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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Mar 10, 2007 - 11:17pm PT
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TKingsbury, 10 feet up with 30 to go on the "Tormentor" (.10d).
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder
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Mar 10, 2007 - 11:22pm PT
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I used to like wide crack climbing but was always scared to lead it.
I thought Bad Ass Momma in the valley was a cool TR.
One day I looked at Jaws but the thought of sticking my body in it was out of the question - I didn't feel the need to punish myself like that; I had seem radical shoulder gobies inflicted by it...
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Leroy
climber
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Mar 26, 2007 - 05:22am PT
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No OWS for me this month.The doc says I cant rip cracks apart for a month after the hernia Operation.
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ChrisW
Trad climber
boulder, co
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Mar 26, 2007 - 12:20pm PT
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Tkingsbury does prove me wrong!!!! Who's going to Vedawoo soon?
Lemmon, Where's it that climb! It looks familar.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Mar 26, 2007 - 03:07pm PT
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Leroy, didn't you just have a birthday that we should celebrate with a photo thread like Bachar's?
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Mar 26, 2007 - 03:52pm PT
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The tourist route on Three Penguins. Photo credit to Larry Harpe.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Since this thread had a certain special footware flavor, here's a little tidbit from Ament's Wizards of Rock. The photo shows a Kronhoffer and a Cortina on the third ascent of Crack of Fear. The question is for all you fat crack climbers; have you ever resorted to mismatched footware to gain an edge on a wide crack problem the way Ament did here?
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 29, 2007 - 04:34pm PT
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Oct 29, 2007 - 04:43pm PT
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Gas to the crags: $18.70
4 rolls of tape: $6.95
Shredded shoes: $125.00
Pimpstyley croche headband: PRICELESS.
That thing is nice Tom.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Oct 29, 2007 - 05:02pm PT
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LOL
Thanks Will. I could probably get Liz to do one for you...
Have you posted that video of Jaybro on 'spinning in the wind'?
or any videos from the woo?
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P.Kingsbury
Trad climber
the jeep
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Jan 29, 2009 - 04:17pm PT
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dug up from the depths.....
bump for the wideness!!!!!!11111111
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P.Kingsbury
Trad climber
the jeep
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Jan 29, 2009 - 04:39pm PT
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red rocks
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jstan
climber
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Jan 29, 2009 - 07:17pm PT
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Steve Grossman's post above mentions George Livingstone. Since getting involved in this quite odd pursuit I have found it curious how certain very outstanding people get all the attention and equally outstanding people don't. If you wanted to do really great climbs and have the company of just the best person you ever met, you could not do better than George.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 30, 2009 - 02:00am PT
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Was he mostly a Seneca Rock climber or points farther east as well?
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Mr_T
Trad climber
Somewhere, CA
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Jan 30, 2009 - 06:15pm PT
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Widecrack Bump
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 30, 2009 - 06:49pm PT
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Cheers to Kingsbury for rescuing this great thread from obscurity. Answer to somebody, yes LOTS of tacoans probably climbed in Kronies. And BS to someone else: they were quite good for steep edging too and had the huge advantage in the Gunks that you could sneak the toe into the tight horizontals and get more of a hold than the pain machine wearers did. We did tons of 10s in them at a time when that was not too shabby, even Henry wasn't on-sighting FAs at more than 11. Great thread, except for one thing: WHERE'S THE BLOOD??!??!??!
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 30, 2009 - 07:07pm PT
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One order of blood, coming right up!
eeyonkee's hands after a couple of pitches at Vedauwoo.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 30, 2009 - 07:15pm PT
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hey there steve... say, great question:
"The question is for all you fat crack climbers; have you ever resorted to mismatched footware to gain an edge on a wide crack problem the way Ament did here?"
hey all, say, reall GREAT thread/post, here...
great pics, too.... i love cracked rock, course, when it sticks together, though...
*otherwise, there ain't much rock left to see... or climb... :)
ps--and for me, not being a climber, well:
the cracks add a new beauty, and interest and make you wonder how, why, and when, it all came to pass....
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jan 30, 2009 - 09:31pm PT
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Is that the tape job that scooted out of Bat Guano (BG) crack?
Yikes!
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goatboy smellz
climber
dirty south
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Jan 30, 2009 - 09:42pm PT
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Yes I believe scooted is the correct verb if you want to call it that, better ask grug if you want a fist hand account.
Vedavoot Scoot '09 here we come!
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