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martygarrison
Trad climber
The Great North these days......
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what is bishop finger crack rated? looks good
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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I believe the Bishop Crack is 12b/c. There's also a fine 'sister' crack on the backside called Craftwerk that's 11c or so. Here are a couple of other classic finger lockers....
The amazing crux pitch of Heart of Stone, Tuolumne. JR climbing:
The sustained crux pitch of Deli Express, Devil's Tower:
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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'Never seen a picture from Heart of Stone's big corner: Nice!
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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The left side of this sweet little desert finger crack fell off, sometime after this picture was taken. Seemed solid at the time!
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MH2
climber
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ryanb, huh? The Passenger, eh? Seems like there ought to be a Bryan B. connection, there.
So here is Bryan, high above a valley, getting us into more than the average number of memorable moments per climb.
Great pictures, people.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Brock,
> Anybody dare climb "Mr. Natural" since the rockfalls over the last several years? Sure wish they would move that climb to a safer area.
Yes. Here's Jared Brown leading it in April 2008:
http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/rep/08427.htm
Also, the photo posted by Marshall upthread was the day before this.
It doesn't seem "that close" to the rockfall path. The person who was killed at the base of Apron Jam was hit by a block which impacted up and right, then rolled down along the base.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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And here's another of the Heart of Stone corner:
photo of Mike Kerzhner by Jared Brown
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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I can't really compete with the preceding shots, but here's a few more.
Rubicon, JT:
Cannibal, Little Egypt:
Pirate, Suicide ('E'):
Tight toe blues:
Anyone have a photo of Speed of Life or Cosmic Debris?
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
The American West
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Is Speed of Life a finger crack? I remember a short fingers section, but isn't most of it hands to a short fist crux to more hands/liebacking?
Regardless, it would be rad to see some pics of it. What a great route!
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Friend
climber
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This thread really makes me drool. Every route, either I've done it and loved it, or I wanna do it real bad!!!! I have some new ones for my to-do list now
Already mentioned, Sig Saur. Past the anchors it looked like it went from hard to impossible real quick....
Already mentioned, classic Needles finger crack
Eliminator, classic Vegas, not as pure as the CLoud Tower thin pitch though
HEre is a shot of Speed of Life since you asked - hand crack from what i recall tho..... First pitch has a nice finger crack move. Trail rope indicates steepness! As good as Blues Riff? Damn close IMHO
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
The American West
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Nice Speed o Life shot. "As good as Blues Riff?" Better, is my take.
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dustonian
climber
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Gotta chime in for Bony Fingers on the Whale.... hot hot hot!!!
Exasperator at Squamish.... Butterballs of course... oh yeah, Ten Years After up at lower Yosemite Falls!!
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tithaf
Trad climber
Utah
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Wait a minute, on Ankles Away isn't that dihedral off at the bottom of pitch 2 ?!?! Sh#t, I torched myself on those incipient moves at the bottom for nothing?!
An often missed classic is Neurosurgeon at Button Rock Reservoir - and yeah, nobody has posted a pic of Equinox?!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Fat fingers is my favorite size.
Feels real good in there. Feet, knott so much.
Dance it out. You'll be fine.
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Gobi
Trad climber
Orange CA
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I cant wait for the summer so I can go do Speed of Life, That climb looks soooooooooooo good.
Pink Flamingo
Cedrics Deep Sea Fish Market Photo by AJ Burch.
Red Zinger
Butterballs
It's a hard choice but Johnny Cat might be my favorite finger carck
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Brendan
Trad climber
Yosemite, CA
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With many favorites mentioned, I have to add the second pitch of Central pillar frenzy. Not too hard, tons of fun.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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That's the one, Jello! Have you been back there, since it's spontaneous combustion? Wild! I thought I was in the wrong place, until I figured out what had happened. Geologic catastrophism in our own lifetime. Lithic, punctuated equalibrium, of you will!
Somewhere, I have slides I took from the top, of Supertopo's own Manny Rangel, leading it!
It's hard to pick a 'best' given so many climbs. But Johhny Cat could be it!
The J-crack on Lumpy is pretty darn classic, too.
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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No, Bro, I haven't been back, and I don't think I want to go back since I feel somehow at least a little bit responsible for hastenning the demise of a fine feature!
Someone mentioned Neurosurgeon:
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Dudeman
Trad climber
California/Idaho/Beyond
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Okay with all that eye candy I got excited and had to pony up also.
Greg Moore styling on Angel Fingers high in the East Humboldt Mountains of northeastern Nevada.
Andrew Stone enjoys the 5th Pitch of Guides Wall in The Tetons
Dave Weber casual on Beware Of Nesting Egos on Elephoant Rock at the City Of Rocks Idaho
Greg Moore cruising on Pole Cat in Castle Rocks State Park, Idaho
Greg Moore locking into Thin Slice at The City Of Rocks, Idaho
Uriah Halloway at the crux of The Splitter at Castle Rocks, Idaho
Greg Moore on Terror Of Tiny Town, City Of Rocks, Idaho
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P.Kingsbury
Trad climber
the jeep
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 12, 2009 - 07:25pm PT
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tbow on 'bloodguard'
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