Name that route by description PNW edition (#2)

scn wrote:

Guessing it is the route in The Fins on Solstice wall.  5.13c/d R.

Not sure how to link in the app. 

Thats what i was thinking.  The last sentence applies to me as well.

An old Multi favorite of mine, a bit of an oddity as it starts three fine pitches up the wall.   It seems many now skip the one move slab crux on the second pitch in favor of a little more chimney. The last pitch ends on a flat dining room size piece of granite where I always wanted to arrange to have dinner waiting but never did.

Lovin arms?

Yes that is the one Deven 

I’d much rather jam in a granite crack then a limestone crack.

Clue: Catholics can’t get enough of this basalt crack.

Trinity at Ozone is correct all you vinnie.

Deven Lewis wrote:

I’d much rather jam in a granite crack then a limestone crack.

Clue: Catholics can’t get enough of this basalt crack.

Is it at Ozone? If so I believe it’s Trinity crack.

Wrestle and grunt your way up featureless super slick granite in this 5.8+ chimney crux pitch!

Aries? I found I liked right side in, you?

Garrett Genereux wrote:

Aries? I found I liked right side in, you?

I found myself slipping out of it over and over in front of a another party at the belay;) You’re next Garrett!

This moderate multipitch takes you to the top of the highest (elevation-wise) point reachable via technical climbing in the area. 

Garret, that’s a pretty vague clue and a lot of climbs could fit the bill depending how you define area! Is the point only reachable via technical climbing?

Northeast Butt of Goode? 

Thank you for pointing that out, the way it is written is pretty ridiculous. 

This route has a type of animal in its name that does not fit with the theme of the name of the formation it is on nor the formations of this sector. 

There is a 4th class "route" on the formation but it is more commonly the descent. What I meant by that part is that there are other summits nearby that are just hikes to the top. 

Birds in a Rut?

That’s it, take it away Ignatius!

Oops! Never having climbed in Oregon, nor indeed having ever heard of The Marsupials, that was a bit of idle detective work. As I've only done five routes in PNW - the most recent being in 1982 - and can barely recall any useful details I should probably just apologize and ask Garrett to post again. But I'll try a semi-cryptic one:

"One should maintain a low profile if climbing this single-pitch left-facing dihedral, the result of a mix-up after removing a thousand dollars from a bookcase."  

Edit. If it helps, the first half is entirely factual; the second half is the cryptic clue to the route name.

Edit #2. Hmm - now two days in; perhaps a hint would be timely. MP defines the PNW as comprising four separate and precise regions; ie three states and one province. The route in question is clearly in one of these and its name, coincidentally, happens to rhyme with a symbolic animal of one of the other three regions. I hope this isn't 'too much information'.

It's very quiet out there! If somebody says "I earned 80K last year", what do they mean? 

Oh dear! The route name has seven letters. So has the rock type - an anagram of 'tearing'.

OKAY!

Caboose!!!! 5.10b (squamish)

1. L facing dihedral

2. rock type "granite" anagram with "tearing"

3. Rhymes with MOOSE the official animal of  Alaska

4. 7 letters

*** all other clues seem nonsensical***

This set of clues have been equally intriguing and confusing.

In addition to Dan's points above (though I bristle at the idea the moose rhymes with caboose; strictly speaking, it does not), the "low profile" bit in the original clue could allude to the fact that Caboose is closed due to access issues. But the bookcase, 80K earnings, and 'too much information' hints I can't connect at all to "Caboose". But for the sake of moving on, I hope Dan's right!

Bingo! Dan's correct, of course, and thank goodness; I was beginning to think that this thread might outlive me. [Not impossible; I'm getting really creaky.]

The clue is very basic at UK broadsheet [Times, Guardian, Telegraph etc] cryptic crossword level. It's occurred to me, though, that crossword puzzles in the daily and weekend newspapers might not occupy the same place in the American psyche as they do this side of the North Atlantic - which would put you at a disadvantage here. When I see a term like 'mix-up' in a cryptic clue - or anything similar like 'confused, disordered, re-organized, crazy, in a state of flux, scrambled, etc' - I see a big red sign with ANAGRAM written on it. The tearing/granite clue was a retrospective hint that you might want to look for an anagram in the original clue.

So here we go: "the result of a mix-up after removing a thousand dollars from a bookcase." As I suggested here, and I assume that the terminology isn't just a British thing, <I earned 80K last year> implies that 80K is a common abbreviation for 80 thousand dollars; so, to turn it round, "thousand dollars" = K. So you need to remove 'K' from something - possibly a word in the clue with a K in it, or a k. Hah; bookcase. Remove the k; boocase. Mix the letters up; caboose.

Yes - the 'low profile' bit referred to the restricted/banned access

I actually find cryptic clues quite fun, and can't promise that - given the chance - I won't try another one. This could be a whole new MP thread!

Over to you, Dan - and well done!