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alpnclmbr1
Feb 5, 2003, 5:55 PM
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Traitor horn Open book The flower of high rank Insomnia The green arch The vampire Wanger banger Heart of darkness Equinox Walt baileys Macarthy west Incredible hand crack**** Fingers in a light socket Thin ice The prow at the forks Wine and roses Country club crack Terror in tiny town Whimsical dreams These are the ones I remember the most so I guess they are my favs
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peas
Feb 5, 2003, 6:10 PM
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Two more for Squamish: St. Vitus Dance 5.9 The Zip 10a
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pranaguy
Feb 5, 2003, 7:05 PM
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So I just started climbing trad now, so my list is kinda small, but anyways, here it is. Joshua Tree: -Sail Away -Touch and Go -White Lightning Tahquitz: -Daves Deviation -Wong Climb (or is it Long Climb? I always mix them up. The one on the left.) -dihedral pitch of Whodunit Oh yeah, and at Roubidoux, Turtle Dome Crack. -Matt
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crack_head
Feb 5, 2003, 7:21 PM
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yummy i love cracks
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braaaaaaaadley
Feb 5, 2003, 7:33 PM
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I second Jaws (5.9) at New River Gorge
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dingus
Feb 5, 2003, 7:37 PM
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Giving the question serious thought, I honestly can't say... what's in a favorite? Pure climbing pleasure? Personal milestones? Top performance? Reptitions? Bragging rights? All of those things potentially go into the soup. I find it difficult to put my finger on any one route that includes them all however. If I count repititions as the primary measure, say crack climbs I've done 10+ times as a start and then select my favs of that group, I'd suggest the gold standards of Yosemite moderates: Serenity/Sons of Yesterday CP of Frenzy E. Butt of Middle Regular Higher Spire Braille Book Bishops Terrace Arrowhead Arete Nutcracker Jamcrack Crescent Arch West Crack Regular Fairview South Crack Never seem to tire repeating those! Honorable mentions (below 10 but so good I find myself thinking of them anyway) Lucky Streaks NE Butt of Higher Cathedral Rock W. Ridge of Conness 3rd Pillar of Dana Outside the Yosemight: Rawhide Fatcrackistan 3 Finger Jack Gemini Cracks War of the Walls Nibbler Tag Team The Line Corrigation Corner Haystack Surrealistic Pillar One Hand Clapping Done plenty of more difficult lines. Hard for a chicken like me to say they were my favs though. DMT
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madturtle
Feb 5, 2003, 8:38 PM
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Hospital corner 10a, traveller's buttress 9 -lovers leap Retribution 10b, kens crack 7 -the gunks first few pitches of RR on Fairview dome 9 -tuolomne
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deed
Feb 5, 2003, 8:50 PM
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Spiderman - Smith Rock
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davidji
Feb 6, 2003, 1:12 AM
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Fun ones I've seen on other people's lists- Yosemite: South Crack, Stately Pleasure Dome Reg Rt, Fairview Dome Jam Crack Bishop's Terrace JT (if you can consider a short pitch a *must do*): Heart of Darkness. Great but short Illusion Dweller. " " Sail Away. " " The rest are some fun crack climbs I haven't yet seen anyone mention Dr. Evil, ORG. Perhaps the only sport climb to make these lists. And if you like the wider side of crack climbing: Bongs Away, Left, Yosemite. Right Side of the Cookie, Yosemite. Tops out with perfect hands, but a bit bigger below. Full Body Stem, JT. You don't get to practice that move in the gym.
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mesomorf
Feb 6, 2003, 1:43 AM
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Maybe these are not the all-time greats, but they stick in my memory: Mr. Clean, Devil's Tower Climb and Punishment, Vedauwoo Black Elk, Wind River Range Abracadaver, Cochise Stronghold The Headache, Zion 10.96, Yosemite Hotline, Yosemite (especially p3) Sands of Time, Calaveras Dome Pratt's Crack, Pine Creek Canyon (Sierra East side) Bottomless Topless, Donner Summit Some of these may be "mixed" - crack and face. [ This Message was edited by: mesomorf on 2003-02-05 18:41 ]
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kalcario
Feb 6, 2003, 1:57 AM
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IMO some of the best: Don Juan Wall Needles Hotline, Tips, Crack-A-Go-Go, Lunatic Fringe, Red Zinger, Anticipation, Ying Yang, Yosemite Valley Primate Crossing, Speed of Life and Blues Riff Tuolumne Monkey Paws Donner Summit
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dirtme
Feb 6, 2003, 6:24 PM
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I haven't climbed in many places besides California. So, here's the ones I've done and have loved: Sacherer Cracker 10a - how can you not like a crack that starts at fingers and ends in an offwidth. Outer Limits 10d - 1st pitch has perfect hands at the top. The 2nd pitch is a really cool undercling. Reeds Direct 10a - A little easier then Outer Limits but it's a great endurance builder. Sons of Yesterday 10a - How did this not get mentioned? Gripper - 1st and 3rd pitches. Some serious grovelling on the 1st pitch with the offwidths and the 3rd pitch is one of the best hand jamming you'll ever do.
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couloir
Feb 6, 2003, 6:30 PM
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Mr. Natural 5.10c-Yosemite Sherries Crack 5.10c-Yosemite Peruvian Flake 5.10a-Yosemite Arkansas Reality 5.11+-Sam's Throne, AR Instant Karma 5.10+-Sam's Throne, AR The Bolted One 5.11a-Jackson Falls, IL
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rockprodigy
Feb 9, 2003, 5:05 PM
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Smith Rock: Moonshine Dihedral Wildfire Kunza Corner Wartley's Revenge Sunshine Dihedral Rising Expectations Zebra Seam
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rockprodigy
Feb 9, 2003, 5:09 PM
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Yosemite: Double Cracks pitch on Reg NW Face of HD Reed's Direct Stovelegs!! Flake pith on E. Butt Middle Cathedral Sons of Yesterday Sherrie's Crack Wheat Thin Serenity Crack Changing Corners on Astroman Crack-a-go-go Red Zinger Seperate Reality Crimson Cringe Fish Crack
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rockprodigy
Feb 9, 2003, 5:16 PM
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Little Cottonwood Canyon: Pentapitch Satan's Corner Crack in the Woods Sasquatch Green Adjective Half a Finger Coffin Crack S Direct Wheel's on Fire Gordon's Hangover Mexican Crack Plumb Line Gordon's Direct Tick Fever Looney Tunes Stormy Resurrection Mother of Pearl Coyne's Crack S-Crack Right Trinity Coffin Roof Frozen Stool On the Waterfront Trench Warfare Fallen Arches
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rockprodigy
Feb 9, 2003, 5:21 PM
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Indian Creek: Supercrack IHC Lightning Bolt Crack Pitch 2 of Hummingbird spire-perfect hands! Scarface Coyne Crack Johnny Cat King Cat Fuel Injected Hardbody Digital Readout Other Utah desert: Ice Cream Parlor Fine Jade Jah Man Boothill - Long Canyon
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rockprodigy
Feb 9, 2003, 5:25 PM
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Colorado: Boulder area: Calipso Bastille Supremacy Crack Country Club Crack Gill Crack Garden of the Gods: New Era West Point Crack Anaconda Kor's Corner Lumpy: George's Tree J Crack Grand Junction Area: The Cruise Stoned Oven Fast Draw-Sentinel Spire
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sonso45
Feb 11, 2003, 12:36 AM
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Coatamundi Whiteout-Granite Mtn The Wasteland-Cochise Stronghold Days of Future Passed-Stronghold The Mace-Sedona Watusi-Paradise Forks Deep Freeze-McDowells Mean Mistreater-Mt Lemmon In AZ these are only a few of the greats.
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buoux9
Feb 11, 2003, 12:39 AM
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Let's see..... Dog Police .10 - Pine Creek - Red Rocks Out Of Control .10c - Pine Creek - Red Rocks Pillow Fight .10+ - Pillow Wall - Paradise Forks Mr. Natural .10 - Glacier Pt. Apron - Yosemite Paradise Lost .11+ - Davidson Wall - Paradise Forks Coyne Crack .11+ - Indian Creek Incredible Handcrack .10 - Indian Creek Flails Of Power .11 - Cerebrus - Zion Bloodline .10 - Pine Creek - Red Rocks Psycho Snail .10b - Bowl Of Fire - Nevada There are so many good cracks that I realize that it's somewhat difficult to sit here and list them all, but the memory of each one is so good. Gotta love it! [ This Message was edited by: buoux9 on 2003-02-10 16:40 ] [ This Message was edited by: buoux9 on 2003-02-10 16:41 ]
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phoenix
Feb 11, 2003, 12:43 AM
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Tales of Power 12.B in Yosemite is definitely my favorite crack of all time. Flared squeeze chimney to finger crank mantel...into alcove...into the most amazing thin hands splitter known to man...slicing up a black streaked granite headwall...to the final overhanging sqeeze chimney. Simply pulchritudinous...
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phoenix
Feb 11, 2003, 12:44 AM
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Oh, and astroman is nice too.
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tayers
Feb 11, 2003, 2:27 AM
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Thin Ice 5.10 in the Needles Ca. this is a must do for awsomes steepness and amazing scenery.
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punk
Feb 11, 2003, 2:48 AM
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Spanish Harlem on 135 st meet POPO or in the Bronx G Money also East New York going to see Slam he have the best crack ever Oh $hit we are not talking about this kind of crack…and it is too long to list
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tayers
Feb 12, 2003, 2:05 AM
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Don't forget the rostrum in Yosemite super crack climbing. And rostroman is even better thats both in a day.
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