TR - Tooth Rock - The Biggest Sandstone Spire in the Country?
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Hi everyone, I just posted a new TR about Tooth Rock if anyone's interested. We climbed More Sand than Stone which is one of the best desert routes I have ever done. Really good, adventurous climbing. piquaclimber.net Cheers, Brad |
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nice work brad! |
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Brad, |
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Great report. The plank pitch looked scarrrrryyyyy! What was the other tower at the end of report? |
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I just read that entire thing, wow! Very well done, both the TR and the climb. |
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Wow, great TR. Love getting to the pics and seeing what you were describing so well in the text. |
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Hey thanks that was awesome. Hope to hear the Sedona story too. |
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That was an awesome TR. Thanks for sharing. |
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Hell yeah! Awesome TR. |
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Thanks for posting! |
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Thanks for the kind words guys. |
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This route has seen publicity... |
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"Destined to be popular" |
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Nice work on climbing the Tooth, it is a climb and area of Arizona that will stick in your mind for the remainder of your days--my hands still sweat thinking about that place! |
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Thank you for sharing this - loved the text and pics. It is a great area I've enjoyed for years, but never climbed in there. Will be driving by there in a couple of weeks and will be sure to look for "the tooth." |
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Brad and his friends were not the ones who drilled dozens of bolts, trundled thousands of pounds of rock, and installed pipes, ladders, and fixed ropes on the approach, in the obsessive pursuit of a spectacular free route. Not that I have a problem with any of that-far from it-but "if you bolt it they will come" and all that. Or at least a few will come and they might post pictures on the internet. |
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Charles Vernon wrote:Brad and his friends were not the ones who drilled dozens of bolts, trundled thousands of pounds of rock, and installed pipes, ladders, and fixed ropes on the approach, in the obsessive pursuit of a spectacular free route. Not that I have a problem with any of that-far from it-but "if you bolt it they will come" and all that. Or at least a few will come and they might post pictures on the internet.+1 Bolts+beautiful towers=people. TR=good vicarious thrill instead of doing my housework. Thanks guys! |
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Please dont remove this trip report. I doubt I or any "hordes" of climbers will ever climb there but I enjoyed reading this, maybe the best TR I have ever read. 15 minutes of fame???? This is Mountain Project not 60 Minutes. If some of you want to keep criticizing it and bumping it to the top of the MP thread list... go right ahead. I'm sure you're not looking for attention. |
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Great TR Brad! Keep it. |
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Who Cares? If you are upset get off the internet and go climb. There is thousands of miles of rock to not report. |
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I find it absurd that people could hold something against Brad for "taking the adventure out of this climb" simply by showing pictures of it. You know how Brad found it? He read the reports [written by some of you that are telling him to remove it] and drove there, followed the human signs, looked for the fixed anchors used by the first and following ascentionists, and then had his adventure. |