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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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^^^^^^^Helmets are made for that sort of thing!^^^^
Is this guy going for a Darwin Award?
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Here is the latest issue.
I have lots of issues for sure.
Luckily I have faithful belay slaves. Sometimes I call them climbing partners. I did offer to give one of the leads to my partner last time we were on a chossy project. He declined.
The issues of Moss and Choss are priceless.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2013 - 05:38pm PT
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LOL, awesome!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Munge get me a photo and I will get you in the next issue.
Maybe we can get on something really loose and crappy and scare the bjesus out of ourselves. I have a few projects in mind.
Plaid
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Plaidman! I am impressed with your obvious mastery of
Choss & Moss.
However----back to the Choss-state, Idaho.
The ROTTEN MONOLITH is composed entirely of granite that is easily confused with sand.
The well-known authority of choss, F. Beckey mentions his 1961 ascent, in the list of ascents, in his first bio-book "Challenge of The North Cascades."
Clutched up edge of very scary rotten flake.
In the era of pitons, nervous leaders on the Rotten Monolith could beat pitons directly into the decomposing granite whenever they needed psychological assurance.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Fritz with all due respect I think we in Oregon can out Choss you there in Idaho. At least you guys have City of Rocks and some other awesome granite. So I regrettably have to inform you that because Idaho is in possession of some stellar granite that it is disqualified from being the Choss State.
Oregon on the other hand has no granite to speak of, and we are uniquely qualified and maybe over qualified to be known (or branded) the consummate State of Choss.
Just look at this monster:
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Plaidman! I would surrender to your mastery of:
MOSS AND CHOSS!
and let you cite Oregon as:
THE CHOSS STATE OF THE STATE!
but, even though we don't have the moss
PRAISE JESUS! WE GOTS DE CHOSS!
There is not a single solid rock on the horribly mis-named El Capitan in the Sawtooth Mountains.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Future sport wall?
Hoz, man. That is some steep choss.
The weremouse and black lassie meet trogdor.
Practice in seeing just how bad anchors can be
Making Oregon look solid since the end of the LIA
When granite goes bad.
I don't have any pics of the bad stuff on Plinth because rockfall smashed my camera while I was trying to take a photo of the choss. F*#king paparazzi!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Maybe I can get my wife the Empress of Adventure to Knight me as Sir Choss-a-lot. I may have to do some kind of service for that high honor.
Here is another photo of a pile of choss called Dog Mountain Spine:
It took me three tries to get up to Dog Rock. Lots of Choss. Moss Ax in hand I finally found my way.
Moss Ax
Plaid
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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I tracked down Munge to get an interview and snap a few photos for the newest issue of Moss and Choss and almost got clobbered for my effort.
Munge is serious about his choss.
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The Lisa
Trad climber
Da Bronx, NY
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Lol, priceless is right!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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I'm lovin' the Moss and Choss!
Jebus sed: Let's just say it has a highly evolving grade.
LOL
BTW.. should I start production on more t-shirts?
sorry- it was the only pic I could find on short notice. Pay no attention to the stellar-quality rock in the background...
it was just a fling.. I swear.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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T-shirts yes. I would wear one proudly. Although I'm not gunna look as good as you in it.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 9, 2013 - 12:08pm PT
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T-shirt!!!
New movie out...
Silence of the Mosses
"It belays under the roof, or it gets the loose rock again!"
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Another movie just out......of my mind.
Chossist Unchained:
A movie about the blood guts and glory of choss. And the revenge of a Chossist over coming snooty elitist climbers and mountaineers that only climb good rock.
Elitist defined: The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Whose cliffs these are I do not know.
His house lies under boulders, though;
He will not see me climbing here
His body lies 'neath scree and snow.
My partner he must think it queer
To stop without firm anchor near
'Tween teetering blocks and mossy seep
To seek a route up fractured tiers.
He gives our tattered rope a take
And asks if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of tumbling stones and guillotine flakes.
The rock is crumbly, sharp, and steep,
But I have a crevasse to greet,
And piles of choss before I sleep,
And piles of choss before I sleep.
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MisterE
Social climber
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^^ The girl is on a roll!^^ LOL!
Mmmmm...soft, pillowy choss:
The great thing about it is that when it hits you, it just explodes into dust and does no real damage.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Choss has come of age. Great liturature, Movies, magazines, T-shirts. All we need now is action figures and lunch boxes.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Choss as a main course is best served cold...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Just up behind the house a click on the sunny Colorado Chossapalooza tour … for some Gneiss Choss:
Route on the left,
60 meters, one bolt and assorted rock ticklin' trinkets:
Drilling:
Next route to the right:
Stich succoring the lichen and brittle flanges:
Second pitch as clean as Choss gets!
Happy ChossAholics on the summit!
James Peak and Mount Evans in the distant background:
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