Old stuck cams / gear on North Table Mountain

What routes on North Table are cam graveyards? I'm going up soon with my TOOLs to remove as much of this scrap metal as possible. I know Heidi Hi has a bunch. Give me some more projects!

There is at least one small cam stuck at the start of “drinking wine with the chinese” (table top area) 

If I remember right there is a couple on Politicians, Priests, and Body Bags or Heidi Hi.

I think theres a couple in franks tame years, at the quarry.

There was a 0.5 about 3/4 of the way up Iraqi Road (Brown Crowd Rocks) a few months back. I could almost get the release with my nut tool, it's pretty far back, but you could maybe get it with a coat hanger or other long tool... 

One on marry me Becky and two on franks tame years

Need any help? I am kind of wanting to get some scrapped cam parts for an art project, and would be happy to help with the removal, just don't have the right tools.

Not on north Table but there’s a FUCKED UP number three cam on the first pitch of Wind Ridge in Eldo which has been there for years.  

Removing it would be doing a public service.

Daniel Kay wrote: Not on north Table but there’s a FUCKED UP number three cam on the first pitch of Wind Ridge in Eldo which has been there for years.  

Removing it would be doing a public service.

Wind Ridge is a gear museum. The last time I was on it there was a piton, a nut, a tricam, that number three and a link cam.

Looks like you might have cleaned a more recently not completely fixed cam on Heidi Hi?

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/118296049/lost-camalot-at-no-table-mountain

Assuming you got up there... or maybe someone else got it out. 

Daniel Kay wrote: Not on north Table but there’s a FUCKED UP number three cam on the first pitch of Wind Ridge in Eldo which has been there for years.  

Removing it would be doing a public service.

I can't even think where a number three would fit on the first pitch...

Buck Rio wrote:

I can't even think where a number three would fit on the first pitch...

Possibly the second pitch depending on where you belay; I guess. At the very bottom of the crack on the main face. 

Alex Costakis wrote:

Wind Ridge is a gear museum. The last time I was on it there was a piton, a nut, a tricam, that number three and a link cam.

I'm pretty certain you could just leave your rack at home and clip stuck gear on a number of wind tower climbs and not even end up with too many run outs.

Daniel Kay wrote:

Possibly the second pitch depending on where you belay; I guess. At the very bottom of the crack on the main face. 

I've always belayed on the ledge...traverse over right and climb up the fist-hand crack high enough to not cause to much rope drag before you put a piece in. 

I have climbed all over the Wind Tower using nothing but nuts and hexes many times, there is no reason to be getting cams stuck. I guess I used cams on Tagger, but the majority of the rest of the formation goes easily with passive pro.

Buck Rio wrote:

I've always belayed on the ledge...traverse over right and climb up the fist-hand crack high enough to not cause to much rope drag before you put a piece in. 

I have climbed all over the Wind Tower using nothing but nuts and hexes many times, there is no reason to be getting cams stuck. I guess I used cams on Tagger, but the majority of the rest of the formation goes easily with passive pro.

Yes this cam clearly got stuck when a novice leader did exactly that — placed it too low after the traverse. Clipped by generations of gumbies since, I’m sure.

Going straight up around the arete right off the start instead of taking the Breezy Chimney is a nice variation which avoids the rope drag problem.

Thanks everyone! Looks like I have my work cut out for me. Wind tower is on the list now too.

Daniel Kay wrote: Not on north Table but there’s a FUCKED UP number three cam on the first pitch of Wind Ridge in Eldo which has been there for years.  

Removing it would be doing a public service.

It's gone now, but damn that thing didn't want to let go! 

Nick Spitznagle wrote:

It's gone now, but damn that thing didn't want to let go! 

I think someone put Loctite on it ;-)

Nick Spitznagle wrote:

It's gone now, but damn that thing didn't want to let go! 

aw man I clipped that thing as a way of avoiding bringing my own #3....I'm sure it was bomber.

Nick Spitznagle wrote: What routes on North Table are cam graveyards? I'm going up soon with my TOOLs to remove as much of this scrap metal as possible. I know Heidi Hi has a bunch. Give me some more projects!

If you're still in the market:  There's a mangled cam fixed in the upper hand crack of "Bush Loves Detroit", not useable as a fixed piece, and blocking a good jam.