Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
clustiere
Trad climber
Durango, CO
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 4, 2006 - 07:40pm PT
|
sweet how about the great book on whitney, heard from bob cable it was sweet.
|
|
Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
|
|
All that stuff on the Hulk of course.
Matterhorn Peak.
Clyde Peak in the Pal's.
Clyde Minaret.
Humphreys.
Russell.
Matterhorn...
Matterhorn Peak summit pitch
Lesser Known?
Maybe Knott.
|
|
ha-ha
climber
|
|
|
Jul 15, 2006 - 04:46pm PT
|
does anyone have a photo of mt chamberlain?
|
|
tinker b
climber
your local park
|
|
|
Jul 16, 2006 - 11:50am PT
|
seven gables....it is in the 100 classics...a bit of an aproach (14 miles in from the west -bear creek TH) but an amazing line. the first couple of pitches are pretty steep, but then there is a rad ridge line. tooting my own horn, me and my partner did it car to car in 19hours (one of my prouder days)
did anyone mention charlotte dome?
bubb creak dome is immaculate as well, although significantly more commiting.
|
|
tinker b
climber
your local park
|
|
|
Jul 16, 2006 - 11:52am PT
|
oh and harding route on conness.
|
|
Maysho
climber
Truckee, CA
|
|
|
Jul 16, 2006 - 02:49pm PT
|
The Citadel in LeConte Canyon. Long approach but a few great routes, Edge of Time arete a classic Nettle creation. And with due modesty a route on the right that Urmas Franosch and I did turned out to be really high quality, can't remember what we named it.
Peter
|
|
asandh
climber
|
|
|
Jul 16, 2006 - 03:39pm PT
|
... funny, I'm just finishing up a TR of our recent ascent of Edge of Time which I'll probably post on this site in the next couple days. Would like to here more about the route you and Urmas did, maybe we'll go back.
|
|
Gene
climber
|
|
|
Jul 16, 2006 - 06:46pm PT
|
Anybody climb Langille?
|
|
clustiere
Trad climber
Durango, CO
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Jul 28, 2006 - 07:01pm PT
|
Ah ha do tell about edge of time arete????
|
|
rhyang
climber
SJC
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 12:31am PT
|
Just a bump to ask if anyone's done Shepherd Crest, NW Face (II, 5.7). Secor's description of 'perfect rock' made me wonder ...
|
|
Buju
Big Wall climber
the range of light
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 12:41am PT
|
While working on a backcountry crew, I traversed the ridge from west of east as an after work romp. The rock and climbing quality ran from amazing to pure garbage. Despite that, I had a blast, watching sunset from the top of the east summit and stumbling back to camp in the dark! I approached the ridge from the south up a 4th class ridgeline. From that area, the Robbins route looks beautiful.
Go get it and post a TR!
|
|
oldtopangalizard
Social climber
ca
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 09:46am PT
|
Gonna have to agree with Werner that it is all classic. Way back an old friend and I had started climbing and decided to head up the east face of Darwin. We didn't know the area well and just started up. Turned out to be an easy 5.4 ish climb, but as beautiful a day as you could ask. One of the all time summits complete with helicopter debris, spectacular views, summit block. It was all there. We rolled into camp at around 10:00 PM.
Thirty five years later, I still think of that day as one of the best outdoor experiences of my life. Sh#t I just climbed (clawed in my case) with that old dirtbag in Yosemite in August. Rough life.
|
|
The Alpine
Big Wall climber
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 10:46am PT
|
Mt. Chamberlin. 12 miles back there, but worth the slog.
|
|
The Alpine
Big Wall climber
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 01:12pm PT
|
|
|
Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 01:38pm PT
|
Man, so drool worthy. And clustiere, you packed alot of good climbing in just two seasons. I should have taken greater advantage of my youth and unattached status.
Anyways, I remember reading about the Cyclorama Wall in the AAJ as a kid. I can find what I believe it to be on a map. Over Southfork Pass, trend SW toward Dumbell Lakes Pass and it thereabouts on an unnamed peak. I want to say its southwest facing and from the topo it does appear to be concave. I want to say that Rowell described hauling their bag up and screaming in horror when he saw one of his approach shoes fall out the top. He had to do that long hike out with a climbing shoe on one foot. Grim.
When I turned 35 I made a list of stuff I wanted to do before I died. Got to about 50. Doing a long remote Grade V in the Sierra was high up there. No specific route, but the Cyclorama was kind of what I was thinking of.
Good find it and do it.
|
|
le_bruce
climber
Oakland: what's not to love?
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 03:35pm PT
|
Hey The Alpine, holy sh#t that is quite a set of photos. Is this some of the final product from your plane rental/backcountry recon this summer?
Those pics need to be in their own thread, and ought to be accompanied by story and more pics! In any case, thanks for sharing those few.
|
|
Rankin
climber
North Carolina
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 04:10pm PT
|
If I told you, maybe it won't be so little known. That big beautiful face on Mt. Emerson that is off the trail to Paiute Pass. I think it faces West. Great route!
|
|
blacksun
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, California
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 04:44pm PT
|
Hey Euphoria..
Your note on "Cyclorama" got me looking. First I found this..
which says grade V, 5.10, A1 1.6 miles SE of Observation Peak.
Google Earth would put that at lat 37.005957 long -118.504144 , which looks like the described curved wall.
Then, I saw a nearby panaramio image link of a wall, which looks fantastic, but doesn't seem to match the topography.
If anyone objects to me posting this kind of stuff, I'll take it down
|
|
The Alpine
Big Wall climber
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 05:13pm PT
|
Le Bruce - you're spot on. Hire plane, scope walls, hike in, send.
|
|
gonzo chemist
climber
Crane Jackson's Fountain St. Theater
|
|
|
Oct 26, 2010 - 06:13pm PT
|
Not quite as obscure as the other stuff listed on here, but The Bloody Corner on Mt. Russel certainly doesn't see as much traffic as Fishook Arete or Mithril Dihedral.
Crux pitch (~160 ft.):
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!