Szyjakowski

ahh..outside. Sure was nice today in the desert. Climbing basalt choss without all the typical yappers that fill up sunshine wall sure is pleasant. Especially wednesday in december.

fer sur yah

NOAA for George, WA partly cldy sat thru mon Hi 48°F Lo 25°F course its only monday night.

time to hit up ole choss coulee!

overheard today at the dryden gym. if only a granite dome intruded that shit out east then we'd have a nice place to go in the winter...and not down south....

damn,you must be really famous...you get all the celebrities at your house.

yes it sucks.. but the lab will suck worse.

now that seems like an unfair trade. polish gals are at least worth a few cams.

Side note: the first pitch of the reg route actually does not go up the bolts...that used to be a variation (called ed boltz or something like that). the original first goes up the scruffy looking roof above the chimney. Definitely worthy!

soon turf-lover...soon.

lots of boulders out there. pick one and send! but careful of the delicate desert and dont trample like all the pad people do.

pick the blue ones for sure!

more reasons this is a bad idea oh yah, i am sure only small drills are needed...

Really sucks to hear about this rap bolting with a handdrill or power drill when my buddy and i were trying to go groundup. (i am fairly sure that the capt saw them rap bolting) For dan and i the final headwall shut us down and we have not been back for a few years....we planned on finishing it this year but I had to slip hiking in early august hey 'ed, where does the route go?

duh, they are all related...even the recent cali quake. plate tectonics is so real and in our face!!

tex arrived sans tap! too bad.....

holy shit cappellini. you have almost made 100posts! as always...you are spot on! the entire robbins/harding pageant is old boring news.

banned!

i miss erik.

no no no. granite----szyjakowski's head---scar----bt---beer---climbing

If you want to discuss or critique the way it was done (method) and whether is was "clumsy", feel free to PM me. I was one of the 3 people who chopped it. That said, I think this is a distraction from what we are trying to discuss. I think Bug raises some important issues in his post above. We would benefit more from addressing and discussing those points than rehashing this one specific incident. ican't believe viktor actually put that in his route description...what a shame. the route was led on gear..i do recall that it had a few pitons, but perhaps it can protect with new widgets. the fact that remains is it was led with gear (preplaced or not, it takes gear). that picture of croft on airstream with bolts near some rp cracks is almost a shame...the crack looks like (to me) not very gear friendly unless you pound a piton. pitons damage rock like bolts..so there is not difference...that being said perhaps viktor's statement isn't that out of the playing field. the route probably needs a few bolts near wear pitons used to exhist, constituting a mixed lead....

i just got my own copy of this relic!

shale----slate---phyllite----schist----gneiss----mylonite

hahahaha do you need some more lance?

yah mean its not like northern di? oh sweet baby jeezus. i have not been up to the enchanments since, aug 7th i want to go this weekend tho. any of you crack climbing dirt lovers interested???