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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Aug 26, 2010 - 02:42pm PT
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They are out there. I know where one is. I can tell from the photo that it's not the same as stonewalker's wall.
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Aug 26, 2010 - 02:47pm PT
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i hope you know the difference between skepticism and cynicism, fet.
what we're looking at here in this "teaser" isn't much more vertical than a buttress of tahquitz rock, easily climbed in a day. the background flora indicates a westside entry canyon, there are many of them, they all have granite bluffs, and the easily accessed worthwhile ones were done long ago. if you know this guy, i'll shut the hutt up, but his handle looks suspicious.
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TKingsbury
Trad climber
MT
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Aug 26, 2010 - 02:59pm PT
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Right on, looks cool.
The skepticism is funny....
"we've seen/climbed everything worthwhile"
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Stonewalker
Big Wall climber
Smartsville, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2010 - 03:00pm PT
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I can take the crap so keep it coming... Very amusing. I'm not going to defend myself. I'm going climbing this Sunday... Who wants to see for themselves?
And Tony... Leave my "handle" alone!!!
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ec
climber
ca
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:07pm PT
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but there is one sure fire way to find out if I'm full of sh#t or not
You did not elaborate on this...
 ec
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Tony Bird
climber
Northridge, CA
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:18pm PT
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i wonder if he's showing you the toe of moro rock in sequoia. back that camera up and you'll see the tourist handrailing.
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Gene
Social climber
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:21pm PT
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It is located in northern California about a hour and a half from Sacramento.
It's more like two hours and spare change. You drive too fast.
g
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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:25pm PT
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Looks kinda like this, but prolly isn't...
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ec
climber
ca
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:33pm PT
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You can't see the base of Moro from the railing. Not the Wings either...
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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Three VERY EFFIN LONG pitches!
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edejom
Boulder climber
Butte, America
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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I didn't really think it was the Wings, ec, but just saw that photo of it and thought that there were similarities.
Besides, I'm in Montana and my Cali big-wall familiarity comes from books, mags, and the net:-)
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Stonewalker
Big Wall climber
Smartsville, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2010 - 03:41pm PT
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Looking for people to help share the load. A lot of the ground work has been done and I have explored many different areas there. If you find it to hard to believe or just not interested then move along. If you want to help out, there is a lot of work that needs to be done but well worth the effort. A rappel route is almost complete and should be finished this Sunday.
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Gene
Social climber
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Aug 26, 2010 - 03:44pm PT
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Didn't Galen R. put up a route or two upstream?
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Stonewalker
Big Wall climber
Smartsville, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2010 - 04:20pm PT
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Anything is possible but I have done extensive research and talked with people who climbed in the vicinity as far back as the 70's... These faces have remained untouched!
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Hawkeye
climber
State of Mine
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Aug 26, 2010 - 04:31pm PT
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COOL! and good luck!
but you must be really hard up to share it with this bunch!
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Aug 26, 2010 - 05:19pm PT
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go git it - then put a feather in your cap.
am I close?
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Stonewalker
Big Wall climber
Smartsville, Ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 26, 2010 - 05:25pm PT
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For the record, Tony bird is wrong... On ALL accounts.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Aug 26, 2010 - 05:42pm PT
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Nobody believed in Mavericks, who would have thought there is hundreds of square miles of huge boulders right off the road around Butte, ect....
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rich sims
Trad climber
co
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Aug 26, 2010 - 05:50pm PT
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Becky said he climbed it in 50? he will have to look it up.
Gordon said he it looks like one of the places he climbed in 73.
For real I know a guy who climbed El Capitan in SDeggo in the 50s
Even if someone was there in the 60-70 so what.
Some SF/Bay area carpenters/climbers building a house in McCall ID early 70s climbed all sorts of stuff. Bet you can’t find any locals who know who the CA climbers were. Maybe not even three who even know that the cali boys did the climbs.
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nature
climber
Whereverland....
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Aug 26, 2010 - 06:32pm PT
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RJ... you are cracking me up.
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