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The no star club is underway.
Why look for the Wasatch Select when you can rejuvinate an old classic? The only rule of our little group is this: Overall pitch count must be GREATER than the number of stars you accumulate throught the day. If you warm up on the first pitch of the Green A, (3 stars) you must climb at least 3 zero star pitches to get back under par.

No Star Tuesdays will be at the green-a gulley this week. plenty of options up there:

this is almost the place 11d
suprise ending 11b
goodro's nightmare 5.8
green-a (pitch 3) 5.7
st. alponso's pancake breakfast 5.9+
why me? 10d

fun starts around 4pm, just come on up.

bring a hat (to keep the gravel out of your hair), long sleeves (unless you want road rash), your bad shoes (so you don't ruin your new ones), beer (to wash the dirt out of your mouth), bbq brush (for pointless cleaning). and jock strapes w/ cup and/or catchers masks are optional.

questions?

i'm a fan of the rare and obscure.

don't hate-motivate!



seconds before the real nightmare begins....

This is a great idea!

Can't quite tell from the photo, but Goodro's Nightmare is an offwidth crack named after good ol' Harold. He was very barrel chested...hence, the name.

Errr... what's a jock strape?

Does it have something to do with a teatpiece?

a few of us might get out a bit before 4 if anyone wants to get in on the fun early. 2? probably 3?

all are welcome to come play. but you have to play by the rules. pitch count > star count

spread the word and tick off some routes that you didn't even know were on your ticklist. let me know if you are thinking of joining in.
PM me if you have any questions and I can get you my cell number.

Grk,

This sounds like a lot of fun for sure. I can't make tonight, but I'm down for the following Tuesdays for sure.

the rules are pretty ghey, but the idea is good.

lets get some.

fkuc, it doesn't even have to be a tuesday.
i've been no star everydaying for years.

any pictures from the event?

zac-

did guys just do goodro's nightmare and this is almost the place?
was there some heavy scrubbing on this is almost the place?

sounds like the trizcut and i will be down for next tues.

stay tuned. give me another 12 hours and all will be revealed.

one hour and forty eight minutes left.

NST's first meeting.

Who knew the Green A Gully held so many gems? The first 6 attendees yesterday received a free club t-shirt.
The agenda was as follows:
We opened up with Goodroo's Nightmare (5.8). The first pitch was an excellent (and surprisingly clean!) tight hands in a right facing corner for approx. 40'.

- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr

After overcoming some scruffly ledges we encountered the namesake of the route. The OW/squeeze which apparently gave Harold Goodroo fits.

- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr

This pitch was followed by the third pitch of the Green A (5.7). You may be thinking "But Zac! the Green A gets 3 stars! that can't be good for your rule." We came to the decision that the star rating for the Green A only includes the first pitch. What percentage of people lower off of those chains at the top of the first pitch? That is all I have ever done prior to yesterday.

- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr

This is Almost the Place (11d) was next on the list. An excellent looking right leaning crack just around the corner from the the first pitch of the Green A. This one was burly! The crack itself was not too dirty, but a good clean foot was impossible to come by. The BBQ brushes came out a bit, but not quite enough to call the route "clean." I may head back this weekend or early next week to finish the job. and go for the redpoint? It has more sustained OW than most other of the "wide cracks" found in the Wasatch.

- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr

Stormy Resurrection (11b) saw a few ascents, but luckily, this superb route only gets 1 star from the Ruckmans. We were fairly safe after the three zero-star pitches at the beginning of the day.

St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast (5.9) was attempted, but aborted due to the quick evacuation of daylight. A variation we aspire to call St. Alphonso's Catfish Dinner may be in the works.

- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr

A few ice-cold PBR's from the soft igloo cooler saw us back to the cars safely despite the lack of headlamps.

The final numbers:
6 people.
6 T-shirts
(nearly) 24 pitches
2 stars
18 Blue Ribbons.


- photo courtsey of Andrew Burr