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weezy
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Jan 26, 2013 - 03:08pm PT
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wayne dang sweet poontang. good shite, bvb. the matterhorn and walker peak are definitely on my list for the (early) summer. since we're embedding pics of the "unicorn of utah crags" in this Big Rocks thread...
get your brick fix..
something's burning...
it's all there...
better shaddup before i get lynched!
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 04:08pm PT
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I didn't get up tp the main crag often weezy but when I did, we always hucked a quick lap on this. Too f*#king good. Worthy of Arch Rock.
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 04:13pm PT
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More often it was this:
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 04:48pm PT
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Meanwhile, back at Big Rocks: The Paleoman Roof. 9' of ass-dragging horizontal V5 goodness. Don't leave Wayne County without it!
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 05:21pm PT
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Once in a blue moon I could drag a posse up to the Henrys, but between the flat tires and punctured oilpans they were usually one-timers. On this trip we racked up two flat tires, one broken axle, and two SOS trips into Hanksville. Then we had to talk a renegade flatbed truck driver into coming all the way up to the Coyote Benches to rescue a rig and take it to Green River. Standard-issue Horn Epic.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 26, 2013 - 05:42pm PT
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Damn, that climbing looks fantastic!
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 05:45pm PT
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It is, Gal! Pocket pullin' paradise. But then again, there is still Big Rocks...a father will always have a soft spot for the place he taught his son to climb. #1 son Kyle, straight pimpin' Wayne County style at 3 years old. Greg Epperson photo.
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J. Werlin
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Cedaredge, CO
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Jan 26, 2013 - 06:04pm PT
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Keep this thread at the top, baby.
Keep it rolling BVB.
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 06:23pm PT
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The wild thing is that if you were to stick a pin on the map in Torrey, Utah, then draw a 50 mile radius around it, all this would be in that circle. Plus way, way, way more. Mt. Biking, Fly Fishing, Techinial Slot canyons, unreal hiking, Kayaking, God the list goes on. I should shut up...
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le_bruce
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Oakland, CA
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Jan 26, 2013 - 08:20pm PT
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All-time thread right here.
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le_bruce
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Oakland, CA
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Jan 26, 2013 - 08:37pm PT
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BVB, sorry to carpet bomb your thread with images, but I share your enthusiasm for the region. All of these are a hop, skip, jump from Torrey as well:
200 ft rope stretching pitch, mostly hands:
Choices choices choices:
Captionless from here:
One of the best corners of the western states. Even if it had zero climbing that'd be true.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Jan 26, 2013 - 08:43pm PT
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No need to apologize, those are pretty yummy shots.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Jan 26, 2013 - 08:48pm PT
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WOW-BVB & LeBruce, you guys are killin' me, as in I want to go there!!!! Amazing-great thread... great images-the hand crack-that looks so nice... slot canyons, hikes, the climbing, once again, wow. Hope this thread stays on top! BVB-Nice to teach your son climbing in such a cool spot.
VERY AWESOME.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 08:50pm PT
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Yeah, but some quickie captions would be nice Bruce, at least a hint at locale. Some of it looked like Long Canyon/Circle Cliffs stuff?
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le_bruce
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Oakland, CA
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Jan 26, 2013 - 09:03pm PT
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Bingo, BVB. Some in Long proper, some down off of Wolverine Loop, some out random uranium mining roads in the Circle Cliffs.
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bvb
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flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 26, 2013 - 09:35pm PT
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Damn I'm good. Some incredible slot canyons drop down from the Southern Circle Cliffs, about 3 miles north of the Burr Trail, into the lower Fold. Did a bunch of stuff there. Had an epic once when we got our burly 4X4 hopelesly stuck and had to hike in a blinding rainstorm from WAY out in the circle cliffs down the Burr Trail switchbacks, carrying my 18 month old kid the whole way. Probably 12 miles, in the dark. Finally made it to the NPS Ranger Cabin at the base of the switchbacks. Never went out again without full emergency bivvy gear, a shovel, a hi-lift jack, and a winch.
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Tarbuster
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right here, right now
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Jan 26, 2013 - 09:43pm PT
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Way to pull back the curtain on the choice goods BVB!
Quite the holdout on a treasure trove of snapshots and locations you are.
Payoff for wading through all of the Chossapalooza on the forum in recent years.
Big Rocks straightaway for my money.
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weezy
climber
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Jan 27, 2013 - 01:59am PT
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WAYNE COUNTY motherf*#kers! get some
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2013 - 02:39am PT
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Bedtime Big Rocks teaser. Seriously, am I the only guy on the motherf*#king planet with photos of this massive hoard of bouldering and cragging areas on like 6 different kinds of rock, splitter multipitch cracks, technical desert domes and peaks, scary-as-shit slot canyons, trouser-filling desert towers, all located at 5,500 to 11,000 feet in the most remote area of the US? WTF?!
No wonder I felt so alone. It was like a ten-year exile in paradise.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 27, 2013 - 03:09am PT
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B1, five stars, needs a 3rd ascent! Be the first on your block! Get sponsored! Impress your freinds! Free cowboy hats and snap-button yolk skirts! Snakeskin boots optional! Get laid!..by a boy, a girl, a sheep, a cow, a Morman virgin, whatever...it's Wayne County, people!
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