Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 9, 2013 - 02:35pm PT
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For 9 Jan 2013...
Sunny Delight Southwest at Carson Valley Sentinel is a fine local experience if your aim is a quick workout in the sun, for example, on toprope solo. Under blue skies in the winter it is hard to beat as it angles under a full sun. Dinosaur Rock, in the winter, so sorry. :)
A storm was supposed to move in today, so I thought I'd get a mid-morning lick in. Arrival: 0 mph wind. Departure two hours later: 60 mph wind! How cool, mighty wind experience. When it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger! :)
Funny thing. Though Sunny Delight is 5.8 or 5.9, I bet it would challenge a few 5.10 climbers for the Onsight. :)
I had company today, a couple of ravens or something.
So if you're ever in Carson Valley in winter on a sunny day, it might be worth your while to check out the Sentinel. It's off Jacks Valley Road at the north end of the valley, just past the elementary school on the right.
Happy climbing!
Edit to add:
From earlier in the season...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there, say, footloose..thanks for the neat share...
pictures showed, too, :)
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Nice Foot! Yes, that is the winter side of clear creek lol! Of course you get eiger practice in on the other side now, and no one around..
COOL "buzzards" though!
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Nice Moose,, "color me gone" a stellar 5.9 on dino!
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little Z
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un cafetal en Naranjo
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Footloose,
wish I was there...for the wind, for the work-out, for the Golden Eagles.
pretty cool
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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how cool is that eh- it was one of our favorites there. has everything, crack, face pro and bolts. The fisrt three bolts on color me gone showed up sometime after the original ascent and were 1/4 inchers which then were replaced by someone else with the 3/8 gear.
The top bolts are where the left seam joins color me gone for the top bucket fest.
Its a good lead for your first 5.9 cus it is a 5.9..;-)
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Moose, would you believe there was a dirt ledge complete with sage brush behind you in the pic at the base! NONE of that rock was hardly exposed when we were doing the fas there. that is all from climber traffic wearing it to the naked rock..
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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heaven help me catchin the artists.. The ONLY graffiti on it for decades was the original white peace sign at the start of deadmans rappel. That was cool,, the other crap KNOTT! ;-)
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moosedrool
Trad climber
lost, far away from Poland
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...and I am sure that the white peace sign was an Indian artifact! lol
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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no,, but it was a relic of the 60s im sure ! It wasnt obnoxious like the scribble for some reason..
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Question Moose,, what do you think the first two moves are on deadmans rap are?
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moosedrool
Trad climber
lost, far away from Poland
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I am not sure, I just climb over graffiti. I don't think I follow any particular line. Feels like 5.9+ start. I like this particular wall because I can TR solo. It can be climbed as easy as 5.7 or as a solid 5.11, don't you think? Good workout.
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Ron Anderson
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Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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yes lots of variations exist..but following the bolts is a consensus 5.7, yet the start is obviously harder.. Always did wonder about that.
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john hansen
climber
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Almost positive that, that one photo is of a Golden Eagle. It is not a turkey vulture, thats for sure.
Perhaps some kind of hawk , but me thinks eagle..
Edit: looked again, thats an eagle, good company indeed.
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Jan 10, 2013 - 08:16am PT
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i do believe in Foots case that was a slightly sarcastic remark about the buzzards,, as was the case with me..;-)
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Friedo
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Jan 10, 2013 - 10:55am PT
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Hey Footloose,
I live in Mottsville and have often looked up at the Sentinel on my way to Carson. I asked a friend (climbing partner who grew up in G-ville) about it and he said it's a choss pile and rattlesnake haven.
To me it looks like a winter work out haven! I'd like to check it out sometime. Care to show me around???
-Friedo
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Friedo
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Jan 10, 2013 - 10:55am PT
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Ron,
What's the deal with the access to D-Rock? I heard a while back there was a gate across the road???
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