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Luvshaker
climber
eugene
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 4, 2009 - 11:53pm PT
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Is Ephinephrine even in the same ballpark as Steck Salathe?
I lead every pitch in Eph and it took 6 hours. Crux wasn't bad. I never do wide stuff. Am I ready for an ass kickin on SS?
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
ticking up the good holds on After 6
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No.
Maybe.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Not in the same league by any stretch.
Epi seems more like NE Butt of Higher (probably easier than it) Steck worked me hard even when I was freesoloing 80% of Ne Butt
Peace
Karl
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General Ripper
climber
GnarthWest
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Epinepherine is easy. SS is hard. E Butt of Higher is in the middle.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Do 'em both and report back here. . .
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hollyclimber
Big Wall climber
Yosemite, CA
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Are you ready? How would we know. Are they in the same ballpark? No. Not even close.
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jstan
climber
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If you get an answer you believe, no point in doing the SS.
The experience has been spoiled.
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Mr_T
Trad climber
The 7th Pin Scar on Serentiy Crack
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The best training for the Steck is to climb the Steck.
You can easily rap until the traverse from Flying Buttress (don't know about from beyond there). A wanker gear pulling ascent through the Narrows (what I did) is better than not doing it at all. Though, I'd do some situps, planks, cruches for a month before hand if I could do it over again.
Bring a headlamp, a light warm layer, and some cord slings that can backup rap anchors if you don't make it, esp this late in the season. Bring a watch, have a turn around time for top of Flying Buttress. If aren't going fast enough, rap - you'll have had a great day even if you made it only that far.
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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Mike you have more sack and such a positive attitude that us mere mortals can only bow down in front of you and say...."I'm Knott worthy". as for SS you're gonna die epi is a simple romp. When you start leading .11 in redrocks and you get a few shots of horse piss then you might live on SS..... Good luck.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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I heard the warm-up is NE Buttress of Higher plus Brailbook, all in a day. Which tells me, I'd never make it. ha
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Idaho, also. Sorta, kinda mostly, Yeah.
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It'll be Epic, but so what?
You Knew that was comin'.
You can Still have a Blast.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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I think most people defeat themselves before they even try.
Usually, people are capable of far more than they believe.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
obsessively minitracking all winter at Knob Hill
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Go do the thing and find out all about it. So it might get dark, BFD. It'll get light again, too.
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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I like rhodo-router's answer. A little shivering never hurt anyone. Well... bring a jacket at least. And space blankets are pretty light.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Idaho, also. Sorta, kinda mostly, Yeah.
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Dude, It's The Steck-Salathe!
It gets REAL up there. It's a Tall Stone, after all.
The Sentinel. Oh, yeah.
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