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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Aug 21, 2014 - 12:27pm PT
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If I ever had the opportunity to replace the bolts of the tissasack root I would have bumped this thread...
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Aug 22, 2014 - 12:09pm PT
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Seems like an earlier version of Weld-It or that poor guy Kris whats-a-Nut who got busted when his buddy whimped out on the rap of El Cap. Based on that thread Werner would be saying "go for it."
Just to have fun and annoy people, I'd like to climb and rap about 80 feet left (south) of the cable route some time. (no permit required)
OP point is moot now since the permit system. The cable walkdown, late in the day, is probably a breeze now.
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throwpie
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Aug 22, 2014 - 12:52pm PT
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I think this is what Mouse was referring to....
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Gorgeous George
Trad climber
Los Angeles, California
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Aug 22, 2014 - 01:48pm PT
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Tha's what I love about the Taco, it brings out all the "Super Tapados."
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Aurora Colorado
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Aug 22, 2014 - 07:25pm PT
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^^^ upthread there someone suggested rapping the Zodiac instead. That made me laugh. I remember on one pitch I was 40 feet into the pitch when I realized I forgot the haul line. My partner lowered me but then I was way out in space. I had to swing my aiders back and forth to get a pendulum going, eventually was able to swing them into my partner's reach and he reeled me in. Most of the route is pretty steep like that.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Aug 22, 2014 - 07:40pm PT
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"Well, right about that time people . . .
A fur-trapper, who was strictly from commercial,
had the unmitigated audacity to jump up from behind my igloo . . . peekaboo
and he started into whippin' on my favorite baby seal
with a lead-filled snowshoe . . ."
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Dindolino32
Conas atá tú?
Also how come I can not click on crazyazid's or Mike's handles to see if they are trolls. And how come Mike's second post is highlighted like the OP's? I am going to contact the NSA about these guys. They know some tricks apparently.
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Michelle
Social climber
1187 Hunterwasser
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wait, didn't this guy want to rap el cap too..?
good find. weak troll by today's standard though.
edit: PS this was preregistration days.
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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Walk down the cables ,hike around to the Face ,and descend to Mirror Lake . That descent is a classic .
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Barbarian
climber
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Perhaps we should install a premanent rap route. That way we could evacuate people from the top of Half Dome without a fleet of helicopters. You never know when you might have a big fire or something...
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, CA
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I briefly had a climbing partner who was a peak bagger and wanted to put El Cap on his resume. He knew I had done it with a decent success rate (six times up and one bail) and so he asked me to climb it with him. Turns out he got to El Cap tower a couple times and then bailed, so he wanted to rap the Nose to that point and then complete it. I couldn't get it through to him that that's just not how it's done. Not only would it be considered an incomplete ascent, it seemed crazier than just climbing it from the ground up. I took a pass and we parted ways after that.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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The only thing repelling thing about Half Dome is the cable route.
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, CA
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I could never get those bulky steel cables
to fit in through my rappel rig...
...That's okay.
If you slip there's a hiker every 30 feet to slow you down.
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