loose block / blocks Milkman wall
loose block / blocks Milkman wall
There is a suspect expanding block on Mr O'clock ( 2nd crux, RP crack) and The rubble on milkman itself could use a good testing, seeing as the last time anyone tried prying anything there was over twenty years ago.
Re: loose block / blocks Milkman wall
The rubble pile half way up worlds Toughest Milkman produced about 2 tonnes of fire works with a little wiggle of the pry bar today.... Damn near took out a guy smoking dope down in the parking lot too!
The block on Mr oclock dosn't seem to want to go however, despite the persistent flex. It gets the "Good enough to yard on for another year" stamp of approval, but I wouldn't expect the Rp's to hold much in the expanding crack. A body length above all that, the oh so tempting horn that for so many years provided a welcome but illusory sense of security in an ocean of sloper rails has also gone to the graveyard of tickking timebombs.
RIP and thanks for the memories
The block on Mr oclock dosn't seem to want to go however, despite the persistent flex. It gets the "Good enough to yard on for another year" stamp of approval, but I wouldn't expect the Rp's to hold much in the expanding crack. A body length above all that, the oh so tempting horn that for so many years provided a welcome but illusory sense of security in an ocean of sloper rails has also gone to the graveyard of tickking timebombs.
RIP and thanks for the memories
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Re: loose block / blocks Milkman wall
Thanks Bruce, your work is appreciated. What's the story behind the name of that climb anyway.
Your post got me thinking of several other loose blocks observed earlier this summer.
Your post got me thinking of several other loose blocks observed earlier this summer.
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Re: loose block / blocks Milkman wall
squamish climber wrote: What's the story behind the name of that climb anyway.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boswell
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Re: loose block / blocks Milkman wall
Thanks Drew,
I never looked into the origins of this climb and now that you have pointed me in the direction, I am definitely going to have read more about comic book writer David Boswell.
So, Mr O'Clock and the Horrors of Ivan come from the same comic book...cool.
Anybody met Mr Boswell or have a personal story?
I never looked into the origins of this climb and now that you have pointed me in the direction, I am definitely going to have read more about comic book writer David Boswell.
So, Mr O'Clock and the Horrors of Ivan come from the same comic book...cool.
Anybody met Mr Boswell or have a personal story?
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