<3 Missed Connection - 5.12 Offwidth Babe on Fine Jade

Tradprincess you are the bomb, sorry some dbag had to create a fake account just to flame you. 

This is MP, why create a fake account? flaming is half of what everyone on here does anyway. 

(but props to all the people reaching out to pitch in and replace the stolen cams)

Christopher Smithwrote:

I don't have this issue.  Granted I don't actually climb only offwidth.  I get out and do other spicy runout leads (granted not hard leads but yeah).  Offwidth is just where I like to push my grades a bit (probably because I am mostly on toprope lol).

I find that I get this way if I climb a load OW and mostly OW for a period of time (usually because I hurt myself somehow and have to switch around different styles to keep getting my climbing fix). The solution to too much OW is easy though.. it's just sport climbing or reading a good self help book (I kid I kid). I'm never going to compain about good ol' T&A on the internet. Although I don't personally feel like I contribute a lot in that specific space. More power to those that rock it and flaunt it to be honest. Derailed discussion aside, FRITZ hmu if you need those cams replaced the good old fashioned way.Cheers and rocks!

The real question is did Grahm ever get an R1... 

(if this is a different Grahm from OK this will make no sense)

What’s up everyone! Noob Okie Grahm here checking in. I’ve been thoroughly entertained and inspired by many of the comments here. This event could make one lose faith in the climbing community, but it for me has only grown it. Climbers taking care of climbers is what the majority of us are all about! The generosity I’ve seen is truly amazing!

I also want to make sure this isn’t a smear campaign against the ladies we met that day, I have no hard feelings and feel that this is just a big mix up. I still am holding onto hope that we will be able to get into contact with them to get the gear back. The #4 I borrowed from a friend and would love to get that back into their hands.

I also want to take a second to throw some props to Fritz. I made a post about a month back asking for Moab transportation beta, and he not really knowing who I was, offered to pick me and my buddy from the airport and drive us back at the end of our trip. Not only that, but he went out of his way the day prior to pickup groceries and everything for us. Fritz is a total saint and as you read, he makes a great PBR crag angel as well.

PatMaswrote:

The real question is did Grahm ever get an R1... 

(if this is a different Grahm from OK this will make no sense)

I did! Haha thanks to Steve I now have a belay license (R1) that I wear almost every time I’m out!

Ugh, nothing worse than a drama thread where one of the primary parties shows up later and acts like a completely reasonable human being.

Hello again, everyone! Looks like you had a good time in my short absence.

@wide fetishers and denigrators , whilst you all were convivializing, I was establishing a two-pitch 5.11b offwidth at new wall in Indian Creek with one of the old guard (who wishes to remain anonymous, but has contributed over 200 quality Wingate routes). Slim, he's a friend of yours and has established many routes with you.

The first pitch is #4's and #5's with enough face features to keep the difficulty 5.10-.

The second pitch is one of the most unique wide pitches I've ever had the pleasure of thrutching up. The interior of the crack undulates in such a fashion from old #4's to #6's that repetitive stacking and cam-bumping is not an option. Instead, you must embrace the time-honored tradition of climbing above your pieces. On many occasions, the crack pinches down (flaring upward) to tighter-than-knee and forces you practice Roman Catholic birth control methods with your feet (eg, withdrawal) until you can get to the next widening and breathe a sigh of knee-lief. The pitch concludes with a straightforward but arduous run of calflocks protected by old #4's. While the splitter is only sixty feet, it's a bit overhanging, so we thought it deserved an honest 5.11b.

@TP/MCE, this is the kind of route that you would throughly enjoy, and in gratitude for your generous offer, I would be happy to give you the location beta to get the second ascent. As the area is still under construction, we're keeping it discreet and protected media exposure. If you're content to climb analog for a day, I will happily point you in the right direction or give you a belay.

@Grahm and John, I had an utterly righteous time hanging out with you guys and supporting your 72-hour tower mission. You should be proud of getting up and down Castleton in some of the most ferocious winds I've seen on that blessed cone. Also, congrats for onsighting the 5.10c money pitch on the classic tower route that you climbed the next day. I had a great time ropesoloing up behind you guys and sharing in the celebratory summit libations and inhalations. The contact high from your secondhand STOKE was just what I needed after being mentally and physically drained from my prior expedition. You guys are fantastic human beings and I look forward to climbing with you again.

@the T&A crowd, I believe that a woman's toes and ankles are a beautiful thing and should not be objectified like so many low-angle slabs of raw meat. At the same time, those who possess toes and ankles of exceptional beauty should not feel compelled to hide them from the world. Surely a compromise can be attained so that the T&A of the world can be appreciated for what they are, and displayed proudly but modestly in a pair of thongs.

@Shawna Hamilton, I much prefer the writings of your brother Alexander. The joke is on you, sir, because "Shawna" is most assuredly not the name of the woman in question. I merely gave her that appellation in tribute to a certain Mr. Snyder who also has a penchant for others' gear. I know her actual first name but would prefer not to expose her to any more pitchforks and doorstep-ornamenting brown paper bags of flaming gote poop than is necessary.

@Elijah S, thanks for your vote of confidence. In the tradition of the great Roman farmer-kings (as explicated in modern times by Episode I: The Phantom Menace), I promise to relinquish my powers to the people once this crisis has passed, and retire to my beloved gote ranch to live out my days in peace. 

@generous offers, I'm headed to an undisclosed tall granite area somewhere near Boulder for a few days and will be out of cell service. When I return, the Oklahoma ballers and I will discuss among ourselves and respond to your kindness.

F r i t zwrote:

Thanks for the kind offer! I've got my lil heart set on Bellyfull, PBR, and the tricks ext. so I'll be obsessing on those mostly and nagging for belays. You should give it to Kaya Lindsay or OW Mike who both love the wide more than reasonable humans should. 

F r i t zwrote:

OW without a shirt?  That's brave.  I'm personally a fan of the double shirt method, usually a sun hoodie with a Columbia PFG shirt over it.

Hello again, I have been fortunate enough to receive contact from one of the climbers who had our gear from the mix up. They will be shipping the cams back to my flat state this week.

This is a great example of climbers helping climbers. In this case it is even more generous because they are retuning the gear despite me being a beginner/epicer (bootilations 4:12), despite me making a mistake when sorting through our mixed up gear pile, and despite this thread building a poor and false perception of one of their own.

I would like to clear the names of the party we shared a windy wall with, they are just like you and me. I would like to apologize for the hurt that this thread may have brought. And I would like to thank the climbers for returning the gear and the others who offered to donate gear.

Im happy to be a part of this community and I’m looking forward to maybe getting to the top of Fine Jade some day! 

After taking a 15 year break from cascadeclimbers.com and climbing I am very happy to re-enter the world of climbing & forums to find threads like this.  I may have missed climbing forums as much as climbing. 

Looks like we have a conclusion to this saga.

Lest my original post be misconstrued, I am not madly in love with "Shawna." If there's one thing I learned from my last relationship, it's that you should never date climbers.

Context clues can be found in .this peer-reviewed scholarly journal entry.

So what really happened here?  

Guy was trolling and it was just an accident?

Or Karen realized she got got and is trying to save face?

I think online pressure got the wheels of justice turning. The Wheels of Crushing Justice.

wait... so what we have here is thread that was on it's way to being a dumpster fire, was extinguished, all the facts sorted out, all parties involved came to a common understanding, gear returned, good will spread, and nobody is mad? that can't be right... Has Fritz done the impossible? truly a god among gotez!

M Wolfwrote:

wait... so what we have here is thread that was on it's way to being a dumpster fire, was extinguished, all the facts sorted out, all parties involved came to a common understanding, gear returned, good will spread, and nobody is mad? that can't be right... Has Fritz done the impossible? truly a god among gotez!

The gear has not yet been returned, there is only the promise of it being returned. So, hey, stay tuned right here for the final countdown.

Tim Stichwrote:

The gear has not yet been returned, there is only the promise of it being returned. So, hey, stay tuned right here for the final countdown.

F r i t zwrote:

 (I was playing CV Beer Fairy that day).

Legend.

Tim Stichwrote:

The gear has not yet been returned, there is only the promise of it being returned. So, hey, stay tuned right here for the final countdown.

Europe me into replying again? Suffice to say that I have no doubts that the cams will be returned as promised.

The parties in question were not thrilled with my original post. We had a civil exchange of differing opinions over the course of a few long emails. While I disagree with them on most of their contentions, I respect their ability to voice their opinions. And most of all, I'm glad that the Oklahoma ballers had a great time in the desert!

Climb on, and may the gotez be ever in your favor.