Aid climbers
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Just moved back to area. Done all worthy lines in little cottonwood before ( that were published). |
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"All worthy lines"? So have you done the routes on the Coalpit, Fin, Bells Canyon and Lone Peak? |
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I think worthy was not the correct word. done all a2 (and above) aid lines that looked to be a challenge that were published in the local wasatch books. All locations you mentioned yes I've done. And some other f.a . Looking for something new to do to increase my abilities and maybe get a bit stressed. Haha. Any suggestions? Thanks |
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Ventral Fin. Hands down my favorite aid climb in the canyon. Motivated me to include lassos in a few routes. Get that throwing arm ready! |
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In Bells, what did you think of Crown of Creation? Never done that. |
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Aloha Bsmoot. |
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You want to share some other routes in LCC? Were still waiting to hear of some new stuff to go do. I think we only drilled 6 bolts on Hell Broke Luce maybe seven. At the time it didn't feel over drilled. The thin splitter at the top is good. |
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Hi Stevie.. |
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Rad. Getting motivated to hang on gear in LCC again. Wait, I can't free climb for sh#t therefore I am always hanging on gear! I know of a pretty big roof that needs some aidin. Hey Brian, I'm down for the Crown whenever you are. I soloed the first two pitches in the middle of summer and bailed due to being a wimp. |
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Stevie.. where is the black pearl gulley? And what was that route like? |
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Its the gulley to the left (east) of Perlas Ridge. The route was two approach pitches to a thin overhung splitter. Not hard (A1+). I soloed it just to get away from people and hang around and look at views. I called it "Aid the Earth" If you want to get away and enjoy some LCC solitude, this is the place. |
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Hey Stevie, have you thought about "hanging on some gear" on Tucupit? If so you have a partner if you need one. No closures this year, just sayin!! |
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Hey karl |
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Thx.Stevie for the idea. I appreciate the quick response. I too like to get away from the crowds and hang on gear. Ive recently moved back from a place that didnt have any climbing (unlike here)so my free skills suck..maybe some day we should get out. I live in s.l.c shout when your in the area.. |
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Modern A3+ is much harder than old school aid ratings, so I don't know if there's much around here that would qualify...the cliffs aren't that high. I'd be happy to suggest stuff in Zion, but you may already know most of the hard aid there. In the early days we aid climbed because it was fun, and it also got us ready for Yosemite. |
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bsmoot wrote: I started a route that follows those diagonal seams left of The Flakes....never finished it.I didn't realize that was your child. That looks super hard. Futuristic free climbing along that seam. |
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Aloha b.smoot |
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In Zion, here are a few: |
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Awesome suggestions. Got me frothing. |
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Hey Bsmoot. You got any suggestions in l.c.c how about your friend Garrett? Does he? Im jonesn to do sething new. By the way thought you and Garretts line ( idiodessey) was good up until we woke up at afro ledge w 6" of fresh snow on us..haha never went back to complete. How were the last pitches? |
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Can't think of anything at the moment...you've done everything! Yeah that free traverse would not have been fun in the snow. The last 3 pitches of Idiodessey were not as good as below, but still worth doing...the last pitch had a few sections of really soft rock...even James was alarmed! Great top out though. |