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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 21, 2013 - 07:52pm PT
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Check out this section outlined in red...
Of course it's right above the belay on my new favorite, very local route. What's more, to pull the roof you need to load the block via the finger crack atop it, and of course, last but not least, after you place pro in it as well.
For wider perspective...
Now check out the section - same pic - outlined in yellow...
It looks like the block pictured above outlined in red once upon a time had a sibling right here. Golly gee!
Which reminds me...
Climbing is dangerous. Climb at your own risk.
So that's my personal favorite. Currently. Of a suspect block - presenting with unclear attachment - that appears ready to let loose at any time.
Any of you people have one?
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LL LL
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:02pm PT
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Well, on any given day yo just never know, do you? Applies to the everyday too. Nice pictures. Hope it holds. If it doesn't, well, newness is created.
Cheers, lynnie
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:03pm PT
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chit...scary! How tall is this formation?
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:06pm PT
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call up Ivan Greene. He'll fix it for you.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:09pm PT
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best post all week Nature!!!!
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The Warbler
climber
the edge of America
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:36pm PT
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Throw a clove hitch on a dig bar and fix it
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:44pm PT
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I'd say, at least in thes pics, it doesn't look that ready to go. Yeah, it's a tough call with a pic like that - not really knowing the situation up close.
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ronj
climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
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Here’s a picture of some wild-man who just pulled it.
When I climbed it, it took me two tries. On the first try the hold I was pulling on came off in my hand. After the second time over I was a little shook and very pumped. I only made it about halfway up (not quite to the mantle). My friend Dave sent it. My wife had the same question you’re posing now and was unwilling to pull on it at all. I’m looking forward to giving it another go in the near future.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:01pm PT
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Don't take it for granite.....
or granted, that it wont fall on ya.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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thanks for the last pic, now I see the scale.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:07pm PT
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That is the reason god gave us crowbars.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:14pm PT
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Better pic - there looks to be a horizontal fracture. If you are aware of that, place the belay accordingly at least. Use it as a test piece to test your resolve against the Reaper. Chances are it won't be the one that gets you.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:44pm PT
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I can't believe it took a dozen or so posts to get to...
Yer gonna die!!!!
PS that rope is tight enough like a cello string to play middle C.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 21, 2013 - 09:47pm PT
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Dude, I'm just too mellow tonight to think about death. Be my guest though! :>)
Technically, I did say he was gonna die, maybe that's what you mean......but just not by that blade......and then of course I'm stoned and lost count of half a dozen or so.
He's probably got the rope tight cause he's prying on that thing. It will be like a zit that won't pop for him now, and will ruin the route until it's gone.
He thinks that's a bad hang-down, I didn't like being under that giant mass of over-hanging choss on 4 Hour Arete. It wasn't the one that will get me though! It was a nice route but it had DEATH hanging over it.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:04pm PT
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You're right about that sh#t hanging above the however many hours arete. But that was a fun day!
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jstan
climber
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:05pm PT
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I'd move that belay over a bit.
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Michelle
Social climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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trundling is fun.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Feb 21, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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A fun day in the Shadow of Death. I was even worried the entire house-size block the mantle was on would slide off - it's faulted like that - but I worry too much. Other than that it WAS a great day.
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