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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 25, 2008 - 06:49pm PT
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Where can you find this cliff band? Can you name any routes on it? Probably not too tricky...
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micronut
Trad climber
fresno, ca
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:49pm PT
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Squamish? Little smoke Bluufs?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:54pm PT
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Elephants Graveyard
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:54pm PT
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Razor's Edge cliff band.
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:55pm PT
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the elephant's graveyard. You can see the book of hate right in the middle.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Out on the sand.... man.....
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:55pm PT
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I saw a pic of some dude on the Razors Edge thing in Yos Climber... I wonder what ever happened to him?? I always wanted to do that route.....
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 06:57pm PT
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Me too...thing looks rad.
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wildone
climber
Where you want to be
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Feb 25, 2008 - 07:09pm PT
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Razor's edge. Looks sick.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2008 - 07:10pm PT
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Russ has it with John naming a route. I knew this one would be a piece of cake.
Want a card?
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 25, 2008 - 07:40pm PT
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Bachar whipped off the Razors edge.
Suzuki whipped off the razors edge.
And Werner ran away .....
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 25, 2008 - 08:03pm PT
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Werner... you have such a way with words!
Here is the Yosemite Climber pic credited to Bridwell. For those of you who don't have the book, the caption reads,
"John Bachar unsuccessfully attempts the first ascent of a one-pitch finger crack called the Razor's Edge. Similar unclimbed gems await ascents on 'hidden' cliffs throughout the Valley. This one is on a bluff next to Elephant Rock. Like most of the hardest free routes, it boasts a pitch-long series of moves so severe and continuous that there is no chance for a real rest."
The FA is credited to Mark Hudon and Max Jones in 1979. At the point in the photo John has finished the .10 lower section and is playing with the .11 layback/corner turn. The upper crack is listed as .12
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:26pm PT
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If you climb at the Cookie, this one was easy! :-)
[Edit: I meant the contest was easy, not Razor's Edge!]
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:35pm PT
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Try it with hexes and stoppers...
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:38pm PT
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Actually I believe John just slipped off. It was hot that day.
Anyways if you do launch off where John is in that photo, it's a nasty ass fall.
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scuffy b
climber
post-gristle dreamland
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:39pm PT
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a failure to communicate...
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JerryGarcia
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:41pm PT
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Is that the "Elephants Graveyard" near kirkwood/hope valley?
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bachar
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:48pm PT
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I actually didn't fall after that shot was taken. I fell much higher up where it gets thinner after the chickenhead thing...
Bridwell took that photo?
I think there were tons of wasps at the base that day...
Plus Mars was in the wrong position in relation to the Earth...
And the Sun was right on us...
I think my shoelaces weren't tied right either...
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 25, 2008 - 08:50pm PT
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Hey and don't forget Kauk was there too and he backed off.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Apr 19, 2014 - 12:36am PT
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I remember this (was an ad) in the mags, and just looking up there on my commute BITD.
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