THE BIG WALL PORN POST!

John Middendorfwrote:

Pete, nice tent on ledge there—how did it work?

Pete how did the (green) tent work out?  Looks like a Bibler Awhahnee perched on top of Double Whammy.  Must have had a great view with that giant door looking straight out from the wall.  

Kevin DeWeese cleaning the Triple Cracks yesterday 

Spaceshot in Zion. A gentleman always backcleans the whole pitch, so his girlfriend gets to try those lower outs they practiced.

Our party of 3 on Zodiac from last month. Photo was taken on the Mark of Zorro pitch.

Mideast Crisis a few weeks ago.

Pitch 10

I see your Mid East Crisis Roof, and Raise You Shield Roof @Failfalling Climbing 

I see your shield roof and Lower to leaning tower roof. 

Mark of Zorro pitch pics? Zodiac 5/24

Isaac Leijawrote:

Mideast Crisis a few weeks ago.

Pitch 10

That first photo is absolutely incredible.  What a pitch.   How was the route and which start did you opt to take?

Kevin DeWeese wrote:

If you think that photo is good, you should see the photos of Steve Bosque on that pitch that were on the cover of Mountain Magazine with the writeup of the First Ascent. 

Anybody happen to know what # or year month of mountain mag this would be… I might have it and could dig it up and post a photo 

Great pics lads, quite jealous 

Kevin DeWeese wrote:

If you think that photo is good, you should see the photos of Steve Bosque on that pitch that were on the cover of Mountain Magazine with the writeup of the First Ascent. 

No doubt photos of the first ascent would be phenomenal.  Pretty sure the FA happened the same  year that I was born.    Wild to think about the differences in the gear that would have been available for their first ascent compared with what is currently out there.  Both climbing gear and clothing.  
The topo’s suggested cam rack is quite staggering and must have presented a challenge in rounding  up sufficient numbers (if fortunate enough to know roughly how consistent the size of the cracks would be).  It must have required some vigilant back cleaning and/or frequent lower offs so they could replenish the rack by retrieving gear from down low on the pitch.  

That rock all looks so bomber ………. Here’s some choss!

akanatokiekwrote:

That rock all looks so bomber ………. Here’s some choss!

Fuck yes. Real climbers need a single rack of cams and a double rack of screamers.

Brian Rwrote:

That first photo is absolutely incredible.  What a pitch.   How was the route and which start did you opt to take?

The route is great with lots of steep climbing, a bit of everything. We opted for the original route but deviated on the 7th

Climbing Tangerine Trip with my buddy John Rich nearly 20 years ago. After a long hiatus, I'm going to try to solo Virginia into TT this October. Nervous and excited at the same time. Super stoked to be back!

Josh Fengelwrote:

The route is great with lots of steep climbing, a bit of everything. We opted for the original route but deviated on the 7th

What was the variation you took on pitch 7?

We stayed in the main crack on the left. While cleaning, I took a peek over at the flare, looks fun. there's a crusty frozen Alien near the top that I couldn't quite get unstuck, otherwise it'd be for sale here on MP