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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 31, 2011 - 03:23pm PT
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Just talked to the doctor last night, and a 50-foot pillar of rock at The Tomahawk in Sedona parted ways with the main formation. It is now a separate small tower - it moved like 6 feet! Rendering one of our mixed lines "Don't Axe Me" (on the Tomahawk, heehee) and one of John Burcham's great routes "Little Big Man" completely gone.
Another one that comes to mind is "The Killer Cracks" at Joshua Tree. The block fell out, leaving a ridiculously hard-looking bouldering problem.
Other stories?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:26pm PT
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"Block" is somewhat of an understatment. Paging Tony Sartin!! ;)
E- post up that other pic from the (pending)Sedona Guide... can't remember the name of it.
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nick farley
climber
bishop
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:29pm PT
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Ever climb at Cannon Cliff NH? Lots of routes there have come and gone.
Whale's Tale?
Weissner route?
Help out here East Coast.
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
All Over.
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:31pm PT
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I'm sure Werner can tell us some tales.
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nature
climber
Tuscon Again! India! India! Hawaii! LA?!?!
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:31pm PT
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Little Big Man was a project of mine.
m'eh!
double m'eh!
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:32pm PT
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At some point Mickey's Beach in Northern Califonia had a crack that eventually fell into the ocean.
I'll try to find the link to a video of the crack...
But its no longer avaialble for climbinglyness...
Got some hard thing in it's place... Looks to have stabilized rather well since then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PywRnBl7IE
That's the one...
No longer available.. Specially for the die-hard spanex wearers... Mighty Hiker comes to mind!!!!
LOL
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:37pm PT
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The whole Appalachian Mountain Range fell down, there must have been some awesome routes there a few million years ago.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:37pm PT
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Nice link Anders. Posted before my time here on ST so I'd never seen it.
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:43pm PT
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Any routes over there?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 31, 2011 - 03:45pm PT
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Depends - could you place a Blue Donini™ on it?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 31, 2011 - 04:06pm PT
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There used to be two cracks here, to the right of Gunsmoke in Josh, called the Killer Cracks. The left one was good, a fun solo at 5.9. Shortly after the face between them sprouted bolts the entire block toppled forward, face down on the new route, leaving a big alcove. Divine intervention?
Face down in the dirt!
Now there is a hard highball there:
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Jan 31, 2011 - 04:07pm PT
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Swimming hole: 300+ routes gone in a week
Before:
After:
The above images show the texas flake boulder. Totally gone, there is no trace of it downstream either. Now that's a f*#king powerful storm.
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 31, 2011 - 04:13pm PT
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Here's the pic of David on the FA of "Don't Axe Me":
Everything right of the crack is gone. It looks thin here, but thickens around the corner.
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hb81
climber
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Jan 31, 2011 - 04:15pm PT
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The above images show the texas flake boulder. Totally gone, there is no trace of it downstream either. Now that's a f*#king powerful storm.
Wow, thats quite impressive indeed. The proverbial force of nature in action.
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Pass the Chongo, Chongo
Social climber
LOVE, TRUST, PIXIE DUST
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Jan 31, 2011 - 04:15pm PT
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HEY THERE SAY... IS YOUR DOCTOR YOUR CLIMBING PARTER???? THATS VERY COOL YOU MUST GET VERU SAFE.,,, I WHSH MY DOCTOR WOULD CLIMB WITH EM,,, BUT I DONT HAVE HEALTHINSUERNCE NO MORE... OH WELL.,, IF YOUR DOCTOR IS LOOKING FOR A NEW PARTNER LET ME KNOW I CAN ROPE UP. AND BIG WALL.
THANKS
XOIXOX
CHINGO
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 31, 2011 - 04:27pm PT
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Just saw the other responses - very cool stuff!
Here's the topo of the Tomahawk I drew from the other side: it's the pillar on the left that went.
Here's another one, the third pitch fell off of "Miami", a 5.12 on Schnebly Hill Road in Sedona, leaving the bottom two pitches in unknown condition regarding hanger damage. The encircled area used to be the third pitch:
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jan 31, 2011 - 06:13pm PT
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Gendarme at Seneca.
In Little Cottonwood Canyon, a huge hunk of cliff spalled off on the left side of the Gate Buttress a few years back. Gone are classics like Old Reliable, Knuckle Buster, Catalyst...
Cliff above the first pitch of the Great White Icicle spalled off a couple years ago. Blew the first pitch belay boulder up and changed the watercourse a bit.
In both cases, new routes went up in the new rock rather quickly...
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Jan 31, 2011 - 06:17pm PT
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Basket Dispatcher in the Gallatin Canyon fell down a couple seasons back...Kind of an obscure route...glad I climbed it when it was around...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 31, 2011 - 06:24pm PT
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Near Blanding Utah There was that route,.11 fingers, That Manny, Mike F and I did, that Jello broke. It was like the heel on a loaf of rock. It can be seen being climbed in the climbing Video, "Three weeks and a Day."
 I don't think Jello really broke it, but he was the last one with it. He pounded an angle for a rappel that looked like a potential prybar to me. No rock lasts forever.....
There's a description and tale of it's demise in one of the Desert Rock books.
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