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Off White
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Tenino, WA
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My son & I drove home over Tioga Pass a month or so ago, after the Steve/Mimi nuptials, and just had to stop and climb something in the Meadows. Drawing on fuzzy memories, we scampered up 5.8 Truck n' Drive on Lembert 32 years after I'd last done it. I was glad to see upgraded bolts on the route, though those pesky stainless hangers are a lot harder to spot in the distance than old rusty Leepers.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Here's a 5.8
Not for the 5.8 leader
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 08:42pm PT
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donini:
Want to have serious fun? Spend a day climbing "only" 5.8 in the Gunks.
Oh yeah. Leading classic Gunks 5.8 on sight feels like a mini adventure. F'rinstance Airy Aria,
linking the first two pitches.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 08:47pm PT
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Different climb, oddly similar perspective -- Main Line (5.8) in the Gunks.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2009 - 08:49pm PT
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Also in the Near Trapps, Eastertime Too.
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perswig
climber
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What, Short Order's an .8? So much for my early-season stoke.
Hope the Book's still at least 5.9? Please? My ego needs it.
(Really, only the awkward left reach off the funky cam mid-pitch seemed tricky. I'd vote for 5.8+ :))
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perswig
climber
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I'd have to offer up P1 of Chitlin's Corner (Precipice) and Gargoyle (S. Bubble) in Acadia as great climbs at the grade.
Dale
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Any of you 5.8 leaders want to do an FA come on up to Tahoe and Shakespeare has close too 100 5.8 ish FA's. Bring your sack.....I'll lead my share.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2009 - 11:12am PT
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What, Short Order's an .8?
Funny, I first climbed Truckin' Drive (upthread) and Short Order in the same season
(1982), and thought they were similar difficulty, say 5.8+, and psychological "type"
(thin face with spaced-out bolts). Both real fun climbs.
Don't know what the consensus is about Short Order now. As with a lot of 5.8s, the
leader should try hard not to fall.
As for the Book of Solemnity (5.9+), first time I did that I thought it would be 10a in
Eldo. Likewise the 2nd pitch of Chitlins Corner, which was 5.9+ in my guidebook.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 3, 2009 - 11:18am PT
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One more Gunks 5.8: the first pitch of Main Line. Guidebook calls this pitch 5.7 (the
second, upthread, contains the 5.8) but when we climbed it the first pitch was soaking
wet and seemed harder.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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5.8.
Photo by Blitzo.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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This is an infamous 5.8 in Taylor Canyon, Gunnison. Left Hand is one of those sequence dependent cracks that kicks you out and feels like 5.10 until you figure it out.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Photos by Blitzo.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Tork, What is that?
Awesome photo!!!
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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That looks good!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Photo by Blitzo.
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Blitzo
Social climber
Earth
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Photo by Blitzo.
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richross
Trad climber
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Me following Bonnie's Roof,Gunks.
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Awesome pics guys! Thanks.
Cheers,
Doug
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