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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 5, 2014 - 10:23pm PT
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I've been pretty psyched on corners lately and I realized that ST doesn't have a good 'Corner Thread' going like there is for finger cracks, OW, etc...
So let's get it going!
I'll kick it off with the Shadow, a climb I've dreamed about ever since I first saw a pic of it. Couldn't find a pic that did it justice (maybe someone else has one) but I thought this short film sums it up pretty well.
http://vimeo.com/19544985
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thebravecowboy
climber
in the face of the fury of the funk
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holy smokes the Shadow looks wild! rad video!
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Rudbud
Gym climber
Grover Beach, CA
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WBraun
climber
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Whoa .....
The Shadow is unreal.
And the great master Croft onsight leads it just as he's done with so many other great masterpieces ......
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2014 - 11:18pm PT
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Nice one Rudbud!
Randisi, it's poster's choice!
Here's one of my favorites in the valley,... P2 of Mental Block. It's actually the approach pitch for the wide fun above but on it's own it has to be one of the best easily accessible 5.10 corners in the valley!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Cenotaph, the OG corner, but it's gotta be drizzling.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Book of Hate.
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Mei
Trad climber
SF Bay Area
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(Edited: Failed to embed, so did the upload.)
(Edited again: Cragman below is right. This is Enduro Corner on Astroman, Yosemite, California, USA. Mere mortals can climb it. I did.)
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mei, where was your photo taken?
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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heres one of me in one that im sure many of you will recognize. i love corners, unfortunately this is one of the only pics of one i have.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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What was that corner Croft did on the Hulk? That was f*#king wild!
And the one the Levitattor did.
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Byran
climber
San Jose, CA
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Some of the first ones to pop into my head, just in Yosemite:
The Good Book
Mental Block
The Yawn
Oz
Plumb Line
The Moratorium
Pink Dream
Anticipation
Leanie Meanie
New Dimensions
Catchy Corner
Hairline
Bircheff-Williams
Peter Left
Silent Freeway
And if you want some obscure aid lines, those corners on the right side of the Ribbon Falls Amp look pretty wild.
Also higher in the Sierra, there's the Red Dihedral and a bunch of other awesome looking corners on the Hulk that I haven't done.
In Squamish I really enjoyed Milk Road, Rock On, the Split Pillar, and Rutabaga.
Basalt columns also lend themselves to some great (shallow) corner climbing.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Grand Illusion (Blitzo photo)
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bhilden
Trad climber
Mountain View, CA/Boulder, CO
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For mere mortals:
Corrugation Corner (see photo above)
Hospital Corner
last pitch of the Yawn
The Good Book
I apologize for no photos. Hopefully other have them!
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Tony
Trad climber
Pt. Richmond, CA
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No photos of mine, but Over the Hill in Eldo is pretty good, including the last (non-corner) pitch
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 02:02am PT
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Man that Venturi Effect corner look so rad!
I was waiting for someone to mention the Yawn. What a sandbag that sucker is!!! Or maybe I was just too worked from the pitch before?
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Crux pitch on Cloud Tower in Red Rock
from MP
Silk Road on Calaveras Dome
Enduro Corner
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Doesn't get much better than this.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Shadow . Out . Of . My . League . Except . For . 5 . Minutes . When . I . Was . 21/22 .
Speaking of mere mortals, how about good ol' Trezlar?
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JimT
climber
Munich
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The most famous corner in climbing. John Cleare´s photo of Rusty Baillie on Cenotaph Corner. North Wales.
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curt wohlgemuth
Social climber
Bay Area, California
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OK, first things first: If you post a photo, PLEASE identify the climb!
And I wish I had a picture, and I've never climbed it, but when I rapped down Our Father in RR, it just looked awesome!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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haha I can post a photo of our father in a few days. Climbed it last week. It is a rad corner! Another corner I loved at RR is the Fox!
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2014 - 02:16pm PT
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Yeah Vitaliy,...I figure with all your photos from your TR's you must have some sick corner pics to post!
Nothing from your travels up north or down south?
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Never heard of that most famous corner;)
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Come on tradman.....Cenotaph!!! Joe Brown, Don Whillans....Left Wall, Right Wall....the Pass, history and lore galore.
Just in from IC....more perfect corners there than in a Formula One race.
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Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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We did Golden Needles (5.8 2P) last year in the Valley - fun corner and a double hand crack!
Of course there are better corners, but Pat and Jack is a great cragging day
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Just being a crusty Yankee ;)
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Marshall
climber
bay area
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enduro corner seems nice..
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Easy Wind
Trad climber
Oakland, California
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Long clean corners? The desert needs more love on this thread.
Top Sirloin's 120' of steep tight hands is hard to beat!
Going up!
Cal Dome has plenty of long dihedrals for the common man, as well.
Rope stretching 5.10 pitch in the middle of Silk Road. No photos of the upper 5.11- corner, but that pitch sports some amazing laybacking and thin stemming.
Caughtinside reaches the top of the Mexican Flake on War of the Walls. A full rope up a fun 5.9 corner.
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gwfoster
Trad climber
Silverton, CO
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What? Sport Climbing? NMCTB, Penitente Canyon.
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mueffi 49
Trad climber
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A real "old Classic" - Cenotaph Corner " North Wales ca. 1970
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, ... neat... i like corners, :)
here's someone that corners, too, but a different kind of
corner-climb:
:)
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 9, 2014 - 01:28am PT
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This still counts as a corner right,... (Mithril)
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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Has anyone done Desert Shield at the Creek? That thing is super good. The corner on moonlight might be my favorite lieback corner. Airstream on the Incredible hulk has an unbelievable pure stemming corner.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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I don't have a pic, but the Moratorium is pretty clean and a boatload of fun!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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how about SpectreMan 5.11c, Upper Blair, Vedauwoo WY
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Sanskara
climber
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Killer thread wish I had some pics.
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aromaniuk
Trad climber
Curitiba - PR / Brazil
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Sheila - Pine Creek Canyon
Hospital Corner - Lover's Leap
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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how about ones with two corners
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Lulz
Ice climber
North East
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Oregon
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Has this been mentioned?
Bonnie's Roof. Trapps, Gunks.
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 21, 2014 - 09:51pm PT
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This looks like a pretty bad ass corner,...
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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May 22, 2014 - 05:12pm PT
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These are not my pictures but they are some of my favorites!
there are so many...
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2014 - 09:11pm PT
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29 palms looks sick!
I think Yaniro put up some of the sickest corners I've come across (I think there's been at least 4 or 5 on this thread so far). He was always super inspiring to me when I was a kid growing up reading early issues of rock & ice. Yet I still haven't done one of his routes...
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Sabirila
Trad climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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May 28, 2014 - 02:10am PT
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I think the Don Juan Wall pitches 3&4, at the Needles, must qualify.
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - May 28, 2014 - 10:04pm PT
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Here are some of those lovely Don Juan Corners:
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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May 28, 2014 - 11:43pm PT
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richross
Trad climber
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Gunks, Simple Suff.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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Another view of Cenotaph Corner…
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Daphne
Trad climber
Northern California
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I thought this thread was for Best corners. How anyone could put The Yawn's ridonculous third pitch into this thread is out of my comprehension.
Corners are one of my favorite kinds of climbs because stemming is usually involved. Bring on the awesome pictures!
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WanderlustMD
Trad climber
New England
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Oh My God Dihedral (Old Rag Mtn, Virginia)
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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Looked through this whole thread and couldn't find a picture of "Catchy Corner" (5.11a) at the Cookie Cliff. Never seen one either. Doesn't anyone out there have a good pic of "Catchy Corner"? Dark back in there in the afternoon, you'd have to rap to take one from above.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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2 more burly ones in Josh
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Gal
Trad climber
going big air to fakie
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AMAZING!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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So many corners.....so little time.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Wow!
Now, I want to go to Squamish and climb Shadow as well as pipeline!
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 16, 2014 - 05:22pm PT
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From this past weekend,... already a few pics of the OZ corner posted but one more won't hurt!
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Jun 16, 2014 - 07:29pm PT
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Hard to beat The Tower for enduro stemming...
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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Jun 17, 2014 - 08:04pm PT
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my jaw dropped when I saw Tobin's Dihedral at Dome Rock
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climber007
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jun 18, 2014 - 09:11am PT
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A few of my favs that I have had the pleasure to climb..
The Yawn
OZ
Moonlight Buttress
Nose
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Highlife
Trad climber
California
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Jun 18, 2014 - 11:36am PT
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Pitch 3 "incinerator" on The Voyager (fifi buttress)
Pitch 2 (or 1 depending) on beggars buttress.
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Jun 18, 2014 - 03:52pm PT
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How could anyone forget this one?
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Jun 18, 2014 - 03:59pm PT
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This one aint so bad either
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 18, 2014 - 04:16pm PT
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Karen,... I know I've seen that corner but can't remember which El Cap route it is...
And doesn't El Corazon have some sick corners on it?
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MarkWestman
Trad climber
Talkeetna, Alaska
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Jun 18, 2014 - 04:21pm PT
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Also rather surprised no mention yet of the Moratorium.
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Jun 18, 2014 - 04:28pm PT
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Well, these are handy for sharing and don't suck:
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karen roseme
Mountain climber
san diego
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Jun 18, 2014 - 07:03pm PT
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Hi BFK,
Enduro corner, Astroman,
10d pitch on The Rosturm
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bob
climber
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Jun 18, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Jun 18, 2014 - 11:26pm PT
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No pics of Quarter of a Man yet?
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jun 19, 2014 - 12:44am PT
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Killer!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Jun 19, 2014 - 06:53am PT
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Tobin's dihedral looks wonderfull. A lefty's dream.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 20, 2014 - 08:10am PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 20, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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Pratt's Crack at Sylvan Lake has some corneresque type thingys.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 20, 2014 - 08:27am PT
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Jun 20, 2014 - 08:31am PT
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 13, 2014 - 09:36am PT
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In an effort to pump some juice into this thread, I got on these two gems in the valley this weekend,... both simply amazing (and hard) corners. Any guesses...
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benkraft
climber
San Francisco
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Oct 13, 2014 - 11:38am PT
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The second is bircheff-williams?
Wish I had a picture to add from our too rough attempt on mental block this weekend. Unfortunately struggling precludes photography.
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
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Oct 13, 2014 - 12:14pm PT
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This one ain't done too often:
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50
climber
Stumptown
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:40pm PT
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Oct 13, 2014 - 08:52pm PT
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Nice one Roger!
I was dreaming about the DragonTooth last week...never been up there...how was it?
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le_bruce
climber
Oakland, CA
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Oct 13, 2014 - 09:24pm PT
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BFK man, this thread kicks ass in large part because you've done a hell of a job curating it. Nicely done!
So what are the two in your pics above??
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benkraft
climber
San Francisco
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Oct 14, 2014 - 08:11am PT
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the second of bfk's pics might be moratorium, p3, with that fixed nut?
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 14, 2014 - 08:43am PT
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Thanks Le Bruce, my favorite part of this thread is getting to add a bunch of new routes to the tick list (dragon tooth just made it!)
Benkraft,... sooooo close man. It's actually P2 of Moratorium as we rapped the route (we didn't to P4). That route is amazing! One of the best and not scary at all (... unless I suppose you were trying to OS free solo it :-)
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Jawon
climber
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Oct 14, 2014 - 11:50am PT
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Is it just me or do some of these corner routes mess with your perspective? Makes for interesting photography.
For example, this one posted by FortMental looks like the climber is crawling on a ledge, especially with the rocks and the dude with the orange helmet in the background.
Cool photos all around!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Oct 14, 2014 - 02:39pm PT
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Pretty rad that Western Front got repped- one of the best 5.10 corners in the range no doubt
This pic is looking down the corner- with a keen eye you can see my partner about 170 feet below
I'm pretty surprised no entries for Sunspot yet
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 14, 2014 - 06:47pm PT
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BFK
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 2, 2015 - 02:42pm PT
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Tic'd another super classic corner (and OW) this weekend in Cochise! Abracadaver is a magnificent climb!
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adam d
climber
CA
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A little more Western Front...
Natural Selection - out in the Wonderland
Ahh, Mithril
OZ
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 20, 2018 - 01:22pm PT
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Bump.
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Alexey
climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 20, 2018 - 02:15pm PT
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wow what a tread, routes and photos! nice bump!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Sep 20, 2018 - 04:29pm PT
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Saline Valley corners
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EdBannister
Mountain climber
13,000 feet
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Sep 20, 2018 - 07:41pm PT
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to add to the i can't believe nobody mentioned list:
Open Book, Tahquitz
at one time considered the hardest climb in the world, at 5.9
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 20, 2018 - 08:02pm PT
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Not my photo from Tyler Logan Aug 7, 2008 on mountain project
Hey Tyler, nice photo. I'll remove your photo at your request. dovalonso @ the-big-gmail.
This is the only pitch (?) on this whole thread that I managed to lead clean. But hey, it's only 5.7. He he he , ha haaaa HAAAAA. Spoiler beta alert: I did it the way this climber (Jose) did, not as a straight jam. Just an interesting fyi: TM Herbert and Gordon Webster, June 1965, FFA: Phil Bircheff & Jan Ebeltoft, July 1969 . I was proud to get up this pitch, but following the first pitch was unpleasantly thin an desperate for me, and the chimney (my strength!?) pitch totally cooked me.
I would so love to try Cenotaph Corner, but those days are probably be behind me.
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