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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Jan 13, 2008 - 03:41am PT
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Muir Wall
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 13, 2008 - 03:47am PT
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The Yawn
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Eggstele
Trad climber
Kings Beach, Lake Tahoe
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Jan 13, 2008 - 08:16am PT
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Too many posts to read to be absolutely sure, but I am pretty sure no one has mentioned:
Silk Road - Cal Dome
It has been several years, but I remember a few amazing 5.10 corner pitches
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elcap-pics
climber
Crestline CA
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Jan 13, 2008 - 12:43pm PT
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An old favorite of mine is:
Triple S (5.9)at Seneca Rocks West (By God)Virginia
Tom Evans
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Brian Kimball
Sport climber
Westminster, CO.
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Jan 13, 2008 - 02:27pm PT
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Enduro Corner 5.12d on Salathe Wall. No one has mentioned this 200' pitch and given the facts it could be THE BEST corner pitch on PLANET EARTH, NO???
Epitaph 5.13b on The Tombstone. It is a mind blowing winter aid line as well. I am suprised that this incredible overhanging line up this amazing formation does not get more attention. Just leave the pitons and hammer on the ground eh!
Christmas Tree 5.12d at Battle of the Buldge. 160' of Green Alien LOVE. This route is probably not in the top 5 'ALL TIME' but it was not mentioned and I certianly think this route is traditionally overlooked, especially being that it is located on such a popular wall. YO, CHALK IT UP!
Casual Route 5.8 Corner. Only one other person mentioned this. Given the setting, altitude, quality and ease, as well as the fact that you can climb the entire corner as a 230' pitch if you have a 70m rope and are willing to run it out; I think this could be a fair argument for top 5 and it is certianly one of the best rope stretchers I have ever climbed in my life!
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hashbro
Trad climber
Mental Physics........
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Jan 13, 2008 - 02:41pm PT
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Some of us prefer to be enclosed in a nice, secure corner. Maybe we feel a bit vulnerable out on a flat wall and the opposing sides give us a sense (possibly false) of protection.
Of course, I'm preferential to Course and Buggy. I've also loved every liebacking, stemming and splayed open instant on the Good Book, the Moratorium, the Green Arch, the Bircheff-Williams, Anticipation, the Open Book, High Pressure and Oz.
Oh yes, and what is the name of that classic Largo/Harrison route at Josh (named after a Hendrix song?) that starts out on overhanging thin hand crack in a perfect corner, then surmounts the giant roof while hand-traversing the big flake. Help me with this...
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Jan 13, 2008 - 03:58pm PT
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That would be Imaginary Voyage ...?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jan 13, 2008 - 05:41pm PT
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I need to go climbing...
Too right!
I'm thinking the Red Dihedral pitches at the top of the Rainbow Wall were about the most cosmic corners that I ever climbed.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 13, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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Corrigation Corner; The Leap
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 13, 2008 - 09:26pm PT
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Chitlin Corner, Maine
Red M and M's Vantage, Wa.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, Ca
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Jan 13, 2008 - 09:33pm PT
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Hey Todd = would them be yer chitlin's there ...?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Jan 13, 2008 - 10:19pm PT
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Yessir, they would be.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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Jan 14, 2008 - 01:59am PT
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The big corner (13a?) at Squamish--The Shadow (?) There was a profile of it in an old Climbing and then more recently in Alpinist. Requires incredible shoulder and hip strength. Oh, and really good rubber.
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TradIsGood
Recently unshackled climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Jan 14, 2008 - 07:10am PT
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Also at Gunks - P2 of Baby - 6.
Much shorter, but intense - The Spring - 10.
As mentioned earlier, Ant's Line - keeps coming at you until you reach the anchor (just above the crux!)
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Tim Lawrence
Trad climber
Madrid, Spain
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Jan 14, 2008 - 08:05am PT
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The Daily Planet in Squamish has to be one of the best corner pitches ever!
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scuffy b
climber
Stump with a backrest
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Jan 14, 2008 - 12:05pm PT
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Spencer, you did a great job leading Catchy Corner on a couple
hexes in 77.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Jan 14, 2008 - 12:38pm PT
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Moritorium
Good Book
Paradise Lost
Mayflower Direct
Forest Lawn
Corrigation Corner
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Jan 14, 2008 - 02:30pm PT
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Cracko--I've never done it, but I'm glad you mentioned Cenotaph
corner. It's a beaut.
Tom Evans--I agree about Triple-S in West (by god), Virginia, but it was a 5.8 when we old climbers did it.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Jan 14, 2008 - 04:17pm PT
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Another excellent corner in the Gunks is Bonnie's Roof.
And Todd Gordon - I'd agree Chitlins Corner is phenomenal. Pitch one - at the grade (5.7), I cannot think of any corner that comes close in quality. And pitch 2, while shorter and harder (5.10a) is pretty damn good.
GO
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 20, 2008 - 11:25pm PT
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here's one of the corners mentioned...
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Let us know!