Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Nice pics guys!
Climbed a few routes at the smoke bluffs.
Kyle on Over Forty 11a
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Ahhhh Sullly, living my dream, ice climbing....been waaaaaaay toooooo long.
Susan
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nothing today but ice tommorow, Super Bowl break on Sunday, then two dsys in IC. Long trip to AZ. coming up!
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locker
Social climber
state of Kumbaya...
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Yesterday down south, leading something easy, trying to warm up (The wind had other ideas)...
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Today should be a better day...
Warmer...
Less wind...
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!...
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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PERFECT temps yesterday. I finally got out of the house to get a few laps of climbing in. I was solo top-roping so I don't have pics but this guy Brandon Riza posted some beautiful pictures on Mountain Project a few days ago. Most scenic spot in the entire Santa Monicas IMO.
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MH2
climber
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Whew! There ought to be a lion lying down with a lamb somewhere in there ^^^^^^^^.
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poli
climber
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Izumrle ostroge (D8-), photo by Borut
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socialclimber
Trad climber
CA
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Pinnacles East Side:
Pistol Whipped - 10d R
Subterranean Tango - 11a
Ranger Bolts Intermediate - 11d (3x trying for the upper section)
The Jerk - 11a R
Charles
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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Sunny & Steep wall at red rocks. Did 4 or 5 routes from 10b to 12a. Didn't actually send the 12, but put in the work on 2 tries such that if an when I ever go back, it ought to go down.
Not bad for just coming back to climbing in October after being inactive for 10 years. 3 months ago I could barely get through 5.9. 2 months ago I could manage 5.10a but couldn't even do all the moves on a 5.10c. Etc, etc... Slow steady improvement is all I can hope for.
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locker
Social climber
state of Kumbaya...
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Good weather, blue sky, a BLAST!!!...
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Werkin' the Zen Garden.
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weezy
climber
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yeah right^^ nice kicks bro
the zen garden.
lolz.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Climbed that skinny pillar way up high in this photo. My leggs are a bit stiff today;) look straight up from the (C) on the photo and that is the line. Lean snow year so 50m WI2 gully to get to the snowfield below the climb. 50m WI4 followed by 30m 4+++. the pillar was in borderline 5 condition. got to go shoot a ski race now,, running late...
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locker
Social climber
state of Kumbaya...
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<<< Total ICE n00b!!!...
What is "borderline 5 condition"???...
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Locker. The climb is WI4 in the book but the actual condition of the climb made it feel as hard as some of the WI5s that I have done. With water ice a +- is a full grade inmop so calling it a 5- would be 2 grades harder than the published grade of WI4 kind of like getting on a 5.9 that is actually 11a
The upper pillar was much steeper and sustained than normal. often there is a rest half way up that was not there. the ice conditions were really funkyas well with hollow brittle candles on either side but a gushing fire hose in the center and dead verticle.. Really exciteing technicle fun climbing.
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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Cragging day with friends. Forecast called for a somewhat nice day but heavy clouds and lots of wind made for a slight sufferfest. Got on a few good climbs and kept telling myself that it was good alpine training to climb hard stuff in the cold.
Not much of a football fan so I am gonna watch some cartoons and post on the stoner threads!
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locker
Social climber
state of Kumbaya...
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Thanks for explaining!!!...
This part really puts it in perspective...
"like getting on a 5.9 that is actually 11a"...
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Except that ice grades really do not translate to rock grades all that well. its just so different. I suppose it would be more like the difference between 5.8 R and 5.9+R Even when you have good gear on ice the concequences of a fall with crampons are generaly bad with open tib fib fractures fairly common. Many ice falls end up inverted when the crampons catch. Most lead ice climbers simply do not fall. I have 2 leader falls on ice in 30+ years of climbing. I probobly have maybe 50? lead falls on rock in that same time frame.. Top ropeing grade 5 ice is easy. leading it is a whole different ball game...
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Larry, take me there sometime.
Laps on 'worlds hardest' - the easiest in it's area....
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