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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Feb 23, 2010 - 11:31pm PT
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Or a gray hoodie with black print. Put dat purty artwerk on da back side, yo! Thanks for bendin' the rules P!
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Hey Simon
Minor correction on your narrative about the shirt in your website...
CRS and The Fin are NOT in between Kings Canyon and Yosemite. Thought I'd nit pick ya! Ha!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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They are if you go the long way 'round...
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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HAAAAA!!! Goodin' Kris!
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ec
climber
ca
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Mar 12, 2010 - 09:28pm PT
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IHP,
It's been three weeks. Where's my t-shirt? You never answered my email either...
ec
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 12, 2010 - 09:41pm PT
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HAAAAA!!! Goodin' Kris!
You know, I've gone on trips in the mountains with guys who navigate like that.
The worst is when you're with someone with a gps and no common sense. They'll insist on going "that way," regardless of the terrain because, well, the unit says it's "that way..."
I didn't need no stinkin' gps to go in to the Spire, climb it free and get out alive first try. Okay, that's full on unadulterated spray but it's true. And what's the internet for anyway?
Eddie, I think he's at that Woodson shindig right now. I emailed him too and he said they are at the printer will ship soon...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Mar 16, 2010 - 08:41pm PT
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But it looks so close from the road!
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:14am PT
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Reilly,
You're a Cascades guy right? The CRS approach is cake for you. Even here in California there are many areas with much harder approaches both logistically and in terms of grunt factor.
Juss' sayin'...
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Mar 17, 2010 - 12:37am PT
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ec... You should have a letter... I sent you one recently. I am busting my nut trying to get these and Bridwell and Woodson done. Not to mention 1,000,000 Yabo shirts! Anyway, hang tight... I am picking up shirts tomorrow and more on Friday. Hopefully the CRS will be there.
Mooch... Nice catch on the location of CRS... I will fix that. Guess it's been way too many years. I hope to get some nice winter pics of CRS/Fin next week.
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ec
climber
ca
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Got it!
thx IHP!
ec
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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THINGS IN YOUR MIRROR ARE NOT AS CLOSE AS THEY SEEM...
I just wish there was more rock and less climbers up there...
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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I just wish there was more rock and less climbers up there...
Wuddahyah talkin about?!? There's pretty much a lifetime of fun up there....you just have to work to get to it. ;)
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Mooch... As with so many of my posts...
Note to self: If you ever do a "safe search:off" Google Image search for tongue or cheek... make sure the kids are asleep.
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D H
Trad climber
Exeter CA.
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Apr 25, 2010 - 06:10pm PT
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More early history on The Spire. From the Sierra Club Bulletin 1951 written by Philip Bettler on the first acent of Castle Rock Spire.
DH
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 25, 2010 - 08:05pm PT
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Cool article, David. Epic 6.5 hour lead on aid pitons by Will Siri! This is apparently the original way on p7 on Bruce's topo:
I wonder who found the 5.8 bypass variation on p7?
Maybe Powell and Wilson, when they cut the time down from 12 hours to 5.5 hours in 1955?
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 26, 2010 - 01:55am PT
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Here's my attempt to summarize ascents and attempts on Castle Rock Spire, based on info posted to this thread and other references. If people know of other ascents or have other photos of the summit register, this could be updated.
[list was edited; same list is on next page]
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ec
climber
ca
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Apr 26, 2010 - 03:51am PT
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Clint you're the man!
Good job!
ec
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D H
Trad climber
Exeter CA.
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Apr 26, 2010 - 09:48pm PT
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Clint--nice work on a time line of ascents of Castle Rock Spire.
The only other ascent I know of is one made in 4-28-07 by Torey Ivanic, Jason Ivanic, and Daniel Moor.
DH
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Apr 27, 2010 - 01:33am PT
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Nice list, Clint.
I deletd my previous spray now that I'm having coffee instead of Stone IPA... ;-)
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 27, 2010 - 03:14am PT
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Thanks for all the info and updates. Updated list:
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