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mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 20, 2011 - 01:30am PT
How many out there have done some of the classic climbs rated 5.5 or below. I have done a lot of them around here(keep your jokes to yourself) and some of them are great climbs. Conn Route on Aqarium Rock, Spire 2, Spire 4, Walkee Upee Rockee, the Thimble, Innercourse, Hitchenpost, ect. Many of these are great climbs and are harder than one thinks. I know I have done a 5.0 that felt at least 5.2 or 5.3. I am sure some there are some great stories of epics on some of the longer easier route out there.
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:31am PT
Have I ever? That's all I climb ;)

... no really.
Melissa

Gym climber
berkeley, ca
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:33am PT
My Yosemite favorites are

Tenaya Peak
Sunnyside Bench
Arrowhead Spire
Delhi Dog

climber
Good Question...
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:34am PT
"I know I have done a 5.0 that felt at least 5.2 or 5.3."

Sorry butt this had me laughing...
...to answer your question, yep, there are plenty of good quality "easy" class 5 climbs I've done, many without a rope that makes for satisfying experiences...

An epic is an epic no matter...

Cheers,
DD
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:42am PT
Old Original at Pinnacles. Like an alpine bridge in the sky with nary a hard move on it.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 20, 2011 - 01:44am PT
It takes balls to climb 5.5 and below!
apogee

climber
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:46am PT
Fingertip Traverse, 5.3, Tahquitz

The money pitch is un-beee-freeekkiinnnn-leeeevvvv-ubbbbbble.



deuce4

climber
Hobart, Australia
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:47am PT
you talking 5.5a/b or 5.5c/d?
Jan

Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:50am PT

I fully intend to climb the Third Flatiron again on my 80th birthday.
Mighty Hiker

climber
Vancouver, B.C.
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:51am PT
Midway at Castle Rock (Leavenworth). Great fun - steep, big holds, exposed.

you talking 5.5a/b or 5.5c/d?

I usually downgrade them after sending them. If I can do them, anyone can.
karodrinker

Trad climber
San Jose, CA
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:55am PT
Just soloed half a dozen routes of those grades at trashcan rock last Tuesday. Loved every second of it.
bluering

Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
Apr 20, 2011 - 01:55am PT
Yep, I love 'em.

Sunnyside Bench

A classic. Very fun.

EDIT: Another Taco Head and I put up a 5.2 R/X locally last year. Up on Skyline. We're calling her PTTS. Post-Traumatic Tick Syndrome.
10b4me

Ice climber
Happy Boulders
Apr 20, 2011 - 02:37am PT
sure, many times. they are alot of fun
+1 on Tenaya Peak
marv

Mountain climber
Bay Area
Apr 20, 2011 - 02:42am PT
I found Lone Pine Peak was a pretty stiff 5.5

and what was said above about "Norman Clyde 4th class"
Vitaliy M.

Mountain climber
San Francisco
Apr 20, 2011 - 02:46am PT
Cuz Jamcrack had a waiting list of 3 parties this saturday (I wanted to try leading 2nd P for my first 5.9 in Yosemite), friend and I did regular route up Sunnyside bench. I took 5.5 crack variation, and liked it a lot! Walk back after the top out sucked though...
Gal

Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
Apr 20, 2011 - 02:51am PT
Oh I have the best time 5.5's!!!! I love to do the Mountaineers Route on Courthouse rock in Arizona. Next ascent is going to be a moonlight ascent!!! It's so fun and chill to be out in the desert. My friends who aren't climbing addicts, but still love getting on moderates, have a blast with-out stress-bottom line, nobody stresses. Love it. And I really like climbers who climb hard and also have a great time on 5.5's-good people those are me thinks!
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Apr 20, 2011 - 03:00am PT
of course.... here are some

White Maiden's Walkway Tahquitz
The Footstool, Right Yosemite Valley
Refuse Cathedral Ledge
Beginner's Route Whitehorse Ledge
RMC Shawangunks
Lake View Shawangunks
Swiss Arete Mt. Sill
Tollhouse Traverse Tollhouse
West Ridge, Pigeon Spire Bugaboos
East Ridge, Bugaboo Spire Bugaboos
Hermaphrodite Flake Tuolumne
Karl Baba

Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
Apr 20, 2011 - 03:22am PT
Gunks has great low rated climbs
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
Apr 20, 2011 - 03:25am PT
Loved the CMC route on Mt. Moran.
rgold

Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
Apr 20, 2011 - 09:43am PT
I started out as a mountain scrambler and 54 years later, I've probably done hundreds of climbs from 4th class to 5.5. I think Karl is right about the Gunks, which in my experience has some of the best climbs (well, that is, pitches) in the US at every grade 5.5 and lower.

By the way, those who think these are grades to solo might find themselves rethinking the position on some of the Gunks classics.
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