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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Jun 28, 2010 - 02:14am PT
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Alexey...
The Cricifix, you and me bro...
Lets do it!
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Alexey
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Jun 28, 2010 - 10:12am PT
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Chud, thanks for trust, difficult to resist, need to train more after vacations, next season maybe?
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Jun 28, 2010 - 11:12pm PT
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Stared at it from the NE Butt many, many times with lust in my heart.
Finally got to go there with somebody I thought could take the sharp end on the dicier leads.
The one pitch I refused in advance to lead was the "10d scary" high on the route. I mean, if it says 10d scary on that route, it must mean something.
Naturally, my partner set up a clustered belay that he couldn't escape just below what I thought was the 10d scary so I was forced to lead it anyway. I didn't hesitate to employ my bilingual climbing talents to it and it wasn't a bit scary that way.
Perhaps he had already done some of the scary parts. Getting to the belay I pulled on this hold/inset block and it started to slide out in my hands like a drawer..Scary!
Peace
Karl
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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Jun 29, 2010 - 02:59am PT
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"Trad" climbing is about saying,... YES!
Honnold told me that the first year he ever climbed on real rock... in like 2005 or so.
There's truth to those words.
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The Alpine
Big Wall climber
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Sep 21, 2010 - 08:09pm PT
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Alex has finally spoken up about his solo of the Crucifix.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Sep 21, 2010 - 09:10pm PT
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I really, really NEED to do this route again!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 21, 2010 - 10:42pm PT
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So Alex had already climbed Crucifix on the same day he soloed it. That's gotta make it easier and harder at the same time! Don't guys like him get tired? Geez.
Still, there's no way Crucifix is overall harder than Astroman, and if you cheat the hardest cruxes on Crucifix, the Rostrum seems comparable and longer.
Feeling kinda weak just thinking about it
Peace
Karl
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 21, 2010 - 10:47pm PT
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Just scoped out those pictures again. Man, what a route - it has it all...a long, interesting and beautiful line, lots of 5.10 and 5.11 climbing, a spot-on name...
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Mid-winter look at good pictures bump.
Reminded of this thread by the East Corner of Higher Spire TR
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 12, 2012 - 05:57pm PT
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Stoked on the Crucifix bump.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 12, 2012 - 07:04pm PT
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Power point is a cool alternative, as well
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cultureshock
Trad climber
Mountain View
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Apr 24, 2012 - 03:20pm PT
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Conditions bump. Is this dry in the spring?
Thanks!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Apr 24, 2012 - 03:33pm PT
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Feeding my climbing lust while I'm still recovering from Achilles tendon surgery is downright mean. I love the pictures on this thread.
If you really want to study the routes on HCR around the NE Buttress, climb Higher Spire and take along a small pair of binoculars. You'll see HCR well enough from the top of the Spire to feel fear and desire simultaneously.
John
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Apr 24, 2012 - 05:39pm PT
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Jaybro - do you happen to have a pic of the big corner on powerpoint ? I've heard that is one burly looking pitch
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Apr 24, 2012 - 07:49pm PT
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Luke,
> Is this dry in the spring?
Yes, generally, although I've heard the free crux move may be wet/muddy,
and there is a seasonally wet part of p3 on Mary's Tears noted in the topo.
Here's a recent photo trip report with some topo corrections:
http://climbingsucks.com/2011/11/05/
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Apr 29, 2012 - 11:33pm PT
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Going to give it a shot on tuesday- hooooooo boy
bump!
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Wow. That was the best route ever.
We cleaned out all the cobwebs- but the crux still requires cranking on a dirty sloper. Nothing wet.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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This line looks full value. If there was two routes I could magically do in the valley it would be Crucifix and DNB. Probably will take me over 10 years to do one of these, if ever. Great thread. Good luck to all those that want to do it, and are close to it.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Sep 20, 2013 - 07:49pm PT
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Crucifix bump. This thread has a bunch of amazing pictures not to mention Kevin's FA story. Supertopo gold.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Sep 20, 2013 - 09:47pm PT
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Might try again in October....
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SuperTopo on the Web
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Let us know!