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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:29am PT
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18, over the years. Good fun on most of these.
Western Canada
10.Bugaboo Spire, East Ridge III 5.7
11.South Howser Tower, West Buttress V 5.8 A2 or 5.10
The Pacific Northwest
20.Forbidden Peak, West Ridge II 5.2
22.Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress V 5.9 A2 [5.9+ w/o direct start]
23.Mount Stuart, [Complete] North Ridge III 5.4 [IV 5.9]
24.Liberty Bell Mountain, Liberty Crack V 5.9 A3
Colorado
35.Longs Peak, The Diamond, D1 [Casual Route instead...] V 5.7 A4 or 5.11
The Southwest
37.Castleton Tower, Kor-Ingalls Route III 5.9
California
39.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 [did the Tip, actual classic is the Chimney]
41.Sentinel Rock, Steck-Salathe Route V 5.9 A3
42.Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
43.Half Dome, Northwest Face VI 5.9 A3 or 5.11
44.El Capitan, Nose Route VI 5.11 A3 [or 5.13]
45.El Capitan, Salathé Wall VI 5.10 A3 [or 5.13]
46.Mount Whitney, East Face III 5.4
47.Fairview Dome, North Face III-IV 5.9
50.Lover's Leap, Traveler Buttress II 5.9
and a couple that I would have put on the list (my bias towards rock climbs):
 Snowpatch Spire, SE Corner
Elephant's Perch, The Fine Line
Moses, Primrose Dihedrals
Half Dome, Snake Dike
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Tony
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:44am PT
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A measly 9, with two others attempted:
Devil’s Tower, Durrance Route II 5.6-5.7
Hallett Peak, Northcutt-Carter Route III 5.7 (No longer exists, I hear)
Petit Grepon, South Face III 5.7
Castleton Tower, Kor-Ingalls Route III 5.9
Royal Arches, Royal Arches Route III 5.6 A1 or 5.9 (with Rotten Log in place)
Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
Mount Whitney, East Face III 5.4
Fairview Dome, North Face III-IV 5.9
Lover's Leap, Traveler Buttress II 5.9
Hopefully, I can manage a couple of other of the easy ones.
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Mimi
climber
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:45am PT
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Nice thread dee ee. The 50 Crowded as they're also called.
I've only got 7 (with a couple of attempts) but not dead yet.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:51am PT
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Guess I'm not doing so badly after all.
Traveler's Buttress
South Face Charlotte Dome (really worth the hike)
Royal Arches, Fairview Regular, E Butt Middle Cath.
Ok, except for Charlotte Dome approach, these are all easy ones.
Would rather do the E Butt of Whitney than the E Face.
Tried and failed: Clyde Minaret Southeast Face: route finding problems. Still on my "list", just needing a good partner.
Grand Teton Lower Exum Ridge, thwarted by bad weather last week. We planned to do the route all the way to the summit rather than just the lower 6 pitches.
I think there's a small confusion about this route. The "direct" route in 50 classic climbs is currently called "Lower Exum Ridge" and is 5.7. The "Direct Route" is rated 5.8 and was done by Jim Williams and Robin Moore in 1986, after "50 Classic Climbs" was published in 1979. Tetons reference: "A Climber's Guide To The Teton Range" Renny Jackson and Leigh Ortenberger, 1996
Right next to the Lower Exum Ridge is the Petzold Ridge which looks as good or even better.
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golsen
Social climber
kennewick, wa
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:57am PT
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He did 20 in 20 days. Can't find the year, but seems like somewhere in the 2003 or 2004 range.
Pretty sure it was 1993. Time flies huh?
I was headed up to do the NIAD as they were coming off.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:58am PT
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9.Mount Sir Donald, Northwest Arete III 5.2
10.Bugaboo Spire, East Ridge III 5.7
11.South Howser Tower, West Buttress V 5.8 A2 or 5.10
20.Forbidden Peak, West Ridge II 5.2
21.Mount Shuksan, Price Glacier
22.Slesse Mountain, Northeast Buttress V 5.9 A2
31.Wolf's Head, East Ridge II 5.5
39. The Royal Arches, Royal Arches Route III 5.6 A1 or 5.9
42.Middle Cathedral Rock, East Buttress IV 5.9 A1 or 5.10
I guess nine isn't so bad.
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beluga
climber
Nowhere
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Aug 12, 2011 - 12:59am PT
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2 of those, but I've at least 50 of my own. I'd hope that you do too.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Aug 12, 2011 - 01:25am PT
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Royal Arches
E Butt. Of Middle
Arrow Tip
NW Face of Half Dome
Traveler's Buttress
E. Face of Whitney
SW Face of Clyde Minaret
Attempted:
The Nose (3 times--rain, chopped rope, ropes poached)
Charlotte Dome (late start)
Kor-Ingals, Castleton: late start with SLOW partner-- the wife)
How did so many of you do Ship Rock? I thought it was off limits.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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Aug 12, 2011 - 01:36am PT
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Kor/Ingalls, Castleton
East Face, Whitney
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Mimi
climber
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:01am PT
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Way to go, Riles. We did that thing with a party of eight. Great day of climbing that was. Those radial dikes are beautiful.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:13am PT
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Weld_it must be sick, or maybe hijacked - his first ever post with korrect speling and grammer.
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Mimi
climber
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:15am PT
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Hey Weldo, it's cuz it's the 50 crowded of North America. You know where that is don't you?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:23am PT
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Y'all are a bunch of whiners and wannabees. "Nine. "Eleven." "Seven"
fukin losers. I'm already at 49, and next Tuesday I'm for sure gonna get that purple route on the west corner wall at the gym, which will give me all 50.
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nick d
Trad climber
nm
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:23am PT
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It is too savage for such a pedestrian list !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:30am PT
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I got two.
Then I lost my book, and I don't want to pay Chessler prices for another one, at least not right now.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:39am PT
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None of your business.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Aug 12, 2011 - 02:53am PT
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.75 for me.
I was ferrying cars one at a time for our move from NH to OR and was on the second car I think. I stopped in Chicago to see some friends and was driving non-stop until I saw a sign that said Devils Tower. I had no idea it was even there and whether my gear was in that load or not! I took the exit to check and it turns out it was - score.
So I rolled into the parking lot about 1pm and talked to a ranger who turned out to be a climber from SoIll. He said everyone was probably already climbing so I walked around it until I spotted a likely candidate for a roped solo and headed up. It kept going, going and going and the sun kept sinking and sinking but I didn't have a watch. I then started to look up at the top and couldn't really figure out where it might go after the column business.
I'd also been up about 26 hours by that time and finally bailed thinking I was only about halfway up and was worried about the top out. On driving away I realized I was at least three quarters of the way up if not more and much later figured out it was Durrance. Still need to get back and finish it...
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Aug 12, 2011 - 09:36am PT
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Right next to the Lower Exum Ridge is the Petzoldt Ridge which looks as good or even better.
Even better, I think, especially if one has an anti-social bent.
I got two.
Then I lost my book, and I don't want to pay Chessler prices for another one, at least not right now.
Ha-ha-ha !
My dad loved that book...he probably packed it into the casket upholstery before he left. He likely climbed less than a third of the fifty. But came close to climbing the Lower Exum fifty times.
Every climber needs a list...grand adventures to dream on.
Sweet scheming and planning, Dad !
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Aug 12, 2011 - 09:50am PT
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I only have 2 and one of them has since been destroyed by rockfall: (1) Devil's Tower, Durrance route (1986), and (2) Hallett Peak, Northcutt-Carter Route (1961). The Northcutt Carter has been devastated by rockfall and the lower portion of the route...gone.
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