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Disaster Master

Social climber

Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.

Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 27, 2011 - 10:46pm PT

I love the place. Helped put it on the map. It is near Burnt Ranch off Hwy 299 in Trinity County, in the Humboldt Nation.

So Post your pics and stories. I will start with some teaser shots...

tom woods

Gym climber

Bishop, CA

Jan 27, 2011 - 11:11pm PT

I need to get back in shape. That place is like an hour from my grandparent's house.

mooser

Trad climber

seattle

Jan 27, 2011 - 11:12pm PT

That looks fantastic, Paul! I used to backpack up into the Trinity Alps, and really loved it. I always wondered about the climbing possibilities. Feel encouraged to post a lot more pics!

Disaster Master

Social climber

Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 28, 2011 - 02:38pm PT

The Wedge

Boulder climber

Santa Rosa & Bishop, CA

Jan 28, 2011 - 05:11pm PT

I would like to do some of that climbing but all that great fishing keeps getting in the way.

Capt.

climber

some eastside hovel

Jan 29, 2011 - 12:19am PT

Have to agree with Eric on this one.Got sidetracked by the Trinity River and steelhead.Also it was raining so fishing was obviously the better option.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Jan 29, 2011 - 12:42am PT

Only been there once, climbed a tiny bit.
It is clear the place totally kicks ass!

Maysho

climber

Soda Springs, CA

Jan 29, 2011 - 01:11am PT

I've had two great trips there, both times at 4th of July weekend. Good shade, some great routes!

Peter

this just in

climber

north fork

Jan 29, 2011 - 10:15am PT

Looks pretty fuking cool. Yes that is steep enough, thanks disaster m

Captain...or Skully

climber

leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!

Jan 29, 2011 - 10:20am PT

Never been there, but Coiler used to rave about the place. Good to see some pics. TFPU, Paul!

Disaster Master

Social climber

Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2011 - 01:14pm PT

A fragment from an old hard drive. Comes off a bit full of myself. But I was. ;)> I will post more pics later. My laptop is lagging.

...‘Put Up Or Shut Up, That’s what I’ll call it,’ I envisioned in a moment of clarity. Below me, thirty feet down, forty to the right, Randy sat perched utop a cabin sized boulder. I traversed up & left until I found myself floating above the lip of a gaping limestone grotto’s ceiling, I stuck my pinky into a small air-bubble pocket & twisted my hand until the knuckle jammed in the diminutive hole. Leaning back, I let a single knuckle take my weight. My “gun”, a nine pound battery powered hammer-drill, swayed with my movements, its strap carving into my sholder. My eyes saw double in rainbow hues, a consequence of the Psilocybin ‘shrooms R. & I had ingested. With my free hand I hoisted the drill overhead, pulled the trigger & watched, half-paniced as the limestone pulverized away leaving a void into which I pounded my steel security.

Put Up Or Shut Up. Along with other strange souls I had vocalized & and challenged the void, annoyed at the gawkers who fed like vultures on the carrion of our First Ascents. They would gather around our self-published guide at the local gear store / hangout, counting x’s on the maps; hieroglyphic maps of bolts, cams, nuts & the adventures of Chemello, Wanden, Humphrey, Wright, Leary and the rest. Like armchair quarterbacks, they praised and judged to fuel their own sedentary vanities. They hadn’t a clue. Perhaps in their minds they wanted to feel superior, or at least equal.

As I squirmed and sweated my way up “Put Up…” I was proud. I was also seeing the horizon twist in the corner of my eyes. Flying inside and out, I wiggled a suspect micro-cam into a virgin seam. The protection I used on this ascent should keep me from smacking the ground, but it wouldn’t let me off easy. Solid bolts warded off the worst consequences, but there was gear-craft as well. The keys to a thousand problems, blobs of metal & springs were employed to jam snugly into imperfections in the stone and hold me should I fall like a big-screen super hero. You never know. I’ve had many pieces blow, living to tell the tale through redundancy of protection and the actions of my belayers/friends.

On lead that day, the sky seemed midnight blue, decorated on occasion by horse-tail swirls of vapor. This is where I belonged, struggling up the overhanging prow, feeling maxed out and yet calm....

neebee

Social climber

calif/texas

Jan 29, 2011 - 03:05pm PT

hey there say, disaster master, this is wonderful... thanks for the share...

great shots... and thanks for all the notations and stories...

say, i been to or by, some of the trinty river once...
love them rivers, too...

god bless...

:)

James

climber

My twin brother's laundry room

Jan 29, 2011 - 03:10pm PT

Pasaiano Buttress is one of the best sport routes around.

drunkenmaster

Social climber

santa rosa

Jan 29, 2011 - 04:12pm PT

yeh paisano looks fukn rad! most of the routes there are unlike any other routes anywhere!! the dimples and solder patches and pinch tufa/collonette type things - fukn rad!!! good post as usual disaster master and great job finding and doing all those fa's.

billygoat

climber

Pees on beard to seek mates.

Jan 29, 2011 - 05:30pm PT

Some of the best limestone around. I'd like to go back.

Adamame

climber

Santa Cruz

Apr 23, 2011 - 11:47am PT

Anybody have the word on conditions right now? It looks like rain will continue in the area for a while longer, but how long does it take to dry out? Would the other regional areas (Cecilville, Marble Caves) be any good right now or a few weeks down the line? I was at the Trinity Aretes ten years ago and fell in love with the place and I'm really itching to get back up into the area. And get away from all the busy limestone areas.