Climbing Stoke

[ktoor]

doope. what route is it?


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[Bronco]

Looks pretty sweet Jeb!

[Jeb McHardman]

doope. what route is it?


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It's a route called the Ancient Ones (5.9+, 4 p) on Questa Dome north of Taos. Definitely one of the gems of northern NM climbing

[ex-powderbroker]

5.9+?! RIP JEB!

[Jeb McHardman]

5.9+?! RIP JEB!

And it was put up in the 80s! The grade's actually pretty fair--the only sketchy part is a 20ish foot runout with your last piece being small and pretty far right of you.

[climberevan]

That looks like a beautiful line and day! I might have to check out Taos next time I'm in the region.

We call those kinds of routes five-NINE! Like Reed's Direct--woe betide the "5.9 leader" who sidles up to that one.

[Jeb McHardman]

That looks like a beautiful line and day! I might have to check out Taos next time I'm in the region.

We call those kinds of routes five-NINE! Like Reed's Direct--woe betide the "5.9 leader" who sidles up to that one.

There's an alternate pitch on the regular route on Higher Cathedral Spire that gets a 5.9++ rating in the guidebook. Felt like solid 10+/11-

[Jeb McHardman]

Enjoyed some pre-turkey slab yesterday. Hoping this storm pans out as forecasted, and I can stop climbing and start skiing

[tellybele]

Nice pics! Reed's was considered the standard 9 in the Valley it's one of the easier ones..see Steck/Salathe