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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 5, 2012 - 01:37pm PT
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...for the rest of your life, what would it be?
-JR
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Does it have to be something I can actually do?
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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Any of them with Woody, so long as he was there, too...
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 01:54pm PT
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Doughnut: Nice to "see" you man! I meant something you've climbed before but you get the deluxe version: For you it can be anything man ;)
-JR
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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One climb I'd love to repeat (there are way too many to list) that isn't that big of a deal really, is that cool, little, easy multipitch line at Williamson...
Did it once and then the FROGS...
Again, it's NOT that much of a climb (Though I think it is considered a fine line by many)...
Just would really like to do it again...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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^^LOL jeremy!!!
Probably a big wall so you could have a lot of pitches to choose from
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 02:00pm PT
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I would climb on Russ's Mom EVERY DAY!
I always need practice with the WIDE!!!!!!!!!!
LOL Classic. There's not a line for that one is there?
Locker, can you remember the name of that line? Drift question: Can you still climb there or is it shut down? I don't climb in socal much...er, at all.
-JR
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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"Locker, can you remember the name of that line? Drift question: Can you still climb there or is it shut down? I don't climb in socal much...er, at all."...
I can't, but will look it up and post it in a few...
and yes!!!...
Due to FROG central, the place has been shut to climbers...
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 02:03pm PT
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Bummer...hear nothing but good things about the climbing there.
-JR
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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Oddly I can't find Williamson on MT Proj...
EDITED:
What we NEED here is "Handcrack" aka Brandt...
Dude can remember EVERY climb it seems...
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 02:05pm PT
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Damn those Frogs have a powerful lobby then it seems!
-JR
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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I THINK the climb may even be listed somewhere as one of the FAVORITES in the country for it's rating...
I could TOTALLY be mistaken though...
It's been a while...
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franzr
Trad climber
Lancaster, CA
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I believe the line you're thinking of is "Being There" after the movie with Peter Sellers et al. That is a nice line.
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Jeremy
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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 Missing photo ID#264010
Those frogs are buff and shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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locker
Social climber
State of KUMBAYA!!!
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We have a BINGO!!!...
THANKS!!!...
"I believe the line you're thinking of is "Being There" after the movie with Peter Sellers et al."...
That's it!!!...
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Tiger Paws ...
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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I would choose either the North Face route on the Rostrum or the Nose on El Capitan. Both of those have great rock, great views & amazing cleavage.
FWIW - I have done the Rostrum 4 times & the Nose 3 times and would climb either again if partners & weather, and crowds were right.
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Birdland!
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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It's hard to pick...there are so many things to consider:
How much of the year is it climbable?
How hard is it? i.e. Will it be too hard for me by next year?
How far away is it?
For moderate, climbable most of the year, nearby, varied, and fun, I'll have to pick the RORP with the asterix that I can start via Stone Groove while I'm still spry (or even just come and go from that pitch if I feel like cragging) and can switch to the 5.5 choss start when I'm too feeble for SG.
So, it's sort of a versatility and sustainability choice instead of an absolute favorite.
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Does it have to be something I can actually do?
Well, since we're talking "repeat" then at least at one time you should actually have done it.
The ones I'd really like to repeat I might have got too old/beat for unless somebody else led and I happened to be in good shape. The Rostrum comes to mind
peace
Karl
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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I'll play by the rules. My desert island climb would Pingora. Long, Fun, and what a view north from the summit--this of course includes the bivvy on the descent as the storm gathered in the south..........
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RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
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ummmm...The Nose?
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fosburg
climber
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The Rostrum does stand out, in retrospect...
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 05:11pm PT
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Sweet keep em coming! Where's that White Horses climb? Melissa's post cracks me up because when I pose the question to myself so many variables ran through my head just like she listed! Maybe I have commitment problems?
-JR
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 5, 2012 - 05:41pm PT
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Yuuup. That green and black tape route is a classic. Great TR got my stoke up for some sick road tripping up there.
-JR
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Andy Fielding
Trad climber
UK
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Where's that White Horses climb?
North Wales, UK, a place called Gogarth. I've done it twice but would gladly do it again.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The Dream is definitely high on the list...
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Ljohnson
Social climber
The land of ice, snow and rocks
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Dunno why, there are so many that I would do again, but Fine Jade is at the top of the list
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fosburg
climber
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Nice Dan, yes, that's the one...
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Wow, that's a difficult question.
Warpy Moople in the Sandias, NM....or
the Triple Direct.........or
Fairview (regular route)..........or
the complete Exum Ridge..........or..........
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khanom
Trad climber
Greeley Hill
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Well not being a particularly good climber I tend to go for mileage.
So the West Ridge of Conness always does it for me... I've done it countless times and have never felt bored. I hope I'm allowed to add various combinations of North ridge, east ridge and so on as a "complete" climb. And of course the ridge itself allows for so many variations. Chuck in interesting weather and you're pretty much guaranteed to never get the same thing twice.
For me, distinct lines coupled with fewer pitches equals boredom really quick. Regular Route on Fairview comes to mind. As much as I enjoy that climb it doesn't offer much variety.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Open Book at Tahquitz...no, wait!
;)
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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It's a classic 5.9 at the Needles, help me out can't think of the name????
but I loved that climb and only wish there were more like it.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Clean and Jerk, Joshua Tree.
edit: Maybe the West Face of Leaning Tower
That has so much bad ass free climbing on it that I could never get bored.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
El Portal/Chapel Hill
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ooooh I have another...
Positive Vibes!
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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I'd be happy to go out and play on the gunsmoke traverse any day, and time.
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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"It's a classic 5.9 at the Needles, help me out can't think of the name????"
Igor Unchained?
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T Hocking
Trad climber
Redding, Ca
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It's a classic 5.9 at the Needles, help me out can't think of the name????
Voodoo Dome
White Punks On Dope, 6 pitch 5.9?
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Jennie
Trad climber
Elk Creek, Idaho
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Probably the Petzoldt Ridge on Grand Teton.
But Direct Exum, Beyer East Face, Irene's Arete, and SW Ridge of Symmetry Spire would be close.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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. It's a classic 5.9 at the Needles, help me out can't think of the name????e
I'm sure she means Igor...
First thing that comes to mind is The Rostum for pure climbing.
But if I had to repeat something for ever it would be a Bigwall on El Cap
Or a Big Mountain in a Big Range..
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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I know you say "one" but I was never really good at reading comprehension.
Right Side of the Hourglass or
Crack of Despair (or was it Doom?) with Matt and Bruce or
Regular Route on Fairview when it was still an adventure climb.
Then there are the ones we wish we had another shot at in our prime, e.g. Peter Left, which then reminds me of Peter Pan that I still might (unlikely) get up again.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Any of them, with Brutus.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Prolly have to go with Astroman.
If we can include ones we haven't climbed (yet), Gabriel
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Sioux Juan
Big Wall climber
Costa mesa
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I can't think of one fav. I'd like to repeat............but I can think of 100 at least, I'd love to repeat.........belay slave
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JerryA
Mountain climber
Sacramento,CA
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The Traverse of the Palisades .
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Harry Daley, The Grack, or anything on the Apron. I always enjoyed climbing over there.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Le Petit Grepon - so easy a caveman could enjoy it!
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Darryl Cramer
Social climber
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Pinky Paralysis - Yosemite
Or
Bobcat Cringe - Index
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Don Jaun Wall in the Needles.
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Anything on south eagle beak.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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West Face of El Cap.
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Maybe . . . Hobbit Book. Only done it once. The thing is that what's great about it depends a lot on what is unknown--the runout sections, and finding the start of the thing. In fact, now that I think about it, repeating a climb is profoundly different experience than doing it for the first time..
Lots of climbs I've done I wouldn't repeat. But you have to first do them to know this.
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ruppell
climber
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Now that all that weird frog stuff is left back on the first page I'd have to say Frogshead at the gunks. I've climbed that thing a lot and it still puts a smile on my face every time. I haven't been back in over three years but I can still remember every move on it. Just a true gem. The best part is finishing over the final roof so you can see the frogshead that the climb is named for. I kid you not it looks just like one.
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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Royal Arches.
It's just plain fun whether I'm in [my version of] good or bad shape, has variety, has the views, would work in good or bad weather with varying amounts of gear.
And as I get older I might value chillin' afterwards in the Ahwanee lobby more.
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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I love questions like this. Need to think about it.
The responses so far really make me want to get in shape for the Rostrum. I count about five Rostrum votes. Unless I missed 'em, no Astroman (ed: Jaybro FTW!), no RNWF yet...
Edit: might be Tenaya. Just love that climb.
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weezy
climber
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Myopia, Elephants Perch
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nutjob
Gym climber
Berkeley, CA
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I might change mine to Sun Ribbon Arete to sneak some backpacking/alpine feel into the picture.
This is a hard question, like saying "if you could only feel one way for the rest of your life, how would you like to feel?" I enjoy being happy and ecstatic and blissful, but sometimes it's nice to just be chill and content too. Sometimes I like my cocoon, sometimes I like to fly in the wind on the hairy edge.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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What do you mean by "repeat" - I haven't gotten the c*#ks@cker a first time yet and will be 'repeating' the damn thing until I die at this rate.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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+1 for Positive Vibrations
Just give me the Hulk and I will be happy
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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If you could only repeat one climb for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Seems to me the question is saying, "For the rest of your life, there is only one climb you can repeat." Not that you have to climb only one route for the rest of your life. I dunno ~
I suppose I'd want something long, and solid.
McTwisted presents a damn good candidate. That one has the full variety of climbing: thin crack, thick crack, hand crack, lay backs, a bit of a bouldery section, and a bit of a facey section. Oh, and more laser-cut cracks.
Hot Line also has the variety, including the laser.
As long as I can climb those I will. (How's that for positive thinking!)
Certainly, my choice would not be Top 40 to Middle Toilet.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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I hadn't done Royal Arches since the tree was there it seems like (20 years???) and we did a lap on it last May to get up to that nice long 10a friction up on N Dome. Damn that was so much fun I might have to go with Nutjob on this one.
Arches. Or Serenity/Sons of Yesterday. I usually get on that one when I'm in the valley. Great routes both.
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richross
Trad climber
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Foops.
Not sure I could even make the reach for the lip unless there was an open bag of potato chips.
Foops in 1976.
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 6, 2012 - 02:17pm PT
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Yikes I figured this would be dead! I am enjoying reading everyone's lists! A few have put down "it's an easy one" or "it's not very hard", etc. I love getting on something that is at my limit and is hard for me. I love finally getting the thing clean after falling or just being a pussy and bailing but the routes that I seem to have the most fun on are one's that are easy for me and not very hard! Maybe I can enjoy the scenery and companionship more when I'm not focused on "...just make this move and you'll get a rest....maybe" mentality. Love the pictures, too! If I ever get back east I've gotta get to the Gunks. I've never been anywhere near it but Foops is one of those routes that you see a picture of that roof and just know, yep that's Foops.
-JR
Edit: and wtf??? How has no one put Lembert Dome down yet????
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Some climb that I do next Spring.
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Karen
Trad climber
So Cal urban sprawl Hell
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Riley, yes it is Igor Unchained!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! loved that climb:-)
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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It's a coin toss-
The Vampire
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NE Face Pingora
do I have to do the approach?
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splitter
Trad climber
Cali Hodad, surfing the galactic plane
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It would most likely be NF of the Rostrum. That's probably the most memorable and rewarding climb I ever managed to get my ass up.
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micronut
Trad climber
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Tollhouse Traverse for sure.
Or the Regular Route on Fairview.
Or Matthes Crest.
Or a link up of all three. Overandoverandoveramdoverandoverandover for the rest of my life.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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I would opt for something mellow like High E or CCK in the Gunks, Triple S at Seneca, or Gamesmanship or Catharsis at Poko because they would be a bit more fun than something like the Rostrum in 20 or thirty years.
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AKTrad
Mountain climber
AK
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At my age, every climb is new, whether I've done it before or not...
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Hindu Kush at Shiprock, grandfather mountain, NC... Ive done the damn thing countless times and every variation known..i could do it everyday for the rest of my life..
A close second would be the Cathedral Traverse...theres just so much variety you could always climb something new!!
Greg
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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Positive Vibrations
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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OK! After writing about the anti-guidebook ethic in Idaho's Sawtooth Mtns today, now I'm overcome with nostalgia.
I climbed the Open Book on the Finger of Fate in mountain boots twice back in the 1970's, when it was considered a 5.6.
Sigh.
It would be great to climb it in rock shoes, now that it is considered a 5.8.
The route hasn't changed, but I have.
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Jebus H Bomz
climber
Reno, Nuh VAAAA duh
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Oh, damn, Adamame, one of the best pics of Positive Vibrations I've seen! That one is on my ticklist like crazy, I saw that pitch from way over on Red Dihedral and just started salivating at the sight of it.
One of my favorite games in this vein is to imagine constructing the sweetest multipitch climb from any of the climbs I've done. Or just imagining all the climbs I've done as one gigantic climb.
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Inner City
Trad climber
East Bay
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Hobbit Book. Love that.
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doughnutnational
Gym climber
its nice here in the spring
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Micronut, I agree with Tollhouse Traverse but I would have been ashamed to say it. Now that a respected climber such as yourself has I feel comfortable admitting I've probably done it 200+ times in the past 20 years and hope to do it a bunch more.
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Reeotch
Trad climber
4 Corners Area
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Why, Gunsmoke, of course . . .
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Laramie
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I would choose out of the womb, again.
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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
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Joe Six Pack.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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This question is way too hard to answer. But if you threatened me with bodily harm unless I said something, I might have to say OZ.
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The Warbler
climber
the edge of America
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Probably the first ascent of The Crucifix, only all free this time.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 10, 2012 - 04:54am PT
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That climb at the gym with the red tape and big yellow hold about halfway up. Loved that one.
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steveA
Trad climber
bedford,massachusetts
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Dec 10, 2012 - 05:38am PT
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If I was able to:
The Walker Spur for alpine and The Salathe Wall for rock.
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brett
climber
oregon
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Dec 10, 2012 - 09:39am PT
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I remember having tremendous fun on Moby Grape on Cannon. It was 20 some years ago and I wonder how a repeat would stand up to my memories.
If there was only one route I was restricted to endlessly repeat, it would have to be the blue circuit at Franchard Isatis, Font.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 10, 2012 - 09:43am PT
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Jeremy Ross
Gym climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 10, 2012 - 09:47am PT
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^^^^
Finally! Lembert Dome....
-JR
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