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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
somewhere without avatars.........
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Sep 26, 2008 - 07:21pm PT
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"I had visions of sitting at the top of the cables route (cables down), and straight lining it to the bottom. "
hahaha good luck with that.
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originalpmac
Trad climber
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Sep 26, 2008 - 10:53pm PT
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these are all great ideas, mainly the trifecta. I am interested in the Native American Donini mentioned, whats the story on that?
Skateboarding slabs anywhere is something I have thought about for a while. Problem there would be you would then want to grind or slide some edge, end up chipping the rock, maybe even waxing it (the equivalent to pitons and chalk) and it would end up looking kinda haggard, (not to mention the blood left over from really eating it). But rollerblades? to hell with fruit boots. Those thing are LAME! anyone every see the tricks they do or the names they give em? 'Twinkle Toes" and some crap. lame. all the way. Even the demos I've seen in big half pipes with back flips are lame. so keep em off the slabs, cause it would be lame.
used to be a young skateboard punk kid EDIT: sorry, had to rant about rollerblades, i still think its is funny to harp on em. and i really try to be real fair these days, i swear
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Sep 26, 2008 - 11:23pm PT
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Hey, how do they get those bikes up there anyway?
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 26, 2008 - 11:56pm PT
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They put Helium in the tyres.
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Sep 27, 2008 - 04:06pm PT
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Escaped herd of pack animals; Virginia Canyon. -No bikes-
...One morning this summer while camped in Virginia canyon,
eating breakfast, saw 25 horses and mules (not sure of ratio)
pass our camp going north at a fast trot. We gawked because
none of them had packs on, and no Humans were with them.
Some were roped together, while others trailed lines in the dirt.
Obviously an escape was on!
I commented to my partner and we both cheered!
When the dust settled we started north towards Virginia Pass but were immediately overtaken by a man and a women on horses.
This "pursuit posse" called out an explanation that the previous night their stock had snapped a rope and escaped. Duh!
Later me re-met the captured herd going south back to their Smedburg Lake camp! (a long way away)
Believe me, the trail was a froth a dust, rocks, and turds after this kind of traffic.
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Send
Boulder climber
Three Rivers, California
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Sep 27, 2008 - 04:39pm PT
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How about a base jump? Or better yet....a slackline from Half Dome to North Dome !!!
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Flashlight
climber
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Sep 27, 2008 - 06:46pm PT
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Wes, bicycles are KNOTT allowed on wilderness land, whether in an FS or in a NP.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Sep 27, 2008 - 11:32pm PT
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C4 is way too soft for this effort.
If you intend to do it (and live), you will need to work out a switch back route. For that you will need a maximal friction coefficient while also rolling.
The maximum friction will be required as you turn from straight down to working back across the slope. Super soft rubber, while compliant will just shear off and the tire will transition from rolling to sliding.
If this is not immediately obvious, consider motorcycle racing on ice. Their is no simple rubber compound that will make you a winner.
Likewise you will need much higher tech tires than straight rubber of plastic compounds - and a budget! :-O
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Double D
climber
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Sep 28, 2008 - 01:10am PT
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It's always bummed me out that Mt. Bikes weren't legal on more trails. I've allways thought they could do a lotto-permit deal to limit the number, regulate insurance for heli-rescues and keep folks accountable.
PCH...all the way to Tahoe? Way cool! When I used to live in Nevada City we used to ride a very cool section of PCH between the Buttes and some lake to the south. It was like a custom made trail for bikes!
CF...I totally agree, horse hoofs are the worst for trails. Besides, when was the last time you saw a equestrian group stage a day of trail maintenance? When I lived in San Clemente and rode the San Juan Trail several times per week it would get flooded and washed out every other year or so and the forest service NEVER had to do any maintenance. It was always a group effort of those of us who rode it a lot.
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Rickster
Trad climber
Pine Bush,NY
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Sep 28, 2008 - 07:15am PT
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MTB's in NPs are restricted to roads, dirt or paved. Redwoods National Park is the only NP I know of that has (legal) single track w/a route that follows the coast then cuts back in overland to the highway. Olympic National has some very nice unpaved roads that climb on up to ridge or two with great views and fast descents. Kind of a blast passing the 4 wheelers on the descent, especially after eating their dust on up. And of course there's Canyon Land's miles of dirt roads. RC
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dolomite_said
Gym climber
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . . . Buffering
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Sep 28, 2008 - 10:27pm PT
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I used to ride from Horseshoe Lake to Red's Meadow via a section of the PCT near Red Cones (late 80s), but as the years went on horses pretty much destroyed the trail for (bike)riding purposes, or for even walking .
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east side underground
Trad climber
crowley ca
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Sep 28, 2008 - 10:32pm PT
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I also loved the horseshoe to reds run , rock creek to hilton creek, yosemite west to wawona!!!
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corniss chopper
Mountain climber
san jose, ca
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Sep 29, 2008 - 04:48pm PT
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The trails are so nice in the spring before
the horses begin ripping them up. By October its
a disaster. Like others, I have found it is safer to walk
to the side of a trail due to the 'Horse Damage" which causes
more issues.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 29, 2008 - 05:14pm PT
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I don't know about Half Dome, but I sure think Fairview can be biked.
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