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| tony on his route " magnetic north | Arizona & New Mexico : RIP Tony Lusk : Post | | Oct 12, 2010 |
| this where you leave the road cut | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Aug 10, 2010 |
| leave the road here. | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Aug 10, 2010 |
| trail head | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Aug 10, 2010 |
| old road cut approach. | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Aug 10, 2010 |
| modern day warrior follows the S crack | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| this is the pima canyon side | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| as viewed from the state park | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| one of 3 parking locations in Rams canyon, Rams Field Pass Rd. and Rock Way Rd. the preferred spot is 1/2 of a block to the left. Below the old ugly road cut. | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| table main buttress | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| T M | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Table Mountain | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| Pitches 2-5 follow the S | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Modern Day Warrior (5.10 PG13) | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| table, right side | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Modern Day Warrior (5.10 PG13) | | Jul 29, 2010 |
| close up of MDW | AZ : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : ... : Modern Day Warrior (5.10 PG13) | | Jul 29, 2010 |
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Alamo Canyon : Leviathan Dome
By: brian benedon When: Apr 23, 2013 | view comment >> | Comments: I saw one on the direct approach to the Finger back in 1992. He didn't seem to mind us, he watched us scramble up for quite some time.
The sheep are gone, therefore the rule no longer applies.
PS I was told by the state park rangers that only 3 rangers have authority to enforce that old law, and they are in Flagstaff.
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Alamo Canyon : Leviathan Dome : User Friendly (5.9 PG13)
By: brian benedon When: Apr 22, 2013 | view comment >> | Comments: Jeff, thanks for the post. We were hiking around out there a few months ago, wondering where the route started. Thanks for the recent work, not to mention the fa.
Monsoon season; 1992. My buddy Steve and I set out after work on Friday to bag User Friendly. It started raining hard within minutes, undeterred we pushed on. About half way in we set up camp. It rained all night. Bummed out, we slept in. When we got up, the clouds parted, revealing the massive dome. We decided to walk up th... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Cochise Stronghold : East Stronghold : Entrance Dome : ... : Photo
By: brian benedon When: Apr 7, 2013 | view comment >> | Comments: The route is steeper that it looks in this picture
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Cochise Stronghold : East Stronghold : Entrance Dome : Full Circle (5.10c PG13)
By: brian benedon When: Apr 7, 2013 | view comment >> | Comments: Full Circle does have some run-outs; mostly on easier terrain, there is some route finding and some tricky placements, and a death bloc on pitch 2, but the route is mostly great rock with great pro. The bolts look as new as they did in 95. We did not use the #3 or any tricams.
We did it in 4 pitches. The last pitch; up the aerate was 215' although you could unclip and walk up. It is better to belay about 20' past the crux; you can step down into the gully and... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Cochise Stronghold : East Stronghold : Entrance Dome : The Big Sleep (5.9)
By: brian benedon When: Mar 14, 2013 | view comment >> | Comments: It was 1994, I was standing at the crux of the big Sleep, several hundred feet off the ground, I heard a voice "go right laddy buck". Could it be a voice from the gods.....Indeed it was, it was the legendary backcountry guru, Karl Rickson. He was watching us (over us) climb his route from way down in the valley below us. We were in the Stronghold to attend his bean fest.
I returned to climb the Big Sleep in 2012. My friend Scotty Mac and I had a great time enjoying the perfect conditions. We f... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : The End of the Road
By: brian benedon When: Dec 31, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: Nice find, thanks for the good routes and great anchores.
one more correction to the beta; the routes are in the shade in the am, the wall faces west/south west.
you can not see the climbs from the road, but you can see the large sunny cliff right above the climbing area from the road.
I liked Do Not Enter, however it felt a little harder than 8.
The 7+ was ok, but I would not recommend it to 5.7 leader.
This a dog friendly place less the cholla. even had some water.
one last not... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Mount Lemmon Highway (Catal... : Upper Highway : Wilderness of Rocks Domes
By: brian benedon When: Jun 10, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: Wilderness of Rocks Dome, AKA, Twin Peaks, Mystery, North Dome is located below the antenna at the top of the road past Ski Valley.
You can see the back of it from just below the road.
Approach it from Marshal Gulch. It is about 20 min past Primus Wall (aka trailside craig)
www.mountainproject.com/v/primus-wall/107400487
When the trail starts to head down to the south, and you are about even with the low angle slab on the hill to your right, look for a large pine tree and a route to th... more >>
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Location: Arizona & New Mexico : Proposed policy for fixed a... : Photo
By: brian benedon When: Mar 31, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: i don't like that picture
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Pusch Ridge : Table Mountain : Modern Day Warrior (5.10 PG13)
By: brian benedon When: Mar 31, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: hey sneezy thanks for the post, it is nice to hear that you had a good time on MDW.
A couple friends also did the route last year.
check out new approach beta under Table mountain
If anyone is planning to climb Modern Day Warrior, let me know, I might like to take some photos.
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Pusch Ridge : Table Mountain
By: brian benedon When: Mar 31, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: last week we did a hike up to the spring ( on the back-side ) to see what piping repairs are needed.
we then continued up and found that someone has build a really nice trail from the spring to the saddle. about a 30 min. section of trail, that probably saves 10 min off the old route.
i think it may be hunters that did the work, but it sure does help climbers. the trail to Table is basically complete now.
I sure would like to thank the persons responsible.
we did see large mountain lion scat... more >>
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Location: AZ : Southern Arizona : Mount Lemmon (Santa Catalin... : Pusch Ridge : Table Mountain
By: brian benedon When: Mar 31, 2012 | view comment >> | Comments: nice job Charles on the pima canyon side beta, your the man.
i have done the shin-dagger ridge as have many 1st timers. definitely do not recommend it.
we did the proper approach, with full packs, in 2 hrs once, but i was much younger then.
there is a huge tank on the slabs up there, but it is in a state of disrepair. there is no water.
you can sometimes get water out of the decent gully or out of many wacos on the top after a rain.
this water is NOT reliable so bring plenty.
I would only ... more >>
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