Ten climbs for 2008...

Wow, this is great to get me thinking about what I want to do next year, I really need to come up with more goals...

Two long red rocks routes that have been on my mind -

Woman of Mountain Dreams on Mt. Wilson
Levitation 29 (of course)

Sporto limestone for sure, but I really don't have anything in particular in mind, I just love going to new limestone crags. Maybe Piston Bully up at chadbourne for a summer project.

I've gotta come up with some more long trad routes, but I kind of lost my balls this summer and started sport climbing more after a couple scary situations. So I've got to get back in the sketchy awkward trad saddle somehow. If I get back to Squamish, Freeway would definitely top this list!

1.climb
2.climb
3.climb hard
4.climb harder
5.climb hardest
6.beers
7.pizza
8.climb
9.climb
10.climb

Ladd Raine wrote:Technosurfing , Rumney-ticked Flesh For Lulu , Rumney-ticked Luau , Rumney-been too wet Camber , Cathedral Ledge Airation , Cathedral Ledge The Prow , Cathedral Ledge Eyeless in Gaza , Sundown Ledge Big Red , Wild River Whitney Gilman Ridge , Cannon Cliff Moby Grape , Cannon-ticked Cliff

How is everyone else coming along on their lists?

Technosurfing , Rumney- ticked
Flesh For Lulu , Rumney- ticked
Luau , Rumney- been too wet
Camber , Cathedral Ledge
Airation , Cathedral Ledge
The Prow , Cathedral Ledge- got on it once and wow is it hard
Eyeless in Gaza , Sundown Ledge
Big Red , Wild River
Whitney Gilman Ridge , Cannon Cliff
Moby Grape , Cannon Cliff- awesome experience

How is everyone else coming along on their lists?

NE Face, Pingora, Wind River Range
Climbed S. Buttress of Pingora and E. Ridge of Wolf's Head instead. We'll have to go back another time to climb the NE Face.

The Yellow Spur, Redgarden Wall, Eldorado Canyon
Pear Buttress, The Book, Lumpy Ridge
Culp-Bossier, Hallet Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park
I don't think I'm going to make it to Colorado this year...

East Buttress, Mount Whitney
Done.

Open Book, Tahquitz Rock
Next year.

Walk on the Wild Side, Saddle Rocks, Joshua Tree
Done.

Epinephrine, Red Rock
Done.

Chuckawalla 21, Red Rock
Done.

Chicken Lips, Red Rock
Hopefully this fall...

Only 75 pitches or so... I'm getting tired just thinking about it!

Incredible Hand Crack- the Creek
Supercrack-the Creek
Casual Route- the Diamond
Ellingwood Ledges- Crestone Needle
Reg NW of Half Dome- Yosemite
Pingora-the Winds
Kain-Bugaboos
Naked Edge-Eldo
Superslab-Eldo
Culp-Bossier-RMNP

1. Traditions Whitesides, NC
2. Groover Laurel Knob, NC
3. Fathom Laurel Knob, NC
4. The Open Book Linville Gorge, NC
5. Big Daddy Big Lost Cove, NC

We'll see if these all happen..good thing my partner's strong!

Thin Finger--Index, WA (hopefully going to do it tomorrow)
Heaven's Gate--Index, WA (unfinished business)
Heart of the Country--Index, WA (Sent)
Even Steven--Index, WA (painfully close)
Propaganda--World Wall I; North Bend, WA (proj.)
Blackened--Smith Rock, OR (proj.)
Chain Reaction--Smith Rock, OR (a time-consuming investment)
Moonshine Dihedral--Smith Rock, OR (haven't sunk a jam in it yet)
Exasperator--Squamish (Sent)
Screaming Yellow Zonkers--NH (too wet last time I was out there)

Don't think I'll be making it back to NH before the new year, so I guess "Zonkers" will have to be tabled until '09.

1. Crimson Chrysalis
2. Epinephrine
3. another FA at Laurel Knob
4. Liberty Ridge, Mt. Ranier
5. Triple Direct, El Cap
6-8. more new routes at secret crags in NC
9. follow Legendary Nuclear Bomb
10. Punk Wave and Flying Frog at Tallulah Gorge, GA.

Ladd Raine wrote: How is everyone else coming along on their lists?

Broken Wrist, Check
Dislocated ankle, Check
2 trips to Mexico, Check
1 trip to Costa Rica, Check
1 Month working in China, Check

Back to the hospital today - looks like a broken hand.

Considering all of that, I only got 1 of my 10 routes and It'll be a while before I can climb that hard again, I suppose.

I'm not doing so well with my list, but not too shabby according to others... I'm up to 43. Just when I was feeling sorry for myself for not getting out enough this year! Thanks.

Tony Bubb wrote: Broken Wrist, Check Dislocated ankle, Check 2 trips to Mexico, Check 1 trip to Costa Rica, Check 1 Month working in China, Check Back to the hospital today - looks like a broken hand. Considering all of that, I only got 1 of my 10 routes and It'll be a while before I can climb that hard again, I suppose.

From that I can update:
Broken Hand, 8/08
Torn ACL, torn menisucs, 9/08
Wiating 1 month for the hand to heal so I could get the knee reconstructed, 9/08
Knee reconstruction 10/08.
One day climbing between the cast off the hand and going under the knife 9/31/08.
Patella-Femuror syndrome complications in PT: 12/08
Projected next date to be allowed to climb: 4/09.

How did everyone do with their lists??? I had 3 months out of hte country and 6 months injured. I ticked one of the 10 routes on my list:
"The Throne: 5.11c"
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Not a years worth of climbing, for sure, but definately a memorable pitch. It took me a second go back to it (thanks to Jason Haas for the first go as a partner, and Shumin Wu for the second & successful run at it.)

NEXT????

Did anyone get 10/10? Anyone even make 50%??? Do dreams come true???