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looks easy from here
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Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 14, 2016 - 03:36pm PT
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I found it on Google maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@60.45705,-44.49481,4195m/data=!3m1!1e3
Sheer wall on the right side of the pic is apparently the north face of Ketil, if my snooping is correct, but no name for the peak in question yet. Fwiw Google Earth puts it at ~3500'
Edit: if I'd taken the time to read the whole blog before posting I would have seen that Ketil is correct.
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David C
Trad climber
UK
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 15, 2016 - 02:22pm PT
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Thanks for the effort. The reason for trying to find the name is so I might stand a greater chance of finding anything about it, "like we tried but it was a pile of choss". Being the stuff to the right has been climbed a lot, it seems strange this this hasn't - it looks massive.
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looks easy from here
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Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 15, 2016 - 03:02pm PT
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it looks massive. Yeah, with its height of ~3500' that face is probably 1800-2000'. But it's pretty ledgy and the end of a ridge, and considering there are 4000-6000' sustained faces that lead to true summits in the immediate vicinity I'm not entirely surprised in its lack of attention. I expect most expeditions that are going to go that far afield are going to go after the big fish until they're picked clean.
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nopantsben
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europe
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Jun 16, 2016 - 08:46am PT
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There is a ton of better looking rock very nearby. Definitely a 5 star destination on a scale that goes from 1 to 4.
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David C
Trad climber
UK
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2016 - 02:52pm PT
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Thanks everyone. One reason I'm interested in it is that we have a mixed team of 15. Some will go new big wall bagging, others will be looking for a new big 5.6 or so.
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looks easy from here
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Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 16, 2016 - 03:40pm PT
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a new big 5.6 or so Heeeey, now we're talking my language. I feel like everything someplace wild is 5.12+ A4 nonsense.
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David C
Trad climber
UK
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2017 - 02:04pm PT
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Just to say we had a great time and I have posted a trip report up
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 23, 2017 - 02:46pm PT
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That is one hell of a website. I just got lost looking at the Norway photographs. Awesome. Thanks for that.
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Michael Hjorth
Trad climber
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jan 25, 2017 - 03:12am PT
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Hi David. Did your team ever get up that unnamed mountain? A good deal of bushwaking to get into striking distance, I could imagine...!
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David C
Trad climber
UK
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2017 - 03:50am PT
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Michael, no we didn't, so the first ascent is still to be bagged. (As some of the raps are now equipped, it should be an easy tick.)
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