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drsuperfly
Jun 2, 2009, 1:05 AM
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I was climbing PATC Lieback. After climbing the crack while transitioning over to the chimney on the left I grabbed a 5 foot by 2 foot slab of rock. It slid 6 inches. After telling my belayer to move to the side I let go and it made a crack sound. I was lowered and ran like hell. Questions for the forum: What is a safe way to go about dislodging the unstable bolder? Is it good climber’s etiquette to do so? It looks like a pretty good line. Beware.
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onceahardman
Jun 2, 2009, 1:23 AM
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drsuperfly wrote: I was climbing PATC Lieback. After climbing the crack while transitioning over to the chimney on the left I grabbed a 5 foot by 2 foot slab of rock. It slid 6 inches. After telling my belayer to move to the side I let go and it made a crack sound. I was lowered and ran like hell. Questions for the forum: What is a safe way to go about dislodging the unstable bolder? Is it good climber’s etiquette to do so? It looks like a pretty good line. Beware. TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast.
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irregularpanda
Jun 2, 2009, 2:11 AM
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onceahardman wrote: TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast. Agreed. Rappel or traverse in safely. Bring a crowbar. Make sure nobody is below you. Bring a cameraman.
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coolcat83
Jun 2, 2009, 2:45 AM
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irregularpanda wrote: onceahardman wrote: TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast. Agreed. Rappel or traverse in safely. remember to keep your ropes out of the way when you let it loose Bring a crowbar. Make sure nobody is below you. Bring a cameraman. please i saw a video a couple years back of some guys lettig loose a whole pillar, they used a scissor jack from a car to move it...perhaps a bit extreme
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pendereki
Jun 2, 2009, 3:00 AM
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coolcat83 wrote: irregularpanda wrote: onceahardman wrote: TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast. Agreed. Rappel or traverse in safely. remember to keep your ropes out of the way when you let it loose Bring a crowbar. Make sure nobody is below you. Bring a cameraman. please i saw a video a couple years back of some guys lettig loose a whole pillar, they used a scissor jack from a car to move it...perhaps a bit extreme Really!! If it is OK to use a crowbar or a scissor jack to remove rock from a route, how 'bout just a hammer and chisel to remove a little bit of rock? A couple of new handholds maybe??
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irregularpanda
Jun 2, 2009, 3:18 AM
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pendereki wrote: Really!! If it is OK to use a crowbar or a scissor jack to remove rock from a route, how 'bout just a hammer and chisel to remove a little bit of rock? A couple of new handholds maybe?? OK, now shut your word hole.
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coolcat83
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pendereki wrote: coolcat83 wrote: irregularpanda wrote: onceahardman wrote: TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast. Agreed. Rappel or traverse in safely. remember to keep your ropes out of the way when you let it loose Bring a crowbar. Make sure nobody is below you. Bring a cameraman. please i saw a video a couple years back of some guys lettig loose a whole pillar, they used a scissor jack from a car to move it...perhaps a bit extreme Really!! If it is OK to use a crowbar or a scissor jack to remove rock from a route, how 'bout just a hammer and chisel to remove a little bit of rock? A couple of new handholds maybe?? Never said I approved
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curt
Jun 2, 2009, 7:05 AM
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pendereki wrote: coolcat83 wrote: irregularpanda wrote: onceahardman wrote: TRUNDLING has a great history for climbers. Make it safe, then let it fly!!! I'm jealous. Trundling is a blast. Agreed. Rappel or traverse in safely. remember to keep your ropes out of the way when you let it loose Bring a crowbar. Make sure nobody is below you. Bring a cameraman. please i saw a video a couple years back of some guys lettig loose a whole pillar, they used a scissor jack from a car to move it...perhaps a bit extreme Really!! If it is OK to use a crowbar or a scissor jack to remove rock from a route, how 'bout just a hammer and chisel to remove a little bit of rock? A couple of new handholds maybe?? Different concept entirely--please try to pay attention. Curt
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virginiapine
Sep 24, 2009, 9:28 PM
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Hmmm, I'll have to get up there again soon and have a look. I've extended PATC Lieback and Hemlock Crack to the top by pulling straight down on that flake in order to reach a crack to the right and thence up the upper wall. Funny how I've never had any problem with that flake. But then I started doing alpine stuff within a year of learning to rock climb and thus automatically pay very close attention to what I'm grabbing and HOW I grab it - after all, virtually everything up in the high peaks is loose... Looking at the orig. post again, I suppose he may be referring to something on the big ledge, as opposed to a flake above....
(This post was edited by virginiapine on Sep 24, 2009, 9:32 PM)
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shimanilami
Sep 24, 2009, 9:54 PM
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Safety? Etiquette? Fuck that bullshit. Real men use dynamite. And lots of it.
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shimanilami wrote: Safety? Etiquette? Fuck that bullshit. Real men use dynamite. And lots of it. This is correct. Superfly, I will bring the explosives (homemade of course) if you can get your hands on a video camera. Weekdays would be best but I'm not afraid to give the tourons a show either. Just let me know.
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minibiter
Sep 25, 2009, 3:38 AM
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Thanks for the heads up, I've been meaning to get back up there now that the weather's chilling out. Probably gonna head to the reflector oven / OMG / Bushwhack area though. I haven't been on that route but what I would do is rap in and pop that puppy. Assuming a rap is possible... Good advice to make sure your rope are out of the way. I pulled a smaller flake off something over on whale's lip or eagle's gift last year, probably only 30# or so of rock but it exploded pretty well! Had lots of bugs behind it too.
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minibiter
Sep 25, 2009, 3:47 AM
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After reviewing the book, my flake came off slightly right of The Latest Trick at Upper God's.
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