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...head).
The prelims involved one shot of tequila per hour on an all-day climb. He went technicolor on pitch 8, thus losing out to former rec.climber Mattie Thompson, who radioed down from the summi...
...ally depends on your familiarity with the terrain and available route descriptions.
On an FA of a 10 pitch route in Zion a couple years back, we took a rack of stoppers, single set of cams to 4�...
...ock, where we climbed the Tree route. Maybe my 10th time this year on that route. It was her first multi-pitch trad route. I love that climb, no matter how many times I do it.
Headed back to town ...
...ood plan, because by now The Central Pillar of Frenzy was open, so we were able to jump on the first two pitches of that. Every 5 feet or so there was a nickel or dime sized spot of dried blood, remin...
... belay of the climb with one of my best friends. He was belaying another of my best friends up the third pitch while yet another of my best friends waited at the lower belay. At the belay, my buddy Wo...
I've been into rope soloing for about 6 months. I tend to do 2 pitch routes where I lead using a silent partner and then second using a shunt attached to me via a short sling and a croll trailing...
... the climbs I've done have had short cruxes. Example: Sun Ribbon Arete is 5.9 but only has one crux pitch. So with my first full year of Sierra climbing coming to an end, I had come to believe th...
... the R&I article will get you started.
We climbed the West Ridge of the Citadel (5.6) in about 7 pitches. The hike over there from the Topp Hut wasn't bad (50 minutes, 820 ft. elevation g...
...
Of course my definition of hard-core & challenging is figuring out how much pro to take for the 4th pitch of Surrealistic Pillar.
Dave Knorr...
...oing is on my brothers house.
I am trying to help him but the 34 ft max fall to ground off of a 9/12 pitch has me a bit worried. Also weighing in at an all time high of 240 lb makes falling a even...
... is great in general. Eldo for trad, Clear Creek for sport, North Table Top Mountain/Golden Cliffs for 1 pitch sport. North Table is also great on cold days b/c it's south facing rock catches lot...
... to work somewhere on the route, however a #4.5 and #5 'Camalot' will make the Durrance Crack (pitch#2) a lot more tame. I would also strongly recomend you wear a helmet, as people refer to ...
..., you shouldn't be doing it.
If you are effectively 'self toproping ' yourself on one pitch routes, then you could try using a shunt. Has the advantage of camming onto the rope with...
... needed for anchors on some routes.
If you end up in Velvet Canyon, you can do Prince of Darkness (6 pitches, 10 c/d, 2 ropes) if you bring enuff draws and a few nuts. In the same canyon, Delicate...
Yeeeehah. Yesterday I snuck away from work and had my first 3 lead climbs. All were single pitch and easy, although the climbs seemed much harder than the grade (I guess I better get used to what grad...
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