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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Rodger, you will love Ejesta and Nurdle. Just did Golden Needles and Commitment this weekend. Really nice routes.
Another party on Nurdle (did it last spring, did it again this weekend)
Link up with the 5.8 second pitch of Knob Job for a great time. Rap off with a single 70m or two ropes.
Sweet double cracks on Golden Needles
(another one where a 70m will be good for the rap)
Great 5.8 crack on Commitment's p1
Murcy on second pitch of Commitment, just below crux roof (that one was MINE :)
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zeta
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 9, 2011 - 11:47pm PT
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great pics rhyang....glad you like Golden Needles. It's a great 2nd pitch!
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murcy
Gym climber
sanfrancisco
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Oct 10, 2011 - 09:55pm PT
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Yeah, after a little off-road action in the land of dispersed camping,
Rob and I played on Golden Needles,
Nurdle (first time for me, very fun), but clearly not the first time for this soloist bringing up a rope to play on nearby routes,
Sherrie's Crack (top-rope) (I was content to hang-dog my way up the evil tips part to get to the great hand crack),
Generator Crack (which oddly seemed much more exhausting than it did two weeks ago when Joey F. took this picture of the crux lowering-without-throwing-up),
and Commitment, with very nice leads of the cruxes by Robert.
More was planned but I was super out-of-it and unwilling to push it. Turned out that my night chills and drenched sweats were not sleeping-bag mismanagement after all, but some kind of cold/flu fever deal (my first in 3 years, and it starts 2 days after I get a flu shot--coincidence?), so I am glad to have held up for at least a good passel of awesome routes.
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rhyang
climber
SJC
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Oct 10, 2011 - 10:08pm PT
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Last time I got a flu shot I felt sick the next weekend too. Kind of wondered if something wasn't quite right .. glad we went home when we did. Get well soon !
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Oct 10, 2011 - 10:39pm PT
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Rob-
I've done Commitment, but many years ago. I also enjoyed The Surprise, and have done it both ways, the traverse to the right on p.2 (1980) and also the 5.10a finish (1981). Try Again Ledge is O.K. after the first 20 feet or so, which is a bit spooky and hard to protect. Your pictures of Golden Needles and Nurdle make them look very attractive. I still need to do Hanging Teeth and The Caverns on the FOB.
Rodger
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Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Bumping for Valley 5.8 - first I saw this thread
Awesome list Ed - thanks
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Clint included Brown is Black. This beast is not 5.8. Only a confident 5.9+/5.10 leader should attempt it IMO.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Move them to RR where they will be happy to know that they are actually 5.9.
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 17, 2014 - 06:36am PT
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Bumping for the Audubon-Buttress-curious, among whose ranks I include myself.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Oct 17, 2014 - 06:43am PT
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And I'm Try Again Ledge-curious, Rodger.
Why a PG-13?
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Oct 17, 2014 - 07:11am PT
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How about the Cow left? It used to be kinda run out but it was great fun.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Oct 17, 2014 - 07:29am PT
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Mouse-
Only the start, which is hard to protect for about the first 20-30 feet is PG13. The rest of the climb segues into The Caverns.
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