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Gym climber
Clairemont
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Barefoot Bynum on Temple is my favorite. Clyde couloir on N Pal is a close second.
Those seeking soaring granite splitters will be disappointed by the Palisades but the area has some of the best adventure climbing in the range.
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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There is a large face on The Thumb above the trail to Southfork Pass that John Fischer called the Ruby Wall .Has anyone ever heard of any routes on that face ?
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Branscomb
Trad climber
Lander, WY
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I did a route on the N side of the Thumb in the 70s with Rick Holmes. It must not have been very outstanding because I don't remember much about it. I think it was called the NW arete or face or something in Roper's book. It was a rib going directly to the summit between two snow chutes.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Also had a blast on 26th of July Arete on Temple. Long as sh#t, with a neat tunnel through. Skunked ourselves by doing it car to car, had to cut around the N summit to make it by daylight.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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North Face of the Thumb is interesting and complex. I too did a route up a rib that sounds a lot like yours Branscomb, straight to the summit. About 1970, and 5.8. Our ascent never made it into the guidebook.
And Jerry, I bet you mean the Mahogany Wall. A separate rib further west, pretty striking for smooth slabs and dark color. Don't know anything about climbing it. The Ruby Wall I know of is in Rock Creek.
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