Heads up at Index yo.

[Sol]

Heads up folks. Last thursday while leading the 11a extension to the third pithc of Heart of the Country, the giant coffee-table sized flake that you pull on to get into the crack made a very loud pop and subsequent creak then pulled out about a 1/2 inch . If that thing goes with people below on GM or Phone calls from the dead the proabability of survival is low. As much as I love Index, it is an exfoliating choss pile, be careful.

[dberdinka]

You've got some bad ju-ju going on there with rockfall bro. I ain't climbing anywhere near you there.

[Alex]

get a crowbar up there on a weekday and "send it!"

[dylan_taylor]

Maybe it needs a nighttime courtesy trundle.

[lancegranite]

Easier said than done.

My good friend D***** climbed the first pitch of Magic Fern.

The giant chockstone that serves as an anchor shifted,

causing the insitsu rappel slings to slip off. The chockstone hung there, supported by an inch and a half of one side of the flake.

The thing would now wiggle back and forth when you touched it.

D***** lived that day, caught by a single cam shoved into a crack at his feet.

 

With our blood up, we hiked to the base with a 7 pound sledge hammer and large j-bar.

 

Nothing says fun like swinging a sledge hammer while on rappel. you have nothing to push off of....

The chockstone came out, thundering down where it would have killed the belayer.

[mattp]

It can take an amazing amount of work to pry off what seems to be a very loose flake sometimes. An extra long snow picket can be a useful tool here.

[fenderfour]

Go wit da Gorilla Bar yo.

[Off_White]

This is using a 5' long digging bar.

 

[MrDoolittle]

Mix ammonium nitrate with diesel fuel. Add home-made blasting cap and plenty of hobby wick. Place improvised explosive device behind offensive rock. Light wick. Evacuate the area. Cover ears and open mouth to protect hearing from overpressure. Enjoy loud boom. Repeat as necessary.

[EWolfe]

Mix ammonium nitrate with diesel fuel. Add home-made blasting cap and plenty of hobby wick. Place improvised explosive device behind offensive rock. Light wick. Evacuate the area. Cover ears and open mouth to protect hearing from overpressure. Enjoy loud boom. Repeat as necessary.

 

AID!!!!

[icegirl]

So is the flake gone yet?

[CascadeClimber]

feh

 

[icegirl]

hah!

[None]

but isn't Magic Fern a fun route. like yosemite quality crack climbing even though kind of short. toddler out

[Dave_Schuldt]

There's a flake on the 2nd pitch of Onlime at Static Point that would be fun to pry off. You might have to replace the bolts below.