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Fuzzywuzzy
climber
suspendedhappynation
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Oh man Russ and Duece and the guys took it all to another level!
When we first climbed El Cap the mystery was over...."Heck they did it, must not be too bad!!!
HaHaHa!!!
But those friendships and times will forever fuel me.
Thanks to all.
TC
ps Who isTrip7-ish?
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martygarrison
Trad climber
Washington DC
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Dec 29, 2010 - 12:31pm PT
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While Ron and Dale were on the fa, bill denz and I were doing na. We all topped out on the same night and built a raging fire to seep by. Good memories.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Aug 21, 2011 - 03:24am PT
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So once I heard that this free pitch up high was 5.10c, but I've also read 5.9R, so which is it? And is it really the crux of Iron Hawk?
Are people really doing Iron Son to avoid this pitch? I mean, it's easy to say it's because of the slabs, but is it really??
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Aug 22, 2011 - 11:57am PT
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Bump fer my unanswered Iron Hawk questions!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Aug 22, 2011 - 12:06pm PT
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It wouldn't surprise me that Ron and Dale rated it 5.9 and it's called .10c nowadays!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Aug 22, 2011 - 02:19pm PT
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Thanks for the replies gang. As I told Deuce, I never would've thought twice about some run 5.9 on breakable holds in my 20's.
But in my 50's I'm heavier, weaker, not as bold and have family and such. So there....HA!!!
I would also think that most of the sketch holds would be gone by now....
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FrankZappa
Trad climber
80' from the Hankster
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Aug 22, 2011 - 03:33pm PT
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Climbed the Hawk in 2000. My partner is a really strong free climber so he led both of those pitches and I followed them free. Aside from that aidable move off the belay mentioned above, the climbing certainly is not 10c but maybe 9+/10- and anything too hard is protected, and everything else is not. The bolts had just been replaced as well. I don't remember any loose rock; we thought the climbing was really quality and fun, which is why after leading he told me I should follow the pitch, and that was more fun than jugging up a traversing slab. Probably the "hard" part is the mental transition from being on overhanging rock in aiders for a few days, to free climbing a featured slab.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Drilling those bolts right there, straight up, into the roof, must have been a nightmare!
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rincon
Trad climber
SoCal
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Drilling those bolts right there, straight up, into the roof, must have been a nightmare!
I thought the same thing. What a proud route by Dale Bard and Ron Kauk way back in 1978.
And some great photos by Duece. I like the one of him setting out on the Knifeblade Traverse racked for bear!
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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BUMP
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Bump for quality
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Dec 25, 2013 - 11:01am PT
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Bump
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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I missed this the first time around ... deserves to stay up top
for sure !
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Bump for ptpp
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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Aug 25, 2018 - 08:50pm PT
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Bump
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
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Aug 25, 2018 - 10:37pm PT
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Those Kodachrome slides look so good.
Nice to see Scott (in his element) again.
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ground_up
Trad climber
mt. hood /baja
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Aug 26, 2018 - 07:45am PT
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I remember watching Ron and Dale working on that. Time flies.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Aug 26, 2018 - 08:52am PT
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so russ is a time traveler. Should have taken off his Apple Watch before the photo was taken
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