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Location: UT : Moab Area : Lockhart Basin : Trisstin's Tower : regular route (5.7 A1)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Nov 12, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: First off my wife rules!
Second, Brad you can't compare Trisstin's Tower to a route you haven't done.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Indian Creek : The Optimator : Ram Implosion Wing (5.12)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Aug 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Funny you should ask Brad, I mounted a smaller version to my bike helmet yesterday. My standard after work road ride that I usually do in 2 hours only took me an hour and 15 minutes! It was crazy! I am building a larger version for my car right now! Give the man your money it works!
Ben
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Hell Roaring Canyon : The Warlock : Wings of Leather (5.11 C0 PG13)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Aug 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Seriously! Layback that shit!
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Hell Roaring Canyon : The Warlock : Wings of Leather (5.11 C0 PG13) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Jul 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Matt, You didn't free that! Come on! 5.11 C0...LAME!
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Lockhart Basin : Amazon Tower : Amazon Tower - Original Rou... (5.11a A1+)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Jul 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Girls Scouts!
Hey Matt you want to climb Tehipite?
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Location: CO : Durango : Lemon Reservoir : West Side
By: Ben Kiessel When: Jul 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Why don't we put up a tyrolean and then have all of the access from the east? Thoughts?
Ben
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Fisher Towers : Cottontail Tower : Brer Rabbit (5.11b A3+ R) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Jul 3, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Cotton Tail, Echo, Titan, Sidekick, Oracle, Hydra, Finger of Fate Gendarme?
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Potash Road : Wall Street : Sweating Like a Hooded Rapi... (5.11b)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Shitty name.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Castle Valley : Castleton Tower : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: -Monty, just because something biodegrades doesn't mean you should be dumping it in the desert. Lot's of litter in the desert will biodegrade eventually and looks like shit until it does.
-Luke's logic: Other people trash the desert so it is ok for us to trash it as well.
-Richard's logic: If it doesn't kill anyone what's the harm?
-Stevie, people are going to come to the desert and climb whether we post routes or not.
Is it really acceptable to post photos of people littering, thus sho... more >>
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Valley of the Gods/Mexican ... : Putterman on the Throne : Supercalifragilisticexpiali... (5.10+ C1)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 24, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thanks for fixing the the pin. Hahaha I made a pun.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Fisher Towers : Cottontail Tower : Brer Rabbit (5.11b A3+ R)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 21, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Bill, Brad and I climbed this last weekend. Here are some thoughts.
-This was the my favorite route I have done in the fishers thus far.
-We fixed 5 pitches on day one and then climbed the rest on day 2.
-On pitch 3 it says to engineer moves straight right off the belay then climb up a bolt ladder. Bill led this pitch and followed the description and had some troubles. I would suggest trying to free climb straight up 10' to a new 3/8" bolt and then traverse right to the bolt ladder. If y... more >>
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : The Crestones : Crestone Peak / North Pilla... (5.8 R) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 13, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: So my dad bought be a SPOT (electronic device to call for help if you are in trouble or tell friends where you are) and told me to try it out. So I have the spot in by backpack climbing the North Pillar and hear a Helicopter.... It circles by us 3 times while I'm following a pitch freaking out the whole time. Unfortunately and fortunately they were looking for a hurt hiker not us.
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Location: CO : CO Ice & Mixed : Durango : Cascade Creek : Riding Manon (M9- PG13) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 5, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: What was the name of the mixed climbing film that came out years ago with you climbing this in it? Was it MX? Whatever it was it was sweet.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Mystery Towers & Top of the... : Gothic Nightmare : Something Wicked This Way C... (5.9 A2+)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Apr 4, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thank you.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Arch Canyon : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Definitely give the area another go. Texas Tower was sweet.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Texas Canyon : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Yes it is.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Castle Valley : Castleton Tower : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: What a great new way to litter!
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Island In The Sky : Islet In The Sky : Regular Route (5.9+ C3+)
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Brad, Matt and I climbed this last weekend and added a bolt to the anchors of pitch 4 and 5. Some of the aid bolts definitely look like they were cut from gutter but are just fine for aiding on. The pitch 3 anchor can be backed up with cams in a bedding seem.
Also we climbed Block Top on Saturday and instead of rappeling to the ground we stopped at the notch and did an easy traverse pitch to Islet skipping the first two pitches.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Island In The Sky : Islet In The Sky
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Like you said Steve, there is a easier descent in the gully/bay north of the towers. There are some cairns and two rappels are required (one short and one was a full 50 meter.) Once you know where to hike/rappel it is probably an hour or less from the car to the base of the towers.
Many thanks to Brad for scoping the descent for us.
Ben
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Island In The Sky : Block Top Tower : Block Top (5.9+ C2+) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: When we climbed Block Top we climbed the same first pitch as pictured but it looked to be much easier (read: less wide) if you take the hand crack left of the climber that arcs right into the wide crack above the roof. Just a suggestion if you are heading that way.
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Location: NM : New Mexico Navajolands : Ship Rock : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Neither of these pictures are photographs they are really good paintings that Bill did in an art class. So since Bill has never been on Shiprock and these really good paintings are figments of his imagination do not use them for beta if you also decide to climb Shiprock with your imaginary paintbrush... wait what?
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Texas Canyon
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: I have driven in twice. The first time driving in took about 3.5 hours in full light. I was moving rocks out of the way and taking it easy.
(side note: who thinks that moving rocks off a 4x4 road is like chipping a climb? The guy i drove in with would not help me move any rocks and gave me so much shit.)
The last time driving out it took me 1.5 hours in the dark.
I would not recommend mountain biking since the road is sandy in many places.
Ben
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Spring Canyon : Pointy Tower : The Original Route (5.9 C1+) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 11, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Sounds like we need to make a trip to Sping Canyon Ian! It can't be that hard of a free climb Brad was able to aid it.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Spring Canyon : Pointy Tower : The Original Route (5.9 C1+) : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Mar 10, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thank you for saying it first Ian. Now that I think about it, I don't think Brad knows how to hand jam. When he follows hand crack pitches he does it with two gold camalots.
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Hideout Wall : Photo
By: Ben Kiessel When: Feb 11, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thanks for the photo you don't see many pics from this direction.
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