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goldencrowbar
Nov 8, 2003, 12:57 PM
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OK folks, great news! Tonights the night and a small crag in Alabama is the target for this years chop off!
Location: Sandrock Alabama
The goal: removal of all metal grafiti attached to the cliff sides
Rules: at midnight rappel ropes will be simutainously dropped over all bolted climbs. Then at the sound of the whistle choppers will begin their cleanup activitys. At 6:00AM CST another whistle will sound signalling all competitors to stop work and return to the base camp.
Grand prize: One gold plated 48" crowbar
Come one and come all, witness history in the making! No more eyesore stainless steel hangars to look at, No more "I just climbed a 5.11, now I'm ready for 5.12" being screamed at the top of someones lungs. Let's do it!!!!!!!!!!!
Operation Clean Sweep, coming soon to a crag near you.
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tradpuppy
Nov 8, 2003, 1:30 PM
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Hmmmm, you're gonna chop there on the weekend?
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goldencrowbar
Nov 8, 2003, 1:51 PM
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Of course the event will be held on the weekend, you have more competitors that way. Come on down and join in on the fun.
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tradpuppy
Nov 8, 2003, 2:08 PM
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I'd love to, but I got some bushwhacking to do.
Here's my 1 route retro list:
K***** Club
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goldencrowbar
Nov 8, 2003, 2:36 PM
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KC, and all the others on Holiday block are going to be the first to go! Come daylight that area will be pristine again.
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tradpuppy
Nov 8, 2003, 2:40 PM
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Another one for the list:
T*** Pockets
I know you love that one!!!
And while you're there, see if you can't find that lost route, K**** Litter. :lol:
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goldencrowbar
Nov 9, 2003, 5:25 AM
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Folks, great news. Horace Pennington is this years recipient of the Golden Crowbar. Update your guidebooks: Kennel Club is now whatever Tradpuppy wants to call it at 5.7, Underdog is back to being Rambo at 5.9+, Oyster is now Great White Buffalo at 5.9. All the Girl Scout retros on the end of Holiday Block are now gone, Tuesday's back! That goofy 5.9 beside Marks Menace is now history. Thin in the Middle is now Pussy-cat, Like it used to be.
That silly thing to the right of it is now Cat Scratch Fever at 5.9. The 2 bolt lines on the campground side of West Side are now back to being boulder problems. The bolt line recently known as Shut Out has been restored, everybody and their brother used to climb it years ago! The boulder problems on the slab near Flintstone are boulder problems again! the cold shuts 3/4 of the way up Comfortably Numb are now histoy. The bolts next to the Help from my Friends crack are now history. Cruise This is now Scream Dream.
After the awards ceremony was completed all the booty hardware was mounted to coathangers and hung up in one of the pinetrees via a climbing deer stand a friend brought. We thought that it would make a nice Christmas tree.
The only problem we encountered was when this crazy guy showed up with a varmit rifle and 200 rounds of handloads He claimed that he could bust a bolt stud every shot at 100 yards, but we finally convinced him just to let us use our hammers and crowbars. To be honest it wasn't easy as he was stuborn as a mule.
Operation Clean Sweep, once again a success!
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tradpuppy
Nov 9, 2003, 5:53 AM
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In reply to: Folks, great news. Horace Pennington is this years recipient of the Golden Crowbar. Update your guidebooks: Kennel Club is now whatever Tradpuppy wants to call it at 5.7
Can we call it "Die Johnny, Die"?
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goldencrowbar
Nov 9, 2003, 6:23 AM
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Exellent choice of names, Tradpuppy.
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tradpuppy
Nov 9, 2003, 6:26 AM
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knew you'd agree. Now I'm off to play lone boulderer. No snakes, too cold.
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photon
Nov 9, 2003, 7:06 AM
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sweet but I think you should rename it
Operation bored and weak
Location: some bodunk crag noone cares about
Goal: to give some gumby trad climbers who can't pull down something
to talk about
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lexmark
Nov 9, 2003, 10:03 AM
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Agreed photon, Operation Weak!
If you all climbed harder you wouldn't be so scared of the bolts.
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tradpuppy
Nov 9, 2003, 1:26 PM
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Iowa, huh?
:roll:
I looked at some of those bouldering pics. Glad I'll never have to climb on that slimy choss.
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couloir
Nov 9, 2003, 9:21 PM
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So I was just curious if any of you choppers (idiots, poseurs, inbreds, whatever) will even climb any of these routes/boulder problems or if you'll just sit around a bonfire throwing PBR cans in the fire reminiscing about your night of "glory".
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onelung
Nov 9, 2003, 11:16 PM
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Bravo,
The Golden Crow Bar.....I love it!
Anyone come to Hawaii I got some work for you...but you have inspired me to work towards cleaner routes and crags.
Big Mahalos Brothers!!!
i am bill
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judsondoyle
Dec 15, 2003, 4:39 PM
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I was just reading about Sandrock and noticed this e mail. I am having trouble really understanding it. Did you take the bolts off of these routes? The reason that I ask is because I live in Colorado now and was looking forward to coming home to Alabama and getting to climb some rock. And it kind of sounds like you have taken the bolts off. So ultimately my question is are their any bolted routes to be lead in Sandrock anymore. I dont leave for Alabama for a few more days, so if you could let me know if I should pack the rope or not I would appreciate it Thanks.
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esoteric1
Dec 19, 2003, 3:10 PM
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I cant say ive never chopped, especially trad protected boulder problems, but there is something to face climbing that trad cant match, i do both, although i do look down on sport wienies....just look foreward to what your choppin, now you might have to wait in line to climb your favorite routes
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