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SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Oct 1, 2013 - 09:37am PT

I hope the bears keep away from your vehicles, since
there won't be anybody in the park to protect them . . .
harpo

Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
Oct 1, 2013 - 09:48am PT
How is max's shoulder holding up? I am glad that injury didn't keep him from leaving the ground.
Mark Hudon

Trad climber
Hood River, OR
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2013 - 09:50am PT
His shoulder is doing fine. He's getting sick of me asking about it.

How long to these stupid shut downs usually last? We have at least four more days up here?
climbski2

Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
Oct 1, 2013 - 09:58am PT
Could last a few hours or a few weeks. No way to tell. Congress can pass a budget at anytime and end the shutdown. Trying to guess if they will do it soon is basically impossible. As of this time no significant progress.

Campers will have a couple days to leave. SO by the end of your trip if things are still shutdown it should be really quiet in the valley. Kinda cool for you guys up there.
Deekaid

climber
Oct 1, 2013 - 10:01am PT
So "Hawkeye", since he is opposed to no heads does that mean he likes heads?
Lambone

Big Wall climber
Ashland, Or
Oct 1, 2013 - 11:44am PT
^^^ that's some funny shiz right there...
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Oct 1, 2013 - 11:50am PT
Have fun guys and enjoy the tranquility!
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Oct 1, 2013 - 11:52am PT
Its basically an apocalypse Mark!

Its gonna look like this when yall get down!
PAUL SOUZA

Trad climber
Central Valley, CA
Oct 1, 2013 - 12:27pm PT
Hey Mark, has Werner shouted up for you boys to come down yet??

Have a blast!!
The Larry

climber
Moab, UT
Oct 1, 2013 - 01:10pm PT
Where's all the wildlife going to find food to eat? Poor critters are going to starve.
BASE104

Social climber
An Oil Field
Oct 1, 2013 - 01:22pm PT
PM me your phone number and I will send you "adult" pictures this evening. Of course you don't have the privacy of a solo. Maybe that is why PTPP likes to solo! Wall jack, ya know. Similar to a "combat jack."

Hey. How did those sawed off angles that I gave you work out? I had never used them before I put them to the bench grinder...

I suppose that the Yates rope has worn out by now.

Mark Hudon

Trad climber
Hood River, OR
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 1, 2013 - 09:57pm PT
The Yates rope is still kicking! We're on top p14, basically the end of the AO Wall and two pitches away from Iron Hawk. We have at least two more nights on the route.

Nailing some of those flakes down there must have been A5 at least! They were freaky and scary to use cams in! Frequently we had to load the flake with a cam hook simply to widen the crack to remove cams!

It's looking pretty quiet down there!
Gagner

climber
Boulder
Oct 1, 2013 - 10:54pm PT
Hey Mark - I'm psyched you guys are getting after it. As you might imagine, I'm torqued right now bout the shut-down, and hope it will be resolved when E and I get there in a week -- otherwise I'm gonna be PISSED!!!!

Be safe!

P.
dee ee

Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
Oct 1, 2013 - 11:18pm PT
Take your time.
ag.Fox

Trad climber
Reno, NV
Oct 2, 2013 - 12:40pm PT
Awesome work M&M! Surely a great time to experience the expanding fun on that side of the diorite ;-)

This guy is jealous for sure.

Maybe that is why PTPP likes to solo! Wall jack, ya know
Thanks .10b - classic sh||t for sure!!!
John Mac

Trad climber
Littleton, CO
Oct 2, 2013 - 03:02pm PT
With Tom locked out, how about posting a couple of pictures?

Please!
BASE104

Social climber
An Oil Field
Oct 2, 2013 - 05:38pm PT
Deucey told me about the AO after he put it up. It was pretty hard from what he said. He told me about a blind move over a roof, where he could just barely place a head.

I think that part fell off. Proud route, anyway.
Mark Hudon

Trad climber
Hood River, OR
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 3, 2013 - 10:18am PT
We are on Iron Hawk, at the end if the rivet ladder. We have a 5.9 wide pitch first thing, an A3 pitch and then the two runout pitches. We should top out mid-day tomorrow.
Awesome route! Cams have certainly tamed it to an extent but it is still a heads up route. You could still easily fall far along with a few tons of rock.
We replaced four anchor bolts, cleaned a bit of tat, used one head and removed none (there weren't that many to begin with anyway and none were avoidable via clean means).

I'd call this route harder than Native Son but far more of a serious undertaking. It's my most difficult route on El Cap so far and I'm proud to have done it with Max.
pyro

Big Wall climber
Calabasas
Oct 3, 2013 - 10:21am PT
That's effing awesome. I'm about to drive a zamboni. Stay safe out there. Ill show the live update to the kids.
m_jones

Trad climber
Carson City, NV
Oct 3, 2013 - 11:00am PT
Best place ever to watch a sunrise!
Valley is quiet. Feels like we are escaping the zombie
Apocolipse! Lots of company on the SE face.
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