Deep Bush Soloing vs. Tree Branch Soloing

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Climberdude

Trad climber
Fresno, CA
Aug 6, 2014 - 09:20pm PT
I do not know whether Pinnacles remote climbs or Shuteye climbs take the gold medal for deep bush soloing, but at both locations I have been forced to jump from rocks into unknown bushes in my approach. You just hope that all branches are pointing downward rather than up. If you are in Shuteye on an "approach" and cannot find cairns or lose track of them, then you known you are in for at least one deep bush solo.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Aug 6, 2014 - 09:28pm PT
into unknown bushes in my approach

Munge has brought the conversation to this.

Flattened chaparral, now I know who, some Climberdude.
msiddens

Trad climber
Aug 6, 2014 - 09:47pm PT
Yeah munge I admit, I read this and straight to the crotch I went, my mind that is. I mean come on, deep bush soloing, no pro and all? I'll stop now....
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 6, 2014 - 10:12pm PT
This is legit!

Cruxing over bushes!
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Aug 7, 2014 - 04:36am PT
I thought deep bush soloing might be something like what Em is doing here:

Or le_bruce is doing here:
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Aug 7, 2014 - 06:03am PT
The Manzanita catch is definitely NOT for pussies.^^^

The rhododendron thickets of the south come to mind for a softer landing. Chigger bites are a bonus!
karodrinker

Trad climber
San Jose, CA
Aug 7, 2014 - 07:59pm PT
Good suggestion justthemaid, worth a trip just for a soft bush! I've recently planted some nice boxwood hedges under some of the high balls and sport routes at castle rock, gonna be so epic when they grow out a bit! DBS for life!
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Aug 7, 2014 - 08:45pm PT
Not in vogue.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Aug 7, 2014 - 09:19pm PT
There are valleys in BC's Coast Range where you can spend hours sweating through slide alder without having your feet ever touch the ground.
Spider Savage

Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
Aug 7, 2014 - 09:33pm PT
Um... So if the highball in question lacks bush, is it okay to cut and stack bush instead of a pad pile?


Does anyone have a list of Yose highballs with trees as spotters??
karodrinker

Trad climber
San Jose, CA
Aug 7, 2014 - 10:41pm PT
If cutting and stacking, I prefer to find old growth junipers like Joe Kinder, they make a nice thick landing zone until they die off and get too scratchy.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Aug 7, 2014 - 10:49pm PT
... Yose highballs with trees as spotters?
http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1183231/Body-found-in-tree-near-Absolutely-Free
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 7, 2014 - 10:55pm PT
DBS should be distinguished from the dreaded BM.

Bush mountaineering is dangerous business. Some think it's the shit!


karodrinker

Trad climber
San Jose, CA
Aug 7, 2014 - 11:47pm PT
BITCH with the win! Ouch.
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Topic Author's Reply - Jun 2, 2015 - 06:49pm PT
Scratch Catch bump
climbski2

Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
Jun 2, 2015 - 06:57pm PT
Deep snow soloing works pretty well.
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Jun 2, 2015 - 07:09pm PT
I soloed a route in Josh I had no business doing rope-less. I deluded myself into thinking that if I biffed it I could land in this tree. About halfway up I looked down at said tree and realized the insanity of this proposition.

Water is probably okay to a certain height, I've jumped from a bridge into a river from about 60 ft. Not much but you'd better not flop it. Deep snow? Hmm. Trees, brush? Forget about it.

Did a tree slow Lynn Hill's fall at Boux?
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Jun 2, 2015 - 07:33pm PT
Deep Bush Soloing
Today one of my bosses was referring to lesbians as a rug munchers.
healyje

Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
Jun 2, 2015 - 07:46pm PT
In the mid '70s we bouldered a roof route with a twenty-three foot fall at the crux. My partner and I each took 25 rides into a 12' high linear pile of leaves which ran under the length of the roof. Finally stuck it on the 26th go and the route is called 'Leaves of the Failing Faith'. But then I suppose that would be 'Deep Leaf Soloing' (DLS).
Ed Hartouni

Trad climber
Livermore, CA
Jun 2, 2015 - 08:54pm PT
refer to the descent off the Cupcake boulder at Vedawoo

not sure what the option is once the tree goes...
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