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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 13, 2009 - 04:42pm PT
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The next stop on the Russ and Sooze tour was Maple Canyon. I'd seen the pics... I've heard the stories. This place is sooo me!!! Steep and juggy, with bowling balls and potatoes everywhere! Sadly, it did not turn out that way. Seems Sooze somehow knew I would hate the place..... and kept it a secret ( she was right. )
Having equal parts of technique flaws, tunnel vision, and boneheadedness, my time there was not that enjoyable. Day one started with a 42 hang ascent of a random 10d warmup. UNHOLY! Sooze kept telling me the best holds were where the jugs had fallen out, and to stay away from the actual embedded "jugs". That BS strategy got her up everything, and me hucking giant mo's to impossibly smooth downward sloping Crisco™ enveloped nodules, that spit me off with barely any stall at all.
Anyway, this installment is a bit thin on actual climbing pics, but the area is really lush and there are a few flora pics tossed into the mix. All you hardmen looking for rad asss cranking pics, take some time to smell the roses. It ain't all about getting denied on a stinking, slippery, deceptive, juggy, polished, impossible 10d.
Anyway, standard caveats in force, Quicktime 7 at a minimum, plant your mouse over the "I " button in the upper right corner for captions to the pics, mouseover the bottom center of the images to navigate, let it have time to load, blah blah blah.....
http://www.fishproducts.com/supertopo/vacation_09.maple (browser version)
http://www.fishproducts.com/supertopo/vacation_09.maple/slideshow.mov (QT version)
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Jul 13, 2009 - 04:47pm PT
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Day one started with a 42 hang ascent of a random 10d warmup. UNHOLY!
Classic!!!
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 13, 2009 - 04:58pm PT
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Unholy!!!
Good stuff. I shudder to think how many poor backordered bastards you've got by the balls now!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Jul 13, 2009 - 05:00pm PT
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Glad to hear I'm not the only one ending up on some things that aren't my style leading to a hang or 89.
Oddly, this place sounds like heaven to me! Now, just to get Dave out there without him knowing that is where we are headed!
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L
climber
Nowhere in particular...and I'm going back soon...
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Jul 13, 2009 - 05:06pm PT
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Another nice one, Russ.
Very funny!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Jul 13, 2009 - 05:14pm PT
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Pretty area.
The rock looks like a ChossFest though.
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couchmaster
climber
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Jul 13, 2009 - 05:26pm PT
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Nice - sounds like a total dogathon™ Russ, RAD!!!
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hagerty
Social climber
A Sandy Area South of a Salty Lake
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Jul 13, 2009 - 06:16pm PT
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The rock looks like a ChossFest though.
Looks can be deceiving! Think "frozen in place river bottom". It's actually pretty solid, although an occasional cobble does let loose, usually with encouragement from someone trying to use it in some manner. The solidity of unclimbed lines is of course suspect.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Jul 13, 2009 - 06:35pm PT
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"The needle digs a whole/the old familiar wound...
try to kill it all away/but I remember EVERYTHING..."
Nice empire of dirt. What's next?
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Jul 13, 2009 - 07:07pm PT
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Nice pics of the flora dude!
Bummer you had a nightmare of a time there. We've hit it twice ('00 and '08) and although it ain't really my cup o' tea, it was okay both times.
Did you do the Big Kahuna?
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couchmaster
climber
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Jul 14, 2009 - 11:55am PT
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Rock on dudes!!!!
Here's one for Sooze.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 14, 2009 - 12:55pm PT
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Shameless, Wide fetish cross post;
I've been there about a dozen times. The place rocks! I bet Sooze channeled her inner Bolus. Hope you stopped at the Norbest factory store, or you have to go back!
Pinching pendulous grapefruits in a cave, is about as close to ow as you can get, except for the pro, and other, minor, details.
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Jul 23, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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Where is part 3? I'm itching for a vacation....or at least relive the last one.
What's next?????? Chateau Chainsaw and Ferguson Canyon
~Sooze
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Mimi
climber
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Jul 23, 2009 - 12:29am PT
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Where's Verm when I need him. Is that a breccia or a conglomerate?
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
way, WAY out there....(OMG)
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Jul 23, 2009 - 12:33am PT
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I thought it was Vertical & beyond Choss.
C'mon, it changes every day.
Nice pics, ya'll.
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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Jul 23, 2009 - 01:27am PT
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Nice TR.. Great captions!!!
So nice of the Utah authority to cage indian art... sort of like what they've done to the entire race, but that's for another thread...
Thanks for the update Russ...
oh, yeah... about Maple.. I didn't like the place much during my short and sweet climbing peak... (peak lasted all of two weeks back in 2000.. been sliding downhill ever since.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 23, 2009 - 02:36am PT
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nice stamen display
got to get there... reminds me of pinns too much...
sideways shot in particular...
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T Moses
Trad climber
Paso Robles
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Jul 23, 2009 - 02:47am PT
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"Local flora" seems to dominate, eh? "Put a bullet in me" It's not that bad. Kind of an acquired taste I think.
Munge: It's kinda like Pinns but not. Think The Arch but all the cool cobbles sticking out are slick quartz stuff and round. I thought it would be great just like Pinns. It took a little getting used to. Fun stuff anyway.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 23, 2009 - 02:54am PT
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werd, I'll go back to that part of the state again on the way to Moab at some point. I've got an old guidebook for it too. It's by Jason Stevens from 97.
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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Jul 23, 2009 - 08:31am PT
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Pretty area.
Thanks,
Prod.
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