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crusher
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Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 13, 2008 - 08:18pm PT
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Radical I'm at work right now but I'll look it up when I get home, we've got a list of which ones we did and I can't remember the names except for "Brown's Eliminate" - super memorable since there's no pro for the whole second half and it's a ground fall. Thank God Mr. Crusher was leading it and not me.
Those climbs were all SOOOOOOOOOOOOO fun. We got soaked towards the end of the first day out - total downpour. Got lucky for the next two days with great weather though.
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Jeremy Handren
climber
NV
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Nov 14, 2008 - 01:07pm PT
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I always try and go climbing in the Peak when I go home to visit family. Definitely one of my favorite climbing mediums. Here are a few shots from a trip in 2006.
Peering up at the crux of Profit of Doom. The gear placement is now all blown out (see the 1977 thread) and the piece is now pretty poor, making this a much scarier lead than it used to be.
Josh Horniac on London Wall, photo by Niall Grimes.
Strapadichtomy..looks like my heads about to explode in this one. This photo was also taken by Niall. He was doing a photo shoot with Michael Reardon, who was also milling around the base of the cliff that day. Michael was trying to get psyched up to solo Stapadichtomy, but after watching Josh, Ian and I take bunches of falls before we got up it, he got a little psyched out instead.
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duncan
Trad climber
London, UK
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Nov 14, 2008 - 01:53pm PT
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radical, the second (and third) photos are of Robin Hood's Right-Hand Buttress Direct. "Hard Severe" or about 5.6, first climbed in 1922.
I last did this fine little route four years ago with a regular contributor to this forum.
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HighGravity
Trad climber
Southern California
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Nov 14, 2008 - 02:22pm PT
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Nice TR, I've got to get there. Maybe after the 2012 games in London.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 14, 2008 - 02:28pm PT
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Thanks Duncan, didn't have time last night to look that up. I sorta thought it was one of the Robin Hoods but wanted to confirm.
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Nov 14, 2008 - 03:36pm PT
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What's with all the cams and stuff? A real crusher don't need no gear....
Great Slab. One of Joe Brown's finest.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov 17, 2008 - 02:39pm PT
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Thanks much for sharing your wonderful photos.
Reminds me of my only trip to the grit some 25 years ago to visit a friend I met and climbed with in the Valley. Nice you had a rope gun like John Arran to act as tour guide. Next time I go back, I'll see if Ron Fawcett's available.
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Nov 17, 2008 - 02:46pm PT
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Excellent. Like watching hard grit. Just less blood. Thanks for posting.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2008 - 01:37am PT
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Micronut you're funny...there was, in fact, some blood. Not too much, nothing crazy, but me trying to climb the classic "File" at Higgar Tor was nothing short of an epic. The thing is, I think, about a 5.8 but it's a fist-sized slanted, rounded crack (and when I say "fist sized" that's for the average-sized man, and I'm a small-sized woman) - so I got about half way up it, then was out. Swung back to get into it, fell out...and so on, you get the idea. Cursing ensued, skin ripped off the back of my hands and fingers (no I wasn't taped), blood oozed and I think I gave up.
So the rest of our trip after climbing was a cruise with my family 'round the British Isles to celebrate my parents' 50-year anniversary. It was great. The first thing my Mom said when we hooked up with them in London was "my God what happened to your hands!"...well she was used to my bloodying and bruising exploits from childhood on, but you know, we were going on a cruise, with black tie nights and I looked, well, bloodied. Scabbed. Eeeiiiw. Good thing I hand lots of band aids with me...black slinky gown and Johnson & Johnson - the perfect accessory!
Anyway I realized there were some more nice pictures from the Quick Trip to the Grit, and in the spirit of posting about rock and nature...
The first glimpse of Stanage:
Fossils in the limestone of Castle Kilkenney:
On a hike above Dublin:
Where's the pot 'o' gold?
Sister and I at a favorite stop:
Waterford Harbor:
In county Kilkenney:
Near Inverness:
Some other cliffs (White Cliffs of Dover):
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2008 - 01:41am PT
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Dover Castle:
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jbar
Mountain climber
Inside my head
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Nov 21, 2008 - 01:59am PT
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wow, great tr! Love the heather pic and jealous of the Guinness.
The first few pics look fun. Like some of my local climbs. Bouldering up high and a small rack cuz there's no place for gear. Those are some great pictures.
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crusher
climber
Santa Monica, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2008 - 10:44pm PT
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Furry freinds at Froggat
Fossils
And feathered friends
This was really a great trip. I hadn't looked at the pictures in a while and now am thinking about what a great time we all had.
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