Castle Rock Spire - Trip Report (pics) Munge and Mooch

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Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Topic Author's Reply - Dec 31, 2011 - 12:02am PT
The next day it apparently snowed compared to Biotch's snag...




can't get enough spire pics
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
Apr 6, 2015 - 02:46pm PT
Bump for springtime stoke. And Poison oak. And blood sucking ticks. And a proud summit.
mike m

Trad climber
black hills
Apr 6, 2015 - 03:33pm PT
Love spires great report.
Fat Dad

Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
Apr 6, 2015 - 04:58pm PT
Thanks for bumping this. One needs a little reminder now and then of the things one intends to get around to.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2015 - 02:52pm PT
Fin is now on my mind.

Ticks are not.

:)
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
Apr 15, 2015 - 06:16pm PT
Lots of fun Munge. Funny how the suffering dulls with time. Get after the Fin!
lars
ec

climber
ca
Apr 15, 2015 - 06:31pm PT
Fin is now on my mind.

Ticks are not.

Yeah, there on your body!
crankster

Trad climber
Apr 15, 2015 - 08:08pm PT
I itch just thinking about it.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 15, 2015 - 09:24pm PT
I think I'd come in from above next time.

Daveytree, LimpingCrab, Mooch?

Fin Du Fin, du Fin Du Monde?
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Apr 15, 2015 - 10:14pm PT
Upper approach 'till I die!!! Camping up behind the fin is just plain awesome. No PO, no ticks, no rattlers, no bush whacking, lots of tiring walking though...
franky

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Apr 15, 2015 - 10:20pm PT
I've done the upper approach to the Fin summit. Certainly the better way to the Fin at least. I even carried a rope and rack out of there! ;)

Radish says that whole zone is cursed though.
DaveyTree

Trad climber
Fresno
Apr 16, 2015 - 01:34pm PT
Noice! I forgot about this report.
limpingcrab

Trad climber
the middle of CA
Apr 16, 2015 - 09:45pm PT
Franky! Just made the connection! Thank you a ton for going out there and getting my stuff after I messed my knee up! I ended up getting surgery and returning the next year to summit the spire.

Not sure if you saw that overly dramatic/long TR http://www.supertopo.com/tr/64-Years-After-Salath-Finishing-the-First-Attempted-Route-On-Castle-Rock-Spire/t12038n.html

I still would have been building a rack instead of climbing again if it wasn't for you helping a stranger. Thanks again and I hope you're enjoying the east side!
franky

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Apr 16, 2015 - 11:07pm PT
No problem dude! That's a hell of a hike. It's pretty bad once you drop into the dome creek drainage, but a really cool place to be. The middle fork was full of fog when i was up there, right up to the base of the castle rocks. It was surreal. I though about about trying to do some bolt replacement on the Fin, silver lining sounds awesome. I was always distracted by easier access fun though.

Glad your knee healed up. Nice TR.

I'm still working for the NPS, soon to be year round in South Dakota. Look me up if you want to climb in the other needles.
L

climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
Apr 17, 2015 - 02:11pm PT
Now I know what they mean by "bad ass".

You guys are ironmen!
Radish

Trad climber
SeKi, California
Apr 17, 2015 - 02:40pm PT
Nice to see this here again! I love reading anything about the Castle's. I was just up at the end of the Paradise trail a couple of weeks ago. Its where the original Castle Rock trail started and its really gone now. No markers, no mound of rocks, nothing. If you just walk a few bushes in though there is the prominent in cut into the earth that goes on. The grass is already dry and brown and we saw a Rattler, a tick and LOTS of PO! But............its still the shortest way in!

Seemore....http://southernsierraclimber.blogspot.com/

guyman

Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
Apr 17, 2015 - 02:55pm PT
Good bump..... I think if one is going to do Bolt Replacement on the FIN....... Please reroute the rap off a bit, I think the 3rd rap down sets you up for a stuck cord, had this happen to my friends, they had to hand over hand up almost 100 feet.....scarry. If it was about 20 feet right you would be OK.


Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2015 - 06:30pm PT
Guyman, like reroute all the stations 20' right?

That might arrange-able.
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