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BLUEBLOCR
Social climber
joshua tree
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Oct 16, 2017 - 10:58pm PT
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Nice Tad! That one got us dancing on our ledge
Go Dodger Blue!!!!!⚾️
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Oct 16, 2017 - 11:06pm PT
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Hope everyone is safe. I know Bill and Erik are over that way. Keep us posted. Will be interesting to see more exactly what happened.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Oct 16, 2017 - 11:17pm PT
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Bill and E. completed their Third Ascent of Ned's Excellent Adventure last week.
More Rockfall just now but it sounded more to the right, over by waterfall route again I think.
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Oct 16, 2017 - 11:25pm PT
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Thanks Pete didn't realize they were off yet. Hope it works out for everyone.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Oct 17, 2017 - 09:04am PT
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I'm not sure, but I think I heard Lambone and Chris climbing all night to GTFOZASAP!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Oct 17, 2017 - 09:54am PT
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Ha. This just in.
Hi Peter, you know something about Zenyatta? My partner barely died there yesterday. Truck size rock hit the ground 2 meters from him. Our bags are on #1 belay. Rockfalls came without any warning... no body even screamed. Maby you know is it still possible rockfalls or section of loose rock?
I wonder what they should do? ;)
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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Oct 17, 2017 - 10:50am PT
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Or abandon the bags with a sign at the bottom saying please don't steal our bags.....
And in which geologic period should they return to safely recover said bags?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
Of THIS World (Planet Earth)
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Oct 17, 2017 - 11:46am PT
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Maybe the bags will come down on their own.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Oct 17, 2017 - 12:12pm PT
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Both Polish guys with unpronounceable and unspellable names just messaged me. The guy who was on the wall when the rockfall happened said it was his first experience in Solo Aid!!! 111
Blublocker is out on lead, about to repair the final section of chopped rivets that Jim Beyer took out. A few pitches below, I had to drill for new rivets to bypass his chopping. It's a lot of hard work and no fun at all.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 17, 2017 - 12:24pm PT
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Maybe the bags will come down on their own.
lol
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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Oct 17, 2017 - 02:59pm PT
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Is El Cap on a geological period?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Oct 17, 2017 - 03:12pm PT
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It's all Honnold's fault. He popped the Captain's cherry, and the Captain is pissed.
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gstock
climber
Yosemite Valley
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Oct 17, 2017 - 05:05pm PT
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I'm unclear on whether people are reporting a new rockfall that occurred in the past 24 hours or so, or whether these are additional reports of the rockfall that Lambone reported occurring at 6 pm on October 11. If there was a new rockfall, when (day and time) did it happen? And did it originate from much higher on the cliff than the 2nd pitch of Tangerine Trip?
I would really like to understand whether these are separate rockfall events.
There have been many instances in which a rockfall source area was active for days or weeks after an initial failure, including the recent rockfalls from the Horsetail Fall area. There is no hard or fast rule for how long to avoid an active rockfall area, but it's usually a good bet to give it a few seasons to experience a range of environmental conditions.
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drF
Trad climber
usa
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Oct 17, 2017 - 05:57pm PT
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It's all Honnold's fault. He popped the Captain's cherry, and the Captain is pissed.
Man..that's spot on. LoL
Seriously tho, I hope it's not a symptom of mini-quakes
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Oct 17, 2017 - 09:20pm PT
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Exfoliation and gravity folks . . . geologic formations are not static. Entropy rules!
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Slabby D
Trad climber
B'ham WA
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Oct 18, 2017 - 09:17am PT
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Zabrok is about a week into this most recent hike
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Oct 18, 2017 - 10:20am PT
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Does anybody else find it fishy that the recent massive rock-falls ONLY seem to be occurring when Pete is up there?
Coincidence? Hmmmmm........
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 18, 2017 - 10:31am PT
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El Cap can’t take the strain of the Hoser Junk Show.
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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Oct 18, 2017 - 12:05pm PT
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What is 'junk' about his show? Something along the lines of the Red Green show? Seems kinda fitting and he sure does seem to enjoy himself up there. Maybe he should use more duct tape?
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