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san diego, ca
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Feb 15, 2010 - 09:32pm PT
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sac,
no, not the best of quality but the band that I pictured I never made it up to and it looks ok?, at least from the road, its off the west side going north out of Bisbee after the tunnel. The Huachuca band is taken from Carr towards the Fort property.
Mark
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Manny
Social climber
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Feb 15, 2010 - 10:47pm PT
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You can drive down some roads like Dry Creek Road and others in the area that will put you near the sandstone but camping on sandstone would require a bivy. Maybe the 4wd road near Japhead parking may be close enough to the car and far enough out of town. That would put you in the center of lotta sandstone.
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Feb 16, 2010 - 12:56am PT
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Hey T*R,
There are a few of us from Flag on here.
"aka safe for 2 girls traveling solo" Hmmm 2 does not equal solo.
You should just find a nice spot out on a FS road. They might not be open in April though. Lots of snow this year. I think that would be safer than being around people.
There is a few nice CG down Oak Creek Canyon.
Verde Hot Springs is a good spot.
Verde Hot Springs has a lot of regulars and "long term" campers. I don't camp there. But there is nudity there :)
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 16, 2010 - 09:47pm PT
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Spider Walk continued...
Manny said: Oh and the first pitch overhang must be missing a bolt. Second scariest part of the route for me. Missing the second pitch anchors and climbing too high then downclimbing maxed out my fun meter.
Just saw that comment...I don't know where you got the idea that the overhang had a bolt at any time. The topo and info from Waugh's guide in Jan. '87 doesn't mention or show one, there wasn't one when I originally did the route in '93, and there is no broken off bolt hole/sleeve at the overhang indicating one was there. Just wondering??
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Manny
Social climber
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Feb 17, 2010 - 09:39am PT
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As for "missing" I should have said "wished for" a bolt cause I didn't see any signs of a missing bolt either. Might be the wrong spot; Greg, is that the spot with the loose block I didn't use for pro? It may be further up the route and not on the photo shown.
Spider Walk is a long uncomplicated route where routefinding is the main concern. Still, it was protected at key moments, except for this one. Maybe I was just feeling soft, but I don't remember finding squat and feeling very exposed.
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 17, 2010 - 02:25pm PT
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Found this on Mountain Project - photo credit Pernell:
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pk_davidson
Trad climber
Albuquerque, NM
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Feb 25, 2010 - 08:42pm PT
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t*r:
"i wish we could xc ski at the north rim of the GC! it would SO COOL. unless we fell off :P
i should start researching that. bet we could rent some and go on an FS road up there.
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From the Jacobs Lake turnoff (end of any plowed road or at least used to be) it's 40 miles to the rim. 20 to park boundary and then another 20 to the rim.
It has been skied in a day if you skate it in good condition, but then you're biving on the N Rim and either walking to the S Rim or skiing out.
If walking, take ice gear for the one formation you have to cross.
It's also been skied in over a week with -20F conditions and blizzards everyday, this was by a strong party (Baxter/Karlstrom and others) so it depends a lot on the conditions.
The North Rim Tour, it's absolutely classic but it's not an afternoon outing.
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2010 - 09:09pm PT
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Was there less than two months ago, and everything seems the same. Even drove down the road and looked for closures.
Don't forget your boulder pad!
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Feb 25, 2010 - 09:42pm PT
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if you look really really really close you can see me and The Doctor on top of End Pinnacle after we did End Game two weeks ago.
AZ climbing blows.... why... just look at that choss pile!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 25, 2010 - 10:19pm PT
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Locker - access at QC has not changed.
Bill made it out of the committee in the Senate, largely via being ridden and whipped through personally by John McCain. Not sure when it would go up for vote there.
Still stalled out in the House thanks to Raul Grijalva.
That's the nutshell view. Climb on!
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Feb 25, 2010 - 11:18pm PT
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Hey Locker,
Look me up when you're over here. I'll be happy to give you a personalized tour of Oak Flat.
Curt
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Manny
Social climber
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Feb 27, 2010 - 01:01pm PT
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Locker, I went to Lower Devil's Canyon to climb the newest additions at the east side of the canyon. The road in had been recently graded again, making the drive in possible with a high clearance vehicle. Rains since then may have cause erosion; haven't been since two storms (one today too). That has turned out to be a lot of good rock, including some pinnacles. Have fun.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Feb 27, 2010 - 01:22pm PT
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gcclimbing - we did have it all to ourselves. no chickens or people there the entire day.
Two weeks ago on a Saturday on a beautiful/perfect day and nobody else climbing on them. The Rockfellers close Monday. Hmmm... word must be out about that choss pile.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 27, 2010 - 01:57pm PT
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Closer shot of someone on the top of the End Pinnacle...
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Feb 27, 2010 - 04:21pm PT
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Here's one from the Arizona way back machine...
The Kachinas on their first outing to climb Weaver's Needle in the Supes in the late 1940's.
L to R: Dale Walser, Ben Pedrick, Ed George, Roy Gray. The photo was taken by Ray Garner.
Ed Goerge was one of the two climbers who did the first ascent of Pinnacle Peak near Phoenix as well.
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Dickbob
climber
Colorado
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Feb 27, 2010 - 04:26pm PT
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Nice!
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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The photo from Weaver's Needle above was taken on or about November 30, 1946. According to the Kachina records, this was the third time the Needle had been climbed. They climbed both summits.
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Manny
Social climber
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We had a great day bouldering in Superior. There is a lot to do in this part of AZ. Mike, Angelina and I pulled on conglomerate quartzite John Sherman turned me onto:
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