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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 16, 2009 - 11:19am PT
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Thanks, Ron!
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 21, 2009 - 11:26pm PT
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Some more history from Summit June 1964.
Gene P. Neil photo.
An interesting Dolt photo.
The account of the Roper-Pratt clean-up operation!
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dr. jay
climber
petaluma, ca
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Feb 22, 2009 - 02:54am PT
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the place is so far away from anything nobody was around when we were there a few years back. we drove in, did the climb, and drove out without seeing another person or vehicle, let alone anyone who cared we were there. great adventure, it was.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Feb 22, 2009 - 03:20am PT
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dr Jay! didn't know you climbed there! H and I did it on invitation of two friends, one another md on the res. who received permission. We did park the truck in a wash to avoid leaving it in plain view of the approach. Long circuitous climb, damn special. Some sketch spots with little to no protection. The view looking down on the great extrusions spiraling out from the rock is something. Very cool place deserves mucho respect.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2009 - 10:45pm PT
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Radial dike bump! Nice photo, Dr. Jay!
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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I could tell you some things and maybe will remember
to do so when I feel better, about Shiprock. Rearick recently
shared with me the whole story of the free ascent of the
Ormes Ridge, with Kamps, Chouinard, and Herbert. It was cold,
and Yvon wasn't dressed properly and stood around shivering...
lot of good atmospheric stuff.
My own ascent of Shiprock in early September 1964, with Royal
and Liz, was a rich and beautiful experience. We started late,
went slow, really dinked around, and then got to the top just
as the sun set across endless desert. We had to make our way
down those three thousand feet by starlight. We got to the ground
and at our camp at midnight or even later and cooked a steak
dinner right then and there.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Been there, done that. 1978 or 79 I think.
Now that you've reminded me, I think I'd be into another run up that beauty next time I'm in the S.W.
my only question is, has ASCA replaced the bolts yet? (kidding)
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Nov 10, 2009 - 11:34pm PT
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Shiprock 16 hours ago.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2009 - 11:43pm PT
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Sailin' a ship of the desert...Do not throw lassos or lower litters!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 11, 2009 - 12:19am PT
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hey there all, say, thanks for these marvelous pictures... and sharing..
say, ron hahn---thanks for interesint shares you did here...
and patrick oliver... thanks for you wonderful climb share, for the old days... loved the starlight supper...
say, have always loved to see pics of this... only once, i actually DID see it from very very far off... on a road trip...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 22, 2009 - 05:38pm PT
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Bump!
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smith curry
climber
nashville,TN
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Nov 30, 2009 - 05:54pm PT
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My first desert climb was Shiprock.... Talk about starting with the best! It was probably 1997, and I had called the old Moab climbing shop and asked the owner if it was OK to climb it, and he said he thought it was. Ignorance is bliss! We used the beta from "50 Classic Climbs"[photoid=136594].
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 30, 2009 - 10:10pm PT
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Welcome to the desert! Nice!
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Lost-Arrow
Social climber
Hawaii
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This is my first post to ST, but I've been enjoying it for a few months now.
I climbed Shiprock back in 87' while a graduate student at New Mexico Tech. It was a great climb and if the slides weren't in storage in Colorado (living in Hawaii now), I would post some.
I went back in 89' to climb it again and got rained off, but in the process rescued 2 Navajos off of it. On the pitch that you repel down; the one before the long traverse if memory serves me, they pulled their rope and couldn't climb up it.
I don't even remember if you could climb up that pitch, but it was raining pretty hard at that point and it was very slippery. We planned to leave a fixed rope on that pitch and met them at the bottom of the repel just as the clouds opened up.
We decided to retreat and they joined us. I think my ascent in 87' was in the high 300's. Anyone know what the number of ascents is currently?
Thanks for all the memories, insights, history and fun, Greg
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Bowser
Trad climber
Red River NM
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Just passing by a few years ago.
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