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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 8, 2010 - 12:38am PT
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Perhaps you were driving through or something and had a hankerin' fer sum pebble wrestlin'(or for us the yosemite of Texas) at Enchanted Rock or any of that Austin sport stuff. Just wondering if there were any tales were to be told.
I know you have some good ones Caylor.
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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I've done a bunch of the climbing routes at Hueco Tanks. Most of them are terrific fun. Great rock, no crowds & fun climbing all over the place there but that was pre-restrictions. The main area at North Mountain has lots of great routes.
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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e-rock,pecos,reimers,hueco and the little crags along the river in Austin.Other than cow tippin and armidillo chasin no amazin tales to tell though.
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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2010 - 01:56am PT
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thats great. do any of you guys recall any of the names of the routes/where in the park/when? Anyone own a Dome Driver?
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MisterE
Social climber
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I climbed with Caylor at Reimers while working for Entreprise...
...and was there for 2 months before the end of the dreamtime at Hueco. Then the restrictions took effect.
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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2010 - 02:47am PT
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very cool MisterE. Did you climb with Kirk Holladay or anyone else from this part while you were here with Caylor?
Its a bummer about Hueco but it only takes a few idiots destroying rock art and stealing artifacts to fvck it up for the rest of us. The head ranger that was there at the time is now at Erock but luckly our climbing community has a good relationship with the park.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Hey, woof!
I really just remember Hank and his super-cool retired carpet-distributor friend who purchased a portable wall - we went on to 6 Flags in Georgia to set it up and had a blast.
I remember Reimers being short but really fun, 6 Flags less so, but the company made it all awesome...
Hueco shot from BITD:
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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2010 - 03:18am PT
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Right on MisterE Great shot
Reimers is fun. We get our meat and potatoes at Erock and dessert at Reimers. Lots of new stuff fixen to open there. something new for those Austinites to grease up besides the green belt
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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have a dome driver, pretty funny. favorite at e-rock was a short 9+ crack in a boulder.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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My first outdoor climbing was at Reimer's Ranch outside of Austin. My first lead was Prototype. I have some old photos somewhere... For living in Houston it was a fun destination. Climbed in Hueco before the restrictions - that place is of course a blast. Haven't been back since.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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you might consider the organ mountains in new mexico, 50 miles north of el paso, texas. lots of great granite, quite wild because at least an hour's approach. climbing has been developed there for some time--i did a rock & ice article on it in the early 90s.
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dustonian
climber
RRG
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bloodyflapper.com for central Texas bouldering and other info.
And some of the best limestone anywhere is along the Pecos River outside of Del Rio.
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gly
Trad climber
Flatlands
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Living in Houston, Reimers, Enchanted Rock, Greenbelt are pretty much the closest destinations for weekend outings. Enchanted Rock is a hot and humid place in the summer, but come late fall/winter/spring its good stuff.
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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2010 - 12:19pm PT
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kinnikinik- the dd is a great book. there is some pretty cool history at Erock for being such a relativly small chunk of granite. Is it hard hands that you are refering to? That is a great crack, i wish that thing went on for another 300'
Dustin- pecos looks awesome. one of my pals kirk put up a lot of routes there. I'm interested in a float/climbing trip down the Pecos sometime.
Have ya'll read the wabi sabi article in R&I 181?
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woof!
Trad climber
texas
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 8, 2010 - 12:22pm PT
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The Fear of Flying!! i love that climb. gets pretty pumpy towards the top. and its in a great location around a bunch of solid cracks. and yes its getting pretty damn humid here.
i live 15 mins away from erock so we are lucky enough to get out early or after it cools down. went out the other day and it looked like fog over the hills it was so humid
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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woof-I think it was top choice looking at my dome drivers, but the photo in the book sucks. i'll seek and scan
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kinnikinik
Trad climber
B.C.
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Here's my buddy Dean on the crack I was thinking of, probably Dec97
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woof!
Trad climber
shmo
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 10, 2010 - 04:34pm PT
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bump for anyone with stories that may have missed the thread
kinnik- top choice for sure. possibly my favorite climb in the park
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 10, 2010 - 04:41pm PT
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Yep, that's Top Choice, some other short, but sweet, cracks are Fear of Flying and Texas Crude. Woof, you can take the pump out of Fear of Flying by sticking your left foot in the crack and camming off of it for a rest just before the final layback. I onsight soled Texas Crude to impress a Houston gal who is now my wife.
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woof!
Trad climber
shmo
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2011 - 10:43pm PT
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Nice, bump for texas climbing!
donini i'd marry you after seeing that. that climb is in a great area. aquatic anxiety and i believe, i'm at work and don't have my dd but, shrike is another good one close by.
i couldn't agree more that i Dome driver has to be the coolest (guide) book out there. The style of writing reminds me of that record that jefferson starship did with jerry bill and mickey as well as crosby, stills, and nash. super weird shite with lots of space and occilatory node hiesenburg kinda talk, i'm blanking on the name of the album. anyone know what it is i'm trying to spit out?
Post up your erock stories spank! as well as anyone else for that matter
...maybe i shouldn't drink so freely while at work. perhaps my writing would make more sense
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