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larsj

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #30 on: June 16, 2015, 08:08:10 am »
Maybe not DaveyTree. I thought from your view of Shaver Lake it was the ridge that also featured Bald Mountain. Lots of rock up there.-lars

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #31 on: June 16, 2015, 08:31:47 am »
Very cool trip report.

I love the "leave no trace" Fa days.

Hot damn.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #32 on: June 16, 2015, 01:57:53 pm »
The pics with Shaver is from Condone which is north of Bald on a more western road. Last weekend was a different spot.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #33 on: September 29, 2015, 06:11:06 pm »
I am glad that there is a forum for this area.  Has anyone here done the climb "Dinkey Classic" (5.5) on Dinkey Dome?  On the second pitch, the photograph on page 56 of the SEKI guide shows it going up a dihedral.  When I did the climb I looked at this dihedral, but it did not look like it was on-route.  Rather, I went up face moves and cracks to the right of this dihedral.  I came to a notch with a vertical crack that did not feel like 5.5 going through it.  I also went another way to the left along this overlap/roof that felt more like 5.5.  Does anyone know if the original route goes up through this notch with a vertical crack or does it traverse left below the overlap/roof and then up?

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #34 on: September 29, 2015, 06:36:35 pm »
I have done a few new routes on the north face and east face of Dinkey Dome.  If someone has done these before, then let me know.  On the far left side of the north face of Dinkey Dome, I did an easy but potentially scary climb called "Rolling The Dice For (Your) Life" (about 5.6).  This climb starts at a pine tree on the far left side about 14" diameter.  The climb is directly across the canyon from where the brown rock band starts from the granite.  The climbing up to the top is one pitch and is fairly easy with many natural protection locations, but it felt like many of the flakes and blocks are loose or loosely perched on the top, hence the name of the climb.  If you look closely, all of the blocks at the top are perched on slanting slabs.  Who knows when one of these will decide to move?  Climbed on October 12, 2014.

On the east face, I have done several routes.  I have named this area which did not have any previous published climbs the Greendale area.  The bolted route on a low angle slab that goes up, goes left, and then goes up is called "Be The Rain" (about 5.4-5.5).  This climb has nine or ten bolts.  Climbed on May 17, 2015.  The bolted route that goes straight up is called "Sun Green" (about 5.4-5.5).  This climb has seven bolts and an optional cam around 1".  This was climbed on March 21, 2015.  Both climbs start and end at the same location.  You can rappel down with two ropes or walk off to the right.

I also top roped two climbs to the right of "Sun Green", but chose not to bolt them.  I did not assign the routes any particular name, but someone can chose other songs from Neil Young's Greendale album for the names.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #35 on: October 08, 2015, 01:21:31 pm »
Noice climberdude. Don't think I climbed those lines. You have any pics? I can't recall how far right I climbed. One of those lines might have been FA'd by Athena.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2015, 10:21:20 am »
Daveytree,

Sorry for the late reply.  Are you referring to my climb on the North Face of Dinkey Dome or my climbs on the East Face of Dinkey Dome?  My climb on the North Face on the far left end was entirely trad, so it is possible someone did it before.  The climbs on the East Face are slab without really any protection except for the bolts I put in.  If someone did it before, then they would have been doing essentially a free solo.

I am really fascinated by Dinkey Dome.  It looks like some more climbs could go up on the North Face to right of my climb not counting the climbs on the right listed in the SEKI guidebook.  However, a lot of the rock does not look like it is firmly attached (look at the huge talus field below).  The east face has very limited climbing since the section I climbed is the only section steep enough for technical climbing.

Mark

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #37 on: February 25, 2016, 08:12:09 pm »
Back from duck season and trying to catch up. We climbed the NW area on Dinkey. Definitely some more lines to be had.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #38 on: March 01, 2016, 01:45:42 pm »
You climbed there in Feb?

DaveyTree, how many ways do you serve duck? Maybe I am looking for a Bubba Gump litany. Real curious your favorite ways. You must have it for days and days and for camping.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #39 on: March 02, 2016, 09:11:31 am »
NO, Just late responding to climbdude.

A favorite for many is a sliver of cream cheese with a jalapeņo folded into some duck wrapped in bacon on the BBQ. hard to mess that up.

Some times I will brine it with sprite for a day and then use different marinades before putting it on the BBQ.

I have some breasted with the skin still on. Salt and pepper and lay in hot pan skin up for a short time then flip and allow the duck fat under the skin to cook it and it makes the skin into almost duck bacon. Slice thinly so every piece has a little duck bacon crust on the edge. Too good.

Simpler ways are just to season it and BBQ which when cooked right is pretty darn good. This year I am planning to get a lot of it processed into jerky sticks, salami and summer sausage that I can just throw in my pack and eat on the wall.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #40 on: March 02, 2016, 07:57:10 pm »
I'm hungry now. And I already had a chicken meal baked with orange glaze, green beans, brocoli, rolls and a salad.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #41 on: March 02, 2016, 09:48:13 pm »
Very nice. Does sound real yummy even tho I too am full.


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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #42 on: March 16, 2016, 01:19:28 pm »
Gate at Dinkey Creek is scheduled to be opened on May 1st for Courtright and Wishon.

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #43 on: March 16, 2016, 04:50:39 pm »
thx!

DaveyTree

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Re: Dinkey Creek Road
« Reply #44 on: May 22, 2017, 04:46:58 pm »
Such a bummer. Went up to Boneyard on Saturday. we towed 4 trees out of the way and had to deal with a little snow that eventually stopped our progress to the normal parking spot. It took longer than we wanted to get there because of conditions and decided to just climb instead of trying to FA something. Went to Sugar Pine Wall, a 120' jewel with 11 routes all good. Arrived at the wall to find the giant Sugar Pine, the wall was named for, had been taken by the winter storms. It was a mighty tree that shaded most of the wall the entire day. It took out 3 other trees when it fell so the sun rules now.

The routes were still awesome! Miss my shade though.