|
yay_chris
Jun 29, 2009, 6:12 AM
Post #1 of 8
(1152 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 2, 2004
Posts: 141
|
(refers to Bon Echo, Ontario)
I have a 60 m and a 50 m rope. Is that sufficient for the Birthday Ridge rap station?
Thanks in advance!
|
|
|
|
|
granite_grrl
Jun 29, 2009, 11:38 AM
Post #2 of 8
(1131 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Oct 25, 2002
Posts: 15084
|
yay_chris wrote: (refers to Bon Echo, Ontario) I have a 60 m and a 50 m rope. Is that sufficient for the Birthday Ridge rap station? Thanks in advance!
|
|
|
|
|
onceahardman
Jun 29, 2009, 11:44 AM
Post #3 of 8
(1130 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Aug 3, 2007
Posts: 2493
|
You'll be fine.
But i have another point. Has anybody else had the opinion the the more difficult routes at Bon Echo are kind of unpleasant? Awkward, holds sloping the wrong way, good holds in bad places, etc?
I know I'm whining, but it always seems to me that the easy routes, like Birthday Ridge, are super enjoyable, and the harder routes are scary.
|
|
|
|
|
yay_chris
Jun 29, 2009, 2:46 PM
Post #4 of 8
(1098 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 2, 2004
Posts: 141
|
Thanks for your help. I was worried it barely reached with 2 sixties.
|
|
|
|
|
hendo
Jun 29, 2009, 10:57 PM
Post #5 of 8
(1059 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 9, 2003
Posts: 42
|
... Has anybody else had the opinion the the more difficult routes at Bon Echo are kind of unpleasant? Awkward, holds sloping the wrong way, good holds in bad places, etc? ...
Unpleasant? Challenging? Whatever you want to call it.
It's often not climber-friendly rock. Yes, many of the ledges do slope downwards (the opposite of the Gunks). And the pro can be scarce and scary. When the granite metamorphized, there were intrusions of quartz and schist into the cracks, leaving them very dubious as gear placements. Climbing at BE requires a lot of judgment.
I see climbing at Bon Echo as having something of the character of climbing on alpine rock.
But that said, I still love the place. It's beautiful. The swimming is fine.
Oh yeah, the 50- and 60- metre ropes are fine. A 60 gets right to the bottom of the Birthday Ridge Slabs. A 50 means you have to downclimb about 30 feet of 4th-class slab.
|
|
|
|
|
tradrenn
Jun 30, 2009, 7:21 AM
Post #6 of 8
(1027 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jan 16, 2005
Posts: 2990
|
Last time I climb there we took one 60, my partner rapped and I down climb "BR" .
|
|
|
|
|
yay_chris
Jun 30, 2009, 4:43 PM
Post #7 of 8
(976 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Feb 2, 2004
Posts: 141
|
Btw onceahardman, thats exactly why I call the place Bon Epic.
Adventurous and awesome place indeed.
|
|
|
|
|
hendo
Jul 2, 2009, 8:38 PM
Post #8 of 8
(935 views)
Shortcut
Registered: Jun 9, 2003
Posts: 42
|
I was just talking to someone who was up there, and about half the cliff is closed for the time being for peregrine falcon nesting. I think I'll put off any visits to later in the summer until after the chicks have left the nest.
|
|
|
|
|
|
