Never repeated routes in AZ.

Arachnid Mesa, Canyon de Chelly.....9 pitches. No 2nd ascent FA Nov. 1983. .....29 years...

Five Mile Wall is in Kerry's guide. I doubt anyone goes there, but I bet every route has been repeated. I camped 2 seperate weekends in the early 80s and we did most all of them.

People go to 5 mile wall Jbak, it's a great place to be!

I've done several first and last ascents around AZ. Mostly because of their obscure location and that we never reported them.

Verde-Go and Hollow Gospel on the Verde-Go tower. I did these with Jim Gaun and Bryan Smith in the 90's. They are accessed by floating the Verde River from Beasley Flat to Childs. On a tower found just off the river on the left in a spot shown on topo maps as Gospel Hollow. I think they are both 2 pitches and around 5.9 ish.

I don't think anybody has repeated some of the routes some of us put up in Sedona in the 80's Queens Bishop comes to mind. It's a long right leaning diagonal corner way left of Technicolor Corner and right of Epitaph.

I put up a some routes in the McDowells in the 80's that have probably never been seen again. The best was the N face of Tranquility Spire on Windy Walks (now Troon) with Mike Lawson and Gerald Guidroz. Death of Ethos we called it.

Many of the routes at Tamo have not been repeated just because nobody bothers to go there but they are great.

No way dude, Tamo gets visited quite a bit and your routes are repeated there often. Great Stuff Chris! I'd love to repeat Queens Bishop if you think it is worthy.

Manny,

Queens Bishop is a nice route and I have a standing offer of a six pack to the second ascent who can accurately describe the top rap anchor. If you do it in 2013 you will have the honor of doing the 30th anniversary ascent FA in 1983. Like many of the routes we did back then it is light on fixed pro. I hear the home made bolt hangers we used on Technicolor Corner are still there and people actually trust them! I think Mike Lawson made those out of a mailbox.

On QB we did four pitches up the diagonal line then rapped before reaching the top of the formation because it looked like it was going to be death aid as I remember. One belay was a single baby angle and a nut beaten into the crack. I left a fixed hex or something for the rap anchor at the top and I think the second rap was one bolt or baby angle drilled in the face but not on the route. I think we maybe placed 2 protection bolts on the second or third pitch where it traverses onto the face for a ways. It isn't really that hard, maybe 10a? Most is easier. The last pitch has a cool short chimney that is made by a thin flake and you end up liebacking the thinnest part. Some huecos with cams stuffed in them for pro.

I don't think the route made the latest guidebook but you can't miss the line if you look up Epitaph and look for the obvious right leaning line to the right of it. You can even see it from the highway below in Oak Creek Canyon.

I think Verde-go is worth the effort too. You can hike into it on the Towel Creek trail off the Fossil Creek Rd.

Glad to hear more people are enjoying Tamo. Hopefully that will encourage people to keep it accessible.

Josh Janes wrote:Has Lost Horizon been repeated?

CJD wrote: I don't think the route made the latest guidebook but you can't miss the line if you look up Epitaph and look for the obvious right leaning line to the right of it. You can even see it from the highway below in Oak Creek Canyon..

Darren, No that is on the overhanging wall to the right of Queens Bishop. QB leans right. The wall curves around to the left of the overhanging line and becomes more S facing. QB is on that section of wall.

CJD: "One belay was a single baby angle and a nut beaten into the crack" sounds like a real adventure. Maybe I'll wait til it sprouts a bolt on the anchor. Ballsy amigo.

I don't think Leapin' Lizards on Anduriel Tower has been repeated. It is a boulder problem type of route that you kids could probably do pretty easily.

What about 'the cost of glory' on lemmon. Also, any word on if OTR is good?

No War (.13b/c, The Beach) was on the list, but you can remove it now, as Alex just sent it today.

Nice going Alex!

I've wondered if anyone has repeated Ripple(11+) on Ripple Wall. Not sure if Argueso ever went back to do it after I put it up. Would be a good candidate for a retro job and some anchors.

Eric, did the boulderite mention if OTR was any good?

He didn't Alex. I have no idea if it is good or not. Go do it and post up.

dah3586 wrote:No War (.13b/c, The Beach) was on the list, but you can remove it now, as Alex just sent it today.

CJD wrote: with Mike Lawson...

Tallest Man On Earth 12. Pretty sure this has not been repeated. mountainproject.com/v/talle…