Bolted Towers?
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Hey all, I was looking into climbing some towers this fall. However, I Sport and do not Trad. All I can find are trad lines going up the towers. Does anyone know of any towers that are bolted? Thanks! |
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Frightened Pickle is a bolt ladder aid climb. To actually answer your question, no there are no non-trad towers. |
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Chris Isaksen wrote: No, cause they don't exist. |
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There are some towers around Moab where the main hard pitch is bolted, but they start at 11+/12 iirc and go up from there. And you probably need to do some easier trad to get there. |
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Y'all, there ARE bolted "towers" around Moab. You just have to be pretty liberal with your definition of a tower. https://www.mountainproject.com/route/116710471/jah-chimney https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106777929/root-canal https://www.mountainproject.com/route/108214204/boognish-tower https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106470397/desertglow If you want to summit a more stereotypical tower, hire a guide to help you out. |
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https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106187204/exit-wound https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107758923/king-kong https://www.mountainproject.com/route/107669530/tachycardia https://www.mountainproject.com/area/108631291/phalanx-of-will https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105982849/morning-glory That's all I can think of for now. Learn to climb trad and you'll have a better time. |
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This is a face palmer. "I want to climb a tower, but I don't want to bother to learn how to climb before I try it." I suppose that this goes hand in hand with a culture that doesn't even shame people for using pocket change to tempt sherpas to to die in order to accommodate posers who don't even know how to put on their crampons on Everest. Chris, pay your dues or go "sport rappelling". |
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Pffft! Aid climbing is FUN. You get to literally hang out and enjoy the view. And most climbers don't have the skill to do it. Free climbing is checkers. Big wall climbing is chess. |
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Brennan VanDyke wrote: Lol, you sure told him!! Chill out man. |
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Wow, Brennan. That's quite the screed. I'm pretty sure Ron doesn't care what you think... and by the way, every year I see El Cap full of young people challenging themselves on big wall aid climbs. They are enjoying the mental gymnastics required to get to the top. I would encourage you to climb a big wall- you never know, you might actually enjoy the experience. |
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bob steed wrote: I'd like to learn the sport that is aid climbing and I absolutely think getting into big walls looks like a whole lot of fun, something I'm excited about in the future. I do, however, think that someone has to perform ridiculous mental gymnastics to somehow put down somebody else's interest in sport climbing and say that aid climbing is somehow more superior. It's all climbing. |
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Bob you got me right. And Vaindyke, I didn't put down sport climbing. It gives us more routes on crackless faces. But a BOLTED TOWER? Bottom to top?!! Thats the skill challenge equivalent of sport rappelling. Vaindyke seems to be concerned about "legacy" as if we weren't killing our planet and people are still going to be around. The earth ain't gonna be saved by Coronavirus. (and anybody see how she deleted a post? snicker) |
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Not if you can't climb it. |
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Threads like this are why 'The Proj' has some of the best entertainment on the web! A youngster duking it out with Psycho Ron, great stuff! Carry on |
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But what I want to know is it OK to carry your AR-15 up a bolt ladder, or should you just haul it up in the haul bag? |
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If it is just an AR, haul it. (FAL too) But if its a SCAR, Gallil, or HK you carry it with care. VD, I'm not insulting the generation of my nieces and nephews,... just you. |
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Ancient Art is pretty close to a sport climb. Tiny bit of easy jamming with bolted face move cruxes. Post up on MP for a partner for that route when you hit Moab and you'll likely score a partner with the gear and skill to handle the trad logistics. |
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Mexican Hat |
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Here you go Brennan...Kick your feet up, take some deep breaths, and drink a cup... You will feel better. |