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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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I'm up to 14 now that I did Charlottes dome last summer.
Travelers butt
durrance
Pingora
wolf's head
shiprock
castleton
titan
royal arches
lost arrow
half dome NW face
fairview
east butt of middle
grand teton
charlotte dome
that's probably it for me......14 out of 50;....a good effort..
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Lotus Flower
Liberty Bell
Grand Teton
Royal Arches
Steck-Salathe
East Buttress
Whitney
Fairview
Charlotte
Clyde
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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John Fischer ,who is shown climbing the Southeast Face of Clyde Minaret on page 290 of Fifty Classic Climbs of North America ,told me that he asked the authors not to include any Palisades climbs in their book . I climbed the Swiss Arette on MT. Sill with Allen & his daughter ,Sarah , at PSOM in 1978 while he was working on the book .
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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not sure why people are so obsessed with lists
Are we gonna start bashing the OCD now, are we?
Sheesh, lists are like kids - if you don't like 'em don't have 'em!
Except for lunch, like W.C. Fields.
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Lists are kind of fun when they fall into categories like 50 classic accents or ski descents or all the 4 star routes of an area. List making in of itself is more OCD and seems okay if it's for your own amusement.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Lists not always about OCD in my experience.
Not being a young hard charger anymore and accomplishment apathy creeping in on us, what we've sort of found (even if we don't really pursue it much) is that if we have a hit list of stuff to do, we tend to get to it and not jack around wondering what to do and thinking maybe that lawn chair and cold brew is closer than it could be if we actually hoofed off and climbed something.
Jus' sayin'...
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CCT
Trad climber
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Only 6 so far. Hmmm, I'll have to add to that. Only Charlotte Dome and Clyde really stood out for me. Some of the grades have changed too - Charlotte Dome is now 5.8, and East Face of Whitney is 5.7. And if Clyde is Grade IV, then East Buttress felt like Grade III to me.
The Royal Arches III 5.6 A1 or 5.9
Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
Fairview Dome, North Face III-IV 5.9
Clyde Minaret, Southeast Face IV 5.8
Charlotte Dome, South Face III 5.7
Lover’s Leap, Traveler Buttress II 5.9
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goatboy smellz
climber
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Oh yeah, making lists of goals, dreams and things to do is inspiring.
Coming home and ticking it off on MP or facefvck is another demon.
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BluntMan
Gym climber
Wild Omar, CA
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A measly 3: Nose, EBMC, RA
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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9. The Royal Arches, Royal Arches Route III 5.6 A1 or 5.9
40.Lost Arrow Spire, Spire Chimney III 5.5 A3 or 5.10 A2
42.Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
46.Mount Whitney, East Face III 5.4
Only 4 with only three more that are likely possibilities
I have done 14 of 15 of the 14'ers though.
one left.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sorry TGT...14 out of 15 14ers doesn't count...typical republican maneuver..
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crankster
Trad climber
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I'm guessing martini has Starlight Peak to go.
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CCT
Trad climber
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As for ticking lists, it has its uses. I doubt I would have done a second route on Bear Creek Spire while I was out there, if not for the satisfaction of making a check mark in the book later. I would have succumbed to the siren song of lazing around the lake, as did my partner who does not care about lists. And I thoroughly enjoyed both routes and am glad I did them.
Climbing is a funny sport. For most of us, there is no extrinsic motivator except the joy of the climb. No fame, no glory, no career success, definitely no money. So if a tickmark gets you out of the tent and onto the rock, then it's all for the best.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Nope, just Sill.
Starlight was my favorite with T bolt a close second.
Maybe I'll do em' twice
Hell, why not do them all twice!
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John Ely
Trad climber
DC
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It seems to me that Mt. Waddington must be the coolest 5.7 on the planet...anyone ever done this little prune?
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SicMic
climber
across the street from Marshall
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25, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44.
Looks like fourteen. Glad to have gotten Northcutt-Carter before the rockfall. And some of the others while it still constituted a list of "Crowded Classics".
It's certainly true that there'd be revision to this 1979 book today. But for many of us, it represented a call to the mountains regardless the number of climbs we could tick-off. I never had any aspirations for Logan for instance, but it was fun reading the account.
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Flip Flop
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Seven. Not enough.
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