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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 23, 2015 - 03:17pm PT
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I'm an on again off again climber. Been going to Joshua Tree since 75'. Some things have changed, it's now a NP and looks artificial in places; there are bigger crowds and more climbers wearing gym belay tags on their harnesses; but the feeling is still just as magical now as it was when I was a teenager. The views and the psych just as awesome. I've been putting together a new group from the Sender One gym and the camaraderie is so much fun, just good times with good people. Seems like I've done a lot of routes at Josh but there are still so many left to do! Coarse and Buggy is just one that has been high on my list forever and I finally got to get on it at 55 years old. What a treat! Had a rope gun, thank goodness! Anyway, just had to comment on the magic that is Joshua Tree.
Here's a pic of some of the new gang:
And, Alex lowering off C&B after leading it easily:
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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Mar 23, 2015 - 03:21pm PT
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Me toooooooooooooo!
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Mike from Phoenix
Trad climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Mar 23, 2015 - 03:35pm PT
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Me 3! I can't wait to get there in a couple weeks.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 04:27pm PT
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more climbers wearing gym belay tags on their harnesses
Hope you told your Sender One crew to remove those tags before entering the park. LOL
I agree, it's a magical place. Happy it is so close to home!!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Mar 23, 2015 - 04:53pm PT
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^^
PLEASE! Do not let lycra make a comeback. Lycra was the main cause of rap bolting and pink pointing. Goodness knows what it could do in this day and age. Just look what it did to that guy.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:01pm PT
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Scrubbling Bubbles;....you are so wrong;..only 60 routes worth doing!!...C'mon.......there are at LEAST 75 worth doing.....(OK...maybe more like 70;.....but only 60?......really......get real....)..........
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:09pm PT
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See you all on 4/11......
Rudder... Sender one is a nice gym, your lucky to have it around.
Remember to teach those kids to dump the tags.....
Keep the Lycra, looks good on 18-30 YO girls......
and there are at least 110 climbs worth doing.... IMHO
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 05:50pm PT
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I've been going every year since '99, except for the last 3 I missed. Excited though to go back at the beginning of April.
Stoke:
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2015 - 06:53pm PT
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Okay, Alex is not wearing lycra. :O
I don't know what Todd is on, but I want to climb with Todd!
Guyman looks like he could be starting Geronimo?
Adam looks to be belaying from Solid Gold?
And, the third picture from Adam is Illusion Dweller.
But, I don't know the name of the other climbs that Adam posted. :/
Here's a couple shots from a week ago when I took the gang over to Headstone:
I believe there might be a belay badge on display. haha
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 06:54pm PT
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^ nice looking climbs adamD. I only recognize one of them, and give up on the rest. Please share.
Drooling in Seattle (and will not crowd the place)
Darwin
PS and OP: Thanks!
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:15pm PT
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#1 is Solid Gold...
#2 O'Kellys Crack
Yes, that is me starting Germanio .... this was late fall 73, feeling sort of nervous about this.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:17pm PT
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Adam's last one looks like Natural Selection.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:18pm PT
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Hell yeah
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:23pm PT
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HI, kris and jefe...
So whats in your pic, jefe??
Kris, got any?
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Jason Kim
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:51pm PT
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Some more JT porn! Getting back out this coming weekend, which will be three in a row. Loving it.
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 23, 2015 - 07:56pm PT
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#1 isn't Solid Gold, but very close...
#2 O'Kelley's
#3 Illusion Dweller
#4 something in Isles corridor behind Bird of Fire
#5 Natural Selection.
Jefe's 2nd shot is top down on C&B
Jason, nice angle on N Overhang in the last light.
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Dimes
Social climber
Wonderland of Retirement
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Mar 23, 2015 - 08:10pm PT
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Rolfr
Trad climber
La Quinta and Penticton BC
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Mar 23, 2015 - 08:18pm PT
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So many people walk around Joshua Tree with blinders on, What's cool about JT is that there are thousands of fantastic routes if you get off the beaten track.
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/110061621
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Mar 23, 2015 - 09:00pm PT
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Probably not so easy to id from this angle. A Josh "off the road" mega classic.
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 01:35am PT
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What is that one, Ksolem?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 24, 2015 - 11:31am PT
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Nice one Kris.....
OK if #1 is not Solid Gold, what is it?????
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Mar 24, 2015 - 03:19pm PT
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Rudder - this is my kind of post. Thanks for sharing the stoke, and agree with you completely. Been going there since '75, and was there this last June.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 24, 2015 - 03:23pm PT
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Some easy, some not...
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Mar 24, 2015 - 03:58pm PT
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steelmnkey - first one is Campfire Girl, that's a good one with an nearly wheelchair access approach.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Mar 24, 2015 - 04:08pm PT
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Great thread.
I only started climbing a bit in Josh 5 or so years ago, but I love it there. Really looking forward to getting back out there for the fundraiser.
One of my first "I will never forget's" in climbing was there - topping out on a small ledge on the last climb of the day, a good friend on the climb next to me, and both of us looking out over the rocks as the colors came to life in the setting sun. That climb in Josh was the start of the emotional attachment that I now have for climbing and for the people I have met along the way.
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Jason Kim
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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dhayan
climber
los angeles, ca
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Mar 24, 2015 - 04:47pm PT
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What a beautiful place... The light and richness of colors is just amazing.
Todd (and everyone) the climbs and pictures you post look so good! More please!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 05:04pm PT
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It is a way of life....
Sunny days and dummy domes
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 06:26pm PT
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Guyman...it's My Laundry.
a few more:
Finish it!
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:34pm PT
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Wangerbanger
And don't forget all the killer bouldering.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 24, 2015 - 08:57pm PT
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:03pm PT
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:23pm PT
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I do too - just not as enchanted with the climbing there as I once was.
It was a 15-year love affair -way longer than most.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:23pm PT
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Prepackaged couple posts up.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:27pm PT
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I just love the "place" and being there with friends.
The climbing is the icing on the cake
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10b4me
Social climber
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:45pm PT
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10b4me
Social climber
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Mar 24, 2015 - 09:56pm PT
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 10:01pm PT
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Back at ya', guyman! (this is Geronimo so that I don't contribute to the guessing game, haha)
And Tabby Litter:
Probably don't have to label this one (moose dog tower):
And, actually Solid Gold (led it twice, always bypassed that bolt out right):
Those are all from BITD, here is a current one on Hobbit Roof:
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Rudder
Trad climber
Costa Mesa, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 24, 2015 - 10:02pm PT
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I just love the "place" and being there with friends.
The climbing is the icing on the cake
Yup!
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 30, 2015 - 09:55pm PT
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 31, 2015 - 07:15am PT
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Bouldering.
Is this a retro shot?
Scrubbing... guess?
And what Mr. E said..... "a long love affair"...
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 31, 2015 - 08:28am PT
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^^^^^
My eyes! My eyes!! Can't... unsee...
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Mar 31, 2015 - 08:40am PT
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The park should ban generators. Those suckers ruin every morning and evening.
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Mar 31, 2015 - 09:18am PT
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From this weekend:
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mar 31, 2015 - 09:31am PT
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The flared chimney to going to hands/fists [edited] looks like one of the best climbs ever.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 31, 2015 - 09:38am PT
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Scrubbing.... you do know your climbs! Good call.
I think Kris has a nice butt.... I have see that angle for many many years.
Nice shot of Aguille de Josh (sorry for poor French)
More Lycra Boys
guess?
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Mar 31, 2015 - 09:40am PT
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 31, 2015 - 09:53am PT
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brother... easy, Headstone regular......and go find
out there by The Aguille.... go do False Classic Corner. I bet there will be no "Posing Shots" after or during that one. :>)
This is a Easy One.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Mar 31, 2015 - 12:06pm PT
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Wild guess.. Ceremony (10c) at Atlantis?
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 31, 2015 - 12:29pm PT
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Steel..... no.
Hint: Its rated 5.13
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overwatch
climber
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Mar 31, 2015 - 12:39pm PT
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Games without frontiers?
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overwatch
climber
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Mar 31, 2015 - 12:46pm PT
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I thought false classic corner was a big time sandbag.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Mar 31, 2015 - 05:16pm PT
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Overwatch...
Right you are on both.....Counts
I thought FCC was a 5.10 ..... I almost took a good flyer at the akward spot getting out and around the little roof... then I had the after-burners on FULL. Ho Man....WATCH ME!!!
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adam d
climber
CA
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Mar 31, 2015 - 07:56pm PT
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re:Jumping Jack Crack...It's good! First 11a in the park is the rumor? Largo might know...
The crux isn't as wide as it looks, funky fingers then easing tight hands and hands if I remember right.
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