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Location: UT : San Rafael Swell : San Rafael Swell (south) : Eastern Reef Slabs : Death by Chocolate (5.8+ R)
By: Jeff Stephens When: Nov 19, 2008 | view comment >> | Comments: Climbed on November 10. Fantastic, weird climb. Feels kind of hairball for the leader at times, but is just a hike, sometimes literally, for the follower. We simulclimbed the route in 4 blocks, in about two hours. Seems like the sensible way. Rappelling takes as long as climbing this one, as the ropes don't toss very far on the slab. We didn't find any anchors on top of the formation (but did find Paul's little summit register), so we downclimbed top pitch. How did we miss them??? Beautiful area... more >>
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Location: CO : Gunnison : Black Canyon : North Chasm View Wall : Comic Relief (5.10)
By: Jeff Stephens When: Sep 27, 2008 | view comment >> | Comments: Great rock, great protection, great views, great comraderie.... Pulling into the 5.9+ dark dihedral on Pitch 6 (middle of pitch 5 for us) was the crux for me. It is steep, awkward, and generally swarthy. The leader faces a bad ledge fall here, but on toprope I harmlessly and repeatedly bounced off the ledge as I morphed into a dog while trying to climb this corner. I kept falling even though I was yarding on a jammed hex. The climbing is sustained, with 5 distinct sections of great jamming.
Als... more >>
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Location: CO : Gunnison : Black Canyon : North Chasm View Wall : Comic Relief (5.10) : Photo
By: Jeff Stephens When: Sep 27, 2008 | view comment >> | Comments: Making the move to this stance was the crux of the climb for me. I found pulling into the dihedral from the large sloping ledge at its base to be seriously awkward. You have to face the right wall to use the crack in the corner, which is slightly past vertical with nothing for feet. The black left wall is pretty smooth. I kept falling back onto the ledge as I struggled with this move. On toprope. Like the caption says, this dihedral is good and hard.
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Location: CO : Independence Pass : Weller Slab : Zanzibar Dihedral (5.8)
By: Jeff Stephens When: Sep 10, 2008 | view comment >> | Comments: Rapping the route, and then down Two Ears, will minimize erosion on that crappy descent path. I think it's preferable, unless of course there are parties on the routes. I saw a small but hardy squirrel run down the crux headfirst.
This dihedral is the best continuous feature, and features more hand jams, than any other on Independence Pass.
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Location: CO : Independence Pass : Weller Slab : Two Ears (5.7)
By: Jeff Stephens When: Sep 10, 2008 | view comment >> | Comments: Anyone know what happens if you head directly up from Two Ears? That would be the face to the left and around the arete from Zanzibar Dihedral. The arete itself looks climbable as well.
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