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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2011 - 02:19pm PT
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Skinny spire bump
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jack herer
Sport climber
Veneta, Oregon
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semi precarious
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jack herer
Sport climber
Veneta, Oregon
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next door to the turkey monster
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2011 - 03:12pm PT
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I think the spire in my post above, Freak's Fright, can't be more than 8-9 feet in diameter but around 90 feet tall, it is somewhat forshortened in this picture. I think a one to ten ratio will quallify a lot of spires in this catagory or at least start to make you think of the toppling factor at the bottom.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Up by "The Window". I lassoed the top from the spire to the left so I'd have a tope rope getting up it.
I'll have to look for a couple of pics of some crumbling limestone towers up by Blackfox I got to the top of.
Edit. My wife took the pic a couple years ago, I didn't bag it till this spring.
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jack herer
Sport climber
Veneta, Oregon
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I finally go to have a pro photographer tag along on The Eagles Claw!!!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Here's the most precarious made of rotten wood.
OK, it's really pretty solid.
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Chillax
Trad climber
Wexford
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This one off the west of Ireland is the victim of constant rumours that its fallen over. Still hanging in there though.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - May 17, 2012 - 04:26pm PT
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Anyone climbed some skinny ones lately?
Johnboy, I climbed a couple of spires by the other free campground by mystic a few years back.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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May 17, 2012 - 04:42pm PT
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This is not the most precarious spire:
But it's a fun diversion on the way down from Via Aqua or anywhere near the top of Upper Yosemite Falls.
Homemade Da Brim bump.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
merced, california
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May 17, 2012 - 04:52pm PT
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Still patiently waiting for an update on Agassiz Column in the Valley.
I don't know about the peethure Reeotch provided of the "former" pinnacle in the sea, but it bears a remarkable resemblance to the base of the Gasmanian Totem Pole.
Pate, I got it on my wall and it's the Barbie of Seastackage.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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May 17, 2012 - 04:56pm PT
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Well, how many old-timers climbed the late, lamented, Sentinel Spire? A lot of work for a 5.5, but I never expected its demise quite so soon.
John
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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May 17, 2012 - 04:59pm PT
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@Tom Woods
"Dang Munge- i've wondered about that stuff up there, whether it could clean up for bolted climbs or not. There sure is a lot of it."
Tom,
There is all kinds of volcanic in that region. Some good tight matrix. Some really sharp. Some is bolted. Most hasn't been done. Fear of loose rock keeps the intelligent away.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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May 17, 2012 - 05:41pm PT
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That stuff around Caineville is NOT solid, ya big grinnin' sandbagger you!
YER GONNA DIE!!1!!
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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May 17, 2012 - 07:11pm PT
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Not a great pic. This is in the Apocalypse Needles near The Dalles Oregon. Only one recorded ascent. Stacked basalt blocks.
Looks really scary.
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jack herer
Big Wall climber
Veneta, Oregon
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May 17, 2012 - 11:35pm PT
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Horse C*#k Rock!
And from above...
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jack herer
Big Wall climber
Veneta, Oregon
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May 17, 2012 - 11:37pm PT
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