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hincking
Oct 16, 2010, 10:16 PM
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whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it?
mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it
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d.vonk
Oct 17, 2010, 12:51 AM
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FUN RUN, SKAHA, PENTICTON, BC, CANADA!
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j_ung
Oct 17, 2010, 1:01 AM
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Crimson Chrysalis at Red Rock definitely ranks up there.
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cragmasterp
Oct 17, 2010, 2:14 AM
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good ole Zoo View at Moores Wall, NC is hard to beat for the fun factor.
edit: just realized this was in the sport climbin category.
for "sport", how 'bout Sea of Holes @ Heuco Tanks north mountain.
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uni_jim
Oct 17, 2010, 2:45 AM
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d.vonk wrote: FUN RUN, SKAHA, PENTICTON, BC, CANADA!
really?
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Express
Oct 17, 2010, 1:40 PM
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Probably "Fool Effect" (5.9) at Endless Wall or "Flight of the Gumbie" (5.9) at Kaymoor. Both are at the New River Gorge. Both are just classic, fun long routes with good exposure.
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dagibbs
Oct 17, 2010, 4:38 PM
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Satori, El Potrero Chico.
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Dip
Oct 17, 2010, 7:35 PM
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right now i gotta go with either Supercrack or Aesthetica at the new. Talk to me after my next trip and it'll probably be a different answer though. I have a short attention span...
Edit for grammar
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minibiter
Oct 18, 2010, 2:28 AM
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Royal Arches and Super Slide in Yosemite were awesome.
So many good routes at the New/Meadow/Summersville it's hard to choose just a few but maybe Spectre, Under The Milky Way, Reckless Abandon, Low Brow, that's all that's popping into my mind right now.
Crack of Dawn at Seneca
Oh My God and Strawberry Fields at Old Rag
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climbingaggie03
Oct 18, 2010, 3:43 AM
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the grack center in yosemite. 5.6 3 pitches slabby crack fist to fingers.
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Dip
Oct 18, 2010, 11:30 AM
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In reply to: Crack of Dawn at Seneca
Forgot all about this one. It is pretty damn fun
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boymeetsrock
Oct 18, 2010, 2:24 PM
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The funnest route is the route having the most fun!
For me Gamesmanship on Poko, Pegasus on Lower Bearwall, Higher Stannard at the Gunks. nnito
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sungam
Oct 18, 2010, 2:36 PM
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j_ung wrote: cragmasterp wrote: good ole Zoo View at Moores Wall, NC is hard to beat for the fun factor. I can certainly say it's my favorite in NC.
Best route? Desert old timers shitz pantz in rage!
Ancient Art.
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spikeddem
Oct 18, 2010, 2:38 PM
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A lot of these I don't recognize, but it doesn't sound like a single sport climb has been named yet!
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kachoong
Oct 18, 2010, 2:44 PM
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If by "fun" you mean: Long enough to warrant a full day out, with enough exposure and questionable rock quality to crap your pants, an opportunity to lose a cam and booty another, while running out of water, slipping on runout terrain, but have you grinning at belays and using every minute of sunlight only to have you rapping an unknown route in the dark and return to a warm campfire alive...
...yep... Cornerstone Rib in the Warrumbungles... my first multi-pitch alpine experience and first real "funnest" route.
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Dip
Oct 18, 2010, 3:28 PM
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In reply to: A lot of these I don't recognize, but it doesn't sound like a single sport climb has been named yet!
Fool Effect, Flight of the Gumby, and Aesthetica are all sport routes.
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MS1
Oct 18, 2010, 4:39 PM
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hincking wrote: whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it? mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it
To me it would be a tie between two glorious RRG 2-pitch 5.7s: Roadside Attraction and Environmental Impact. Fun, easy romps with good exposure and a diversity of moves. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
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sungam
Oct 19, 2010, 3:12 PM
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MS1 wrote: hincking wrote: whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it? mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it To me it would be a tie between two glorious RRG 2-pitch 5.7s: Roadside Attraction and Environmental Impact. Fun, easy romps with good exposure and a diversity of moves. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
Which reminds me to toss Overhanging Bastion @ Castle Rock, Cubria on there as well as Holy Smoke @ Dirc Mhor, Dalwhinnie. Rad corner step-arounds that land you in the middle of a shit-ton of air. Definitely getz the nutz up around nippular level.
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MS1
Oct 19, 2010, 3:18 PM
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sungam wrote: MS1 wrote: hincking wrote: whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it? mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it To me it would be a tie between two glorious RRG 2-pitch 5.7s: Roadside Attraction and Environmental Impact. Fun, easy romps with good exposure and a diversity of moves. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Roadside attraction was good, but I dunno about the exposure on it. Maybe it had a little but you're not way out there, or anything. Which reminds me to toss Overhanging Bastion @ Castle Rock, Cubria on there as well as Holy Smoke @ Dirc Mhor, Dalwhinnie. Rad corner step-arounds that land you in the middle of a shit-ton of air. Definitely getz the nutz up around nippular level.
Probably makes a big difference when you do RA; I climbed it in early spring before there were leaves on the trees, and you could see the entire valley for most of the climb.
That being said, if exposure is your main criteria, you should always choose EI instead. The moves getting into that second-pitch chimney are not hard, but the 80 feet of empty air under your feet as you wiggle up in there makes it pretty exciting. (Especially if you didn't bring any big pieces to protect that part!)
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sungam
Oct 19, 2010, 3:36 PM
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MS1 wrote: sungam wrote: MS1 wrote: hincking wrote: whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it? mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it To me it would be a tie between two glorious RRG 2-pitch 5.7s: Roadside Attraction and Environmental Impact. Fun, easy romps with good exposure and a diversity of moves. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Roadside attraction was good, but I dunno about the exposure on it. Maybe it had a little but you're not way out there, or anything. Which reminds me to toss Overhanging Bastion @ Castle Rock, Cubria on there as well as Holy Smoke @ Dirc Mhor, Dalwhinnie. Rad corner step-arounds that land you in the middle of a shit-ton of air. Definitely getz the nutz up around nippular level. Probably makes a big difference when you do RA; I climbed it in early spring before there were leaves on the trees, and you could see the entire valley for most of the climb. That being said, if exposure is your main criteria, you should always choose EI instead. The moves getting into that second-pitch chimney are not hard, but the 80 feet of empty air under your feet as you wiggle up in there makes it pretty exciting. (Especially if you didn't bring any big pieces to protect that part!)
I didn't do EI, but heard it was super fun.
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MS1
Oct 19, 2010, 3:53 PM
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sungam wrote: MS1 wrote: sungam wrote: MS1 wrote: hincking wrote: whats the funnest route you have ever done and where was it? mines gotta be darwin loves you at the red river gorge (5.9+) idk why but i love it To me it would be a tie between two glorious RRG 2-pitch 5.7s: Roadside Attraction and Environmental Impact. Fun, easy romps with good exposure and a diversity of moves. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Roadside attraction was good, but I dunno about the exposure on it. Maybe it had a little but you're not way out there, or anything. Which reminds me to toss Overhanging Bastion @ Castle Rock, Cubria on there as well as Holy Smoke @ Dirc Mhor, Dalwhinnie. Rad corner step-arounds that land you in the middle of a shit-ton of air. Definitely getz the nutz up around nippular level. Probably makes a big difference when you do RA; I climbed it in early spring before there were leaves on the trees, and you could see the entire valley for most of the climb. That being said, if exposure is your main criteria, you should always choose EI instead. The moves getting into that second-pitch chimney are not hard, but the 80 feet of empty air under your feet as you wiggle up in there makes it pretty exciting. (Especially if you didn't bring any big pieces to protect that part!) I did it in November, the view sure was rad., but it did't feel like it was under me, kmnow what I mean? I didn't do EI, but heard it was super fun.
Maybe I should have said, "exposed for 5.7."
The red has lots of steeper airy stuff, but most of those routes make me whimper like an abused ferret. Part of my definition of "funnest" includes the notion of "I can stop long enough to notice my surroundings and enjoy them." I guess that still leaves harder routes with airy rests on the list (that sit ledge on Fuzzy, for instance, or the rocking shakeout jug near the top of Bandolier), but the swearing involved in actually getting up those makes it harder for me to describe the entire routes as superlatively fun.
A related question comes to mind (thread drift warning): Funnest crag? Meaning single cliff-band, not entire areas.
I nominate Torrent Falls -- so many classic routes with such short approaches. Indeed, Tourist Trap (beautiful 5.9 arete) would be one of my first runners-up for the funnest individual route.
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I'm torn. I really want to say something cooler than Guillotine (5.9+ or maybe 10a) at Otter Cliffs in Acadia, but that really may be the most fun route for me to climb.
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Gmburns2000
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j_ung wrote: Crimson Chrysalis at Red Rock definitely ranks up there.
+1
but I also just did Modern Times the other day and that blew the doors of CC for me. CC is still right up there, but wow, what a finish on MT...just fucking wow.
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