Mescalito Cleanup
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Late in September, Max Jones and I climbed the first two pitches of Mescalito and removed 45 deadheads and 15 copperheads. We removed only the heads that we could climb past using clean, hammerless methods. At one point I removed three deadheads, one on top of another, to reveal an easy, bombproof small cam placement. In many cases, there were 10 deadhead in 24 inches! |
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Rad! What kind of method(s) are you using to get out some of those deadheads? |
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Removing copperheads: supertopo.com/climbing/thre… |
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Thanks for the community service Mark. |
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Thanks, Gargano. I should have known to check the Taco. Gargano wrote:Removing copperheads: supertopo.com/climbing/thre… |
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I would like to caution you to remove only the heads you can climb past via clean, hammerless means. Also, if you are ten feet tall, and can reach past them, that doesn't exactly qualify. I try to think of the average climber on the particular route I'm on. I would clean heads differently if I were on the Sea of Dreams than if I were on Zodiac. I also never take out a head if I can get past if via some C4 badass cam or nut placement. |