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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 15, 2013 - 01:40pm PT
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They can be L or R facing, you can stem most of them, some have finger cracks in the back some, nice Joe Brown hand size in the corner some, you can even layback. They are the lines that your eye is drawn to. They can be short, long, small, huge, crag, alpine....show us your favorite dihedrals!
I'm sure you guys have lots of photos out there are that will make us all drool. Here are a couple of my favorites (I'll leave the big stuff to you animals out there)
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 02:23pm PT
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Bump to help assuage my lust for climbing cracks.
john
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 15, 2013 - 02:31pm PT
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Thanks John, climbing content is hard to keep on the 1st page.
Here are some HUGE unclimbed ones in Tibet.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:28pm PT
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My girl's favorite kind of climbing!
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DPerret
Trad climber
Bay Area, California
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
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Anyone have any good pictures of Mithril?
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Crackslayer
Trad climber
Eldo
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:35pm PT
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ha Katy H was my girlfriend back in the day. Haven't heard from her in years. Sasafrass is a bitchin route!! Dunn's is good to but if you really wanna dive deep into dihedrals then go to eldo.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:43pm PT
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It never been clear for me the difference between Dihedrals and corners, can someone explain ?
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:48pm PT
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A Dihedral is like an open book. A corner is like a book that is open.
A book is neither a dihedral or corner.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Mar 15, 2013 - 03:53pm PT
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People have studied crack climbing, particularly all the weird things you can do to climb an offwidth. But dihedrals also have their own techniques, particularly when the seam in the corner is completely closed except for an RP placement every 10 feet or so. It's all opposition and body friction, really unique type of climbing, and one of my favorites.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 04:35pm PT
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Corner or dihedral?
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 15, 2013 - 04:43pm PT
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They are alpinely known as diedres.
The first I ever encountered was on the East Ridge of Bugaboo Spire.
Cue SLR.
Squeaking of animals...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 05:17pm PT
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Odd angles on Moro
My favorite little not so chossy chosspile, hospital rock
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TeleRoss
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 06:37pm PT
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Mar 15, 2013 - 07:12pm PT
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Dennis Hennek on Dihedral Wall. Don Lauria photo.
Lembert Dome
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Gene
climber
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Mar 15, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
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Glen Denny photo of Ed Cooper on the Dihedral Wall.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 08:49pm PT
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I'll play
They can be shallow...
They can be stemmed
Some have things to stem around...
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 15, 2013 - 08:53pm PT
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out in the Wonderland...
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:15pm PT
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How's about Cenotaph Corner. . .
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
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nothing like the aesthetics of a beautiful corner...
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:31pm PT
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local dihedral...fear of flying enchanted rock texas
NOT MY PICTURE
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bob
climber
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:45pm PT
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Norwegian
Trad climber
the tip of god's middle finger
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Mar 15, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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Dihedrals have sucked in alot of free soloists with a false sense of security. Bachar's onsight of Moratorium being one of the gnarliest.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Mar 16, 2013 - 12:00am PT
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Great Photos folks!
Thanks for taking the time to post them.
So per discussion upthread???
In the 1970's I figured out: dihedral=corner=open book, and if you were trying to impress your peers or were in the Alps you used dihedral??
Will you show us the difference-----or not?
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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Mar 16, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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Likin' this here thread yo!
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ruppell
climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 12:13am PT
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The never ending corner of High Times on Calveras comes to mind. Utter awesomeness.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 16, 2013 - 12:48am PT
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Corrugation Corner
Drug Dome
Mariuolumne Dome
Central Pillar
Moosedog Tower
Ride the Lightning, Goose Egg Mt, Washington
Photo Eric Collins
E Buttress Mt Whitney(Photo Bill McC)
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 12:59am PT
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Mike Layton just past the "belayer slayer" loose tooth and into the crux.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Mar 16, 2013 - 01:08am PT
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 16, 2013 - 01:55am PT
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 16, 2013 - 04:27am PT
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Kachina Wings
Beulah's Book
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 16, 2013 - 06:00am PT
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One of my favorite shots around here, of the Hobbit Book.
Required reading.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 16, 2013 - 07:40am PT
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Isa followsthe Ed webster route the Great Corner 511a on Mt wheeler VT
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2013 - 12:54pm PT
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Now that's what I'm talkin about! Just what I was hoping for, some new pics to load into my screen saver:-)
Here's a fun one for noobs in Boulder Canyon - Empor 5.7
And then one of the stem tests put up by Bob D in Penitente - Not My Cross to Bear - 5.11 a/b
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 16, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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There is a big dihedral in this pic by Bret M of mntproj.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 16, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
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Here's a couple shots from one of the best 5.5's in the country, The Great Arch at Stone Mountain NC
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David D.
Trad climber
Monterey
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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The Great Arch is lots of fun, but man your back starts to ache by the 3rd pitch.
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Alpamayo
Trad climber
Chapel Hill, NC
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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The Great Arch would be a mega classic if it were a good 10 degrees steeper. Now the arete on top of the arch, "Bombay Groove/Yankee Go home" is a classic!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:33pm PT
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Mithral.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:34pm PT
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Drljefe, that is real nice and looks familiar.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:43pm PT
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yeah, Coarse and Buggy.
here's Psycho Man, Santa Catalinas
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 16, 2013 - 02:54pm PT
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Yeah that is what I thought when it tweaked the cob webs. Great photo angle.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Mar 16, 2013 - 03:44pm PT
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A few cherished examples south to north
Josh
Coarse and Buggy
29 Palms
Scary Monsters
Warrior Eagle
The Valley
Bircheff Williams
Moratorium
Anticipation
Smith Rocks
Sunshine Dihedral
Squish
U Wall
Daily Planet
The Calling Corner
The Promised Land
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Leggs
Sport climber
Home away from Home
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Mar 16, 2013 - 03:58pm PT
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yeah, Coarse and Buggy.
It was amazing to watch Col climb that... if not slightly nerve wracking. ;)
(Somewhere, in the midst of thousands of photos, I have pics of Eric taking those shots... a fantastic angle)
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carlos gallego
Ice climber
Spain
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Mar 17, 2013 - 08:52am PT
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... maybe... the biggest ones...
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Charlie D.
Trad climber
Western Slope, Tahoe Sierra
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:28am PT
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GhoulweJ getting it done:
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:37am PT
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Wow!
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Banquo
climber
Amerricka
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Mar 17, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
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Before, during and after 2011 first ascent, yet to see a second ascent.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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Mar 17, 2013 - 02:07pm PT
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SFWC p2
Here Kalen deftly uses the 10a crack to the left of the dihedral.
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SicMic
climber
two miles from Eldorado
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:01pm PT
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Via Fehrmann on the Campanille Basso in the Dolies. About a dozen pitches of great corner.
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Sir Bryan
Trad climber
MN
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:32pm PT
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SicMic
climber
two miles from Eldorado
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Mar 17, 2013 - 11:38pm PT
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Nice one, Bryan.
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:01pm PT
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stringband
Mountain climber
Marquette, Michigan
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:05pm PT
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The Great Arch, Stone Mtn, NC
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 18, 2013 - 04:06pm PT
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That's nice COT!, at what elevation is he climbing?
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:38pm PT
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Sweet pictures! That Tehipite one is real nice, Scott.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:41pm PT
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Chouinard-Beckey/S Hower Tower, eh?
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pix4u
climber
Sonoma, CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:44pm PT
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pix4u
climber
Sonoma, CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 04:47pm PT
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pix4u
climber
Sonoma, CA
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Mar 18, 2013 - 05:11pm PT
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Mar 18, 2013 - 05:48pm PT
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Abracadaver:
Forest Lawn:
Steins Pillar:
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Friend
climber
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Mar 18, 2013 - 06:10pm PT
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Sweet photos all. Here's a few more to keep it going...
Black Uhuru
Castleton North Face
Rico & KD on Oz
Darshan on the Cloud Tower
Think Pink
Tom on the Guillotine
Pick a corner any corner
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bjj
climber
beyond the sun
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Mar 19, 2013 - 12:19am PT
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 19, 2013 - 12:26am PT
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Holy crap fgw - first action pic of Steins I have ever seen.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Mar 19, 2013 - 12:35am PT
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Mar 19, 2013 - 01:01am PT
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Mr. E - that was a fun pitch (like moonshine d!). By the time my partner topped out on p1 it was raining and we bailed...waiting for dry weather to go back.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Kalispell, Montana
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Mar 19, 2013 - 05:49am PT
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I pulled a nice rattlesnake skin out of The Great Arch at Stone Mountain. Yeah, 10° steeper would've been nice.
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mastadon
Trad climber
crack addict
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Mar 19, 2013 - 08:15am PT
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High up on the Large Stone-Muir Wall
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mar 19, 2013 - 08:16am PT
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 19, 2013 - 08:36am PT
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Inspiring pictures! since I posted one of climbing with my daughter, I'll throw in one with my son, just to stay balanced.
P2 on the Finger of Fate, Sawtooths
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Mar 19, 2013 - 09:37am PT
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A few nice corner pitches here
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Mike Friedrichs
Sport climber
City of Salt
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Mar 19, 2013 - 10:43am PT
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Blood on the Tracks, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
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Gal
Trad climber
a semi lucid consciousness
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Mar 19, 2013 - 11:06am PT
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Mike Friedrichs that is awesome!!!! The Swell looks glorious-hope I can get out there sometime!
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Seth
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Mar 19, 2013 - 11:37am PT
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Hey can I play?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 19, 2013 - 09:08pm PT
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I'm gonna remark again about how much I love the photos in this thread, just to boost a fine on topic thread back to the front end.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 19, 2013 - 09:38pm PT
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Great Gorge, Alaska
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Mar 19, 2013 - 09:40pm PT
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Yep ^^^
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 19, 2013 - 10:38pm PT
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It's one of the main images that powered and hopefully powers me to climb.
(really!: every one above this post on this page)
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ruppell
climber
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Mar 19, 2013 - 10:49pm PT
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Seth
Partition is great. You don't have a photo of Erect Direction do you? By far my favorite in the Gunks. I guess Feast of Fools is pretty good to. Looking up at either of those makes you think "That's 5.10?". lol
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Seth
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Mar 19, 2013 - 11:32pm PT
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Erect Direction is still a dream of mine, so no pictures yet...
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MisterE
Social climber
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Mar 19, 2013 - 11:38pm PT
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From Alpinist magazine - University Wall:
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Mar 19, 2013 - 11:44pm PT
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 20, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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Ponders of Persuasion, Bridger Jack:
The Good Book:
Primrose Dihedrals:
FA, No-Name Crack, Super Crack Buttress:
Handbook (photo CF):
Matterhorn Peak:
Windfall, Tower of the Cosmic Gods:
Mt Watkins:
The Zebra:
Wall of Voodoo:
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Mar 20, 2013 - 12:10am PT
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Tarbuster, you've been sent to think in the corner more than a few times I see. Very nice!
Edit- Mr E, that awesome photo you posted I think is of a route named "the calling" in Squamish. I may be wrong but am pretty sure some squaminard OG will correct me if so, cheers! The photo I posted is of u wall.
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:12am PT
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inspirational this thread is..
Delirium Tremens
Pack Animal Direct
Zenyatta Entrada
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:34am PT
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Dihedrals!.....
me so horny
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 20, 2013 - 09:04am PT
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Partition 5.9-... that is pretty funny;)
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Mar 20, 2013 - 09:25am PT
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Seems like tarbuster has already done the classic dihedrals and there's nothing left to look forward to, lol. It's too bad nobody climbs the good book anymore. I dont know what the danger is after the rockfall, but can't it be cleaned up? Moses was definitely the best tower I climbed. I've got to move back west asap!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mar 20, 2013 - 10:33am PT
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This whole thread is one of the best collections of climbing photos I can remember seeing in a very long time
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 20, 2013 - 10:38am PT
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Way to bust out the archives Tarbaby!
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Seth
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Mar 20, 2013 - 11:13am PT
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Partition 5.9-, according to the guidebook authors Lawyer and Haas. I know Turner thought it was a 5.8 but in my mind that only supports the later re-grading upwards!
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2013 - 11:14am PT
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Yes, this thread has definitely exceeded my expectations! Wow, some great bucket list stuff on here!
Tarbuster, that dihedral on Matterhorn Peak (assuming the CA one) looks like so much fun, what's it called and rated?
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ruppell
climber
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:02pm PT
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Seth and Tradman,
I remember the old Mellor guide having Partition at 5.8. 5.9- doesn't seem like to far of a stretch but it's been ten years since I've done it. What was that new guide that came out for the Gunks that bumped Modern Times from 8+ to 10b? Now that was funny.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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Cosmic County, Blue Mountains OZ
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Alan Rubin
climber
Amherst,MA.
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:36pm PT
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My recollection is that at the time when I first did Partition it was rated 5.7!!!!! in the Healy guide. From my memory 9- or even 9 sounds about right. Back more directly on topic---great photos. I love dihedrals, books, corners, grooves, diedres--whatever you want to call them. They are definitely some of my favorite climbs. Several classics I haven't seen mentioned on here yet are Recompense, Diedre, and the Book of Solemnity on Cathedral Ledge,NH, several pitches on both the VMCs on Cannon also in NH, the Great Dihedral on Poko in the "Dacks, Triple S on Seneca---the list goes on and on. I have lots of slides but sadly lack the ability to scan and post them---sigh.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:44pm PT
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ydpl8s asked:
Tarbuster, that dihedral on Matterhorn Peak (assuming the CA one) looks like so much fun, what's it called and rated?
Yes, Matterhorn Peak North Arete. Northern Yosemite out of Bridgeport adjacent to the Sawtooth Ridge. 5.7
Sometimes when I post this photo, I make a false slip and say it's the enduro corner on Astroman. heh.
Though it's late 90s in the photograph, note the Robbins boots for approach, climb and descent, 8.6 mm rope, rack of nuts.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:46pm PT
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Partition is an honest 9. the minus thing is just not being brave enough to buck the system and call the shots fair.. YMMV obviously.......
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 20, 2013 - 01:49pm PT
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Brass Nuts:
May we please get a brief synopsis of your experience on Romantic Warrior?
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KirbyC
climber
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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Triple S at Seneca, as Alan mentioned. It's much less chossy than it looks and an excellent climb!
Though, all the pictures from out west makes me sad to be stuck on the east coast :( You guys win when it comes to dihedrals. And cracks. And tall pieces of rock. And towers. And mountains. Ok, just climbing in general.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:21pm PT
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Seneca is a bit like a desert tower. So cool.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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The Adirondack stuff is actually looking pretty sweet.
Elusive stuff for those of us out West!
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:30pm PT
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
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Tobin's Dihedral
Photo from SummitPost
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 20, 2013 - 02:57pm PT
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Corner of Madness, Meteora Greece:
(Second photo by Dieter Hasse)
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Mar 20, 2013 - 03:07pm PT
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Euro dihedrals :)
1st pitch of Corner of Madness (before the skies opened up on us):
6th & final pitch of Linie Des Fallenden Tropfens:
normal route on El Puro
pitch 14ish of the Comici on Cima Grande di Lavaredo
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Mar 20, 2013 - 04:10pm PT
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I think that was my (google-based) translation as well :) Amazing place & that face (Sourloti) is stunning. Unfortunately only one trip to date marred by much rain
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Tarbuster - thank you very much. What a GREAT thread that is!! An out of this world place, man I'd love to go back someday.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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Mar 20, 2013 - 05:25pm PT
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Similar thread over there on theMountain Project website, including pix of the Good Book and other famous dihedrals.
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TeleRoss
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 20, 2013 - 05:51pm PT
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Mar 20, 2013 - 05:59pm PT
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Stolen from the Internet.
I love dihedrals.
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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Mar 20, 2013 - 06:15pm PT
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Gorgeous pics in this thread! I don't have much to contribute:
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RonV
Trad climber
Placerville
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Mar 21, 2013 - 12:21am PT
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Mar 21, 2013 - 12:26am PT
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Tar - The Romantic Warrior story is short, it kicked my ass. I fudged leading the first 5.12 pitch (the pitch in the pic up thread) and decided if I couldn't do that one clean may as well go down and do something else since there are 2 more 5.12's and a 5.11++ higher up. It was quite difficult even on toprope before heading down... That pitch is really tough, very technical, tedious pro in spots, very obtuse sequential stemming and very few locks... I'd love to go back and try again someday if I had the time, fitness and body durability ;-)
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 24, 2013 - 12:07pm PT
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The Hobbit Book:
*BrassNuts: even given your esteemed capabilities, that's about what I'd imagine per Romantic Warrior. That thing has a burly wrap sheet.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Mar 24, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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Man, so many great routes. Now I'm old and falling to pieces. Maybe if I sail around the Horn I can regain my stature...
One day I followed some buds over to Middle Cathedral and we were ticking off the routes. I absolutely could not figure out Bircheff Williams to much heckling from below.
I hate getting heckled, but it happened a lot.
Devils Tower is nothing but dihedrals, There is a route every ten feet.
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dhayan
climber
los angeles, ca
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Mar 24, 2013 - 03:31pm PT
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Green Arch
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 25, 2013 - 03:53pm PT
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Steve: Nice photo of Cenotaph way back in the first 20 posts!
You can look right up into it; not such a common angle for that climb when you see its "portrait".
Once more with Corner of Madness:
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Mar 26, 2013 - 11:05am PT
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A sweet little pitch from 1977.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 26, 2013 - 11:09am PT
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Now, strictly speaking, I'm seeing a whole lot more corners than dihedrals.
But who's counting?
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mar 26, 2013 - 11:09am PT
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Philo: Taylor Canyon?
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 26, 2013 - 06:11pm PT
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Next thing you know Reilly you'll be splitting hairs between gullies and couloirs.
I believe that's what lead to the name for our poster Ghoulwe...
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Humdinger!
Erik Eriksson looking poised,
Sort of obscure Valley left facing dihedral:
Sean Curtis photograph
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trr2ke
Trad climber
Cookeville Tn
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Needles
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Mary's Tears, a direct start to The Crucifix, Higher Cathedral Rock:
(Hawkins and I used this on my second time up The Crucifix)
I was never able to free the original aid entry off of the Northeast Buttress (5.12), nor the Ear section up near the top (5.11D).
Also did some straightening out of Mary's Tears which made it much easier in a couple stretches and more cruisy.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:19am PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Apr 10, 2013 - 08:25am PT
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trr2ke
that first shot is stunning
diheldrals! -
me so horny
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domngo
climber
Canada
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Apr 10, 2013 - 12:36pm PT
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PhilG
Trad climber
The Circuit, Tonasket WA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:33pm PT
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My favorite with and without climber:
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Apr 10, 2013 - 01:42pm PT
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Ok I am surprised this pic hasn't been posted. All star fun this one.
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Fluid
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 02:27pm PT
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Great shots. A couple more from Open Book seems in order.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Apr 10, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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...any guesses ?
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Apr 10, 2013 - 04:36pm PT
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She's headed to the hospital ;)
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Apr 10, 2013 - 06:21pm PT
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Hot damn that is a good climb, but crusty at the top.^^^^^
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Apr 10, 2013 - 08:08pm PT
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First ascent of the Rainbow Wall, day 3.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2014 - 02:27pm PT
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A bump for climbing content and one of the few threads of mine that made more than 2 pages :-)
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jan 29, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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sangoma
Trad climber
south africa
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Jan 29, 2014 - 03:26pm PT
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another one to do once I get over my "Hawkins four break"
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Jan 29, 2014 - 03:42pm PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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May 11, 2014 - 03:07am PT
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(from one of the Woodson threads)
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Mar 15, 2016 - 04:59pm PT
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Mar 15, 2016 - 09:36pm PT
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Saline Valley dihedrals
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 15, 2016 - 09:56pm PT
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 15, 2016 - 10:00pm PT
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best thread ever.
McHale: re way up on this page, would you share where that is?
edit: is that just left of Pratt's Crack? It is, isn't it. I only had eyes for Pratt's.
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MegaStoke
Trad climber
Boise, ID
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Mar 16, 2016 - 12:57pm PT
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Open Book, Finger of Fate, Sawtooth Range, ID.
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Mar 16, 2016 - 02:18pm PT
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Some memorable ones.
Memorable due to the "so who's idea was it to not bring the RPs" moment
Memorable for the easy, hidden escape at the top of this and the non-ideal two thousand feet of rappelling below...
Memorable because this place has some of the best calf pumping dihedral goodness anywhere. And...well...it's home.
Memorable because...well...LOOK at it!
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dhayan
climber
culver city, ca
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Mar 16, 2016 - 05:27pm PT
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What climb is that in Yosemite? ^^^
edit: thanks Bob, i need to get in that dihedral asap! excellent pic jfs, thanks!
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bob
climber
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Mar 16, 2016 - 06:03pm PT
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Looks like moratorium
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 16, 2016 - 06:09pm PT
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5.7/5.8 can be fun! (the crux of this one is the stream crossing)
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bob
climber
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Mar 16, 2016 - 06:50pm PT
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There's a trout on the end of that line.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Mar 16, 2016 - 07:43pm PT
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jfs
Trad climber
Upper Leftish
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Mar 16, 2016 - 08:25pm PT
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Dhayan, Bob has it. Moratorium. Fun climb!
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bob
climber
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Mar 16, 2016 - 08:46pm PT
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Tuolumne_tradster. Is the last pic you posted looking up fairest of all?
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 16, 2016 - 09:03pm PT
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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Mar 16, 2016 - 09:07pm PT
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Corners yeeah!
Love and respect.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 17, 2016 - 07:23pm PT
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 18, 2016 - 04:18pm PT
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Tuolumne_tradster. Is the last pic you posted looking up fairest of all?
bob: no, that's regular route fairview on the pitch that goes over the small roof above crescent ledge
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bob
climber
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Mar 18, 2016 - 08:26pm PT
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Ohhh that's hilarious. I've only been up that thing 75 times. Ouch!!! I've done fairest of all 3.
Memory :-/
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Mar 18, 2016 - 09:00pm PT
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That's about 70 times more than I've done it. If my memory serves me, we attempted Fairest of All BITD but didn't have the mojo that day and we backed off.
Here's another favorite Tuolumne dihedral...Crescent Arch, Daff Dome
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 25, 2018 - 12:52pm PT
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Bump cuz it's been 2 yrs and there should be some more inspiring pics out there to add (and the fact that this is the only thread of mine where some people said "best thread ever"). :-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 20, 2018 - 02:34pm PT
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"One of the better threads"
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jaredm
Trad climber
Oakland
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Sep 20, 2018 - 02:53pm PT
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