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deuce4
Big Wall climber
the Southwest
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Nice TR and format too. Did you carry your water down the gulley? Also, does it go all clean now? Speedy time. Took Mugs and me four days (in winter though).
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Gunkie
climber
East Coast US
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Very cool. I loved the pix.
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David Nelson
climber
San Francisco
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Great TR, with a nice, modest style. Kudos to both the send and the report.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Great trip report!
There may always be someone faster, or maybe better, but "NO ONE" will be able to be the first to do it in a day, thats all you guys. Nice job!!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Looks like a great route. I've never been to that neck of the woods but always wondered what the quality of the rock was like. Always thought I'd like to climb there, but I have an aversion to choss and loose rock. Any comments on the rock? It looks pretty darn good from the photos here.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Deuce4, is that Mugs Stump you were referring to? Fine, fine climber and nice guy. Wished I'd climbed with him. RIP.
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Alan Doak
climber
boulder, co
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 3, 2005 - 11:47am PT
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We left the 2 pins that I placed, and almost all of the heads were in good shape, so it can go clean. Bring a hammer and heads just in case.
The rock quality was really good throughout. One notable exception is the death block at the Cactus, though it's easy to delicately climb over/around it at 5.6/A0. There is also a very short section of dicey flakes on Pitch6 that are avoided by good judgement and a hard-to-see drilled hook. It might not be the Shield Headwall, but it's still clean.
If you hit the route in May, you'll get the chance to see the cacti in full bloom. I've read it's spectacular.
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