[TR] Stuart - WR 7/28/2007

[Alex_Mineev]

Trip: Stuart - WR

 

Date: 7/28/2007

 

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[spotly]

Gotta love the rock up there. Nice pics.

[Bug]

Too much to read.

But great pics.

So you cornered a goat?

I was on that route once and I swear the goat ahead of me was dropping rocks on purpose.

[kevbone]

Great pictures.

[olyclimber]

Nice Alex!

[lizard_brain]

Love the pics. We were a day behind you guys. Great rock up there.

[Alex_Mineev]

Goat.

We met her after topping Long John Tower pitch. We chose right-hand variation to save some time and not deal with ropes, but ended up unpacking the rope for just one move that seemed to be too exposed. So, we just topped the pitch when she came from somewhere above, made this look and casually proceeded down the route we just climbed. Oleg and I instinctively squized our heads into shoulders expecting to hear sound of falling goat body. But she was Ok!. Respect!

Why she? a minute later her little kid wizzed by us and jumped into the same abyss not even looking around.

How do they do it?..

[kevbone]

My wife and I climbed the WR about 4 years ago. We climbed the entire route in our approach shoes. We did not break the rope out until the last 400 feet. Great fun.

[OlegV]

We thought, taking our wifes through the WR would put an end to our marriages

[ericb]

Anything with loose steep scree is bad for my marriage

[spotly]

Loose stuff can be bad for any marriage

[Bug]

That's why I took my girlfriend down loose scree on slab a couple weeks ago.

It's the "Scree Test".

If she passes, you move on to the "Bushwhacking Test".

And so forth.

Very few old girlfriends return my calls.

 

But great pics.

Goats spend 90% of their life within a 1 mile square area. So they know every hold on every route they do. I once tried to follow a nanny and kid in the Sawtooths and ended up asking for a rope. 5.9 slab above a 600 foot drop. They scampered across it like it was a playground.