Three Old Coots & Crimpie nab the notorious Ruper in Eldo !

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Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 01:57am PT
A collaborative effort picture wise, cameras fluttering from all four of us.
Chiloe's, Crimpie's, and my shots featured here...
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 9, 2009 - 02:31am PT
all buttered up on codeine, post dental surgery, no leading for me, or operating heavy machinery
for that matter...


As he cleaned a large cam I had placed just to get it off my rack, Tarbuster looked up with a
big grin and said, "I'm operating heavy machinery!"
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 9, 2009 - 02:39am PT
You got to go with the times, Robin Smith wrote that.

Not only did we go with more link cams, probably, than Layton Kor needed pitons ... we also went
with four cameras.

Mike doesn't post here but he took some of the best shots, adding yet another perspective on
our circus. I hope he won't mind if I share a few of them.


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 9, 2009 - 02:44am PT
More by Mike Munger:

Finishing off the traverse:



On the upper wall, Mike & Crimpie on Alice in Bucketland, and Tarbuster and I on upper
Ruper, were climbing parallel up vertical rock. This made for some fine angles, although
we were mostly hanging on with both hands instead of shooting like mad as we should have.


Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 9, 2009 - 02:53am PT
Looked down upon Larry and he said something like: "Man I'm Cooked"

I was, too. It felt past beer time, but here we were still a thousand feet up.
Olihphant

climber
Somewhere over the rainbow
May 9, 2009 - 08:10am PT
What a grand romp. Not cutting edge or news but an adventure all the same.
Some really nice shots all around. Tarbuster bustin' a move with a Stetson groove.

Crimpergirl crimpin' up the steep in crimpstyle.
Mike being the stalwart sharp end coot while snapping some stellar pics.
And Spartacus lookin' so dandy and climbin' so fine.

You cats should start a retro rock band named Crimpie and the Coots.
Rock on!
Captain...or Skully

Social climber
North of the Owyhees
May 9, 2009 - 09:46am PT
Beautiful stone there........
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 11:29am PT
As we all reached the summit, it was naturally time to go down.
So with a minimum of muss and fuss, that's just what we did ...
In no small way motivated by cocktails.



Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 11:33am PT

Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
May 9, 2009 - 11:35am PT
Mmmm...cocktails!
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
May 9, 2009 - 11:40am PT

Cocktails, she cried!!!!!!




butno'toonzoncocktailnapkins????????


Yehaw!!!!!11111
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 11:48am PT
Wandering back along below Red Garden Wall,
Taking a look back up toward the three-tiered scene of the crime:



bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
May 9, 2009 - 01:19pm PT
badass and beautious all at once!!!

that's a great day out.
Zander

Trad climber
Berkeley
May 9, 2009 - 02:40pm PT
Looks like you all had fun.
Nice!
Zander
Chiloe

Trad climber
Lee, NH
May 9, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
Do I remember correctly that one of Pat's guidebooks has a photo of Don Whillans on Ruper's
6th-pitch traverse?
Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 04:34pm PT
Don Whillans on Ruper?
Now there's a picture of an old coot worthy of digging up!
I don't have it in my copy of High Over Boulder.
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
May 9, 2009 - 04:46pm PT
Roy. . .Chiloe


You guys mean this one???????

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 06:02pm PT
Good one Steve!
That's a keeper.

Two brainiacs & one great big rock:

Tarbuster

climber
right here, right now
Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2009 - 06:05pm PT
Finally, FINALLY...
We made it to a proper happy hour:



Crimpergirl

Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
May 9, 2009 - 10:26pm PT
Super fun day with all of you. I hope Chiloe gets back this way very soon so we can do it again. :)

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