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WBraun

climber
Dec 21, 2014 - 10:31am PT
I've never been good a slab climbing.

I've been sandbagged told "this pitch is easy" you can lead it.

Those pitches ended up being the cruxes unknowing to me.

The only reason I didn't die is because I was too scared to die .......
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Dec 21, 2014 - 05:43pm PT

can any one I.D. this? Some how the stars all aligned,
scant tights and no top or a rag,
that made a better head band,
wrapped turban style,
than it did a shirt,
was the required climbers wardrobe for my trial by fire '80
Bruce Morris

Social climber
Belmont, California
Dec 21, 2014 - 09:19pm PT
Stately Pleasure Dome in T Meadows?
wstmrnclmr

Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
Dec 21, 2014 - 10:12pm PT
Bruce you are correct.....Footnote on Stately
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Feb 13, 2015 - 11:46pm PT
Somewhere in Indo (random FB photo)
Crump

Social climber
Lakewood, CO
Feb 14, 2015 - 08:14am PT
Love Slabs. A great place to work on your slabbing is Enchanted Rock down in Texas. Fall, Winter, and Spring!!

https://vimeo.com/23744926
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Feb 14, 2015 - 09:58am PT
Gotta keep a good thread alive. Jeez, it's even about climbing...


kaholatingtong

Trad climber
therealmccoy from Nevada City
Feb 14, 2015 - 10:28am PT
I loves me some slab.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Feb 14, 2015 - 10:32am PT
My least favorite type of rock climbing. Only do them when confronted with one on a multi pitch climb.
bob

climber
Feb 14, 2015 - 10:38am PT

Yummy.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Feb 14, 2015 - 10:39am PT
Same story the crow told me, It's the only one he knows, like the morning sun he comes and like the wind he goes. . . . .

I can post text but pics take more than 20 minutes to upload,

This thread and the slab work mentioned is an acquired taste, the short cool days right now are optimal for hard friction/slabs both in the southeast and the west.

Green Dragon to Mr Natural(great finger crack) then two more pitches of featured slab.?
On the glacier point apron(now seriously compromised by rockfall?)
I am sure that it all has names and grades ??( I will go look it up) But it will be hours from now before the edit/add step so if someone wants to jump in ?...
please.
Wade Icey

Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
Feb 14, 2015 - 01:03pm PT
Glass Action Suit bump


few laps on Crest jewel couldn't hurt...well maybe your calves.
bvb

Social climber
flagstaff arizona
Feb 14, 2015 - 03:31pm PT
Essentially your entire body becomes like a hand. You develope an ability to attain contact strength through a tension between hands and feet so that your body as a whole grips the stone. When you go to move one point of contact, the others maintain that grip or you fall.

Ah, I see what you did there. The technical description of stinkbugging.
LOWERme

Trad climber
Feb 14, 2015 - 03:45pm PT
east side underground

climber
Hilton crk,ca
Feb 14, 2015 - 04:21pm PT
learning to climb in the meadows , I've always enjoyed a good slab
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Feb 14, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
I've said this before, but that Bob guy five-or-so posts above takes photos that just get to me. I've never met him, but I hope to.
Old5Ten

Trad climber
Berkeley and Sunny Slopes, CA
Sep 9, 2015 - 03:14pm PT
pine creek on the eastside has a number of really fine slab routes ;-)

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