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Thread: Climbing Stoke
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05-17-2017, 10:36 AM #276
I used to climb there in the late 80s early 90s when i lived in the Bronx. Stopped going after cars kept getting broken into in the lot.
In with the 9.
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05-17-2017, 04:02 PM #277
Nice. You ever get on the palisades?
The crack was kens crack in the gunks for anyone interested.j'ai des grands instants de lucididididididididi
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05-22-2017, 08:26 PM #278
I had heard that the palisades were banned, but in all honestly, I had no concept of crack technique back then, and it looked broken and greasy as hell from the parkway.
Ken's was my first ever pitch at the gunks in 1986. Cant imagine how polished the ubes must be at this point.In with the 9.
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06-03-2017, 08:49 AM #279"The idea wasnt for me, that I would be the only one that would ever do this. My idea was that everybody should be doing this. At the time nobody was, but this was something thats too much fun to pass up." -Briggs
More stoke, less shit.
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06-06-2017, 04:14 PM #280
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06-07-2017, 07:33 AM #281
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06-07-2017, 08:11 AM #282
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06-18-2017, 11:00 AM #283
Broken mountain bike + new trail shoes + father's day = self-powered solo day on Olympus. Sandy->West Slabs/North Summit/Neffs->Sandy
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06-18-2017, 05:47 PM #284
^ I've been wanting to do an early/fast scramble up there since I moved this way. How long car to car? What's the scramble like?
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06-19-2017, 11:02 AM #285
Bike-to-bike time was about 5 hours, but I got off-route on the descent into Neffs and did about a mile of some pretty hateful bushwacking which ate a lot of time. The guidebook description of the walk-off to Neffs is pretty vague and assumes you have some beta from the Kamp's Ridge approach and climb. The approach took about 50 minutes, the slabs took about an hour, and another hour to the north summit. If you skipped the north summit and just did the westerly walk-off back to the bottom of the slabs I'd say 3-3.5 hours car-to-car should be easily doable.
The slabs themselves were great. Noticeably less hairy feeling than the south ridge of Superior IMO. You definitely wouldn't want to take a full head-over-heels backwards fall, but pretty tame feeling just cruising up on all fours. I actually found myself looking for sections that were thinner and more interesting climbing. You could probably make the whole thing 5.4 if you wanted. Honestly, there were a couple short downclimbs on the ridge scramble to the north summit that felt sketchier than anything on the slabs.
Watch out for rattlesnakes. I damn near put my hand on that first one, but thankfully it was still pretty cool and a bit cloudy so he wasn't active and didn't even really acknowledge my presence. I saw the second one later near the north summit and he was pissed off. I passed two people on the ridge scramble who said they had seen three already.
I read up a bit on Kamp's Ridge while trying to figure out how I screwed up the walk-off and it sounds pretty awesome. Sounds a lot like the south ridge of Superior with a lot of knife-edge 5th-5.4. There's a short 5.6 crux that sounds potentially questionable for soloing, but apparently you can skirt it if needed. Hit me up if you might be interested.
https://www.mountainproject.com/v/kamps-ridge/108182481Last edited by Dantheman; 06-19-2017 at 12:13 PM.
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06-19-2017, 11:42 AM #286
You just rock normal hiking shoes for that, or did you wear something stickier?
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06-19-2017, 12:16 PM #287
Trail runners. Brought climbing shoes in my pack but didn't use them. Approach shoes would be ideal if you have them, otherwise throwing climbing shoes in your pack wouldn't be a bad idea just in case you need the extra confidence.
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06-19-2017, 04:50 PM #288User
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I've always wanted to do the slabs but figured I didn't quite have the head for the free solo, but I found the south ridge of Superior to be really comfortable so may hit them up. Thanks for the beta. Looked fun other than the snakes.
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06-19-2017, 05:33 PM #289
Yeah, looked like a nice little Sunday there! Thanks for the beta
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07-03-2017, 01:08 PM #290
This is pretty funny.
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07-26-2017, 07:11 PM #291
Lover's Chimney at the Leap. (I loved it. whatsupdoc, who lead it, thought it was a bit dirty.)
Cragging with the 7-year-old.
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07-26-2017, 07:30 PM #292
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07-27-2017, 10:06 AM #293
I always felt that the slabs were a bit more serious than Superior or the N ridge of the Pfeiff.
I'd never bring climbing shoes on Sup and I don't think you're ever linking more than 2 climbing moves in a row before standing on a ledge. There's exposure but it's rarely consequential and there are only a couple places where you have to get serious.
The W slabs feel more like an actual climb than a scramble. I've simul climbed them a couple of times with people who didn't think twice about going ropeless on Sup but didn't feel comfortable unroping until the last third of the slabs. I'm always happy to wear climbing shoes up there even though approach would probably work.
The first 2 "pitches" are legit 5.5, the slab is low angle but it's a jug haul, it's all about small edges and the occasional smear. You can take breaks on ledges here and there but you're certainly not walking around the way you are on Sup. Things ease up a bit as you get higher and there are several fat ledges and trees that help decrease the sense of exposure. If you trend left or tackle the roofs though it's easy to make the W slabs consistently 5.5 and there are several spots on the upper wall with great sections of hand crack and clean slabs up to 5.7.
Run up there with climbing shoes and treat it as a rock climb and you'll probably love it without getting scared shitless. If you don't go to the N summit head up the ridge to the first short downclimb into the gully which marks the E edge of the slabs. That's the only tolerable way off the face, everything else involves hellish brush.
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07-27-2017, 11:47 AM #294
Man those snakes freak me out.
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07-27-2017, 11:56 AM #295
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07-28-2017, 02:06 PM #296
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08-07-2017, 08:56 AM #297
Direct E Buttress Middle Teton
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using TGR Forums mobile app"The idea wasnt for me, that I would be the only one that would ever do this. My idea was that everybody should be doing this. At the time nobody was, but this was something thats too much fun to pass up." -Briggs
More stoke, less shit.
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08-07-2017, 06:03 PM #298
^^^Beauty, is that the crux? Looks like a sweet wall, and must be tough at that altitude.
I agree it is a constitutional right for Americans to be assholes...its just too bad that so many take the opportunity...iscariot
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08-07-2017, 07:38 PM #299
It is the crux. Decent rests ever 20 feet or so. Favorite route of the summer so far.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using TGR Forums mobile app"The idea wasnt for me, that I would be the only one that would ever do this. My idea was that everybody should be doing this. At the time nobody was, but this was something thats too much fun to pass up." -Briggs
More stoke, less shit.
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08-09-2017, 10:53 AM #300
More ticks from Lover's Leap (East Crack and Bear's Reach).
The thing about climbing, as someone who started last year at age 40, is that it's so damn humbling. I keep expecting things to get easier and that my trajectory through climbing grades will be steady and linear only to get my ass consistently kicked. It's part of the fun I suppose.
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