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It’s raining like crazy, what are you doing instead of climbing?

x15x15 · · Use Ignore Button · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 275
Jeromy Markee wrote:

Chopping all routes at the Feathers in an effort to restart the Vantage bolt wars of the 80's - 90's. Then create a drama tv series with the aftermath

Huh?  While I was not climbing at Vantage in the 80s, I did start  climbing there in the early 90s. There was no bolt war. Shoulda been maybe... but, no war. Bolts were going in like wildfire... 

T Taylor · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2022 · Points: 151
x15x15 wrote:

Huh?  While I was not climbing at Vantage in the 80s, I did start  climbing there in the early 90s. There was no bolt war. Shoulda been maybe... but, no war. Bolts were going in like wildfire... 

there have been a ton of chopped and rebolted climbs in vantage. Entire crags….

Anyway I am writing a TV sequel to the smash hit, “Camp Marquee.” Bolts can always be chopped and replaced. On this season we will be transmission jacking over every column, dynamite the lower entablature, and conducting interviews with the exumed bodies of legends past.

Jeromy Markee · · Leavenworth, WA · Joined Apr 2016 · Points: 601
x15x15 wrote:

Huh?  While I was not climbing at Vantage in the 80s, I did start  climbing there in the early 90s. There was no bolt war. Shoulda been maybe... but, no war. Bolts were going in like wildfire... 

Bolts were getting chopped like wild fire. The arete next to pony keg was chopped and rebolted 3 times for just one example of many.

All This Choss · · Clio, MI · Joined Oct 2024 · Points: 20
Colonel Mustard wrote:

certified gooner moment

Ben jamin · · Ann Arbor, MI · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 1,501

Coaching basketball, writing a book and restoring a couple classic Index 5.8s from the 60s: the Back Road and P1 of the Ave. Not many other cars in the LTW lot these days.

x15x15 · · Use Ignore Button · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 275
Jeromy Markee wrote:

Bolts were getting chopped like wild fire. The arete next to pony keg was chopped and rebolted 3 times for just one example of many.

Really? I was at Central before many of the faces between cracks were bolted. I climbed at Vantage during all seasons. Climbed Fuggs Falls, and other fairly good ice climbs in the area too. 

Sometime during my stay in Ellensburg, the faces started getting sport bolted. I was hoping there would be some resistance, but i didn't see any. I was not a local and was in no position to gripe and complain to Jim Yoder or Matt Stanley. 

Although it does seem a bit of chopping took place into the 2000s. I was just responding to the fictitious bolt war of the 80s and 90s post... but, WGAF!!!

Aaron Wait · · North Bend, WA · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 1,788

Climbing anyways!!

Lucas Ng · · Seattle, Wa · Joined Apr 2023 · Points: 0
Wayne Wallace wrote:

https://www.mountainproject.com/area/120086752/dry-tooling-ice-climbing-at-exit-38

Just went for my first time on friday and loved it so much I came back sunday. Now you got me looking to buy mono-points. Thanks for all the work out there, Party On Wayne is my favorite route so far.

Climbing Weasel · · Massachusetts · Joined May 2022 · Points: 0

NE guy here. Moping.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Pacific Northwest
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