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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2008 - 04:12am PT
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Dirt in eye.....I've climbed in the south;....you are correct;.....California sucks;.....good thing most people don't know just how good the climbing is in the south, or Yosemite, Joshua Tree, and Eldo would empty out, and everyone would head on down to the south east. I could even get up and move to N. Carolina, if I wasn't up to my eyeballs in debt, and my job didn't have me by the gymbag............
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2008 - 04:15am PT
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I showed my boo boo to my sons;...here was their reaction....(file that one tooth down;....looks like a razor, batboy......)
Why climb, when I can hang out with these 3 homeboys?
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 30, 2008 - 04:37am PT
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WEll Todd, I'll say I have not been to Yosemite, (probably never will for medical reasons) but I have been to Jtree and the Gunks, and I can safely say that those places SUCK compared to lots of rock in NC for granite and particularly the BSF for sandstone in Tennessee.
You really should come visit. There's LOADS of unclimbed three to 5 pitch mega-hard sand stone in the BSF. IF you chance upon a DCA (dixie craggers atlas) in the BSF section, Noffsinger is one of my best buddies, and Steg and I climbed a lot together right up til I got sick. I'll hook you up with those guys, LOL.
Bring the muppet along, she loves NC granite, but has not been to the BSF yet.
And yet I see your point about the rug rats. I have no rug rats, alas. OR maybe that's good-- for them, LOL. But I like rug rats, hell bring them too.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 30, 2008 - 04:45am PT
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hey there todd... say, great booboo story... great pics... great kids...
and say, dirtineye:
great notes on southern climbing-rocks... hope you are well as can be expected this early morning... thanks again for the note on the rocks down south, still wish you get a get a chance to see yosemite... god bless :)
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 30, 2008 - 04:52am PT
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Anything could happen Neebee.
Thanks for the nice thoughts.
Come try out our southern fried rock!
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tooth
Mountain climber
B.C.
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Sep 30, 2008 - 07:31am PT
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Thanks for the pics Todd, and DON"T file that tooth down! Good job with keeping his teeth white! Here in Guam most of the kids I see that age have black stubs instead of shiny white fangs!
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snowey
Trad climber
San Diego
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Sep 30, 2008 - 09:14am PT
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Nice pics!
That traverse isn't I Can't Believe its a Girdle in the wonderland, is it? If not, what is it, it looks great!
I did that with Josh Higgins last year and it was fantastic.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Sep 30, 2008 - 09:23am PT
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Todd, what's a young lad like you doing pushing the age button?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2008 - 10:18am PT
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Mr. Donini, sir;....humble apologies;.....It's just that....I mean...I feel like......I can't help but.........oh;...never mind...( Sir; you are an inspiration to all...).... The climbs are Lubricated Goat (5.10-) to Bish (5.8+), and are located across Barker Dam, on the left as you approach Room to Schroom.....There is no water in the dam now, and it took about 10 min. to approach these climbs from the Barker Dam parking lot......
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WoodySt
Trad climber
Riverside
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Sep 30, 2008 - 10:25am PT
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Todd. That little scratch? I need to show you how to get a real Boo Boo, a manly Boo Boo.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 30, 2008 - 10:36am PT
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I saw the boo-boo and surely Yur Gonna die!!
and die sooner than when you were in your 20s.
I wouldn't trust Locker to stitch it up though. I think he could glue a rubber patch on it and maybe that would help you climb too.
Why does gravity cling to age?
Joshua Tree, that place has short-crag syndrome. It feels small compared to Yosemite so it overcompensates with sandbags, runouts, and other nasty surprises.
The Sun-wrecked Locals probably hardly notice.
;-)
Karl
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tdoughty
Mountain climber
descanso, ca
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Sep 30, 2008 - 10:56am PT
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The older I get, the worse the boo-boos feel. Was up on Emerson’s se face a week ago, almost to the top, when a loose rock I was standing on decided it was time to move on down the mtn. Stacked on top of it was some microwave sized blocks, one of whom I tried to rescue. It rejected my amorous advances and hurt my feelings, I mean hurt my finger.
300' from the top
Boo-Boo
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Sep 30, 2008 - 11:34am PT
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Recommend "Bactine" instead of Iodine. Doesn't sting!
Dress with muppet band-aid.
Factoring in age, allow two and one half years for recovery.
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tdoughty
Mountain climber
descanso, ca
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Sep 30, 2008 - 11:54am PT
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At the time I had no 1st aid supplies, so I stuffed the hand in a polypro glove. Didn't peel it it off untill the next morning...ouch! Bactine? hell I washed with Dr. Bonner's...double ouch! Age? I'm only 51! Wont it be healed by the end of the week? NOT!!! SO kunch for those finger cracks I was eyeing!
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Latitute 33
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Sep 30, 2008 - 12:03pm PT
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Lubricated Goat and Bish are modern Josh Classics. Last season we even found evidence of pre-historic malted hops drinking at the base of Bish. If the water at Barker Dam is high, the approach across the dam and boulders will take considerably longer than 10 minutes. PS: Beware the ants.
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Sep 30, 2008 - 01:38pm PT
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Classic list of excuses, Todd! May I borrow them?
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 30, 2008 - 03:44pm PT
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I thought it was BISP, boner in sweat pants?
For mountain bike rash i userd to keep a bottle of Southern Comfort next to the bathtub.
A couple of snocks, then the ivory soap, then the toothbrush, ouch!
If you clean the heck out of it, you don't even need the expensive medicine, just let the dog lick it a few times and I'm done.
I mean your done.
I don't mess with ani-mules.
They are too smalll.
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tamberly
Trad climber
san diego
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Sep 30, 2008 - 11:12pm PT
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all right to dirtineye..... doncha know J tree has NO sport climbing.....you might think so....until ya get on one.. they tend to be hard and run out...but I will say this climb looked well bolted which is very unusual for Jtree....
Take care of your BOO BOO.... neosporin, neosporin, don't let it dry up
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tamberly
Trad climber
san diego
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Sep 30, 2008 - 11:15pm PT
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by the way...WOODY is a pro at "manly" boo boo's :)
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