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Most Memorable Dihedral You've Ever Climbed?

M Mobley · · Bar Harbor, ME · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 911
Daniel H. wrote:How about some love for TWall? In the Pursuit of Excellence (5.9)
good call, hell of a pitch
1Eric Rhicard · · Tucson · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 10,101

Good Book-Yosemite Mr. Clean-Devils Tower

Daryl Allan · · Sierra Vista, AZ · Joined Sep 2006 · Points: 1,040

This thread has proved to be climbing pr0n at its best. Keep it going and thanks!

jhn payne · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 46
Daniel H. wrote:How about some love for TWall? In the Pursuit of Excellence (5.9)
+1 for Pursuit of Excellence
Luc-514 · · Montreal, QC · Joined Nov 2006 · Points: 12,506

Adirondacks:
Partition on Upper Washbowl
Great Dihedral @ Poke-O

Bugs:
McTech Arete

camhead · · Vandalia, Appalachia · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,240
Ben F wrote:I can't believe that none of you losers mentioned Meat Hooks or P2 of Cornflake Crack! Seriously (even though I'm serious above), lots of good mentions and pics in this thread.
Yeah, both pitches (but especially the second) of Cornflake Crack are amazing.
ddriver · · SLC · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 2,084

Great Dihedral on South Howser Beckey-Chouinard - 3 to 4 pitches long and in the sun. Pretty much glorious.

Wildflowers on Snowpatch. 6 or 7 pitches long, continuously vertical, shaded and cold. Somewhat forbidding but great climbing.

Finger of Fate. So geometrically clean.

Echo Tower. Unusual in that the "dihedral" is formed by two block towers meeting on edge. As you climb you peer through to a mirror image dihdral on the opposite side of the formation.

Cory Harelson · · Boise, ID · Joined Mar 2008 · Points: 2,410

El Camino Real at Tahquitz.

Runners Up:
Open Book at Tahquitz

Dark Shadows at Red Rocks

Sam Stephens · · PORTLAND, OR · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 1,090

Fourth pitch of The Casual Route.

Inhibitor at The Red River Gorge.

Rob Dillon · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 760

The Fonrouge-Somebody route on the backside of the Torre Principal at Frey- a long, golden perspectival convergence. Probably 180 feet if it's an inch and stuck full of pins, it's pretty thin. That one's stuck with me.

I guess the Zebra, but things were just getting started then. Tis-sa-ack, Half Dome.

El Matador and the Moratorium, you don't forget those. +1

In Pursuit was wet every day last week, we never got on it dry. But we did it.

Unreported! Like the long purple-TCU corner on the Egg Wall...the one that dropped some eggs. Sorry Rich.

Martin Harris · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2016 · Points: 200

Most fun probably Zanzibar dihedral in Indy pass most memorable
Either poohs corner Vedawoo where I blew it riped a cam and almost head decked or Friday the 13th also vedawoo a real fight. And my first 5.10 on gear.

Robert Fielding · · Thousand Oaks, CA · Joined May 2011 · Points: 195

Not sure if it has been mentioned, but the night crawler at red rocks is pretty amazing. two pitches of awesome sustained dihedral beautifulness.

Jeff L · · Valley of the Sun · Joined Mar 2011 · Points: 35

Rockwork Orange, Mt Woodson, 5.10b Short but sweet at one of the best crack climbing areas around, even if its "just" a top rope.

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Hank Caylor · · Livin' in the Junk! · Joined Dec 2003 · Points: 643

Endurance Pitch on Astroman, Hans Florine told me all I needed was #3 Camalot and I'd be solid. That Camalot was tipped out halfway up and I just had to thrutch it 40' to the belay... dick.

Nick Dolecek · · Denver, Colorado · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 0

Colchuck Balanced Rock-West Face has some amazing dihedral climbing, but the main dihedral pitch up under the 30 foot roof has to be one of the best in an amazing setting.
Not My Cross to Bear is memorable

Mic Fairchild · · Boulder · Joined Jan 2003 · Points: 360
Campanille Basso (from SummitPost)

Via Fehrmann on the Campanille Basso (Brenta region, Dolomites). Ten to 14 pitches to the shoulder, a few more to the summit. When we returned to the refugio, the warden of the hut was out chopping wood. The venerable Bruno Detassis, "King of the Brenta", was in his 80s. I told him that we had been on the Basso, or at least shook some gear and said "Fehrmann verschneidung". His eyes lit up and he pantomimed the crux moves perfectly. A wonderful exchange since he didn't speak English, and I didn't speak Italian.

near the top of the corner (from SP)
Olaf Mitchell · · Paia, Maui, Hi, · Joined Mar 2007 · Points: 4,190
Jeff Stephens · · Carbondale, CO · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 80

Zanzibar Dihedral, near Independence Pass, was mentioned. So many great dihedrals out there, but that's the popped into my head as well. 50 meters of pure fun on the best rock Aspen has to offer. Thought I should share a pic so you know what I mean.

Another fine trip to Zanzibar.

Nick Barczak · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2008 · Points: 75

Bloody Corner, on Mt Russell. The crux pitch is five stars, without a doubt. Great rock, unreal position, a long pitch (ca. 190'), and sustained!

Bloody Corner crux pitch.

Joel McKillop · · Spearfish, SD · Joined Nov 2008 · Points: 45
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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