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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 30, 2011 - 11:45pm PT
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Mountain project list these as the top ten;....
Anyone done them all....
1. N.Face River Tower
2. Kingfisher (Colorado Ridge)
3. Phantom Sprint on Echo
4. West Side Story on Cottontail
5. Sundevil on Titan
6. Lizard Rock
7. Fantasia on Oracle
8. Ancient Art
9. Cobra
10 Finger of Fate on Titan
I still need to do West Side Story, Fantasia and River Tower (saved the tough ones, didn't I......)......that Fantasia looks too scary for me though....probably pass on that one.....but you never know....
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Aug 31, 2011 - 12:59am PT
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Well, let's see....
River Tower, climbed two routes on this beast but not, sigh, the North Face.
Kingfisher? NE Ridge? Check! Twice, once solo, more recently with partner:
Echo Tower? Phantom Sprint? Yeah! Second Ascent.
More recently, Pete Swanicke:
West Side Story? Check! Fifth ascent, I think this was:
Fantasia?
Ancient Arts. Climbed this a couple times:
Cobra. No pics, but climbed in a raging windstorm day. Too stupid to realize, while at the base, that the top would be moving and terrifying.
Lizard Rock? Soloed, led, several times.
Titan's Sundevil? Soloed 20-odd years ago. No slides scanned as yet. Not that they are any good-too gripped.
Finger of Fate? Climbed with Strappo, 20 years ago.
And lastly, more recently, Chris McNamara, and ??thingy?? White (sorry), summit of Titan, during ASCA cleaning/rebolting effort.
All I did was get in the way and slow things down, but got a couple pics.
Almost there. Shy only by the North Face of the River Tower. And that's not exactly on my list of must-do routes.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2011 - 10:38am PT
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Too cool;..I'm inspired;........hope I can knock those last 3 off...thanks for sharing...
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Aug 31, 2011 - 11:01am PT
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Hey Todd - Always love the MP "top" lists...
Done all but River Tower and Sundevil .... Jeremy and I will be there weekend after next to add another new classic ... stay tuned....
So Todd, when was the last time you were in the Fishers? Be cool to see you out there this next season that is fast approaching.....
Paul
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Aug 31, 2011 - 11:10am PT
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If I want a mud bath I'll go to a spa.
At least there I can easily wash it off.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Aug 31, 2011 - 12:31pm PT
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Um, WOW!!!!!!
You guys ROCK!!!!!!!!!
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Mad
Social climber
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Aug 31, 2011 - 12:38pm PT
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Just wanted to say this series of photos are just awesome!! You guys should write a book!
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Captain...or Skully
climber
or some such
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Aug 31, 2011 - 03:04pm PT
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I've got 4, but I like Jeremy's list better.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2011 - 12:52am PT
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I only have access to a few pics.....our computer is so old and slow that I can only go to page one on my photobucket......have a few on the hard drive..........
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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I've only got 9 to go!
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2011 - 02:48am PT
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You are SO in there, Jay;...you got it....nine more;....in 9 days......piece of cake......a mud party ........
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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Hey Eric - How was Hazing - Duane said everything over on that side is a pile .... the line looks cool though...
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piquaclimber
Trad climber
Durango
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There is a lot of adventure in that list.
I've done all but the Cobra and the Sundevil.
Now I'm in CA and they seem so far away.
How about other areas?
Who's done all of the...
Courthouse towers in Arches?
Argon
Gossips
Sheep
Babel
Organ
Green River towers?
Towers alone the White rim? This would really be impressive.
Monster
WW
Blocktop
Islet
Chip
Dale
Hardscrabble
Charlie Horse
Towers in Taylor Canyon?
Aphrodite
Zeus
Moses
the T Mare
The Mysteries?
Doric
Citidel
Gothic?
Valley of the Gods?
North
Arrowhead
Eagle Plume
Tom Tom
the 2 Puttermans
Tides of Mind
Hidden
Lady in a Bathtub
So many good times out there and so little time.......
Brad
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Apr 10, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
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OK, Todd, let me know when you want a good belay bitch.
I'm ready!!!
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 14, 2012 - 09:26pm PT
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5 on Todd's list, 2 on Jeremy's.
Probably my last!
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Stephanie Bergner
Trad climber
IL
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Apr 14, 2012 - 09:31pm PT
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I love this view from the campground.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Apr 14, 2012 - 09:42pm PT
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Nice Pic! I loved it bitd when you could camp down in the gullys below the parking area. There are a bunch of fun hoodoos you can free solo.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Aug 16, 2012 - 10:09pm PT
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so is 1 the best or worst?
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Sep 29, 2012 - 04:55pm PT
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sick!
any routes in the Mystery group?>
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Sep 29, 2012 - 09:00pm PT
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Sep 29, 2012 - 10:12pm PT
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Jeremy, when are you going to climb The Hazing on the Kingfisher?
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Sep 30, 2012 - 01:02pm PT
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Only in the Fishers do entirely new rocks actually sprout out of talus. That one's probably size of a small car by now.....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:05pm PT
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sundevil on the Titan..
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:06pm PT
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Sep 30, 2012 - 02:07pm PT
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Here’s the topo, Jeremy. Click on the photo for a larger version. If you want a full-res version, send me an email and I can send it to you.
Yes, we pulled the hangers on the route. Dumb idea. We also climbed Hurricane Jingus on the Falls Wall (Yosemite) that same month and pulled the belay hangers on that route too. Duh. I’m running low on hangers again, but if you are not going up there anytime soon, maybe I can send you some hangers.
This pitch was pretty cool (p4).
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:09pm PT
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Dave Evans on top of the titan......Nov. 1983...almost 30 years ago....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:20pm PT
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Echo
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:24pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:25pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:28pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 30, 2012 - 02:29pm PT
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Dave Evans and Lori Graff at the Kor bivy on the Titan, Finger of Fate route.....(unplanned bivy...oops...)..
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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That was a cold night!!
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