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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Dec 11, 2012 - 11:29pm PT
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Great story Karl sound like one hell of a route:D!
Slab climbing is so much fun!
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:25am PT
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Demimonde....Last spring. On site. Slung nut on hangerless second bolt stud.
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thekidcormier
Gym climber
squamish, b.c.
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:28am PT
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On site eh, like a web site?
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gonzo chemist
climber
Fort Collins, CO
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Dec 12, 2012 - 12:45am PT
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on Fingertips (Tuolomne Meadows)
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Dec 12, 2012 - 01:08am PT
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More like outta site....GBG this year (not 40 years ago). Nice picture Gonzo..What route?
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dcaunt
Trad climber
Chico, CA
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Mr. Morris see if you can name these slabs?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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First one is that 5.10 splitter to the left of Green Dragon -- Mr. Natral?
Second one -- can't say.
Third one -- that 5.10 traversing thing at the base of the Apron, over between MMS and Apron Jam. Done it 100 times; can't remember the name. Lonely Dancer?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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son of sam?
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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First, Mr Natural. Second, ?. Third, Son of Sam.
Second one is not up in the Meadows. Wrong backdrop. So, where?
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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to revitalize slab climbing-
revitalize no-hands bouldering
practice balancing slowly across the tops of a line of beer bottles
and re-manufacture Kronhoffer Klettershuen
(Fires were a backwards step)
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Second one is Grease? Grouse slabs, Tahoe
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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(Fires were a backwards step)
I'll assume that's a troll?
I started in Kronhoffers (at The Gunks.)
I know Kronhoffers. They are no Fires.
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TomCochrane
Trad climber
Santa Cruz Mountains and Monterey Bay
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most of my early climbing was on graite in Kronhoffers, so perhaps biased
bought Fires as soon as they became available...was generally unimpressed
might have liked them better for the gunks
now using Kaukulators, but wishing there were some Kronhoffers for comparison
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surfstar
climber
Santa Barbara, CA
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Mar 22, 2013 - 11:11am PT
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Saw this throw another site and made me think of this thread - is this a 'proper' way to fall?
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 22, 2013 - 12:21pm PT
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Fun slab story. Dig; Went to Stone Mtn.,NC with a very rigid list of routes to climb.(as only an impetuous teen-age boy can..) Big route for the trip was 'Rainy Day Women', an area classic with a bit of a rep. Well when we showed up there's two dudes up on the thing. Leader would get WAY out and come sliding off. Belayer would literally catch his pard in his arms on the way by! Eventually they bailed. I went up the first thing next morning and sent, mostly spurred by not wanting to take the huge slider!
Post-script; Years later around a campfire I met the man that was taking those big falls. Now a dear friend and partner.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Mar 22, 2013 - 12:31pm PT
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I'm still quite conflicted on the question "at what point does a 'slab' climb become a 'face' climb, i.e., a route you would NOT refer to as a slab. For example, Poker Face over by the Royal Arches area seems to rest just beyond the divide. It's a face climb. 3 or 4 degrees less steep, I might think of it as a slab; but as it is it's all crimping and precision edging. I also think the amount of pro plays a role in one's perception. I heard Poker Face got retro'd and no longer sports those enthralling runouts. If I did it in with today's level of pro, absent the mental hold-it-together-or-else factor, it might seem more slabboriffic. Any opinions, pilgrims?
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Mar 22, 2013 - 02:48pm PT
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I would have to agree with you bvb. The whole 'keep yer brain from exploding' is half the fun of slab that you certainly don't get without run-outs.
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