Awesome roof climbs

chris_vultaggio wrote:

I hear the gunks has a few roofs...

Captions please!

Kachoong! But you need to travel a bit for it.

https://www.mountainproject.com/v/kachoong/105909747

chris_vultaggio wrote:

I hear the gunks has a few roofs...

What sort of an absolute maniac posts in this thread without giving route names? Lmao

Modern Times at the Gunks. It’s a huge roof, but a jug haul the whole way

Does the Great Roof on The Nose qualify? Just jumaring that pitch was memorable, i can’t imagine what freeing that must feel like.

Some i climbed that felt special to me:
P3 of Erect Direction
Falled on Account of Strain
Tieranny
Imaginary Voyage at Jtree (Even if it does not climb as a roof, it is a very aesthetic climb)

Some of my favorite trad: Supper’s Ready, Stannard Roof, and Foops in the Gunks. King Cat at Indian Creek. More Monkey than Funky and Imaginary Voyage in J-tree. Le Toit at Tahquitz in Idyllwild. Sport: Looney Binge and Enterprise in the Owens River Gorge. Tension Tamer at the Bear Crag, Mammoth Lakes. The Trophy at Red Rocks, Nevada. Twinkie at the RRG. 

Clay Thomas wrote:

What sort of an absolute maniac posts in this thread without giving route names? Lmao

I identified our man of mystery Chris's first photo: it's Erect Direction! Which is indeed rad. 

Edit: Some of Chris's amazing photos are featured in this article: https://www.climbing.com/places/photo-gallery-perfect-tens-an-homage-to-the-shawangunks-classic-5-10s/ 

The 4th photo is Stannard's Roof.

The last photo is Falled on Account of Strain.

Still unclear what the others are!

I'll add that my own favorite gunks roof (so far) is Tiers of Fear (but I haven't been on supper's ready yet!!)

Second Edit: I continued to dig around to try and find the identity of Chris's photos. I did it!

Number 2 is Elder Cleavage Direct https://www.climbing.com/skills/climbing-techniques-how-to-climb-roofs/ 

Number 3 and 5 are both Wishbone   reddit.com/r/climbing/comme… ,  https://www.reddit.com/r/climbing/comments/4cdozn/getting_inverted_in_the_gunks_on_wishbone_10_oc/

Techo de cholera en Suesca, Colombia 

Sense it just came up twice, here's a pic of Imaginary Voyage!

OK, some extended roof sections.  Let's see here.  Off the Top of my head...

In the Flatirons, you have 
Bacon and Ergs:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/1204434

Super Power:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/107850630

Far Out:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/106032194

Under the Influence:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/105874360

And the East Overhang of the 2nd Flatiron:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/1201797

In Eldo you have a few that are more than just a move with:
Psychosis direct Finish:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/117568183

Vertigo:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/1206741

Tombstone:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/105942806

And Wingshot/Blues Power:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/105944795

Then there is this whole area called, fittingly, "The Roof Routes":
https://www.mountainproject.com/area/105807701/redgarden-roof-routes
IE:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/107317812

In the SSV there is an obscure favorite of mine:
Acrophobia:
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/112348802

Mount Evans has a great one!  My favorite of the ones listed here, in fact.
Cary Granite
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/105788133
Will throw a few roofs at you, though none of them is longer than a body length, admittedly, it is still not just a single move.

Oosik at Farley

The best way to do the crux is to campus it.

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Please someone tell.me where this gem is

Sam X wrote:

Please someone tell.me where this gem is

Malta

Tom Randall's basement

I'll just leave these here.

NC has a few: 

Champaign Jam at Sandrock...
https://www.mountainproject.com/photo/110270294

Fists Of Fury at Twall seems like a good idea too.

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You do realize a very large amount of climbs involve at least some degree of a roof right?

this roof over the water is an amazing shot.