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PMS
climber
Woodland Park, CO
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Jun 26, 2007 - 09:57am PT
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Colorado 5.12?
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TwistedCrank
climber
a luxury Malibu rehabilitation treatment facility
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:10pm PT
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Black Canyon Grade II?
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L
climber
A Light Glider on a Rising Thermal
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:11pm PT
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Whaddya mean "grainy"???? Those photos were awesome!
I've climbed the Mountaineers Route on Whitney two and a half times, and every time I get a good look at Keeler, I think "No way in hell...but dang--I sure wish I could!!!" Your great TR makes me think that maybe it's possible now.
Thanks for posting it.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:21pm PT
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I have done the East Face and East Buttress several times. On one trip up the East Buttress i looked over to see someone free soloing Keeler. At first I thought he was roped and kept waiting for him to stop and set up a belay, but he just kept climbing. Turns out it was Croft. He ran past us on the trail while we hiked out. He probably did Keeler and the East Face maybe more that day. Impressive. Your TR has inspired me to get off my but and get up there and do the Harding route. Thanks.
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:27pm PT
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wow, looks big and fun, thanks for the TR!
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:32pm PT
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Awesome. The pics didn't come out too bad. Captured everything pretty well. Good job!
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Jun 26, 2007 - 12:33pm PT
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one of the sierras finest, nice
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clustiere
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Sweet going next weekend
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nice TR of a classic backcountry line. I can't locate the cover shot from Ascent 72....Anyone?
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Classic, it brings back memories! I don't remember any loose rock, a tiny bit grainy on that 2nd pitch.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Ascent 1972 - Harding on the first winter ascent of the Keeler Needle
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Thanks for that classic shot of Tim Auger, now the Banff Warden. I have never seen anybody else's version of that one, either. Superb!
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clustiere
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Sep 11, 2007 - 06:35pm PT
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just did this route last weekend and I found that the rock was pretty good.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Sep 11, 2007 - 06:45pm PT
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worth noting that the ascent cover shot was/is a galen rowell pic.
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kevsteele
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Sep 11, 2007 - 08:01pm PT
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I love that area, before we did the whole Crimson Wall we linked over to the Harding Route, nice and wide :-) Following year our route went straight up the headwall.
None of the guidebooks on the sierras have the Crimson Wall route correct! I need to update the topo with an overlay on Keeler so they get it right in future editions, meanwhile the original is posted here in the back vaults of obscurities on ST:
Crimson Wall
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Let us know!