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TwistedCrank
climber
Ideeho-dee-do-dah-day boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 20, 2009 - 05:00pm PT
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Doowd. That's not just any cacti. That's the devil.
A cousin of mine went to Mexico with a buddy to climb some volcanoes. They ran into a bunch of those cacti who stole their wallets and passports and ripped their faces off and abandoned them with a burlap sack fullk of soiled Tony the Tiger dolls.
I'm just sayin'
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Oct 20, 2009 - 09:49pm PT
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Jim, I have heard some folks (no one on ST yet) spew poo about the chossiness of the Black. Ha ha ha. What did they think it was going to be like the Valley?
Funny thing is they are talking about the heavily traveled trade routes. Those have cleaned up so much it is like they aren't really in the Black. They have NO idea what the routes were originally like.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 20, 2009 - 10:03pm PT
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Yeah Philo, the ST kingdom is composed of granite so when they get on the quartzite on Temple Crag the tighty whities get brown spots.
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reddirt
climber
Elevation 285 ft
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Oct 20, 2009 - 11:09pm PT
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looking fwd to returning... thanks for Casually Off Route, Jim : )
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Oct 22, 2009 - 03:21pm PT
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I still think the Black would be a grand destination for a Sushi-Fest.
Think of the possibilities.
S.O.B. roll
Cruise roll.
Astrodog roll.
Dragon roll.
Hallucinogen roll...
The mind reels.
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Shano
Trad climber
921OB
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Oct 22, 2009 - 03:36pm PT
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after watching "Higher Ground" I wanna climb there, but then again not sure if I ever wanna climb there. Watching that death flake just miss Wharton...
Made my palms all sweaty just watchin' it...
OK yeah, I definitely maybe wanna climb there!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 22, 2009 - 03:39pm PT
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Great idea Philo! The Cali branch of ST can come out and show their stuff and I'll bet the Montana clan would be there in a heartbeat. Count me in if you can twist Nature's arm.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Oct 22, 2009 - 03:44pm PT
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Jim, it was talked about once and Nature seemed interested but it never came together. I even thought it would be very cool to do it on the 2nd sandbar down by the PW. Can you imagine how fine that would be.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 22, 2009 - 04:12pm PT
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Uh oh philo,
that tie in arrangement is,... suspect.
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philo
Trad climber
boulder, co.
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Oct 22, 2009 - 07:35pm PT
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Ron, considering the characters involved i'd say that it surely was the usual suspects.
That toon is from our high bivy on the Forrest Walker and it was no where near as comfortable as that looks. But, we did find a can of mystery food stashed in a crack and mostly covered with rock shards. It was obviously old. There was no label and the can was aged from years of exposure to the extreme conditions. It had to be Bill and Chris' from the original ascent. How cool, extra food we hadn't had to carry. Our minds skittered over the endless possibilities of what delightful nourishment waited inside. We finished choking down our usual fair of mashed bagels, hot tuna fish and coagulated cheese and turned our attention to the salvaged can expectantly. Licking the last of the tuna juice off my Swiss army knife lest it contaminate the goods I proceeded to liberate the long trapped yummy something from within.
PFFFFFFFFFFT....Air from yesteryear spewed forth all around us.
PHEW! what a reek! It had a way of saying "Don't Touch".
I can't properly describe it but it was disturbing to say the least.
Once this noxious time bomb had been a can of sliced pineapples.
But untold cycles of baking and freezing on a tiny ledge high above the Gunnison River had turned the once delectable wall treat into nasty blackened carriage washers of fermented death.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 22, 2009 - 09:48pm PT
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You just weren't hungry enough.
I was referring to the clip into the I-go-and-pull-you-too rope arrangement.
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