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donwanadi
Feb 24, 2012, 9:09 PM
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Anyone have info on clean aid lines at ragged mountain in CT?
Anywhere else in the northeast?
(This post was edited by donwanadi on Feb 24, 2012, 9:09 PM)
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healyje
Feb 25, 2012, 12:27 PM
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If you're in NY how about just going to the gunks and aid any number of an endless array of routes? There's always Cannon and Cathedral or you could scrape up something to aid clean at Crow Hill.
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xbrianx1990
Feb 25, 2012, 1:37 PM
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I've never aided there but there are plenty of free lines to lead so I dont see why you couldnt aid them. There is a route named "aid crack" I've never been on....
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marc801
Feb 25, 2012, 3:43 PM
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donwanadi wrote: Anyone have info on clean aid lines at ragged mountain in CT? Anywhere else in the northeast?
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coastal_climber
Feb 26, 2012, 12:08 AM
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marc801 wrote: donwanadi wrote: Anyone have info on clean aid lines at ragged mountain in CT? Anywhere else in the northeast? This is a serious question? Get guidebook, go to crag, find an appealing but not popular line, aid it. There's really not more to it than that.
I think he needs beta for the send
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donwanadi
Feb 27, 2012, 2:56 PM
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Actually you make a pretty good point. I was thinking along the lines of 'which lines are C1?', but there really isn't any reason not to explore a bit with aid. I can always backtrack if I get stuck. Thanks.
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cobbledik
Feb 28, 2012, 12:20 AM
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If you're going up free climbs sight unseen on aid, make sure you bring hooks, or be ready to do a free move or two.
free climbs with 7' of face and no crack don't even register as a blip when freeclimbing, but standing in ladders, that 7' can look like miles.
but don't hook anything fragile. Hooks create a lot more force than free climbing fingers do. There's at least one route I can think of in Tahoe where an aid climber ripped off all of the flakes on the slab and now it's one of the hardest 5.10 slabs I've ever done.
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marc801
Feb 28, 2012, 1:30 AM
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cobbledik wrote: If you're going up free climbs sight unseen on aid, make sure you bring hooks, or be ready to do a free move or two.... ...but don't hook anything fragile. Hooks create a lot more force than free climbing fingers do.
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