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bigwalling
Feb 17, 2002, 6:33 PM
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O.k. people which one is it?
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krustyklimber
Feb 25, 2002, 4:48 AM
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G.M. over in "The Country" area. The best 5.9 there, an area classic since WAY back!
Jeff
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chirp
Feb 25, 2002, 7:15 AM
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Wow...tough call but for each catagory "fun route" for me would be;
aid:Ten Percent as clean aid...dont clip those sport wank bolts...thought provoking placements and vertical
Free: Either Aries(its got a cool bunch of everything including the hip flared chimney) or Racer X
Choss:Narrow Arrow standard is my favorite choss route because it was my first climb at Index and its just classic shattered/munge funkness
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charlet_poser
Sep 21, 2005, 3:53 PM
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toxic's awsome
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brian_fantana
Jan 27, 2006, 7:42 PM
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Ive seen the world, climbed the mountains, enjoyed the company of a fine woman and a cold glass of scotch, and I can honestly say there is nothing quite like climbing thin fingers at index on a crisp fall afternoon. (all these things are false except for thin fingers being a hell of a route)
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phoenix
Jan 27, 2006, 9:27 PM
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"Ten Percent as clean aid...dont clip those sport wank bolts..."
Ah, the enlightened aid climber. Let's see you free that without clipping those 'wank bolts'.
My vote is for the Full Iron Horse inluding slot/roof.
Ben
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ryanb
Jan 27, 2006, 10:29 PM
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Wish I could haul my arse up the full iron horse.
Senior Citizens in Space (only really decent easy ptich there...)
Batterd Sandwhich (like being born in reverse)
Gorrilla My Dreams (If your gona sport climb do it like this)
Plumb Pudding (I just like it...)
Though there ain't much nicer then sitting in the shade on the first belay ledge of GM on a hot summers day.
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tradclimber14
Sep 23, 2008, 3:54 AM
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Sloe Children. The best tight fingers and stemming in the world!
(This post was edited by tradclimber14 on Sep 23, 2008, 3:55 AM)
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reederfaceguy
Sep 23, 2008, 5:37 AM
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I second Sloe Children. And let's be honest, no matter how popular it may be, Godzilla p. 1 is amazing.
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tradclimber14
Sep 23, 2008, 9:45 PM
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First pitch of Godzilla is def the best 5.9 at Index and possibly the NW!
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ryanb
Sep 23, 2008, 10:16 PM
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Godzilla is great fun but i think the best 5.9 pitch that i have done in the NW is the final pitch of liberty crack. Nubin climbing up a ramp with wild exposure beneath your feet...
I think thin fingers (linked from the ground to the 35m anchor including the tips crack/slab off the first belay) wins my current vote for most enjoyable pitch at index. Tatoosh (to its right with the new anchors at 35m) is quite good too.
Iron Horse and Japanese Gardens are both mega classic but involve far too much grunting/cursing/falling/feelings of belittlement for me to call them favorites. Maybe next spring.
If you like sloe children, the third pitch of Japanese Gardens is fun fingers in a corner of similar style/difficulty. The finger crack starts from the same ledge as well, 20-30ft left past "Klause Von Something-er-others algrhythem of love" (10d boulder start to cracks through a ramp and a little roof) and stiff kitens (bolted face). They really pack the classics in at index.
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