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thedogfather
Trad climber
Somewhere near Red Rocks
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Jan 23, 2018 - 06:01am PT
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fyi: To discuss this you need to exclude Horseshoe Canyon Ranch because during the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell, there are many routes that are climbed over 350 times (all on lead). And before that, the same routes are climbed in the 12 hour event for over 180 laps. That doesn't include the rest of the year. So in a 3 day time period I know of more than one route that get over 500 ascents. This has happened to the same easy sport routes year after year for the last 12 years. I wrote the scoring software so I have the exact number of ascents for each route for each year.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:07am PT
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@ Largo- I was thinking sort of the same in terms of #s of climbers . Im guessing J-tree and Yosemite probably have the largest # of climbers year per year in terms of visitation- Red Rocks and The Gunks as well . Hard to get a read on local crags.
At J Tree: Climbs like "The Bong" and "WHite Lightning" always have lines cued up- more so than Ski Track or Double Cross IMO(bservation) . Yosemite- you see people waiting in line for climbs like "Munginella", " and "The Grack"( although neither are technically a "single pitch" )
In reality I'm guessing the world-wide winner for a " single pitch" is probably an easy access top-rope or instructional climb. Probably in California - only because we good weather year round.
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WBraun
climber
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:23am PT
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Sunnyside bench Jamcrack route and After Six .....
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:24am PT
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Sail Away?
This was a great thread until locker let Fogarty off the hook.
Batten had a plan to be photographed placing a bolt on Double Cross. It never worked out, unfortunately.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 23, 2018 - 09:31am PT
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Sunnyside bench Jamcrack
that is a very popular climb, and most do only the first pitch which can be humbling, the slick crack start and all that
but even on very busy days I doubt it gets more than 20 people up it... and I've walked over and found no one at all on it occasionally
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Matt's
climber
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Jan 23, 2018 - 09:37am PT
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its going to be a climb that
1) can be climbed most of the year
2) has a sizable population very nearby
3) is free-soloable by an average joe.
my guess is that something in england, france or boulder fits the bill.
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ionlyski
Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
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Jan 23, 2018 - 10:08am PT
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Stoopid thread really.
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Barbarian
climber
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Jan 23, 2018 - 11:19am PT
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Sunnyside bench Jamcrack route and After Six .....
Those are the ones that come to my mind.
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clode
Trad climber
portland, or
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Jan 23, 2018 - 02:01pm PT
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I bet it's some route in Germany.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Jan 23, 2018 - 03:12pm PT
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Or some Via Ferrata in Italy...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 23, 2018 - 03:51pm PT
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Pitches are like lovers...the ones less travelled by are the most desirable.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jan 23, 2018 - 04:40pm PT
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High E
Gunks.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 23, 2018 - 07:46pm PT
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The most climbed pitch in Wyoming is the first pitch of Walts wall, in Vedauwoo.
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BigWall Chris 101
Trad climber
Vail
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Jan 23, 2018 - 09:31pm PT
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I am sure Calypso has been already mentioned. Probably most accidents along with bastille crack. Maybe 1st pitch of Friday 13th for something a little harder. J crack at lumpy? Definitely incredible hand crack is on the list. For something 5.12, Heinous Cling at Smith Rocks. I guess bastille crack is multi pitch and Calypso has a second pitch. Along with J crack. I stick with the incredible hand crack and Heinous Cling. Maybe Sail Away in Joshua Tree? 80 feet of Meat at Rifle. Most climbed 5.13 is definitely Turning in the Wake at Smith.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jan 23, 2018 - 11:22pm PT
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How about some of those things on the sunny side of Trashcan Rock at Josh?
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzlyville, WY
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Jan 24, 2018 - 08:06am PT
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The most climbed pitch in Wyoming is the first pitch of Walts wall, in Vedauwoo.
The Langford-Stevenson (aka Owen-Spalding) on the Grand is a contender these days.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 24, 2018 - 08:29am PT
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Yeah, but it has an approach...
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TLP
climber
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Jan 24, 2018 - 09:36pm PT
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A slight thread drift could be entertaining as well: what piece of fixed pro has held the most falls? As in, a specific fixed piton or bolt. Over multiple beers once, long ago, we tried to count up how many falls - that we knew about - had been taken on the fixed pin below the crux of the climb that we planned to do the next morning... kind of sobering! It was my lead, and for damn sure I didn't add another fall to that abused little piece of steel.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jan 25, 2018 - 09:48am PT
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TM himself would mob After Six solo...
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