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Location: WA : Leavenworth : Icicle Creek : Snow Creek Wall : Hyperspace (5.11a)
By: Neil Kauffman When: Sep 30, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: This is an excellent route; lots of physical crack climbing with amazing positions and exposure! The style reminded me of the Rostrum but easier. I felt the 5.11a Psychopath pitch was more like 10+ after taking the knob exit left. The "overhung blocky face" on P4 is pumpy but has rests. More traffic could really clean this beauty up, some lichen but nothing serious. Great description Blake! Get some!!
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Location: CA : High Sierra : Incredible Hulk : Astrohulk (5.11)
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 28, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: This link doesn't work.
I have a topo for the route which was e-mailed to me by request.
Contact me if ya need it...
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Cardinal Pinnacle : Crack Kingdom (5.10c) : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 19, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Great view of Cardinal Sin's stellar 5.10 OW 2nd pitch on the right side of this shot.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Cardinal Pinnacle : Cardinal Sin (5.12c)
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 19, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The offwidth pitch is superb! Bring two #5 Camalots and you can avoid clipping the (now) unneccesary 1/4" bolt. You can protect the start with another #5, or its 5.9R, though pretty secure. Wear pants! Really fun technique!!
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Location: CA : High Sierra : Incredible Hulk : Tradewinds (5.11d) : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Great photo! Do you know what the large left-facing wavy corner to the righ of 'the Venturi' is? I'm a little confused as to where Astro-Hulk goes after reconning that route yesterday.
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Location: CA : High Sierra : Incredible Hulk : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Many consider this climb to be Grade V, possibly due to the sustained difficulties encountered. Most parties do it in a day and some even do it as an evening jaunt by headlamp...Grade IV usually means a long day, so I think it fits. Maybe IV+?
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Location: CA : High Sierra : Incredible Hulk : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 14, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Nice work, great to have some closer-up photos of the face!
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : West Face : Mr. Clean (5.11a) : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 31, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: The Gay Robot sucking around outside the crack...
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : North Face & Northwest Corn... : Fourplay (5.11c)
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 29, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: One of the best finger cracks I've done at the Tower, needs some traffic to stay clean. After we aided it yesterday, all the locks were cleaned out and it was lapped many times, lookin good now! Excellant balancy locking sequences with wild footwork and a short cruxy thin fingertip section. We climbed it in two pitches, a short easy approach pitch to a comfy gear anchor (#2&3 camalot), then the crack (many small-med.stoppers, extra finger cams). Go get some!!!
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : North Face & Northwest Corn... : Psychic Turbulance (5.11b)
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 29, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Simply amazing! Some of the craziest stemming I've ever encountered! Fun TR, would be a demanding lead!
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : East and Northeast Buttress... : Unnamed (5.10a A4-) : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Whoa! Definately avoid those guys!
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : East and Northeast Buttress... : Belle Fourche Buttress (5.10b) : Photo
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Hey, that's me belaying!
Bryan Schmitz on lead, with Peter T. watching, great shot!
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Location: WY : Devil's Tower : North Face & Northwest Corn... : Spiney Norman (5.11c)
By: Neil Kauffman When: May 26, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Toproped this great climb a few days ago with the direct start after climbing P1 and P2 of Carols. The direct start is really fun face edges and finger crack, maybe 5.8, would protect well with finger size cams and wasn't too loose. The rest of the crack is superb getting progressively steeper, with one not so easy, but short sequence just below the anchor! Possible to do it as one pitch at 45-50m.
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Location: CO : Alpine Rock : RMNP - Rock : Long's Peak : The Diamond
By: Neil Kauffman When: Aug 5, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Has anyone done the loft recently?
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Location: CO : CO Ice & Mixed : RMNP - Mixed/Ice : Glacier Gorge : Black Lake - West Gully (WI4)
By: Neil Kauffman When: Dec 25, 2003 | view comment >> |
Comments: Was up by Black Lake on Wednesday December 24th of 2003. West Gully is in but has considerable debris at the base possibly from recent avalanche. See picture.
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