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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 24, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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that looks chosstastic, JTM. (...be there or be smart-love it!)
Nutjob-well you definitely got out with the right person to show you around, yes he was showing you his creations... those climbs are great for a half day in town when you can't get away for too long-great routes and ever shifting/crumbling rock ;-)
Tarbuster-haha, good to keep in mind-don't let it "set you free", words of wisdom...
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 24, 2013 - 10:28pm PT
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What the hell is wrong with us?
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Jan 24, 2013 - 10:57pm PT
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I will now bomb your chossy blahblah with verbal choss.
Boo, Forever
Spinning like a ghost
on the bottom of a
top,
I'm haunted by all
the space that I
will live without
you.
Richard Brautigan
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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North face of Mt. Dana
Volcanic rock in Iceland
Lichen-covered conglomerate in New England BITD
Does this qualify? Denali
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:40pm PT
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There is the other side of the coin too - where the rock is so slick and dense, that nobody wants a part of it. At least with choss, you figure to have good grip and alot of surface contact.
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:41pm PT
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If you live on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington you learn to love choss, because it keeps you in shape for everywhere else, increases your overall climbing mileage, plus it only takes 30 minutes or less to get there from the homestead and it is fun to climb once scrubbed and suitably sanitized.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:44pm PT
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Yes, BIOTCH-that is a true statement.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:45pm PT
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Like climbing on hard brown sugar
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 24, 2013 - 11:51pm PT
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Hardly, where's that Oly choss?
Mt Constance choss...
I know it isn't much of a line...
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jan 25, 2013 - 12:24am PT
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Reilly,
I'd tell ya but I'd hafta kill ya. Sandstone just downstream of lower Elwha dam site the tuff is west of Pt. Angeles along the straits.
P.S. I'd like to repeat yer line on Constance just can't walk that far anymore. Even tho it's only 5.9 I do not think any harder alpine free line has gone up in the Olympics since you did 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 - Jan 25, 2013 - 12:29am PT
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Who is this Manny, and where are these conglo beeyoots!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 25, 2013 - 12:32am PT
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Who has the goods on Peshastin Pinnacles? They are pretty saucy-chossy.
Lemme see, 'been across the Martian Ridge, also done crawled up Dr. Leakey. Didn't have the jeans if you know what I mean, for Bomb Shelter, an overhanging sand romp free climbed by Henry Barber.
Or how about that stuff outside of Grand Junction that Duane Raleigh and Pete Takeda climbed with ice tools ... Suggested in crunch's earlier post.
All hail the BOSS CHOSS!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 25, 2013 - 12:36am PT
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Ah! The elusive Olympic Peninsula climbing area - finally!
HV hinted at this during our Smith Rock rendezvous, but to actually lay eyes upon it!
How long is the climbing season at that choss? Like 25 days a year?
;)
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jan 25, 2013 - 12:51am PT
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Hey Roy,
Peshastin pshtt... why climb on that sh#t when it is mostly bolted sandy slab climbin and there's all that nice granite nearby. However if its a rainy day up near Leavenworth both Vertigo and Empire State are worthy slightly overhanging cracks very out of the norm for Peshastin.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 25, 2013 - 12:52am PT
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Who is this Manny?...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 25, 2013 - 01:00am PT
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Peshastin pshtt... why climb on that sh#t when it is mostly bolted sandy slab climbin and there's all that nice granite nearby
ha ha. Because my darling, loose living has its rewards!
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Hardly Visible
Social climber
Llatikcuf WA
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Jan 25, 2013 - 01:01am PT
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Mister E,
The tuff is probably dry 200+ days a year (forms a sharp ridge line in the forest so no dirt on top to hold water) so it dries within 2-3 days after a heavy storm and stays dry in showery periods. The sandstone April to late Ocrober good to go in any weather due to overhang.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jan 25, 2013 - 01:02am PT
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We got yer choss. Oh yes. Idaho is a Sea of Choss with pockets of World Class Stone.
Stupid Choss!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 25, 2013 - 01:04am PT
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Stupid Choss!
it's not stupid, it's nice - you just have to treat it gently. Like a woman.
Embrace the choss, caress the choss...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 25, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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Tim Messick, following the fourth class northwest ridge of Mount Maclure, on the way to Mount Lyell.
Like dancin' on dinner plates .... Yeah Baby!
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