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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:18pm PT
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The Spires was a mob scene this saturday, so we went up the road to find some solitude at Wrights Lake, and we were not disappointed, not a person in sight. the crag was ours. Wright Lake is an awesome place to climb, and on a hot day there are some great swimming holes hear by.
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:19pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:21pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:23pm PT
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Sep 24, 2012 - 10:23pm PT
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Nice alternative..
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:24pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:26pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:27pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:28pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:30pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:32pm PT
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 24, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Sep 24, 2012 - 10:54pm PT
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Very cool, thanks for sharing
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ladyscarlett
Trad climber
SF Bay Area, California
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Sep 24, 2012 - 11:13pm PT
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Nice, I've walked around the lake bits briefly, and can't wait to explore more.
Thanks for sharing!
Cheers
LS
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Sep 24, 2012 - 11:20pm PT
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Now that you posted this, it won't be very quiet for long...
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burntheman
Trad climber
slt
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Sep 24, 2012 - 11:55pm PT
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ummmm
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 25, 2012 - 11:10am PT
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@ squishy, bro! your trippen, wrights lake is to close to the leap and the spires to ever be a zoo, plus it's too far for the new climbing generation to walk, and if you are going to make a negative comment, please write it correctly! happy climbing mike a. :-)
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Sep 25, 2012 - 11:26am PT
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Looks nice Mike, thanks!
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 25, 2012 - 11:28am PT
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A bunch of us used to climb there in the late 80's and early 90's, we spent many happy weekends out there doing new routes. I should dig out my slides. I can't remember too well where that 11b route is, is it somewhere to the R of "Spanish Flamethrower"?
There's a reasonably decent 5.8 way over on the L side of the cliff, it goes over a roof then up a face. I mention it because a casual observer will never find it.
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Tripod? Swellguy? Halfwit? Smegma?
Trad climber
Wanker Stately Mansion, Placerville
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Sep 27, 2012 - 12:49am PT
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A slice of sierra heaven and never over run by the masses.
Ultravioet and Infrared are to the left of Spnish flamethrower and ascend the face that Spanish Flamethrower forms the right arete to
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crasic
climber
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Sep 27, 2012 - 01:16am PT
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I've been to the lake but not the cliff, the lake is always packed with families and kids when I was there.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Sep 27, 2012 - 01:59am PT
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For climbing, aint nothin' like granite. The obvious diagonal crack seen high up there (photo) has been done?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 27, 2012 - 02:42am PT
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I don't think this place will ever get too crowded, you have to walk for about 20-30 minutes to get to it, not to mention drive right past the Spires first. There can also be lots of mosquitos. From L to R, the climbs I know about are listed below. A few of these have been off the radar, I think. There's enough out there to make a pretty full day of climbing.
Way over left
* no name 5.8 roof to face, fairly short
Main wall
thin crack to L of Prow, 13a I believe
*** The Prow 5.9 or 10a
*** The Fin, in 11c-12a range, 10b if you aid 1 move
*** diagonal crack, 10d
*** obvious black streak, 10b or c, don't remember
** short thin face starts high up, 12a
Buttress to R of main wall
Ultraviolet and Infrared - I don't remember having done those, so I don't put stars.
** Spanish Flamethrower, 11c
We TR'd some of the cracks to the R, but I don't remember much about them.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 27, 2012 - 02:55am PT
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... and the big inside corner to the L of the Fin is a decent TR, in the 10c range. The crack doesn't take pro, and the rock is a little scaly, so we left it as a TR. It's impressive to look at, but not nearly as good a climb as you might hope.
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tbones
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Sep 27, 2012 - 03:00pm PT
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Never made it up there when I lived in Tahoe a couple years ago. Spent so much time at the Leap and the Spires and now I'm bummed I never went. Thanks for posting
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mike a.
Sport climber
ca
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2012 - 05:55pm PT
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yes it's a super mellow place to climb and chill, i really like that ultraviolet route, i liked it soo much i did 3 laps on it, the crack at the top of the routes is super fun.
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