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joshy8200
Sep 12, 2008, 12:43 AM
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chezdillon wrote: Now Ship Rock is another story... Have you considered Boardwalk? There was a very recent fatal accident at Ship Rock that involved experienced climbers falling from the top while establishing their rappel anchor. - Jeff Suggesting Ship Rock is a very bad idea not only because of the danger of falling trying to access rap stations (which is a problem anywhere) but because access around the top of Ship Rock needs to be strictly limited to those topping out routes and accessing rap stations for two reasons: 1) You'd have to hike to the top of Rough Ridge to access the top of Ship Rock anyway. Which I believe has signs all over the place warning you to stick to the boardwalks at the top there because of all the mosses and plants on the top. Not a good idea at all to start hiking up to the top across any plants and pissing of National Park Service or Blue Ridge Parkway people...whoever gives climbers access at Ship Rock. 2) Accessing the top via the gulley beside of Harpoon/Anguish of Captain Bligh is already big time off limits because of said reasons. So basically accessing the top of Ship Rock is a off limits, unless by leading a route. Climbers have already been asked 'politely' to tread lightly around the top of Ship Rock. DO NOT go trying to TR routes by accessing them from the top at Ship Rock. And also you'd be tying up an rappel route that is just as congested at the Sentinel Buttress at Moore's.
(This post was edited by joshy8200 on Sep 12, 2008, 12:48 AM)
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