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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 5, 2008 - 03:10pm PT
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I was just trying to think of some good off widths in JT....
but I can't think of too many.
What am I missing?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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the hobbit hole offwidth by moonlight at 1 a.m. while blazing on fungi with 12 other desert wastels and assorted n'er-do-wells.
git 'er done!
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scuffy b
climber
Stump with a backrest
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My expertise is mainly in looking at the pictures.
Throbbing Gristle wins the beauty contest.
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Owlman
Social climber
Montucky
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Hey John,
Fistacuffs, near Tumbling Rainbow, is very cool.
How about the start to the "Flake", that's real fun...and kinda off width, off body.
Comic Book?
-owlman
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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You guys ain't even close ('cept scuffy). For routes, not boulder probs (note: most pics lifted from WideFetish, where you clowns should be posing this question to begin with: http://www.widefetish.com )
1. Throbbing Gristle 5.12a - Far and away the best wide crack in Josh by a significant margin. 6"-7", overhanging, leaning, slightly flared, sustained. Good rock. No one move circus trick here. Arm bars, super tight wings, high foot inside, heel toe outside, and if you have big mitts some shitty stacks. Good potential for inducing puking.
2. Point of No Return 5.10c - Short, but what ain't in Josh? Hard ass bombay entrance at about 12-14" with bad consequences if you blow it, tapering to 5" at the top. First good cam pro at about half height. Then, a bonus roof exit on stemming and face holds.
3. Kamikaze 5.10c - Short (30' or so), but good wide crack in a corner. Excellent rock on this. Bonus, it's only about 100' away from Throbbing Gristle About 6" to start and about 4" for alot of it. Crux on the entry and another at a 5" pod higher.
4. Maneater 5.10d - Biz starts right away in a roof. More circus than sustained.
5. Six Pack Crack 5.10b - Soft for the grade, and a little grainy, but quality nonetheless. Mostly 4"-6" with plenty of face stuff to exploit in the crux.
There are others in the running and the order is arbitrary except for Throbbing Gristle which is the best wide thing I've seen or been on in Josh.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Done Six Pack Crack on TR... it is a diamond in the rough... more traffic will make it better! Maybe a bit soft on grade, but fun fun fun...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Got Milk?
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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is wearing clothes aid?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Off route?
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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While on the wide topic, hey JB, I need some JBs. How come there's nowhere close to Josh to grab a pair? My Altias are toast, and weren't stiff enough anyway. Don't really want to roll the dice on sizing without trying some on.
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WBraun
climber
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Cream, stepin-out, twilight zone, crack of despair
The Al-Qaeda thread terrorist strikes
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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That's quite an answer Werner--the best JT offwidths ARE in the Valley.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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good bad ugly: you rang....?
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 5, 2008 - 06:55pm PT
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Damn! Nice shots everybody. Throbbing Gristle looks great (and hard). Six Pac Crack looks more my speed however...
Elcapinyoaz - Yes I know. Some store owners just don't know how popular offwidth is these days. Desert Rock Sports in Vegas has 'em if you ever go offwidth-ing in the Red Rocks. Otherwise, I'm pretty good at sizing people online....
Cheers and arm bars y'all, jb
What about Centurion?
Edit: Yeah, the Fish's widefetish.com is da' bomb...
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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i seemto remember something about the Throbbing Gristle, and the other one, kamaikaze? whatever - maybe these were the ones Alan Nelson took me to?? (he did the FA?) think so, yeah these two were the best OW I did in josh...had fun climbing w/ Alan, man that guy had energy! really fun, very good climber too IMO. maybe i led the other one i can't remeber
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Good list Marty, though I haven't topped out on Inquisiton and have never been on big wedge, so can't say
add in Castaways and maybe the fat banana crack (?)or something (gotta think)
The eye is the best route in the monument though, must be a wide move on it!?
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Does the Snatch count as an offwidth? In Echo Cove, left of Touch & Go? I remember at least some offwidth, though not pure. Easy 5.10.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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gristle looks cool! gotta be better than the band.
lots of ugly, funky, flared, shortish stuff at josh, but not much in the way of splitters once you leave equinox.
bob's rocks, but how many folks stack that exit? heel-toe and grab the facehold is my memory.
handful of easier things: one move on orphan; championship wrestling, etc.
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