Randy Leavitt Photos First Ascent of Scorched Earth, El Cap

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Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 28, 2011 - 11:08am PT
Randy Leavitt just sent me some awesome FA photos of the first ascent of Scorched Earth, El Capitan. You can check them out at the Scorched Earth Beta Page

k-man

Gym climber
SCruz
Feb 28, 2011 - 12:18pm PT
I'd be afraid to hang my laundry on that.
mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
Feb 28, 2011 - 12:22pm PT
Bomber.
maestro8

Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
Feb 28, 2011 - 02:53pm PT
This picture makes my nuts look even smaller than they actually are...
couchmaster

climber
pdx
Feb 28, 2011 - 04:54pm PT
This picture makes my nuts look even smaller than they actually are...
Yup. This one will do it if the other one didn't. Imagine the flight time and landing flying off that cause a loose flake pulls...whoooh! Good stuff Chris, thank Tony from us all!

mucci

Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
Feb 28, 2011 - 05:06pm PT
Man, nowadays that pitch would be casual with VG 12"ers.

Mungeclimber

Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
Feb 28, 2011 - 05:10pm PT
pretty stone
Thorgon

Big Wall climber
Sedro Woolley, WA
Feb 28, 2011 - 05:14pm PT
Wow-Couchmaster, that ia anawesome picture of a gnarly looking flake for sure!!


Thanks,
Thor
hoipolloi

climber
A friends backyard with the neighbors wifi
Feb 28, 2011 - 07:32pm PT
Is that the flake he references in the interview, the one he wouldn't climb today because he values his life more than that?



Damn that route looks good though! Isn't that photo the right side of the golden finger of fate? Or does SE pass up the left side?
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Feb 28, 2011 - 08:03pm PT
Nice shot of the American Zone, at least that's what I think it's called. Or is it California Zone?

That's an expanding anchor, and when the pigs were released the flake closed up on my old #4 Friend, impossible to get out. Obviously I stuck it in after the flake opened up - doh!

I wonder if it's still there? The next party up would be able to easily booty it once their pigs were weighting the station.
Chris McNamara

SuperTopo staff member
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2011 - 08:04pm PT
nope, he is talking about the Poison Pill pitch flake. not Leavittator (which is the photos above)

The California Zone is just below the American Zone (per the topo)
StahlBro

Trad climber
San Diego, CA
Feb 28, 2011 - 08:10pm PT
Gorgeous stone! But did you see the light behind the cam/blocks? Combined with the angle of rope dangle....Yikes!
'Pass the Pitons' Pete

Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
Apr 30, 2014 - 12:50am PT
The Leavittator on Scorched Earth is the right side of the Golden Finger of Fate on Native Son. You can see right through the thing from either side!

One wonders how long it will remain on the wall....
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Apr 30, 2014 - 01:50am PT
I liked the bivy photo - guessing it's now immaculately bolted with hat-racks, free Wifi and a wet bar.
Jordon Huisman

Sport climber
Rochester
May 23, 2017 - 09:16am PT
I wonder is anyone has ever tested the strength of a cam and wooden wedge together
Jon Beck

Trad climber
Oceanside
May 23, 2017 - 09:33am PT
I would think you would want the cam lobes cutting across the grain, would split that block pretty easily with the grain I bet. Laminated plywood would be better.
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