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sungam
Dec 16, 2013, 2:47 PM
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Okay, what really god awful routes have you climbed that you actually had a load of fun on?
One that comes to mind was on the Hog's Back at Lover's Leap , California.
I went there to meet Lazlo, which was pretty funny in itself(1), and we did Bear's Reach the first night, which was a pretty rad route. It was pretty busy so we decided to do a route on the hog's back instead of the super famous uberclassics on lover's leap itself.
I don't even remember what the route was called or graded, but I remember it was shitty, covered in dirt and pine needles and quite a few ants, but it was actually really good fun. Not quite sure why. Maybe it was the whole "hexes and swarmi belt only" thing, or the fact there was no one around, or the fact I had a huge mancrush on Lazlo.
I am bad at telling stories but I want to hear yours.
(1)the highlight of that trip was my brother scaring the living SHIT out of Lazlo by flashing his fireman's badge, claiming it was a police badge, and announcing that Lazlo had just given his underage brother a beer. The look on his face was PRICELESS. Then my bro drove off with my bag in his truck. f*** that was a cold night.
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sungam
Dec 16, 2013, 2:49 PM
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Holy goddam look at those man titties, I forgot about those until I looked at that picture just now.
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Gmburns2000
Dec 16, 2013, 3:06 PM
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How does River Tower in Moab not make your list? Gotta be up there as my favorite awful climb.
Actually, that was a pretty cool climb in of itself considering the exposure.
Just about everything on Hogsback was pretty boring to be honest.
Worst climb that I had fun on? Probably The Saigons in NoCo. Pretty lousy climbing altogether, but one can have an adventure or two on it if one wants to (getting off in particular if you don't have two ropes - oops!)
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sungam
Dec 16, 2013, 3:43 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: How does River Tower in Moab not make your list? Gotta be up there as my favorite awful climb.
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caughtinside
Dec 16, 2013, 4:46 PM
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what's the name of the shitty route on the hogback? I've probably done it at some point or another.
I find I actually prefer doing weird shitty routes these days. They generally have no chalk, no climbers and plenty of adventure and surprises on them.
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potreroed
Dec 16, 2013, 7:36 PM
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The Crescent Moon Buttress near Potrero Chico is the best route you will ever do on mediocre rock--either really loose or really sharp.
It's 8 pitches and you get to climb over a natural arch. step over a worm hole, rappel into a deep notch and climb out the other side, do a tyrolean traverse back to the main wall and a wild pendulum to reach the last rappel station.
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Gmburns2000
Dec 17, 2013, 4:55 PM
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potreroed wrote: The Crescent Moon Buttress near Potrero Chico is the best route you will ever do on mediocre rock--either really loose or really sharp. It's 8 pitches and you get to climb over a natural arch. step over a worm hole, rappel into a deep notch and climb out the other side, do a tyrolean traverse back to the main wall and a wild pendulum to reach the last rappel station.
Actually, sounds almost like the River Tower route I noted above, except yours sounds wilder.
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sungam
Dec 17, 2013, 5:58 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: potreroed wrote: The Crescent Moon Buttress near Potrero Chico is the best route you will ever do on mediocre rock--either really loose or really sharp. It's 8 pitches and you get to climb over a natural arch. step over a worm hole, rappel into a deep notch and climb out the other side, do a tyrolean traverse back to the main wall and a wild pendulum to reach the last rappel station. Actually, sounds almost like the River Tower route I noted above, except yours sounds wilder.
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sungam
Dec 17, 2013, 5:59 PM
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caughtinside wrote: what's the name of the shitty route on the hogback? I've probably done it at some point or another. I find I actually prefer doing weird shitty routes these days. They generally have no chalk, no climbers and plenty of adventure and surprises on them.
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6pacfershur
Dec 18, 2013, 5:44 AM
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1911 Gully, 3rd Flatiron....good times were had by all
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climbingtrash
Dec 20, 2013, 5:13 AM
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6pacfershur wrote: 1911 Gully, 3rd Flatiron....good times were had by all
Didn't yew used to have a different name?
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shimanilami
Dec 21, 2013, 6:01 AM
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P.O.D.
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rsmillbern
Dec 21, 2013, 9:24 PM
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Adam Platte on the Alpspitze was ... interesting. Chance to fall, 0%, chance that the slope you are climbing on will slide out from under you, 20%. Rocks falling from above for no apparent reason, gear every 10ish meters, 600 meters if choos :-).
Wanna come havea go Magnus??
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theguy
Dec 23, 2013, 6:04 AM
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WHAT?!? That is a phenomenal route, even RC's recently maliigned route db agrees, unless you're not talking about Red Rocks.
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stevecurtis
Dec 24, 2013, 5:03 PM
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Go climb any route at Table rock St. H. Ca. Aloha patrol 4 pitches 11 B rope solo gets my vote.
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timstich
Feb 15, 2014, 5:57 AM
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Army Route on the Pinnacle in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs. Steve Dieckhoff put it in his guide book "Serious Play" even. Absolute piece of crap kitty litter. Full of weird pounded in rebar loops for pro on second pitch. So loose on the start of the third pitch that buckets are now worn down into steps from erosion. Climbing it again tomorrow. Ha ha ha.
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lofstromc
Feb 15, 2014, 9:45 PM
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I agree. Every pitch is the same. We climbed it and hated it the whole way up.
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