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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 27, 2012 - 09:41am PT
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My closest world famous choss pile is Pie Shop. I'll boulder there on occasion and maybe do that 5.10 thing up to the right exit of that roof thing once every year or two... but it certainly ain't my favorite. Topping my list is:
1) Big Cottonwood
2) American Fork
3) Smith Rocks
4) The Horn
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khanom
Trad climber
Greeley Hill
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Dec 27, 2012 - 09:45am PT
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Joshua Tree
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 09:53am PT
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Oh yeah, h8 climbing at Chossua Tree... but it is fun to be there.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 27, 2012 - 09:58am PT
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ORG
Smith
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 09:59am PT
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I don't love to hate ORG... I just hate it.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 27, 2012 - 10:10am PT
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What's the name of that big nasty ditch over by Montrose, Colorado? Oh yeah The Black (Choss Pile) Canyon.
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Dec 27, 2012 - 10:28am PT
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I never thought of Smith as a choss pile. I guess if you were climbing there back before the 10 millionth ascent of a route there was choss that would come off maybe.
I would say the Auburn Cliffs are a huge choss pile however not famous.
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jghedge
climber
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Dec 27, 2012 - 10:32am PT
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Jailhouse - probably the best chosspile in the uS
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 10:50am PT
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I looked over the edge of the Black Canyon once. It was really cool as a geologist. Never once thought it was worth climbing.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 27, 2012 - 10:51am PT
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Ibex.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 27, 2012 - 12:45pm PT
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I looked over the edge of the Black Canyon once.
Choss pile alert. Nothin' to see here. Move along.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 12:49pm PT
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Brandon's trying to start a fight!
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Ron Anderson
Trad climber
Soon to be Nipple suckling Liberal
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Dec 27, 2012 - 12:51pm PT
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Choss?
or "unigue"?
either way i dont hate it.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Dec 27, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
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Smith rocks
Joshua Tree
Black Canyon
Pinnacles
definitely choss.. oh yeah, home crag St Helena especially Table rock
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 27, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
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Haha, just seeing if anyone was paying attention.
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ruppell
climber
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Dec 27, 2012 - 12:53pm PT
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Mt Minsi and Mt Tammany of Delaware Water Gap fame. You wouldn't understand unless you've climbed there. LOL
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 01:13pm PT
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Flashing one of my hardest on the funnest chossy choss around.
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Dec 27, 2012 - 01:59pm PT
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Yosemite Valley.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:02pm PT
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Font
Mission Gorge
Pinnacles
Josh
The Horn
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weezy
climber
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:02pm PT
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rifle
or any crag with a "scene"
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:05pm PT
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The Horn?
Worst approach drive but chossy?
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 02:06pm PT
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Total choss pile... if you've never been, don't go.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:08pm PT
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Work with us here, Larry. The Horn is a truly woeful chossheap that you would not wish upon you very worst enemies. It's where LEB should be sent to learn how to climb.
Just sayin'.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:15pm PT
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BVB, I'm digging what yer laying down, just saying if the drive to the valley was as bad, it would be empty. Plus the fire f*#ked up some killer camping and fried the boulders. Terrible place. Stay away.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:15pm PT
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What about Camelback Mountain in Phoenix?
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 27, 2012 - 02:19pm PT
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I stashed some zoom zooms at the horn back in 2000? Thought I'd be back... but then it burned, so no point really.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 27, 2012 - 02:23pm PT
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If more people knew the whole story, that fire would go down in history as the most profound tragedy in American climbing since Hetch Hetchy.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 27, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
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The king of choss piles has to be the road cut on the Seward highway outside of Anchorage.
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t-bone
climber
Bishop
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Dec 27, 2012 - 04:23pm PT
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ORG
who thought guano-covered choss could be so much fun...
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Scole
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Dec 28, 2012 - 04:26pm PT
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The Tetons
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Dec 28, 2012 - 04:51pm PT
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hey ruppell,i hear you,....philo,the black canyon of the gunnison,good mountain biking though.choss near me ,what a waste of vertical
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 28, 2012 - 04:53pm PT
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Did BVB say font?!? Haha the most endless supply of perfectly sculpted rock on the planet? Awesome, others perceptions are!
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 28, 2012 - 04:55pm PT
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The king of choss piles has to be the road cut on the Seward highway outside of Anchorage. Donini
Beat me to it.
stolen off the internetz example of some of the best the highway has to offer
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:10pm PT
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maybe not world famous but for east siders it tops the list.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:25pm PT
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Did BVB say font?!? Haha the most endless supply of perfectly sculpted rock on the planet? Awesome, others perceptions are!
Every single time I went back to Font it just seemed to get chossier and chossier and chossier. What a pile. I'd way rather go to Stony.
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:28pm PT
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Such a great chosspile!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:31pm PT
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BITD it never remotely crossed my mind that anyone would climb that crap
on the Seward Hwy. Way way BITD we were heading for Whitney (from Seattle)
and saw these cliffs outside Bend. We pulled over for a few minutes.
"What a sh!t pile. Let's go."
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grover
climber
Northern Mexico
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:43pm PT
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Yam(nuska) in the Canadian Rockies has been known to shed its 'skin' from time to time.
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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Dec 28, 2012 - 06:47pm PT
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Sick photo of Morrison Stewart! That thing looks so bad ass from the east.
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:12pm PT
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RIGLOS, Spain!!!!
1,000' chunky and slightly runout pebble piles
You can see it's all just kind of held together by magic!
Crazy chunky cobbly goodness,
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:34pm PT
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Is there always a pretty girl halfway up?
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The Warbler
climber
the edge of America
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:38pm PT
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Mission Gorge and Valley of the Moon, San Diego's best chosspiles.
Mission Gorge is so rubbled out it's funny just to look at, and VotM looks OK til you touch it.
MG actually has really solid fine grained rock, problem is it's slicker than a baby's butt most everywhere. There's a route there named Spankin' the Beachball
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:48pm PT
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Supertopo
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:53pm PT
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One thing good about, Choss, it keeps the crowds away.
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
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Is there always a pretty girl halfway up? She's always following me everywhere..
So yeah, Rifle blooooows. I don't even love to hate it, just never liked that place but still spent a solid chunk over a couple years almost living there.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dec 28, 2012 - 07:54pm PT
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Cannon NH. total choss but pretty darn fun.
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Fluid
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 29, 2012 - 08:48pm PT
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Pinnacles.
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schwortz
Social climber
"close to everything = not at anything", ca
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Dec 29, 2012 - 08:52pm PT
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owens for sure.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 29, 2012 - 08:55pm PT
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I saw a proposed choss pile with very chalked up holds. A real choss pile dose not have holds with the permanence required to accumulate chalk.
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 29, 2012 - 09:00pm PT
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Have you ever been up there donini? It's a choss pile bro. You throw down something on this thread.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 29, 2012 - 09:03pm PT
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OK....how about the Rotwand Wall in Eldo and Notch Peak. I absolutely loved Notch Peak.
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 29, 2012 - 09:09pm PT
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Rotwand is not "world famous" but definitely a "choss piles". The Notch Peak is a shoein in for both IMO.
edit- that was a sweet Notch Peak comeback burn Jim. well played sir'.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 29, 2012 - 09:16pm PT
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But the Rotwand is in Eldo which is world famous....Steve Wunsch loved it.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 29, 2012 - 10:20pm PT
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Bump for choss!
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Bruce Kay
Gym climber
BC
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Dec 29, 2012 - 10:37pm PT
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Only one mention of the canadian Rockies?
Easily the pre-eminent choss pile of north america. Even the most immaculate sport routes in the rockies are pure slag by international standards. And the mountains .....
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 29, 2012 - 11:53pm PT
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Bruce, isn't the 800 pound gorilla in the room usually studiously ignored?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Dec 30, 2012 - 12:51am PT
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Hankster, those Riglos shots are awesome!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 30, 2012 - 07:12am PT
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Right you are Bruce Kay with the exception of "Back of the Lake" near Lake Louise where the rock is bullet proof.
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Gilroy
Social climber
Boulderado
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Dec 30, 2012 - 07:32am PT
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El Potrero Chico
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Gilroy
Social climber
Boulderado
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Dec 30, 2012 - 07:37am PT
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Good thing there's not a scene there.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 30, 2012 - 08:52am PT
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I CAN hear the musica blaring.. ;)
Oh.. Not exactly "world famous" but I'll throw Echo Cliffs in the mix as favorite local choss-pile.
If it's not a whole new climb (from holds breaking off) every time you climb it.. it's not quality choss.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 30, 2012 - 09:33am PT
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If it's not a whole new climb (from holds breaking off) every time you climb it.. it's not quality choss.
Most excellent assessment.
For "quality Choss" may I recommend most anything in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado.
Just ask Paul Ryan I am sure he will regale you with foot notes from his World Class ass-sents.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 30, 2012 - 09:43am PT
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I learned to climb on a railroad cut in NH. Well, Rumney really, but this cut is ten minutes from my house as opposed to an hour for Rumney.
Really bad climbing. There would be tons of positive edges if you flipped the whole crag upside down. As it is, there are lots of slopey holds and funky angles that are always trying to push you off.
It gets no direct sun and is infested with mosquitos and poison ivy.
But, I cut my teeth climbing there.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Dec 30, 2012 - 09:44am PT
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Sounds like a lovely vacation destination. :)
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Dec 30, 2012 - 09:45am PT
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Free camping!!!
Edit; it's WAY better than the slag heap that is the Seward Highway road cut. We make wicked good road cuts 'round here.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 30, 2012 - 11:19am PT
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Sedona!
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 30, 2012 - 11:27am PT
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Canadian Rockies - but i dont hate it i just love it
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Dec 30, 2012 - 11:38am PT
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What about Camelback Mountain in Phoenix?
That's not even good choss.
Curt
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weezy
climber
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Dec 30, 2012 - 11:47am PT
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indian creek
"hey bro i need to borrow fifty cams so i can do the same move over and over for 150 feet"
heh, just kidding. but really if i never had to lead Supercrack again i wouldn't shed a single tear.
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grover
climber
Northern Mexico
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Dec 30, 2012 - 11:49am PT
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You said it Riley.
I've yet to find consistent choss like the Rockies has anywhere else.
Pitch 6 Windtower north-east face, you couldn't pay me enough to re-lead it.
Only time I've had all 4 holds slump at the same time.
Started smoking (again) on that climb......
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DanaB
climber
CT
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Dec 30, 2012 - 12:38pm PT
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The old guide to the Canadian Rockies had something written (can't remember the exact words) that was " . . . the great majority of the routes in the Canadian Rockies are piles of crap with no redeeming qualities."
El Portrero, I agree. That place is like a shopping mall or the Jersey shore, but it just happens to have bolts.
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Bowser
Social climber
Durango CO
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Dec 30, 2012 - 02:22pm PT
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Anything in the Superstitions, Phoenix, or The San Juans.
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Roadie
Trad climber
Bishop, Ca
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Dec 30, 2012 - 02:45pm PT
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Arches NP
Josh
Alabama Hills
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Hankster
Social climber
Golden, CO
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Dec 30, 2012 - 02:49pm PT
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Pictures of world famous choss piles PLEASE???!!
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toadgas
Trad climber
los angeles
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Dec 30, 2012 - 02:54pm PT
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whats this bs about Joshua Tree being crapp?
there are 8,000 routes there and probably 7,000 are not worth doing
of the 1,000, there are probably 250 great routes, many world class
do the routes there worth doing...it's a beautiful place!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 30, 2012 - 02:54pm PT
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Every single time I went back to Font it just seemed to get chossier and chossier and chossier.
Should be ultra chossy this spring. You in? I'll teach you how to climb.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Dec 30, 2012 - 02:57pm PT
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The Superstitions, AZ ... or, that is, "The Odyssey" scared me bad...
haha, just saw your post Bowser, YES agree...
and Philo, Camelback... that is a mud pile choss fest, helmet required... climb fast & light as the foot and handholds are ever flexing ;-)
Then I must add my beloved Courthouse Rock in the Eagletails to this list of exfoliating, crumbly beauties!
I suppose these aren't world famous, but ultra chossy indeed...
DanaB... that was funny... yes, perhaps ;-)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Dec 30, 2012 - 04:47pm PT
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Sedona!
The other elephant in the room.
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Riley Wyna
Trad climber
A crack near you
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Dec 30, 2012 - 05:06pm PT
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Pitch 6 Windtower north-east face, you couldn't pay me enough to re-lead it.
There are loads of great routes in the Rockies but you really have to know what you are doing if ya get off the beaten path.
I took my sister up some obscure thing on Table Mountain, above Banff, a few summers ago - some really great pitches - but whole stretches of run out climbing with out a solid hold to be had anywhere.
Took my wife up Wixwaxy - that was pretty bad! She has scars on her legs to remember that climb -nothing is lose like Canadian Rockies Quartzite.
But Windtower! If my memory serves there have been recent deaths on that climb and the description in one of the guides - 10x or something - didnt give me a lot of psych to climb the thing...lol Sure is a cool looking face though!
maybe that is why I have always found other supposed loose climbing areas like Sedona, Potrero, Pinnacles, Josh and The Fishers to be pretty bomber climbing...lol
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Dec 30, 2012 - 05:26pm PT
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Canadian Rockies - but i dont hate it i just love it
Yup. Nearly ate it on MT Edith Cavell 4 years ago.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Dec 31, 2012 - 09:28am PT
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Canadian Rockies are loads of fun IF you make the right decision on which route to climb. At least there are good guidebooks around now to help you make the right choices. It is still a good idea for first time visitors to talk to the locals.
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Dec 31, 2012 - 09:43am PT
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Fisher towers is pretty chossy but I kinda like it.
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