The Road Not Taken 

The third pitch may be the worst climbing I have ever done, lots of dirt and loose blocks.

Pitch 3 . Sure you were on route ?? All we found was a typical sandstone 5.8 Offwidth...... No big deal !!

I think Paul's comment was in regards to one that I posted that is gone now. I had commented that the 3rd Pitch (2nd if you don't count the walk across the large ledge as a pitch) was one of the nastiest pitches I have ever climbed, tons of loose dirt and rocks, I had to empty out my shoes they were so full of dirt after that pitch. Still a fun route just be ready for loose dirt climbing.

Hi Bryson . Sorry about the dust in your socks . We are still puzzled as we had no such problems !! Maybe we think its just normal desert climbing... actually we are scruffy bugga's at the best of times ....Anyway glad you had fun... Cheers .

Yeah, it was an adventure. How the heck did you guys find that line??

Hi Bryson.. Well when you have been used to finding new unclimbed rock in the UK ,a line like TRNT stands out like a sore thumb. . If you want a few route finding problems try some of the very fun new climbs on the San Rafael Swell , Eastern Reef slabs, plus there is no nasty squeeze chimnies..Cheers Paul .

The weather can be great in the winter, or it can be bad. I spent the last couple winters climbing and establishing routes in the lost world butte area. I loved road not taken. We did that in fall of 2002 and it was a fantastic week out there. I loved the Gouli Basher Crack. Now I know what you mean.

Good Adventure route for sure. Frosty and I were having a good laugh over Paul's reply to Bryson's comments about the 3rd pitch. We had the pleasure of camping with Paul after we did this route and the bugga had no recollection of loose rock on the 3rd pitch. He is so use to loose rock that he probably never even thought of it. The 5.8 offwidth that Paul refers to is actually on the next pitch. Bryson is correct though as there is plenty of loose rock on the first ramp pitch, and although it really isn't bad getting across any of it, the final moves, climbing down and right to the anchors, are thought provoking to say the least. Your last 'decent' pro is about 40' back and left of you at that point and with the rope drag (it's almost a 60 m, rubble covered, ramp traverse pitch) it is a bit of a hairy, although easy, move. I missed the piece in Bryson's photo but I'm sure it is a mental piece at best. The Gouli Basher crack is unique and worthy, as is the summit. Good fun in a perverse way...

A friend and i went to climb this route, it would be an awesome route, but it needs a lot of work to clean it up. We brought a dog with us and we rapped off at the first chains too keep from killing the dog. Lots of loose rock don't climb with anything breathing below you, don't be afraid of throwing off loose microwave size rocks off instead of leaving it for the next party, which we were not able to do with the dog below us.

Someone must be taking those loose rock up there ...thought we removed most !!Anyway next time bring a hard hat for your dog or like we do with two Jack Russells use harnesses and tie them up well out of the trundling area.Simple as that ...

Great route. Pitch 2 looks like a war zone but isn't too bad due to it being a traverse, although the last unprotected 30 feet make things interesting. Go light on rack, with the exception of big cams for pitch 4. First 100' only protectable with #5 C4s or bigger, then you get a couple smaller placements, then save a #5 for the last 15'. Cool crack.