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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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I'm guessing Mouse from Merced is originally from Pittsburg?
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Mcreel, now I'm curious if our paths ever crossed on one of the crisp fall days. Hinckley Heathens...makes me smile with a ride on the way back machine.
Elliott
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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You guys would be surprised at what else has been developed out there. Chippewa creek down the road has even more potential than beloved Whipps. Kind of like a miniature Coopers Rock. You climb the rock you've got, not the rock you wish you had, to paraphrase Rummy Rumsfeld.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Elliot: no doubt we ran in to each other a few times, I was out there quite a bit in the early to mid '80s, and then sporadically during the late '80s. I guess my last visit was Christmas of 2000/2001. I used to climb there with my brother Scott, and you could often hear Woody saying "You're doing it wrong, Scott!".
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Looking at that "Whipps Ledges circa 1981" photo again, I think that the person on the far R might be me. Looks a lot like me, at any rate.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Person on the far right was Don...forgetting last name...mcreel? Last time I saw Don was on a trip through Boulder, CO in 1982. Left Cleveland in 1982 and and only spent very limited time in Hinckley since. It would be very cool to reconnect with Woody.
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sandstone conglomerate
climber
sharon conglomerate central
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McReel, Robinson, did you guys take the Journey to the Sun?
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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Moved to California in 1982, convinced that Cleveland WAS the center of the universe and thinking 4 years of college was going to be it...but somehow it was too hard to ever stray more than 4 hours from Yosemite.
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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A few icicles, no lettuce
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E Robinson
climber
Salinas, CA
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A couple more old Hinckley photos. It would be great to see some more modern ones from around Cleveland and Akron
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Zoo
climber
Fremont, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 4, 2013 - 12:57am PT
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For those who cut out early, watch the whole thing. I was telling someone at work that I know people who would use a lot less energy climbing it by jamming the crack, but the lieback seemed to be his warmup for the down climb and finally the ascent in offwidth style.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Roxy,
To expand on what mcreel said.
Climbing cams WILL FAIL on concrete
That's the reason for the 'chain draws'
If all underpasses were climbing venues, there would be less vandalism, saving cities thousands of dollars every year.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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A large ch0lk bag or a small butterfly net?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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That's a towel, not a chalk bag. People tried to keep use of chalk to a minimum. On the sandstone, a chalky hold would become a slippery, slimy mess when wet. Also, some of those areas were access sensitive a while ago, so it was important to keep visual impact low.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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A couple more old Hinckley photos. It would be great to see some more modern ones from around Cleveland and Akron
Uh...nothing has changed.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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If all underpasses were climbing venues, there would be less vandalism, saving cities thousands of dollars every year.
Now that sounds like a good urban idea. Didn't Portland, OR do something like that with a skate park? Called Burnside or something like that.
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HuecoRat
Trad climber
NJ
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Climbed fequently at Hickley and across from the middle school in Shaker Heights (over by the shaker lakes)in the late 80's. Lots of traverses in the gorge by the school, as well as several topropes. I remember a big roof with a thin, horizontal flake in it that always looked like it would snap, but never did. At Hinckley I recall a route called South America because of a feature on it, and a wide crack with a block that looked like a horse's head. I also remember doing a lead on the back side of an "island." There was an old bolt you could clip by putting a wired stopper over it. There was some cool stuff down by the O wall, including a sort of swiss cheese wall. Some good corners, too, and a friction boulder called "Sunshine," I think. Right of the O wall was a huge hanging tree trunk we called the widowmaker, that would have killed anyone under it if it had cut loose.
I was working as a freelance musician, and I picked up extra work at Newmann-Adler. Is that place still around? I worked at the shop on Mayfield, with Gary Newmann. Chris ran the shop on the west side. At Gary's urging, I worked as a guide out of the store, taking clients to Seneca as well as to Hinckley. Anybody else work there?
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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There's a route called Sally + Don, because the chiseled graffiti is an important hold on the route. The chiseling in this case was not done by climbers, though.
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WillieKS
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Aug 14, 2018 - 07:31pm PT
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The woman in the 1981 Whipps Ledges photo is Linda Ferrato from Stow. I remember climbing with others in the picture, but don't recall their names other than Woody (David).
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WillieKS
Trad climber
San Francisco
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Aug 14, 2018 - 07:35pm PT
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