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Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Nov 15, 2013 - 12:30am PT
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Gnarly thread ... a Cringe ascent is just taken for granite.
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Malbrouck
climber
Houston, TX
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Nov 15, 2013 - 02:41pm PT
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Sorry no pictures, but I climbed at Seismic Wall in Austin's Barton Creek greenbelt yesterday.
It's good single pitch limestone sport climbing on extremely polished rock (the climbs see lots of traffic what with downtown Austin being basically all around you). There are a lot of route options with walls being slabby, vertical or overhanging depending on where you set up. A number of cracks and flakes, a lot of pockets, but man is it slippery!
Luckily it was a weekday and for a while we were the only ones on the wall. A couple of small groups moved through during the day, all very cool guys and friendly. We even had a crag dog for a bit which is always fun.
I did Bird Dog (5.8), Scuttlebutt (5.7) and my first ever lead, which was Hollywood (5.6). I worked Torpedoes Away! (5.9) and managed all the moves but wasn't able to link them for a clean ascent before I had to call it a day.
For grins I took a stab at Diving For Rocks (5.10d). Yup, it was as hard as I thought it would be and nope, I wasn't able to work the powerful overhanging twist locks of the crux. Something for another day after much more experience.
I'll note that a few weeks ago I was climbing some 5.6's at Carderock, MD that were as tough or tougher than Bird Dog, so I suspect the grading is pretty soft here. To be fair the Carderock routes were put up in the 40's and 50's when 5.9 = the toughest climb known to man...
A great day all around, especially with post-climbing beers in the wonderful/hip/hippy area of South Congress just a five minute drive away.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Nov 15, 2013 - 02:57pm PT
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Teleross - did you go after the Cringe, or Fish? Or Free Press? Tell us the story, how did it go?
BraveLittle, you get yours on the regular, damn, always seem to be climbing something wild. Nice!
Burchey, holy sh#t this is killer. I mean look at this shit:
Thanks all for the posts, keep it coming!
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MisterE
climber
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Nov 15, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
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Just recently, did an all-tricam ascent of Mr. Misty Kiss (photo by Jefe):
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Nov 15, 2013 - 09:33pm PT
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After establishing in the above dihedral, the traversing pin skipped free. Woohoo!
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Malbrouck
climber
Houston, TX
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Nov 15, 2013 - 10:01pm PT
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If you liked the teal one, you should try the pink one just a bit to the left. Awesome!
You're welcome, bra.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 16, 2013 - 07:09pm PT
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Tradman any ice out there yet?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Nov 17, 2013 - 07:14am PT
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we just had a 3 day warm spell but there is ice up high. The right end of our sport cliff is a great low elevation ice area and there is stuff forming there but nothing was really climbable before the thaw. lots of stuff has been climbed up high in NH. Good cold spell comming up.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Nov 17, 2013 - 07:36pm PT
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Nov 18, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
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North Peak ice gully. Probably the most accessible, fun, and consistent ice climb in California.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Nov 18, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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Coolest thread.
Went here yesterday, shots from previous trip tho.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 19, 2013 - 06:57pm PT
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Got in a few pitches at Supercrack with Donini. It was kinda cold.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Nov 19, 2013 - 10:03pm PT
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^wow, that parking lot DOES actually fill(ish). ^^ Guess the Fed does sometimes have our best interest at heart. I mean, I was always a big fan of free-range poopies around there, but....
old black here caught a nice little 4 foot fall after my skyhook blew out under bodyweight. i need 0s. or maybe just need to take more solo whippers on shitty tricams - because then i seem to find a way to free it.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Nov 19, 2013 - 10:14pm PT
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Gotta love the tri-cam. What tower is that BC?
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Nov 19, 2013 - 10:28pm PT
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sumfin new, Larry. there are at least three more little pint-sized buggers next door. shoulda camped out there, it is like a six pack or more away from home. do you have a bosch (sort of kidding)?
ahhh, funemployment.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Nov 19, 2013 - 11:06pm PT
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speaking of employment, it seems a man with toilet paper or beer or hotdogs or blowjobs could make a lot of money in a place that crowded. Hmm.
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WyoRockMan
climber
Flank of the Big Horns
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Nov 24, 2013 - 08:04am PT
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Looked at Cleo's.
Climbed Twin Falls.
Good day in Hyalite.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 24, 2013 - 11:21am PT
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Went to the climbing gym with Blitzo and Daphne yesterday. I think it was his first time.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2013 - 10:45pm PT
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climbed this but would love to have climbed this. that cowboy knew how to pick a sweet crack. Even in the 1800's.
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