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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2017 - 12:02am PT
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Hi All,
This is a shot at an updated guide. There are many mistakes as in any guide, but let me know how to correct and I will include in the update...What I wanted to put out there is the best info I could locate in this one of a kind place, and a place with little info.
What I really wanted to accomplish was to paint a picture of the last great place in the western Sierra.
Please make corrections and updates.
This guide is not about personal typos or bolt counts but about trying to memorize where cool and awesome previous adventures are located...and where you can have a real personal adventure without being pampered inch by inch. I appreciate all updates and corrections but keep in mind that swinging some balls and growing some brass nipples (to be sexually counter balanced) are all part of the Courtright frontier...
Just go have a blast...and report back, regards, d.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2017 - 12:47am PT
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Finishing Geek'n Hard with Barry Chambers
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2017 - 12:59am PT
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Geek Wall
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lars johansen
Trad climber
West Marin, CA
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Kudos to Dwight for a job well done. best-lars
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I think the first goal of a guide book was met, getting us to the climbs,
there are so many details that any guidebook author is going to miss a few.
Then there are stylistic choices... and we can all have opinions about them, but mostly we have a great guide to a wonderful area, thanks to Dwight!
We should remember that we're there to climb the routes.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Hey Flydude, one piece of feedback from the perspective of a person completely ignorant to climbing in the area:
I used the guidebook for the first time this summer... my first trip to Voyager Dome, I was concerned about taking my son (a new climber) because I wasn't sure if I needed to do a multi-pitch rap or a walkoff. I would not have wanted to be forced into a multi-pitch rap with him. I took a chance that we would find a walk-off, reinforced by some verbal beta of a fellow climber. Some hints about descents for each of the formation would be a welcome addition to the guide.
I can see how this would be easy to overlook for people already familiar with the area, how it might seem obvious. But think about people who are using the guide who might not know which dome is which, which can be walked off or how sketchy is that walkoff or approach, etc.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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You might be right in a lot of cases, I haven't paid attention to that aspect of the book because (as you reference) it's not information I need.
But, Looking at Voyager from the dam or even straight on, it's pretty obvious that you can walk off the back.
Good on you for taking your kid on such an off the beaten track adventure. Which route? Just curious.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 5, 2017 - 07:35pm PT
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NutAgain, thanks for the comments...always appreciate good feedback. There's also a new flurry of routes going in and I would like to try to keep track as I can, so posts on this forum with topos, trip reports and comments are very welcome...thanks, d.
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DaveyTree
Trad climber
Fresno
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I stopped at the Wishon store over the weekend to grab a cold drink after we came out. The store has several copies of the guide book for sale for those who get there and forgot to buy one.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2018 - 12:34pm PT
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Well, another Courtright season is shortly upon us and the guide has been out there for a season. I've received a lot a great feedback on a new effort to try to record and guide to routes in the area with the knowledge that there will be a lot of corrections and additional information becoming available on existing and new routes.
First thanks for all of the feedback. I feel a lot more comfortable that the guide is generally doing it's job. Secondly keep it coming!
I will post corrections and new details on a Courtright update thread as they come in and are verified. This will hopefully serve as providing contemporary information on the area as well as become a basis for a future update.
Again, thanks to all who helped out on this project. It wouldn't have happened without you.
Regards, dwight
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