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Plaidman

Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Feb 22, 2013 - 10:10am PT
Climbing into a sea of choss

The sea of choss is on this:
kpinwalla2

Social climber
WA
Feb 22, 2013 - 10:29am PT
Gotta love Columbia River basalt entablature - that columnar stuff is for choss-avoiding wimps. You're lucky over there on the west side, you have all that moss to hold it in place... Here's a shot of some REAL climbers braving the über-chossy basalt entablature of Wallula Gap.
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Feb 22, 2013 - 10:57am PT
Munge- I'll take you to Texas Canyon.. the boy is done with that pile and there's some newly bolted crumble-fests to be sent.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 23, 2013 - 06:01pm PT
sounds fun! Let's target some time in Autumn/ or sooner if I visit the rents in so cal?

mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Feb 24, 2013 - 11:58pm PT
We introduced Briham to some excellent Pinnacles choss on Saturday (after he did some of it's better routes on Friday). The only problem is - he's got the photos.

Post up a few Brian.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:07am PT
Get on FB already Brad. lol I saw some already. He actually sounded like he's warming up to the place, which makes no sense if you put him on The Snail. really?
briham89

Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
Feb 25, 2013 - 12:10am PT
We introduced Briham to some excellent Pinnacles choss on Saturday (after he did some of it's better routes on Friday). The only problem is - he's got the photos.

Post up a few Brian.


I have to say, after this trip I am more excited to come back...the power of choss has compelled me after all.

He actually sounded like he's warming up to the place, which makes no sense if you put him on The Snail. really?

The snail was definitely not the driving force behind this paradigm shift haha
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:12am PT
couldn't have been Needles Eye, was it? OMG, chossville for sure.

briham89

Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
Feb 25, 2013 - 12:19am PT
No, did 5 or 6 good routes on discovery wall, and one ok route on the frog.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:48am PT
good deal. that's how the cults pull you in. first the good climbs, then the crappy ones with stories of stance and drilling, bravery and boldness, but in the end you're drinking light beer in the shade of some oatmeal pasted adobe mud brick piece of a climb. It's not too late to turn back. ;)
mtnyoung

Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
Feb 25, 2013 - 12:50am PT
Yes, it is too late to turn back, he got the guidebook.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Feb 25, 2013 - 12:55am PT
A guide book to choss? Wouldn't that be like a guide book to sand castles
built at low tide?
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 01:22am PT
lol, nice Reilly




oh no, mtnyoung, not good, not good at all.
Don Paul

Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
Feb 25, 2013 - 09:10am PT
There should be a book about choss climbing. A guide to the fractured areas. Chapter 1: techniques for cranking on loose blocks. (a) always prepare to shift weight since any hold could blow. (b) if you do pull off a big hold, try not to throw it at your belayer as you fall. (I did this once) Chapter 2. The use of ice climbing gear in soft sandstone. Chapter 3. The ethics of removing loose rock in traditional choss areas. It just needs an expert and a book and it becomes a legitimate part of climbing.
Plaidman

Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Feb 25, 2013 - 09:43am PT
It just needs an expert and a book and it becomes a legitimate part of climbing.

LOL! O.K. who is going to step up to the plate and become the expert? Where are we going to find someone to publish such a book? Not that it should not be written..... I'm just say'in

Plaid
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Feb 25, 2013 - 10:05am PT
"And so castles made of sand,
Fall to the sea,
Eventually."
-Jimi


Disclaimer, I live for choss!
Don Paul

Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
Feb 25, 2013 - 10:30am PT
I don't wanna be the expert, I'm tryin' to quit.
Plaidman

Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
Feb 25, 2013 - 11:46am PT
I'm tryin' to quit.

Don the only thing to cure what you got is rehab or a full frontal lobotomy.

I'm getting mine next week. Then I'll be good as new and good for nothing.
Just like before but different.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2013 - 12:15pm PT
Trephanation by choss rock fall?
k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Feb 25, 2013 - 01:59pm PT
"Castles Made of Sand."
Hey, that's a route at the Pinns! Gosh, darn good name, I'd say ...
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