Ten climbs for 2008...

These routes all have personal significance and/or I've been wanting to get on 'em for some time. They'll require a good amount of driving, some serious shoulder rehab, and a few more cams on my rack:

1. Tribal Boundaries, City of Rocks
2. High Exposure, Gunks
3. Oz, Tuolumne Meadows
4. Dream of Wild Turkeys, Red Rocks
5. Thin Ice, The Needles
6. Stradivarius, Owens River Gorge
7. Central Pillar of Frenzy, Yosemite Valley
8. Death and Transfiguration, The Flatirons
9. Corrugation Corner, Lover’s Leap
10. The Naked Edge, Eldorado Canyon

Anyone else already thinking about next year's climbs?

For ten climb, I'll do Vead routes; then quit all-together, cause I figure that'll be the hardest I'll ever climb & just bag it while I'm on top. (I'm going with a pair of Wranglers, too!)

Holy crap I love these lists. Here's mine. Can't wait to get crackin!

Thunderbird Wall, aid style, in Kolob
Sunshine Buttress, in Kolob
Cloud Tower at Red Rocks
Grand Traverse in the Tetons
The Shield on El Cap
Becky/Choiunard on S. Howser Tower
The Rostrum, in Yos
Levitation 29, in RR
Tricks of the Trade, in Zion
All Along the Watchtower, definitely with some aid, on N. Howser Tower

Cheers,
Nate

It is so hard to pick just 10 routes,

Trick of the Trade (good call Nathan)
Flakes, in the Black
The Southern Arete, in the Black
Standing Rock, monument basin
Sharks fin, monument basin
Memohive, monument basin
Dale tower, white rim
Brer Rabbit, fishers
Sundevil chimney, fishers
Sundial dihedral, colorado national monument

Here is my wish list:

The Central Spur (of the NW Face), Dromedary Peak
North Face Highlight Tour, Tetons
Dreamweaver, Long's Peak/Mt. Meeker Cirque
Venusian Blind , Temple Crag
Two Jews Blues, Splatte
Center Route, Splatte
Trifle Dicey, Splatte
Bushes of Beezlebub, Splatte
Kirks Corner, Splatte
Annals of Time, Tetons

1. Nose and RNWFHD link-up IAD - Yos.
2. Stoned Oven - Black
3. Eroica - Diamond
4. Solo Nose IAD - Yos
5. Air Voyage - Black
6. Endless Summer - RMNP
7. FFA of Sunkist - S.Platte
8. Complete Prayer Book - S.Platte
9. Poe Buttress Trilogy - S. Platte
10. Cathedral Spires Enchainment - S. Platte

Should be a good year for climbing, I better hang this one up on the fridge to keep on track.

Prosecutors Will Be Violated, Brown Cove, CA
Sturgeon, Rockpile, NY
Pimpmobile, Arts Peak, TX
Gumption, Trundle Wall, ID
Mobius Strip, Blackrock, CO
Jims Route Direct, Endless Crag, NH
Penguins on Parade, Jimerson State Park, OR
Penny For Your Thoughts, Five & Dime Cliff, NM
Aid Route Left Side, Blarney Stone, WA
Ghetto Time, Forgotten Wall, WI

Wow, all this got me thinking...
I've only done 9 of the 50 or so routes that are listed above.
And I didn't have a tick list like that. My first thought was that a lot of those are life-time ticks. Like "Tricks Of the Tramp," something I've been wanting to do since the route was 'opened' about what, 15-20 years ago?
Anyway, yeah, where has my ambition gone. Seems like this year my goal is just to get back to Eldo and start climbing hard. WHich got me thinking about my own modest list. Mostly just routes I hav3e not done before but will require some effort and commitment.

Dubious Graffiti (Redgarden)
The Throne (Shirt Tail)
Bachar Yer Aryan (Rincon)
Brand New Cadilac & (Cadilac Crag)
Flash Cadilac (Cadilac Crag)
Priman Scream (Continental)
Lifestream (Mickey Mouse)
Beagles Ear (Mickey Mouse)
Vergin On Perversion (Mickey Mouse)
Simions Way (Mickey Mouse)

I'll be lucky if I get around to doing 4 of them. I spend most of my time on 'Blue runs' these days.

The Prow, Cathedral, NH
Technosurfing, Rumney, NH
Yellow Wall, Gunks, NY
Mechanic's Route, Mt. Washington, NH
The Black Dike, Cannon, NH
VMC Direct Direct, Cannon, NH
Beckey-Chouinard, Bugs, BC
Grand Wall, Squamish, BC
Naked Edge, Eldo, CO
The Open Book, Linville Gorge, NC

Most of mine do not exist yet because they are gym routes. I do however have my eye on a few routes at red rock canyon in Colo. Spgs. and a few sport routes in boulder canyon. I've had my years when it's important what I accomplished, but those seem a long time ago. Now it's golf!

p.s. Matt: Kirk's corner is on Squat Rock which is closed. It's a pretty good climb for the area, but probably not worthy to be on your list. Maybe replace it with Long John Wall in eldo. Have fun!

I've only been climbing for a year, doing routes on gear for the last couple of months, so my list will seem pale next to those posted above. But for me, it contains dreams of fun and skill building that will hopefully let me build a more impressive list for 2009!

In no particular order:

1: Overhang Bypass - Joshua Tree, CA
2: Cat in the Hat - Red Rock, NV
3: Dark Shadows - Red Rock, NV
4: Bear's Reach - Lover's Leap, CA
5: Charlotte Dome, South Face - High Sierra, CA
6: Zoroaster Temple, NE Arete - Grand Canyon, AZ
7: A week in Bishop, CA
8: Aiguille de Joshua Tree - Joshua Tree, CA (Don't tell my wife!)
9: Feltonian Physics - Joshua Tree, CA
10: Walk On The Wild Side - Joshua Tree, CA

1.Warbonnet Ridge, Chiefshead
2.Casual Route, Black Canyon
3.Central Ramp, Mount Alice
4.2d attempt at Hiamovi Tower, Indian Peaks
5.Martha's Couloir, Mt. Lady Washington
6.The Flying Dutchman, Longs
7.S.E. Face, Taylor Peak
8.Center Thumb, Wasatch Range, UT
9.Rawlpindi, Red Rocks, NV
10. Birdland (need to finish last pitches), Red Rocks, NV

Wow. It's really hard to narrow this down to just 10. There is a bunch of stuff in Eldo, the desert and even sporto routes in BC that I want to do. If I were to add peaks and slot canyons this list could literally go on for a very long time. :-)

John Langston wrote:Pretty ambitious this year. Left Handed Jew, Splatte E.O. Friction, Vedauwoo Trick are for Kids, IC Stone Cold Moderate, Clear Creek The Fang, Vail First Flatiron, Boulder Walk in the Park, Sport Park Classic Dihedral, Splatte Kim, Vedauwoo Moonlight Buttress, Zion

Tracy Roach wrote: You're funny

Dodge the Lemons, Rumney
Parallel Universe, Rumney
Zabba, Adirondacks
Northern Hospitality, Cathedral Ledge
0.6, Cathedral Ledge
Enduro Man, The Gunks
Equinox, JTree

Okay, that's only seven, but by completing those I would have my best year ever.

Dave Holliday listed Athlete's Feat. Good luck on that mantle on the first pitch!! That was a show-stopper for me!! Good luck!

1. Naked Edge - Eldorado
2. Jah Man - Castle Valley
3. Primrose Dihedrals - Canyonlands
4. Pervertical Sanctuary - RMNP
5. The Barb - RMNP
6. The Ribbon - Ouray
7. Bridalvale Falls - Telluride
8. Comic Relief - Black Canyon
9. Steck - Salathe - Yosemite
10. Death and Transfiguration - Boulder

This may be a ten year list. And unless I can figure out how to loose 25lbs., I'll probably be taking the lead on the easier pitches on many of them. If I get two this year I'll call it good.

Jim Gloeckler wrote: p.s. Matt: Kirk's corner is on Squat Rock which is closed. It's a pretty good climb for the area, but probably not worthy to be on your list. Maybe replace it with Long John Wall in eldo. Have fun!

I'm going to honor all those who perished in the past on this thing and send it once and for all after 20 years.

I like lists, it gives me something to think about. I actually have a decent shot (and the time off) to do most of these!

In no particular order:

Mt. Slesse (Cacsades BC, my 2nd time, it is that good)
Pigeon Spire (Bugaboos)
Epinephrine (RR NV)
Tick fever (LCC UT)
Bloody Fingers (COR ID, never have led it)
Honeymoon Chimney (Castle Valley UT)
Primrose Dihedrals (Canyonlands UT)
Fishhook Arete (Mt Russell CA, if I don't go to BC)
Cathedral Group Traverse (GTNP WY)
Black Monday (BCC UT)
Grand Wall (Squamish BC)

Cheers!