The R&I article wasn't even close to a comprehensive guide to the area. But it's enough to get you started. You want to get your hands on:
Rock Climbing New Mexico & Texas by Den...
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The Trap Dyke is difficult to judge on its condition unless you actually commit to it. I've climbed it both ways, Staying in the Dyke for almost the entire climb then breaking out right ...
... poster on this NG and I have climbed with him several times. He is a solid partner. I had soloed the E Face of Mt Humphreys a few weeks ago with him and Ben Craft.
We made the approach up to 2nd ...
I recognize this has high flame potential... but I post the following from alt.true.crime for two reasons... 1) the Zantop murders at Dartmouth raise several troubling questions about rushing to judge...
I'm on a 2 by 3-foot ledge meeting Death for the first time. The ledge isn't comfortable since the back wall overhangs the ledge a little, forcing me into a limbo stance. I've failed se...
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It also looks very hard. So it was off to 606. 606 is a well-known crimpy V10 that climbs the west face of the Gill boulder and has the advantage of being directly adjacent to the parking lot. I ...
I've read Liz post about first time learning crack climbing and other new skills and it made me think about the first time that I had to climb with ropes.
I think I was in high ...
.... All crack climbing invloves either jamming or torquing the limbs or body inside the crack. Just as in face climbing, the idea is to keep your center of gravity over the feet as much as possible.
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