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Southern Arizona Updates

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Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Greetings! I have the privilege of being the new administrator for Arizona, in particular Southern Arizona. Hence if there are any changes you would like to see in terms of area organization, route sorting, comment deletions, and the such let me know in this thread or private message.

Opinions on the pending and completed actions are welcome. Also if you would like ownership of routes or areas that lack information let me know. I plan to slowly work down this list.

Actions being considered:

  • Breakout Green Acres from Green Slabs
  • Breakout The Orifice from The Fortress

Areas / Routes to transfer ownership:

Routes to remove:
  • None

Sorted:

Removed:
  • Mount Lemmon / Beaver Wall / Z: No Info
  • Mount Lemmon / Lost Hawk / Kibbles and Bits: No Info
  • Mount Lemmon / Andy Cook Wall / Rain: No Info
  • The Dry / Unknown 5.10+/11-: Redundant
  • The Dry / Unknown 5.9+/10-: Redundant
  • The Dry / The Willing Participant: No Info
  • Cochise Stronghold / Chey Desa Tsay / -: No Info

Property Updates (Name, FA, Rating, etc):

Reassigned:

Other Actions:
Alex McIntyre · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Jan 2011 · Points: 546
mountainproject.com/v/z/106…
Needs to be removed or transferred to someone who knows something about the climb as there is currently no info (and not even the complete name).
Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Thanks for the heads up, Alex. The route has been deleted.

Luke Bertelsen · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Feb 2005 · Points: 4,867

In the "Bear Canyon" section of Mount Lemmon Highway there are areas for "Queso Towers" and "Sandwich Spires". According to the way the guidebook has been laid out (not that should be the definitive reference) Sandwich Spire is amongst Queso Towers. It is also suplicated by another user already under Queso Towers. Some notes in the comments as to when this occurred.

There are some more out there. I wish I remembered where. One route I recall partially has the description "buy a guidebook". You gotta love it when people really put that effort into their route descriptions.

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Luke, I renamed Queso Towers to Agave Spires Area and moved Sandwich Spire under it. The description for Sandwich Spire East Face mostly pertains to the West Face but still contains some useful information. Let me know if this seems like a reasonable solution.

Luke Bertelsen · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Feb 2005 · Points: 4,867

Works for me.

Joe Kreidel · · San Antonio, TX · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 1,495

John - Thanks for all the effort.

A while back I had tried to add a route description for Rain at Andy Cook Wall. Something didn't work, and there is a page for the route, but no info. When I tried to edit the route description it would;t let me have access to route/location info to edit anything. I had emailed an admin to see if I could edit, but no response. I clicked the Delete Route button, but it is still there. Could you delete it so it isn't a worthless, uninformative page?

mountainproject.com/v/rain/…

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Joe, Rain has been deleted. I've heard the route is amazing so it would be cool if you could post it up again.

Also if anyone wants to write a description for various subsections of The Dry let me know and I'll transfer ownership.

Joe Kreidel · · San Antonio, TX · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 1,495

I would have offered to re-add the route description, but at this point it has been too long since I climbed it, and can't offer enough detail to make it a good route page. It is a really nice route though, go climb it! (and then add the route description for me...)

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

I made the following revisions:

  • 'Mount Lemmon (Catalina Highway)' from 'Mount Lemmon Highway (Catalina Highway)'
  • 'La Milagrosa Canyon' from 'Milagrosa Canyon (La Milagrosa)'
  • Fixed sorting and FA information for La Milagrosa Canyon. Also attempted to make naming conventions uniform.

Let me know if you object to any of the modifications.
Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

I renamed 'Jailhouse Rock' to Prison Camp (Gordon Hirabayashi) Area and created sub-sections. Let me know if this enhances clarity. Also let me know if the descriptions and directions are clear. I am certainly willing to reassign area ownership.

NickMartel · · Tucson, Arizona · Joined Aug 2011 · Points: 1,332

I am glad you are cleaning thing up a bit... Keep it up.

Robbie Mackley · · Tucson, AZ · Joined May 2010 · Points: 85

Good work John. Thanks.
-Mackley

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Sorted Sweet Rock. Let me know if other areas need to be sorted.

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

I attempted to better organize the Hairpin Turn Area. Unfortunately I haven't climbed there in a number of years; and while ignorance has never stopped me, I could use assistance. If anyone wants ownership of this area let me know.

Actions taken so far:

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

After two weeks of intermittent effort I have finished updating the Chessman Area. The walls have been broken into subsections. Descriptions and directions have been written. Let me know if corrections need to be made.

Eric Sophiea · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 232

Thanks for your effort! I appreciate your responses to people's input.

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

While it is in Northern Arizona, I sorted Jack's Canyon - Main Wall.

I also reassigned Poetry in Motion from Orphaned to Geir, who has since provided a great description.

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Isolation Canyon - Finkton Wall updates:

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

Reassigned Hunchback Pinnacle after the discussion regarding the poor directions. Any other routes or areas that either lack information or are simply wrong?

Here is my list:

Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

The description for Hunchback Pinnacle has been updated by Hubert Cumberdale with some meddling edits by me. Some now moot comments have been removed. Feel free to re-add your comment if you feel it is still relevant. My intention in removing the comments was not to stifle discussion.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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