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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 08:34am PT
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Thanks everyone!
Thanks weege. It's awesome to see that we can have a difference of opinion and still be nice to each other! :)
All the routes look awesome! Keep em coming!!
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 08:52am PT
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Hey Weege. Feed the sharks, don't become food! ;)
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Feb 11, 2013 - 09:12am PT
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+1 Cookie Monster has awesome steep climbing.
A fun jug haul and keen way to pass early traffic on Cat in the Hat - plus you still get the summit pitch which is prolly the best pitch on Cat anyways.
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thedogfather
Trad climber
Somewhere near Red Rocks
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Feb 11, 2013 - 09:44am PT
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If you do the long hike to Brownstone, you can get a full day of sun and climbing you won't forget on Armatron (walk off). One of our favorites. Also we love Black Magic and Dark Shadows. If going to Dark Shadows then hit the first two pitches of Y2K on the way in or way out. It has a 10a crux but that has a bolt right on the lip of the small roof you climb and the rest of that climb is classic 5.8. Rawlpundi is the route left of Birdland and worth doing. Also in the area is the great single pitch climb "Topless Twins"
For a big adventure, Black Orpheus is a full day.
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Rolfr
Social climber
North Vancouver BC
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:20am PT
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If you get tired of RR or need a change, I'll be down in Joshua Tree for the winter.
My top choice in easy 5.10 would be A Dream of Wild Turkey. Bring warm cloths for Crimson Chrysalis, I've been snowed off in April.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2013 - 11:21am PT
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Wow! I'm always super impressed with the responses I get. Thanks guys!! The routes suggested so far look amazing!! Thanks for the pics Ghost and thedogfather!!!
I made it to the airport, with plenty of time to spare!
Hopefully Bruce is at the terminal in Richmond by now.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:27am PT
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Rock Warrior is worth it.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:43am PT
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A chinese spot we found by accident, China Joes, a local chain with several outlets. Cheap and good.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Feb 11, 2013 - 12:14pm PT
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Oh Sh#t, live TR in progress. Never been to RR, so can't give any beta, but cosmic might be in town and pretty sure he'd play the tour guide. PM me if you need his phone number. Have fun man!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Feb 11, 2013 - 12:28pm PT
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I did Brownstone in February and could've used a headlamp for the hike out,..
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Feb 11, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
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If you go all the way to brownstone, get an overnight pass and do Requiem for a Tadpole also... that climb was super sweet too with a bolted 5.9 pitch if you want to go around the chimney...
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 11, 2013 - 09:10pm PT
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Have a blast! Love your tick list. Sounds like every hot bar on the strip!
Susan
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weezy
climber
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Feb 11, 2013 - 09:52pm PT
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my advice is to get a late-exit pass even if you're just cragging. might as well use up all the winter sun and not worry about getting locked in. i threw my back out at the brass wall one day and it took forever for me to walk out. we barely missed lock-down and talked the ranger into letting us go since i was all gimped up. it's nice to just be able to climb as long as you want and not worry about having to get back before six. i haven't been there in almost ten years, though so maybe things have changed.
vvv edit: yes, definitely do triassic sands. excellent exposure, not as hard as it looks from below. do wholesome fullback afterwards if you got some juice left
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:24pm PT
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Yer gonna......
Have a blast!
If you have some spare time, shoot me a message. We always like to meet Taco folks when they are in town!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Feb 11, 2013 - 10:42pm PT
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Da Lat for pho and other Vietnamese and Mint Bistro for Indian. My favorite ethnic places down there.
Dogfather, thanks for the photos of Brownstone. i haven't made it out there yet and there's a few things there on my hit list. Plus it's sunny.
Big Mike a lot of the stuff people are recommending is in the shade all day. For right now? Could be OK or could be frigid.
My recommendation might be to get up really early, do the classics on the sunny side in your grade range but then do another 1-2 routes in the area and triple your pitch count for the day.
E.G. I personally love Birdland, but then I'd also go over and do Dark Shadows or go to the right and do topless twins, mushroom people and bush pilots.
Olive Oil is great, but then why not do Geronimo the same day? If there's no one there you would run up it. It's the time on the loop road and the hike in that eats it up. once you get somewhere, plan to maximize the climb to hike ratio.
Same with something like Frogland. There's stuff both to the right and the left that you can do to add mileage to your day.
Yeah, the Fox is great but it's one pitch. There are a ton of other 1 pitch routes less than 10 minutes away you can do in the same day if you spend a day in Calico basin.
I'm a bit jealous; wish I could get down there.
Phyl
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 11, 2013 - 11:13pm PT
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Before you throw yourself into the jaws of doom on those Red Rocks moderates, hit the Bonjour Bakery for coffee and pastries. I still have trouble believing that this place exists in Las Vegas, but it does, and not taking advantage of it is a mortal sin. Seriously. It may not be the best patisserie in the world, but it's better than almost anything in the US.
In a shopping plaza on the NE corner of Rainbow and Flamingo.
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bmacd
Trad climber
100% Canadian
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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Taking notes, thanks people. The views of all the canyons from the plane today showed snow on all the ledges to half height on the northern aspects. Looking just as cold here in LV, as Squamish was last weekend
Forecast is looking great though.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:14am PT
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Epinephrine to the top is probably my favorite climb I have done. May be a little chilly this time of year I suppose, but 2,000 feet of 5.7 to 5.9, what is not to like.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2013 - 12:18am PT
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Justin knows how I roll!!
my advice is to get a late-exit pass even if you're just cragging. might as well use up all the winter sun and not worry about getting locked in
Great call!! Thanks!
Jim, sounds great! Triassic sounds cool. Might be tough to get to black velvet with the rental. Maybe if cosmic comes home we can bribe him with a tank of gas?? Hope we get a chance to meet up.
Bruce is talking to Vegasclimber right now as I type, so hopefully we'll hook up with him too.
I took a couple pics on the plane....
Anyone recognize this Washington peak?
A sea of clouds
Pyramid Lake
No idea. Guesses?
Vegas baby!
After a bit of buffoonery with the rental car, Bmacd came and saved my dumbass. We got jacked because of it too. Doh! (I will elaborate later when appropriate.)
After a few errands we made it to our oasis for the next 9 days.
Glad we didn't make it out climbing, VC just told us it rained yesterday!
Bruce says he saw snow on most of the north facing ledges, like phylp said, we may have to focus on sunny stuff for the next couple days. Any south or east facing ideas for us??
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:20am PT
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Save up and splurge on the buffet at the Belogio if you get a chance. It was worth it last time I was there. It was like $30 but that was cheaper tham a lot of restaurants on the strip and they have almost anything you could want.
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