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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Apr 12, 2016 - 06:07pm PT
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Some pile I will work on this summer.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Apr 12, 2016 - 06:14pm PT
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Thanks DMT. No reason to go where the Sheep go, just put up your own deal.
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Apr 12, 2016 - 07:24pm PT
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Sweet routes, Jeff!
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Apr 12, 2016 - 07:51pm PT
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Exactly my thoughts Laine. We must protect the delicate desert eco system and keep from spilling blood all over the place on the deproach. Haven't done Washoe Zephyr yet-will have to talk John or Bob into it someday and maybe add a lower pitch up the chimney offwidth thing just right of the start of Stepping out. Keep up the good obscure work guys with new routes are far as the eye can see.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 12, 2016 - 09:35pm PT
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It's all looking good. Thanks Laine, hope we get out there again, maybe this summer. All you guys posting here are nailing it!
I just signed paperwork to list the house. Then, while working baseboard around the new carpet killed another live f*g bedbug! FML. So, tomorrow I'll be calling the exterminator. Again. The next two weeks will be finishing baseboard, cleaning, hauling trash, then painting the exterior.
So, you know, if anyone's bored...
After that, I might get out of the cage once or twice to go climbing this year.
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Laine
Trad climber
Reno, NV
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Apr 15, 2016 - 10:38am PT
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Revised topo of the Sphinx, Egyptian Ridge, Selenite Range NV
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Apr 15, 2016 - 02:00pm PT
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On my way to the Saline Wall we took a little detour and stumbled upon this wall. It's probably 150'-180' high and a quarter mile wide. It's in the Inyo's near Cerro Gordo.
Is it limestone? it had a very course rough texture and is bullet hard. Looks like some fun crack climbs as well as face.
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Chossboss
Trad climber
The GNAR
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Apr 15, 2016 - 04:32pm PT
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Batrock, that looks like some sweet varnished limestone!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega
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May 11, 2016 - 02:29pm PT
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Can anyone tell me about this? Who/when/details? It was the anchor of a short sport route I ran across in an obscure part of Nevada. Two other routes in the area on velcro-like stone.
Thanks in advance, and feel free to PM me.
Jerry
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega
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May 11, 2016 - 03:38pm PT
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Where in Nevadastan was that anchor?
You've probably been there: Way out a dirt road, past the wild horses, split left just beyond a small outcrop, climb up through the pinion and juniper forest till the road ends. Walk up the hill, farther than it looks, to a cliff that was shorter than you thought, only to discover that you weren't the first, and its probably not worth it, but you are here, and so were they, and the time to climb is now, so you do, and you have more fun than you imagined.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 13, 2016 - 06:41am PT
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Way out a dirt road, past the wild horses, split left just beyond a small outcrop, climb up through the pinion and juniper forest till the road ends. Walk up the hill, farther than it looks, to a cliff that was shorter than you thought, only to discover that you weren't the first, and its probably not worth it, but you are here, and so were they, and the time to climb is now, so you do, and you have more fun than you imagined.
This is why we're out there, isn't it?
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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May 16, 2016 - 09:00am PT
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not the most prickly bit of az
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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May 16, 2016 - 02:32pm PT
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Ground up 5.12 rig, south Sierras. Masada 5.12b
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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May 17, 2016 - 08:26pm PT
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Obscure and Elsewhere
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GoVertical
climber
Stamford, CT
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Jun 10, 2016 - 04:31pm PT
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Wow! This thread is great. Kudos to all of you guys getting after it and finding these gems in the obscure reaches of Nevada. I'm inspired—especially by those photos of the Wild Granites, which I was ashamedly unaware of until just now.
I'd love to be able to share adventures of my own and make contributions to the discussion here, but I just moved to NV for a job (I'm a geologist for you rock nerds out there) and it turns out that Elko is exactly in the middle but also literally as far away from all of my climbing partners as I could possibly get—I'm sure there must be other Nevadastanis who are familiar with the feeling. So, here's a quick plug: if anyone would like to take a chance on inviting me out to join in on a climbing trip, I'd be eternally grateful! If that much isn't in the cards, general advice on how to begin plugging into the impressively adventurous Northern NV climbing community would be very welcome.
My apologies for the off-topic post, please PM any sincere replies, and thanks in advance!
Disclaimer: In case it matters, I am of average strength (i.e. I'll slow you down on anything harder than 5.10) and of an age (27) that doesn't necessarily connote the experience that a more seasoned climber might seek out, but promise that I come equipped with the requisite humility and know-how to safely climb rocks.
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jonnyrig
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 10, 2016 - 07:14pm PT
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Elko is not the middle, but there's some good climbing there. Look at the Humboldt range for established routes on good rock. Then take a rack with you and a camera to record the obscure stuff you encounter. Most of it will be volcanic and chossy, but I've seen good potential out there in the north too.just keep your eyes and mind open tothe possibilities and you might be surprised.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Jun 10, 2016 - 07:59pm PT
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Be in Fernley by 9am tomorrow Go Vertical and we'll be glad to bring you to the crags.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Jun 11, 2016 - 07:22am PT
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Yeah, I'll guarantee you safe passage, for the day anyway. I leave the politics behind on my excursions, but just in case we run into any rabid right wingears foaming at the mouth and thirsting for liberal blood, I carry a sawed off shotgun in a back scabbard for easy dispatch of "problems". Ha Ha, Ha Ha.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Jun 11, 2016 - 07:33am PT
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Govertical, what's all this Stamford Ct then? Eh. ?
You made the transfer from gym jumper to off grid adventure?
Excellent !
FRESH KNEES, young blood, clavicles shoulders n' elbows, to hammer home anchors!
Your up 'kiddo' heehee;)
Not that I'm able to go, still stuck in small rock hell, but I am so envious !
Go , Govertical go.
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