a fool too, & his pblm there is just so much obtrusive debris, rather than a world famous classic & a piece of climbing history...
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radical
Intermediate climber
damnation
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2002 - 08:44am PT
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5 posts BR!!!!! Can you belive it?
And who will stand for the honor of Yosemite? Who will die for Him?
Will you????????
I will be at Reed's tommorow with the Bull Dozers and cement trucks...It will be a nice dam, but don't worry you can still climb the top 10 pitchs of El cap..
You'll just need a canoe !!!!!
For shame, for shame..Judus would be proud.
radical
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Jay
Novice climber
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May 10, 2002 - 12:54pm PT
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Hey Rad, please dose the Hetch Hetchy dam while you’re at it. Some nice climbs up there need drying out.
Don’t MESS with Midnight Lightning!
…or something like that. There’s got to be a brainless motto that would cap this one off quite well, but I’m getting rapper’s block.
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Sentinel
Novice climber
San Carlos
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2002 - 06:40pm PT
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Yea!!!!!!!!!!!! Go Rad! I live in El Portal and I say yes!!! I bet Ron wouldn't even care. The rest of you weekend Warriors go home and stay in your Gym. I concure with the guy who says "Take that steamer". Hey ya whats nice about female boulders???? They arlready have the matress on their back. Just push em over and make the moves. I think some women boulder for that fact alone. Have matress will spot.
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Crimper
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2002 - 07:12pm PT
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...FEMALE BOULDERS...?
I didn't know rocks could have gender... or at least they don't teach that in geology but then again, we have to be PC about everything these days...
boulderers? I like female boulderers, especially with boulders.
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Michelle
Trad climber
the f*#king peninsula.
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Sep 20, 2012 - 02:11am PT
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Wait, can't forget the bouldering crowd. Some rants don't change over the years..
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 20, 2012 - 02:26am PT
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ML is on Columbia Boulder. CB is big. Take a lot of dynomite/nitro/c4 explosive or whatever. maybe over the 4th of "youlie" (as JB wud say). I was still hoping to pull it off as a geriatric feat. prollie never happen tho. Wudevah.
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fsck
climber
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Sep 20, 2012 - 02:55am PT
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commission a sculptor to carve it into the head of warren harding, mt. rushmore-style. a fine centerpeice for camp sunnyside.
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splitter
Trad climber
Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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Sep 20, 2012 - 03:00am PT
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toadgas,
what kind of style? many tries over a period of time as i recall.
yabo first spotted it. kauk first sent it.
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Tetrapod
Social climber
bob, bob
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Sep 20, 2012 - 03:05am PT
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Radical makes a point here.
Yeah, a decade ago.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Sep 20, 2012 - 05:10am PT
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Blow it up, I don't care, I already dun that route
Hey tetrapod, you callin' me slow?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 20, 2012 - 09:40am PT
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Yep......make sure you shape the charges to get all the swearing, sweating pad dudes in the vicinity.
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goatboy smellz
climber
Nederland-GulfBreeze
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Sep 20, 2012 - 09:40am PT
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I miss radical.
Whatever happened to that guy?
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Sep 20, 2012 - 10:27am PT
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If you could make sure you place the charges so it ends up with 6-8 cracks on the overhanging ML side, ranging from tips to fists and a 4"er, that would be great.
We can call them the Rye Cracker, Saltine Cracker, Ritz Cracker, etc.
KTHXBAI.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Sep 20, 2012 - 10:38am PT
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Camp 4 needs more boulders, more slacklines, and more weirdos to maintain the groovy scene. BUT ... what needs to be done is to allow backcountry camping in the talus.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 20, 2012 - 10:47am PT
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Maybe you could just knock some holds off it so it could be V-14 or so, and thus retain it's bite as a high-end boulder problem
A modest proposal
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 20, 2012 - 11:44am PT
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We may never know....
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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Sep 20, 2012 - 12:18pm PT
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Well, like that's your opinion, dude.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Sep 20, 2012 - 12:21pm PT
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You guys hadn't heard of the Columbia Boulder restoration project, which will occur during FaceLift? To clean off 60 years of accumulated climber debris and damage. The plan is to hoist the boulder, move it about 100 m east to protect sites 30, 32 and 34 from rockfall, and flip it upside down. There'll be a host of new problems, and maybe even buried treasure where it used to be.
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