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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Gods Bones (5.11+) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: 3 days ago | view comment >> |
Comments: Nice photo by the way. It looks like he has at least one good finger jam down there.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Gods Bones (5.11+)
By: Jon Nelson When: 3 days ago | view comment >> |
Comments: Is this the one further right of Echolocation?
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Gods Bones (5.11+) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: 3 days ago | view comment >> |
Comments: Hey, I think I can see HREV POBTAZ down there and left.
I wonder if one could instead do one pitch on Heaven's Rear Entry Vehicle (just, say, because it is easier), and then traverse onto God's Bones?
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Inner Walls : Notch, cave side (SW) : China Syndrome (5.11a) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: May 17, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Yeah, looks great alright.
I haven't done it yet, but I think it traverses further right before going up.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Upper Cheeks Area : Upper Zipper (5.11-) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: May 17, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Great! It reminds me of one of those 19th century landscape paintings of the West. Journey to the mythical land.
How'd you get such a wide angle?
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Lower Cheeks : Heat Seeker (5.12-)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 15, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: So Tom, you got the first lead ascent, right?
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Lower Town Wall : Great Northern Slab : Sonic Reducer (5.12-)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 14, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Historically, the first 12 at Index.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Lower Cheeks : Gerberding Route (5.9+)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 13, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Nice to hear that it got easier from its old 10+ grade. I guess that tends to happen when routes get fully cleaned off. And it's great to have another moderate route in the area, with Black Planet and Friendly Fire nearby.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Echolocation (5.11+) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: May 13, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: These are all great shots!
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Inner Walls : Notch, cave side (SW) : Tang (5.11c) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: May 13, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: You posted it on RCNW a few years back.
Wish I had done that part back when we did the first pitch. Looks great. Thanks for cleaning it up.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Echolocation (5.11+)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 13, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Those knobs look amazing. And the route looks nicely bolted. Can't wait to give this one a try.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : The Country Area : The Country : Cream of the Country (5.10c)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 12, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: When it was first reported, the first bolt to protect the slab move off the ledge had a missing hanger. Am not sure if this still holds.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Black Sea (5.11)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 12, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Nice name -- I'll update my photo captions.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Black Sea (5.11)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 12, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Fantastic route. The first pitch was sustained, yet quite varied. I can't wait to try the second pitch.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : The Country Area
By: Jon Nelson When: May 8, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Someone pointed out a new scar (back in 2010), indicating that the blocks came off of Orc Tower. The tower is known to have loose blocks, so be particularly careful in that area.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Lookout Point Area : Private Idaho : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: May 6, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Colored lines are newer routes.
Routes further right include Noodle (11a) and The little buttress.
Routes further left include "Brad Driscoll outnumbered his guests, but a good time was had by all" (10d, two routes side-by-side, rating applies to each), Tea bag (12d), and Three trucks stacked on top of each other (11c).
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Upper Cheeks Area : Normandy (5.12-)
By: Jon Nelson When: May 5, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: The rest of the route name is Parked Out Back, Tow-Away Zone. Or, POBTAZ for short. (I added it after your comment.)
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : The Side Walls : K Cliff
By: Jon Nelson When: Apr 28, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: The new trail to this cliff is really nice. A work party in 2012 fixed up the section between Knob Job and K-Cliff, where the trail used to be a root grab.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : The Diamond Area : The Diamond : The Dark Crystal (5.11b) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: Apr 8, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Photo by Derek Pearson, taken early March 2013.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Lower Cheeks : Engines of Archimedes (5.11d)
By: Jon Nelson When: Apr 1, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Easy & dry access for setting up a TR, and the route tends to stay dry in wet weather, so it is a great route for working.
It has somewhat slabby, technical moves at the bottom, a thoughtful mantle, and then a pumpy finish (which I haven't yet gotten).
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Lower Cheeks : Engines of Archimedes (5.11d) : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: Apr 1, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: It's nice that the route tends to stay clean and dry, and also has an easy way to set up a TR.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Lookout Point Area : Duck Wall : Meadow and Spicer (5.10a/b V2-3)
By: Jon Nelson When: Mar 28, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Named after a famous Index climber's pet ducks.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Wilman's Walkabout (5.11b A3)
By: Jon Nelson When: Mar 25, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Holy cow (re, the link above), including all four feet, one cat had 27 toes!
I should add that I think that for Givler's cat, the seven were just one paw.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : The Black Sea : Wilman's Walkabout (5.11b A3)
By: Jon Nelson When: Mar 25, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: As the story goes, the route was named after Al Givler's seven-toed cat.
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Location: WA : Index Town Walls : Upper Town Wall : Upper Cheeks Area : Photo
By: Jon Nelson When: Mar 25, 2013 | view comment >> |
Comments: Not so perverse anymore. Now it has a cable and provides easy toprope set ups for several routes below. Also, take it to the Beach, do some Beach routes above, or rap down and toprope Clay.
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