Trip Report
slates spire: hard core!
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Saturday May 4, 2013 11:56pm
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So this is a chossy spire on the big sur coast that me and my buddys have been wanting to do and the low tide was at 1 PM so we went up and did it! We had to go into thigh deep water to get on it which was super adventuras!
whitemeat
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About the Author
whitemeat is a trad climber from San Luis Obispo, CA. |
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Redwood City
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Super cool ! Did you sign the register on top ?
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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Author's Reply
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May 5, 2013 - 12:04am PT
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there was no register:(
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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neat. Ever since I saw Jody's pic of this, I've wanted to check this out. Choss, spire, ocean, I mean what's not to like?
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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At the risk of coz questioning my sexual orientation, where's Hunter?
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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Author's Reply
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May 5, 2013 - 12:37am PT
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haha good ?, he thought the drive would not be worth it! well it was!
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Awesome!!nhey I'm in SLO for two more weeks before moving to the Valley. if you need a partner....you seem really psyched and I would love to climb with you!
Rob
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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that looks like a good day out!
leading in wet shoes was prolly fun
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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Great stuff! I spent a lot of time exploring that part of the coast. One of the most truly magical places i have enjoyed. What is going at Gorda? There used to be a restaurant and some cabins there and I was offered a job there to run the kitchen. One of the few places where Elephant Seals still breed.
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Trad is Rad
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo California
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Choss, spire, ocean, I mean what's not to like? That is my new favorite quote.
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Just when I think there's nothing new under the sun, I get to read and look at a thread like this. Wonderful!
Thanks much.
John
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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i was walking down the liquor isle,
and there was this girl with
a guilty smile.
she was from san luis obispo,
then i heard about her,
livin in new york.
she took her fine bone structure
and headed to a different port.
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Love your reports, but please! put! the! brakes! on! the! exclamation! marks!
BAd
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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More data? We see the anchor bolts. Any protection? How hard? More than one route? Looks very cool.
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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Author's Reply
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May 5, 2013 - 05:39pm PT
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2 bolts for 50' of climbing. Slater says 5.5 but I thought it was 5.3 in wet tennis shoes. there is no natural protection, "they" say it is very lose and very slippery due to the bird sh#t but it was suprisingly very solid and not slippery! we didn't look for other "lines" but in the book they only say 1 route which is the regular route.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Bump for doing cool stuff. I can just imagine the smell of tide lands and sounds of surf breaking on rocks.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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better surf breaking on the rocks, than rocks breaking on the surf.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Newbury Park
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Looks like fun!
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Nice job meat!!!
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Dude, that's my spire! and my route!
Hope you appreciated the titanium bolts.
5.3... 5.5... what's the difference? I call everything that is easy 5.5. Anything easier and you don't need a rope, right? But the crack start it for sure 5.5 for about 12 feet.
Bummed my high-tec register blew off. It was attached with a cable to the anchor! Probably in Mexico by now.
I remember on the First Ascent I was sketched 'cause I was on lead with a drill and knew that if I got to the top and the rock was just rubble and I couldn't get a bolt in... then what? Ah, pure adventure.
Back then I didn't know I could do it in wet sneakers and that it was only 5.3. From here on out forget ropes people! My buddy Brandon Thau did it barefoot as I remember. But he used a rope too. What a puss.
Glad to see it is getting traffic. Kind of a unique experience.
Climb on.
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Clint... your mind is like a stainless steel trap man! Forgot that was even out there. And damn, that register looks even more bitchin' that I remember!
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