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socalbolter
Sport climber
Silverado, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 23, 2008 - 08:14pm PT
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So, this past week Chris shows up for some climbing at Maple Canyon and proceeds to first onsight T-Rex (14b) and then over the weekend to onsight Divine Fury (14b).
What makes this even more impressive is the fact that both of these routes (especially Fury) are pretty beta intensive and the climbing is made much easier by knowing when and where to use kneebars, drop knees and other such trickery. Chris climbed both of these without knowing any of this.
Maple is sometimes regarded as having somewhat soft ratings when compared to other crags across the country by most high-end climbers, but even factoring that in (if true) this is still pretty impressive.
It seems like many of America's top sport climbers are coming into a new level of fitness and are climbing harder routes across the board. I'll be curious to see what transpires in the next few years...
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Sep 23, 2008 - 09:44pm PT
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isn't T-Rex a contender for the longest roof for a sport route in the US?
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 23, 2008 - 10:36pm PT
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My best droog was there, working his 'proj' in the 'dream' (a mere .13)and Gf of Sharma sent it 2nd try. He could only shake his head and laugh
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 24, 2008 - 12:10am PT
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Well, where's the video?
You mean Granite Jeezus shows up and you guys are standin there with your mouths agape and a thumb up the arse, sheesh, break out the jvc for chrissakes.
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MisterT
Trad climber
little blue truck
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Sep 24, 2008 - 01:49am PT
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Most impressive. I think T rex has something like 30 fixed draws.
here is a pic of the pipedream, I think someone is on a "shorter" climb here!
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dogtown
climber
Where I once was,I think?
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Sep 24, 2008 - 01:54am PT
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Siiiick Sh!t. Man
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Brunosafari
Boulder climber
Redmond, OR
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Sep 24, 2008 - 05:40am PT
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what?? he used his knees???
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Sep 24, 2008 - 07:14pm PT
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I was present for the FFA of Blame Canada (aka 'Don't mess with Texas,') lots of clips (23, 27?) seemed like a less than 70' lower, but no one was measuring...
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Sep 24, 2008 - 08:18pm PT
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24 minutes on Fury? W/o kneebars? Guess he's not just a boulderer anymore.
Jumbo Love was obviously good training for Maple.
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crøtch
climber
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Sep 24, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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bump
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GDavis
Trad climber
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Sep 24, 2008 - 09:57pm PT
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Thanks for the link Eric.
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James
climber
Leavenworthless
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Sep 24, 2008 - 10:30pm PT
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I thought T-rex was 14a.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 25, 2008 - 02:33am PT
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Man, thats a tough way to make a livin.
I can not believe all those slings, just unreal.
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