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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2007 - 05:47pm PT
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Famous Left Coast photographer/Supertopian enjoying life on New Hampshire's best 5.10 route last weekend.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Sep 19, 2007 - 05:52pm PT
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I don't know about "famous" but I sure had a good time climbing with you guys! Thanks! I'll post some photos later too.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2007 - 05:54pm PT
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Looking forward to those. And of course, I'm holding back the best snapshots!
cheers,
L
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Paulina
Trad climber
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Sep 19, 2007 - 06:33pm PT
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Nice thread and pics!
On Sunday, a friend and I went to Cathedral. Got scared on Pooh, then had fun on Funhouse to Upper Refuse, then the first two pitches of Thin Air, then got really tired and rapped (WTF?!?) then went to the North End and screwed around, and finally went home.
I brought a camera, but it stayed in the pack, which we left at the bottom of the climbs :)... Oh well. Another time.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2007 - 07:13pm PT
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I brought a camera, but it stayed in the pack, which we left at the bottom of the climbs
I used to bring a good camera, but too often that's what happened. Now I've got this small digital camera that fits in a pocket, so it's no trouble to carry and I can take one-handed pictures while pretending to belay.
Jerry puts a lot more craft into it, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he got.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Sep 20, 2007 - 11:12am PT
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Hmm, is this a "name that climb"? With a hint like "...on New Hampshire's best 5.10 route" you'd think it would be easy. But I'm stumped! Wait, don't tell yet. I'll wait to see what Jerry's pics show.
Best I can come up with now is one of the Cambers. Hmm... NH's best 5.10. I'll have to really think about that one.
GO
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BadInfluence
Mountain climber
Dak side
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Sep 20, 2007 - 12:12pm PT
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Last Unicorn
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2007 - 12:41pm PT
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Badinfluence good guess, The Last Unicorn it is. JD follows the second pitch in that photo.
So is it the best 10 in the state? VMC Direct Direct is the only one I can think of that compares, but I bet others have their opinions too.
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wootles
climber
I've moved
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Sep 20, 2007 - 12:43pm PT
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So is it the best 10 in the state? VMC Direct Direct is the only one I can think of that compares, but I bet others have their opinions too.
Of multi-pitch only(?)
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2007 - 01:47pm PT
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Of multi-pitch only(?)
I was thinking that way, and ruling out Rumney on principle ... but whaddaya got?
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wootles
climber
I've moved
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Sep 20, 2007 - 02:48pm PT
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Nothing comes to mind really. I was just wondering if single pitch could be included. Rumney can remain off limits. Craggona non grata, if you will.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Sep 20, 2007 - 04:11pm PT
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That was the best in the whole state?
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wootles
climber
I've moved
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Sep 20, 2007 - 04:53pm PT
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It's debatable but probably in the top 5 anyway.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 20, 2007 - 07:42pm PT
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I gotta have it.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2007 - 09:18pm PT
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Then you gotta come back! Boston Marathon is a bit early season, but with global warming and all, who knows?
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tradchick
Trad climber
White Mountains
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Sep 21, 2007 - 12:43pm PT
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Chiloe: I think we saw you guys starting up Sky Streak late Sunday morning? Tomcat and I had planned on Recombeast but figured it'd be wet and headed to Whitehorse instead.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Sep 21, 2007 - 01:23pm PT
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Not sure where we were in the morning before traversing over to White Unicorn. Was that you we were behind? (blue helmet?) Wootles, Kennan H. and I did Recombeast in the late afternoon. Fun simul-ing. Felt stiff for 5.9!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2007 - 01:31pm PT
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You simul-climbed Recombeast? There are cruxy bits here and there, I'm impressed!
Tradchick, that was Jerry, wootles & me taking the Sky Streak start to Last Unicorn. We were originally heading towards Atlantis but there was a party on the first pitch of Inferno so we switched plans at last minute.
Later that day we heard nasty rockfall sounds to our left. Were you guys anywhere near that?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega, CA
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Sep 21, 2007 - 01:34pm PT
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Well, Jim led, we all three simuled for a bit, then Kennan and I simul-seconded everything on the one cord we took, once Jim got a belay in above the beast flake. So, two pitches total. Good fun, followed by brews and burgers at the Moat.
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2007 - 01:40pm PT
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Last Unicorn + Recombeast = welcome to the White Mountains! It's great you fit all of that in one day. There should be a TR.
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