Went up near Crystal Lake to a bit of rock I've had my eyes on for a while. There's a approach slab section lower in the canyon, and I figured I'd head up there today and fool around with some systems I was working on and get a better idea of the place.
Got to hang out on a ledge in the San Gabes, which is kinda weird in a way. I also saw a baby rattlesnake on a rock on the hike up, and a male tarantula crossing the road on the way home. That's about it. No beatings, no shootings, nothing exciting. Sorry folks.
Pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tacodelrio ... 129842161/
20130818 Solo Climbing Stuff
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Uncle Rico
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So is that a fixed route, or did you place this pin (or anchor, or whatever the appropriate rock-climbing terminology is)? Cool pic either way.
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Taco
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I placed it, all of halfway in.
Seems the seams are actually filled with crappy rock, so you hafta clean the seam with a nut tool, then hammer in a pin, remove it, clean, and replace the pin. Otherwise, you only get it in partway and just push more loose crud further back between the two layers of good rock.
Seems the seams are actually filled with crappy rock, so you hafta clean the seam with a nut tool, then hammer in a pin, remove it, clean, and replace the pin. Otherwise, you only get it in partway and just push more loose crud further back between the two layers of good rock.