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Scott onsited the whole thing, having never been on that part of the rock. With the variations he took, 3 pitches, almost 400 feet of stout 5.8-5.9 Beacon crack climbing. With the heat and the dark rock, when I got up to Grassy ledges, Plaid was reclining in the shade and saying he had heat exhaustion. yeah right!

Leave no trace?

Who is this cowboy out getting er done?

Sheesh, that was fast. Yes you win a free piece of his gear, your choice.

I think you should wear red boxers with flowers on them so that no one can see your long john.

Bill Coe on the first ascent of Crackaliscous Jeff Thomas on the first ascent of Know what I Mean Nice job guys!

Nice looking route!

Great photos and beta, very cool.

all you can handle Bill, photo of Blownout below! Me and Plaid and PDX Rick did a climb at Area 51 called Rocketman on Saturday. It has this final finishing bulge that is super sharp and painful and burly, not that fun but somewhat wild with a crazy finishing arete that is total choss. I am so thankful for Beacon Rocks rock, the stuff may be somewhat slick but its not that painful.

yes it is Bill! Thats my buddy Dave "Crusher" McRae on Canine Shanghai at Petes.

mellow to burly

What a great experience for a 14 year old.

Plaidman must be all charged up from climbing Rocketman, 10d yesterday, the guys a animal. Him and Rick climbed at Beacon in the morning, and then they climbed with me up in the boonies at Area 51 second half of the day as it is so nice and cool up there when its hot everywhere else.

No crampons for Adams south side route. Just a good hiking boot is fine. It is basically a hike. You should have a ice ax if you are going to glissade however.

Thank you Brent for your services, and to your fellow corpsmen! You guys rock. Salute!!!

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Unfortunatly charging for parking and for access is going to become more the rule then the exception at many places from now on. Local, state, and federal governments broke, they are going to do whatever they can to generate revenue. Our State Parks are now in the situation where they need to generate revenue to fund themselves. If they are unable to do so, they will be closed. This whole situation is going to get much much worse in a short period of time as there is no solution on the horizon. Sad times for America.

Jason, heal well and quickly bro! Kudos to Todd and girlfriend for being the good climbing samaritans!

Those SAR guys ROCK!!! Thanks for the cool photos.

Nice writing dude!

Nice and badass as usual.

Sounds great! anymore photos?

It ain't that simple Joe. Keep your friggin hands off of other peoples routes. If you did not put up the route, that you don't get to chop or add bolts without permission, and that goes for anyone. Certainly you can exercise free will and do whatever, but then someone else might decide to exercise free will on your face. I think its pretty humorous that some people like to get a route wired by repeating it endless times, and then they get all uptight and arrogant about a fixed piece of gear on a route that they don't need (since they have the route wired), thinking that this somehow makes them a bigger man or a tougher climber. GO CLIMB A DIFFERENT ROUTE BOYS. Something a little harder, more desperate, more challenging. But noooooooo, that would require some balls. Leave the damn bolts put in by the first ascentionist alone. Period, unless it is replacement. If you want to prove your worth to everyone, then there is a time tested method of doing that, and its called soloing. But don't think you are fooling anyone by trying to retro chop bolts with indignation. Fawking pussies.

because then Joseph will be hangdogging your routes...