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Location: AZ : Cochise Stronghold : Sheepshead Area (Southwest) : The Sheepshead
By: Steve Pulver When: Nov 17, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: Were the routes all done during daylight? 6 routes seems really impressive.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : The Druid : The Grips of Wrath (5.10a)
By: Steve Pulver When: Apr 27, 2009 | view comment >> |
Comments: "he who must not be named"?? Is that a Harry Potter book reference? I didn't think you were the type to read 'em.
That's cool. I was just out on the lawn in my Dumbledorf outfit practicing my pirouettes and waving my huge wand.
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Location: U.S. judge's ruling could e...
By: Steve Pulver When: Nov 10, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: I just got an actual ticket on Saturday, for parking in the parking area for the summit crags. The ticket says 'Offense charge: failure to pay fee'. I was surprised, I thought they were only handing out the slips that say something like 'opportunitiy to pay'.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Reef of Rocks
By: Steve Pulver When: Jul 1, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: seems like it takes me 4 hours to get from my place in Tucson until I'm racked up at the base of a route here
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Middle Earth : Delirious (5.12a) : Photo
By: Steve Pulver When: Jun 25, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: What I do is work the the route until I get it, then show up the next day with a different belayer, so I can "onsight" it.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Chimney Rock : Photo
By: Steve Pulver When: Mar 20, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: I tried to do Jungle Gym last night, and got stuck at the "monkey bar move", maybe it was a result of low light from the sunset but I didn't see the move. I was guessing hooking my leg in the horizontal crack, but it was getting dark... and I had a bunch of other excuses...
Maybe someone out there knows what a monkey bar move is?
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Munchkinland Area : Wall of the Trundling Troll... : Talk of the Nation (5.10+)
By: Steve Pulver When: Mar 10, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: Braxton,
That's the picture of Scott Drawz from the time we all went down there. We should find out what he's been up to lately...
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Location: AZ : Cochise Stronghold : Owl Rock : Nightstalker (5.9)
By: Steve Pulver When: Oct 22, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: I used different size gear than the previous poster, 000, .75, and #1 camalot, and a #2 nut. Whatever you use I'm sure you'll want more than what is recommended in the Rock Climbing Arizona Falcon guide, which only recommends slings and quickdraws.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Chimney Rock : Photo
By: Steve Pulver When: Jul 5, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: nice... recommending Copperhead#5 for a hot 5.8 climber. I never was able to figure out the offwidth section. I guess ratings have changed...
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Chimney Rock : Photo
By: Steve Pulver When: Jul 5, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: "It is not unusual to find the pullout full on a weekend day"
It sounds like things have changed. I can drive by there when the weather is great and never see anyone there for months on end.
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Location: AZ : Cochise Stronghold : Warpath Dome
By: Steve Pulver When: Jul 1, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: "Please, when climbing in the stronghold - unless you know for sure- do not carry a drill. There are at least 1,000 routes done in the area...."
Maybe someday there will be a comprehensive guidebook, so we can know for sure.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon
By: Steve Pulver When: May 30, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: I went to Southpark once before the fire and tried to go back after the fire, but the approach trail was gone. Maybe it's been cleaned up by now.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Chimney Rock : Georges Peach (5.9)
By: Steve Pulver When: Mar 19, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: yeah, I guess I do think a gear route is more committing than a sport route, even if you can place gear every 5 feet... I don't have to think as much to clip bolts... and I do like clipping bolts.
This website let's you click on the [details] link next to the grade to see what an individual person rated a route, if you're interested in what I rated George's Buttress. I never meant to imply GB was harder than 5.7... But now that I think about it, hmmm....
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : Chimney Rock : Georges Peach (5.9)
By: Steve Pulver When: Mar 19, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: You might be right about the grade, Braxton. The moves are significantly less committing than George's Buttress, which is currently rated 5.7 on this website, and you get a nice ledge to stand on every 10 feet.
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Location: AZ : Cochise Stronghold : Isle of You (Ewe) : Rad Rock
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 28, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: http://www.climbaz.com/Backcountry/graphics/page292.jpg
http://www.climbaz.com/Backcountry/graphics/page294.jpg
looks like the entire bob kerry book is now avaible on that website
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Location: AZ : La Milagrosa Canyon : Main Wall : Unknown -please notify if y... (5.10c/d)
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 8, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: contrived
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Location: AZ : La Milagrosa Canyon : Main Wall : Unknown (5.10+)
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 2, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: After thinking a little more about this, I'm not really sure where the bolts should be. All I know is I don't like the clipping stance for the second bolt.
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Location: AZ : La Milagrosa Canyon : Sahuaro Corners : Javalina (5.10)
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 2, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Javelina is the one furthest to the left?
I usually believe, if I can red point it then it's easier than 5.11. The route just to the right of it, Saguaro, is rated easier but felt harder. I might call that one 11a.
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Location: AZ : The Mustang : Se Camina Espanol (5.9+)
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 2, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: I pulled off the largest block that day, probably 4 or 5 feet right of the bolt line and up near the top of this route. I intentionally pulled that one off.
For me, a lot of the rock felt loose, flexing when I pulled on it, rather than actually pulling off. (not specifically on this route)
Your description "crumbly bits", sounds like how I would describe it also. I guess the crumbly bits just bug me more than they bother you. Everything must be perfect, or I am not happy!
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Location: AZ : The Mustang
By: Steve Pulver When: Feb 2, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: If it was my car, we would have driven further, but our driver thought each pebble/piece of gravel was going to damage the car. He's "careful" (Sorry Fred)
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Location: AZ : La Milagrosa Canyon : Main Wall : Unknown (5.10+)
By: Steve Pulver When: Dec 21, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Maybe some day... a generous person will improve the bolt locations on this route, by either moving the first bolt up, or the second bolt down. I've seen one bad fall with the climber hitting the belayer in the head, hard.
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Location: AZ : La Milagrosa Canyon : Main Wall : Fourplay (5.11a)
By: Steve Pulver When: Dec 11, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Is this the route that starts on the arete to the right of the 5.12 roof then goes right, onto the face?
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : The Fortress : Steel Crazy (5.9)
By: Steve Pulver When: May 22, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: That hanger was missing when I did the route, June of last year. I had put a comment on the tucsonclimbers.org website, for some reason the comment didn't transfer over to mountainproject. (I don't care for hanging belays off a single bolt either)
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : The Fortress : Fort Stress (5.9+)
By: Steve Pulver When: Sep 1, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: The second pitch was some of the best climbing on the mountain. But our rope getting stuck on chickenheads when we rapped off the tower to get to the third pitch turned a great day into a sucky day.
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Location: AZ : Mount Lemmon : The Fortress : Steel Crazy (5.9)
By: Steve Pulver When: Jul 7, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: One hanger is missing from belay anchor at the top of the second pitch. 7/2/2005.
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