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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Upper Gorge : ... : Gorge and Purge (5.12a)
By: Tom Helvie When: Mar 21, 2008 | view comment >> |
Comments: Definitely not R, you can get gear in horizontals in the "runout" section, if you actually brought gear down into the gorge.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Lower Gorge : ... : Valley 5.8 (5.10a)
By: Tom Helvie When: Jan 12, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Amazing how you can smear on that white crap through the undercling section. It seems way too slick to trust.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Central Gorge : ... : Light Within (5.10c)
By: Tom Helvie When: Jan 12, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Definitely one of my favorites...sustained with no real standout crux moves. Good rock and fairly long.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Central Gorge : ... : Crybaby (5.12c)
By: Tom Helvie When: Jan 11, 2007 | view comment >> |
Comments: Super classic, striking and follows a definite feature...not typical Gorge edge hauling. The crux is harder but doable for shorter folks.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Central Gorge : ... : Hardly Wallbanger (5.10c)
By: Tom Helvie When: Dec 19, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Polished, buffed, slippery, but...it's damn fun climbing. Great jug hauling with a few jams and locks thrown in. I would give it 4 stars if it weren't so buffed out. I guess the overuse is a testament to how good the climb is?
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Central Gorge : ... : Sabado Gigante (5.8)
By: Tom Helvie When: Dec 15, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Agreed this thing will be good if it cleans up, but I'm not too sure it ever will. Climbs like a vertical kitty litter box in its current state. Everyone should take one for the team and climb it to help clean it up.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Upper Gorge : ... : Herniated Bone (5.10c)
By: Tom Helvie When: Dec 6, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: The .11a route to the right felt much easier. Both cruxes are on the slab and Herniated Bone's crux is significantly harder.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Inner Gorge : ... : Supergroveler (5.10d)
By: Tom Helvie When: Dec 6, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: The start is much mellower than it looks and definitely easier than the name implies. On a whole the climb surprised me by being much, much better than it first appears and by being somewhat unique.
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Location: CA : Sierra Eastside : Bishop Area : Owens River Gorge : Inner Gorge : ... : Escapade (5.11a)
By: Tom Helvie When: Dec 6, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: The dicey slab moves up top make the route. Although the bolt is nearby, it is still a bit scary since you and your belayer can't see or hear each other. As my partner put it, "I felt all alone up there". Awesome route.
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