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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 20, 2017 - 03:16pm PT
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There is a lot of good climbing in America but there is a limited amount of "great" climbing.
The Hulk qualifies as great and, unfortunately, is within driving distance off thousands of climbers. With the internet, the days of great climbing areas staying under the radar are as gone as the Dodo. The only things that keep down the number of climbers is mediocre climbing or the difficulty or expense of access.
With Cali's millions at it's doorstep and the Reno airport nearby, not even the the three hour approach is enough to keep the crowds at bay.
What the Hulk needs is.kind the kind of negative advertising the Black Canyon has gotten. Where are the stories about loose rock, sparse pro, ticks and poison ivy? Schools out there must not have good marketing courses.
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Friend
climber
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Jul 20, 2017 - 03:40pm PT
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^^ hahaha truth.
Jim I always enjoy your vibe. I've bumped into you in IC a time or 2 and hope to do so again. Keep cranking!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Jul 20, 2017 - 04:14pm PT
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Yeah, Vermont, Kentucky, and Spain were all representing, actually the Cali climbers were far outnumbered.
In 2 days we had Polish, Power Ranger, Blowhard, and Sunspot to ourselves though- so the crowds didn't affect us.
edit: I'm starting now- a huge chunk of the hulk disintegrated and now all the cracks are filled with sand and vegetation and killer bees. STAY AWAY
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Footloose
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 20, 2017 - 06:53pm PT
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We got lucky. There was just one party ahead of us and just one party behind us the entire day, the best part we were all pretty evenly spaced, about an hour's worth apart on average, and all parties were pretty fast.
We could not have asked for better weather, we felt absolutely blessed. Zero wind and blue bird sky.
The rap beta from this thread proved crucial. First, no reason whatsoever for our project (which was straight-forward) to take two ropes. The single 70m for us was perfect. A few afterthoughts: 1. A rap on the Venturi requires approx 20' - 30' traverse left to gain the next rap anchor below, this is a little heads up, might require a bit of a push or run from rappeller's right but 10 or more feet of rap strands remain so not too bad. 2. The next rap down on Venturi is straight down (no traversing required) but it is close. Very close with our 70m, just a foot or two left over. 3. At two locations, one at the start and another descending to PV route(start of pitch 4) we opted to do short additional raps to avoid possible stuck ropes, where exactly to do this seemed pretty straightforward given where we were and the circumstances (the flakes, blocks, cracks, winds, etc).
The additional beta I got from this thread was crucial to the extra thinking we gave to the rappeling process. (As neither of us had done it before.) So thanks everybody for your input. Who knows, in a parallel universe far far away, Footloose might not have posted up to ST, got the extra advice and things might have turned out differently!
Happy climbing all!
In 2 days we had Polish, Power Ranger, Blowhard, and Sunspot to ourselves
Jealous here! :)
Regarding Positive Vibrations, my limit: I can't wait to do her again!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Jul 21, 2017 - 10:34am PT
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Nice work! PV was my limit for a long while- took me 4 tries to link the crux pitch. I'd climb that route every year for the rest of my life if I could.
but it sucks. STAY AWAY
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willm
Social climber
Oakland
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Jul 21, 2017 - 11:20am PT
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I climbed PV on Thurs the 13th of this year C2C and we were the only people on the entire formation. Sometimes you get lucky!
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