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mowz
Aug 31, 2004, 9:32 PM
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Orange Crush at HCR in Arkansas
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mjroche
Aug 31, 2004, 9:40 PM
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Great Question. Without a doubt, the best route I ever did was the Casual Route on the Diamond. Spectacular route, amazing setting, and phenomenal climbing with a little bit of everything. Some face down low, great crack climbing up high, even an o/w squeeze chimney just below the crux. Plus a great, wicked exposed traverse across Table Ledge. Then a bunch of low angle scrambling up to the summit. A definite classic
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jklinke
Aug 31, 2004, 9:43 PM
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Haven't been climbing very long, but so far it's the Vampire at Tahquitz.
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ksolem
Aug 31, 2004, 9:55 PM
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playing by the rules, i'll pick one:
5.11 / 12-13 pitches / Astroman / Yosemite.
Maybe tomorrow I would think about it and pick something different. Today, that's it.
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dorkmaster
Aug 31, 2004, 10:27 PM
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Stikitoad....5.10c...Fletchers Bluff, Maine. 3 Pitches, mixed gear and bolts.
Starts off with a nice slab, second pitch is a system of cracks, third pitch is the best. its like 5.9 climbing on 5 cm edges on pure white granite...sooo sweet.
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vegastradguy
Aug 31, 2004, 10:43 PM
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aww, man, i dont know, i really like every route i get a chance to climb. I think i've climbed all of two or three routes that i wouldnt climb again!
I think that, so far my favorites are (in no particular order):
Sunflower, 5.9R (Red Rocks, Oak Creek Canyon)- Slab climbing at its best. Goes up just right of Solar Slab following a crack system that dissappears into a blank slab for about 300' or so. Really awesome climbing.
Frigid Air Buttress, 5.9+ (Red Rocks, Ice Box Canyon)- A great adventure route with a short approach and a awesome topout. The last pitch alone makes it worthwhile.
East Buttress of El Cap, 5.10b (Yosemite)- Really brought together alot of skills i've been working on and put them to the test, along with some amazing views and exposure...this is just a great free climb.
Moonlight Buttress, 5.8 C1 (Zion)- I dont think you ever forget your first wall. This one was so epic, it just has to be on the list!
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holmeslovesguinness
Aug 31, 2004, 10:51 PM
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Corrugation Corner (5.7, 4 pitches) at Lovers Leap is probably my sentimental favorite. Sea of Holes (10a, 2 pitches) at Hueco Tanks, Pear Buttress (5.8, 4 pitches) at Lumpy, p1-2 of Greenspur + p3-6 of Rewritten (5.9, 6 pitches) at Eldo, Edward's Crack (5.7, 2 pitches) at Vedauwoo, and Diagonal (5.9, 2 pitches) at Combat Rock are all close runner-ups.
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kachoong
Aug 31, 2004, 10:53 PM
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Polar Circus.... Icefields Parkway....
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pjcozzi
Aug 31, 2004, 10:56 PM
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I’d have to go with either Minty (5.3 - Gunks, New York) which is a three pitch trad route or Orange Sunrise (5.8 – Birdsboro, PA) which is something I top roped. I’m sure I will find new favorites and I continue to climb more.
Pat.
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uasunflower
Aug 31, 2004, 11:13 PM
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CCK, 5.8 variation at the gunks - astounding trad
Whitney Gilman ridge, 5.8, on Cannon, NH, in February - unforgettable alpine
Underdog, 5.10a at Rumney - sport
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actionfigure
Aug 31, 2004, 11:15 PM
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Original Route-Rainbow Wall Red Rocks-5.12b
Lightning Bolt Cracks Indian Creek-5.11a
Red Dihedral Incredible Hulk-5.10c
and I've got to add my favorite sport climb and boulder problem
Borderline Mt. Charleston-5.13a
The Third Rail Mt. Charleston-V7
go and do em all!!!
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fixedpin
Aug 31, 2004, 11:20 PM
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Aunt Fanny's Pantry (5.3) Yosemite
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valeberga
Aug 31, 2004, 11:37 PM
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Best single pitch: Godzilla (p1), 5.9, Index, WA. Just awesome, airy trad route on good rock, takes every bit of a 60m rope to rap the pitch, and you get to stare down a 5.13c pin scar splitter on the way down. :shock:
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tradmanclimbs
Aug 31, 2004, 11:38 PM
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Hard question, like asking what your favorite song is.
I tries to start a list but it got too long. Bunch of stuff in NH and Vegas and bridger jacks and caynon lands , tetons, devils tower, the needles, Eldo, Zion, moab, fischer towers, adirondaks, VT, the gunks, seneca WV and maby a few places that I might of forgot I was there
8^)
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wonder1978
Aug 31, 2004, 11:49 PM
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My all time favorite route used to be at my local crag and it was called Hallucinoreve, a hard 11c face climb at Val David, Qc, Can. But now I'd have to go with Flesh for Lulu, 5.12a/b at Rumney since I just discovered it and I intend to work on it till it goes. Great face climbing!
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dood
Aug 31, 2004, 11:55 PM
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Mt. Humphreys, Southwest Slope, 4th class
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gumbobob
Sep 1, 2004, 12:45 AM
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i've gotta go with a sport climb on this one--
Minchot Lyksure (penguin Lust) at Donner Summit (12c)--for about five and a half minutes, i am nowhere in the world but climbing...pocket after pocket of intense granite problem solving...
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asandh
Sep 1, 2004, 12:58 AM
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:)
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pt
Sep 1, 2004, 12:58 AM
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I'll have to go with top five:
Superslab 10d - eldo
The Naked Edge 11b - eldo
Casual Route 10a - The Diamond
Birds of Fire 11a - Cheifshead RMNP
Days of Heaven 10d - RMNP
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hipdos
Sep 1, 2004, 1:07 AM
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Sport:
The Narsilion, Low Tide Wall, Thailand
Mega Mac, Nowra, Australia
Trad:
Everything with two or moe stars at Arapiles...
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krga20
Sep 1, 2004, 1:22 AM
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Sport: Imaginator at mt. charleston
Trad: (too many but the top three) epinenphrine, thin ice, airy interlude.
Wall: The Prow
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takeme
Sep 2, 2004, 1:26 AM
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Theoretically I'm opposed to the idea of one single route being my favorite, but in practice, there's no doubt: the Scenic Cruise in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (IV or V, 5th class). I've done it 3 times in the last 4 years even though it kicks my ass every time.
Something on the Diamond might get the silver, and Fine Jade in the desert the bronze?
Charles
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beckerw
Sep 2, 2004, 2:30 AM
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hmmm...too hard to list one fav...there is a top 10 list though...i'll limit it to 3:
fine jade (11a)
illusion dweller (10)
east ridge of the maiden (10)
i think there is a seperate list for sport climbs. they occupy a different place among favorites. they tend to not occupy as large a mystique and blur together. my favorite tends to be th ehardest thing i have sent lately.
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crackmd
Sep 2, 2004, 3:00 AM
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Short route: Speed of Life (ever heard of it?) is some of the finest crackclimbing on the best possible granite. Check out my post on this classic.
Long route: As awesome as Astroman is, I still prefer the North Face of the Rostrum for the sustained splitters, exposure and best of all downhill approach. Primrose Dihedrals is also way up there.
Sport route: Running Man is a true enduro route up an amazing ever-steepening face.
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skecthballer
Sep 2, 2004, 3:14 AM
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I have to say the single best sport climb I've done is golith at the enchanted tower. its awesome.
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