dlTOm's Logbook (41 ascents)

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The Farce Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.4
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2007-06-19 (View Climbing Log)

good steep & easy route

A fun route with dikes so huge you don't need to worry about the pro. 5.4 seems right--it's steep but easy.

Added: 2008-01-20

Pop bottle popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.6
Safety Rating	G
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Second ascent by: dlTOm on 2007-06-14 (View Climbing Log)

not TOO bad

It ain't the best climb I've done, but it's a heck of a lot better than spending the day at work or something like that. I followed my brother up p.1 and the last pitch. And I saw a rattlesnake on the walk out.

Added: 2008-01-19

Deception popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.6
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2007-06-13 (View Climbing Log)

Deception

Good route, clean rock. I love the traverse to the right--fun without being too scary at all.

Added: 2008-01-19

Knapsack Crack popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.1
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2007-06-12 (View Climbing Log)

good beginner route

I brought my non-climbing sister up this for her first climb ever--she had a blast. If I were just a bit braver, I think I could enjoy soloing this route; a great line up a clean face. And somehow we were the only ones on the route that day.

Added: 2008-01-19

Munginella popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.6
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2006-06-14 (View Climbing Log)

decent easy route

Good route--did not see any dirt or loose rock here. My only complaint was that I wish I had climbed Commitment instead; Munginella didn't seem worth it. I agree that it's over-rated.

Added: 2008-01-19

Black is Brown Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.7
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2006-06-13 (View Climbing Log)

eh...don't bother

Not my favorite route--the first part of the pitch before the step right is broken up so you only get a few nice moves at a time. Then you have to traverse way right (it's not just a step after all) on some flaky, gritty rock, and if you're dumb like I was, massive rope drag pulling you off at the 5.7+ crux layback when you're 15 feet out and right from your last piece. You could break it into two pitches to avoid this, but then the pitches are WAY short. Climb Bishops Terrace or the layback route instead.

Added: 2008-01-19

Bishops Terrace popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.8
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2006-06-12 (View Climbing Log)

BT ascent

Maybe the coolest 5.8 ever, not strenuous at all and bomber pro--if only it went on for 8 more pitches ... Not many cracks like that top section back home in Wisconsin.

Added: 2008-01-19

The Grack, Center popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.6
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2006-06-11 (View Climbing Log)

Grack attack

Wow--if only all 5.6 were this cool! Got to love thin cracks up clean slabs. Felt very easy and secure. But wait until it goes into the shade or you'll suffer.

Added: 2008-01-19

Arrowhead -- South Face Right Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	5.7
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2002-08-14 (View Climbing Log)

decent climb

A nice, pleasant 5.7 to a cool summit. It's pretty far back in the Winds, so the nice part is we had the entire mountain to ourselves. It's a long (15+ miles) hike to get there, but to me that's all part of the appeal. Not really many other climbs nearby at the same difficulty, though--I only climbed 2 routes on my 1-week trip. Be prepared to climb harder, or move camp, if you want more climbing.

Added: 2008-01-19

Spaceshot popular Average Rating : 0.00/5

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Difficulty	A1
Safety Rating	G
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Onsight ascent by: dlTOm on 2002-03-17 (View Climbing Log)

psyched out

Climbed up to somewhere below the high ledge and did a hammock bivi on day one. Then, for no apparent reason other than a total psych-out (and no, nothing bad had happened, just somehow mysteriously "not into it") we climbed one more pitch in the morning and then rapped the route without topping out. I think we may have heard horror stories about the descent from the summit or something. But as John Long has written, you don't really need much of an excuse to quit on a wall--even an easy one like this. A great route, though, and I regret not finishing it--yet, anyway.

Added: 2008-01-19

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