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climber
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Jul 16, 2014 - 03:24pm PT
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Prime season for classic granite bouldering up at Black Mountain
Cracker Boy
Tour de France
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Jul 16, 2014 - 04:15pm PT
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Some granite climbing is ridiculously low angle
Some steep.
and it cracks well
Great thread
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Jul 16, 2014 - 04:31pm PT
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Jul 16, 2014 - 04:38pm PT
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Oplopanax, is that Snootli (sp?) Express in your 2nd from bottom photo?
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fgw
climber
portland, or
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Jul 16, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 16, 2014 - 05:02pm PT
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Well, glad to hear that I am not the only one. I passed up a lot of climbing because it wasn't granite. And I've never had a problem with being a granite snob.
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MH2
climber
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Jul 16, 2014 - 05:07pm PT
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That's what I like, fgw.
Mark Force, that is one of several wide cracks on a crag near the Sea to Sky Gondola Summit Plaza.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 16, 2014 - 06:59pm PT
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jul 16, 2014 - 07:15pm PT
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I beg your pardon, but Dakota sandstone and quartzite are somewhat superior.
definitely true for bouldering.
all apologies to squish.
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Dingus McGee
Social climber
Laramie
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Jul 16, 2014 - 07:26pm PT
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"Coast Range Batholith", barf. That's the Coast Plutonic Complex, the largest piece of granite in the whole world.
Doubt that, after driving in Canada and seeing the Canadian Shields Map the area of the Coastal Range Batholith seems a lot smaller.
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 16, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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Maybe so Dingus, but the Canadian Shield doesn't seem to stick out of the ground enough that a climber could care about it as much as a hay field in Kansas.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 16, 2014 - 09:48pm PT
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Aiguille St Exupery
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 16, 2014 - 10:03pm PT
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Did someone say "granite?"
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Jul 16, 2014 - 10:25pm PT
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 16, 2014 - 10:31pm PT
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I'm sorry
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Jul 16, 2014 - 11:31pm PT
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Yet unclimbed corner on a famous dome a short distance from major road in a national park --
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sac
Trad climber
Sun Coast B.C.
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Jul 16, 2014 - 11:43pm PT
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awesome!!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jul 17, 2014 - 12:32am PT
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norm larson
climber
wilson, wyoming
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Jul 17, 2014 - 05:16am PT
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Finally I can say it too and know that there are others out there who understand.
I only want to climb on granite. Good granite.
Limestone? Are you kidding me!
Wingate sandstone can be good training for granite cracks.
Basalt? Well at least it's related to granite. It's not that bad really. Quartsite? Lets keep driving till we get to some granite.
How can anyone not think granite is superior?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 17, 2014 - 07:38am PT
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How can anyone not think granite is superior?
When they've tried to climb in the San Gabriel Mts. Technically they are granite, but...
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