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How was figures on a landscape in JT?

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Cesar Cardenas · · San Diego, CA · Joined Dec 2016 · Points: 30

How was your onsight on figures on a landscape? I hear its great, I'm think i'm ready for the first burn, and I'm curious to hear from others who have done it since I haven't met someone who has personally. Pretty stoked, so share whatever you'd like to share about it. I look forward to reading your replies. Thanks!

Heyzeus · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2021 · Points: 0

Hard. Failed. Cold. 

Couldn't make it past the first anchor/double bolts/whathaveyou to the real first anchor. Took some good swings. Not sure it's still set up this way. Followed the first pitch years later. Still hard and not much easier on the follow. Second pitch was casual.

MattB · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2009 · Points: 55

Mine was good. Got a few pics. I climbed directly up the face between the two big belay bulges, skipping the left most couple bolts on pitch one for some reason (so my follower wouldn't have the sketchy traverse hazard). Great route.

Randy · · Lassitude 33 · Joined Jan 2002 · Points: 1,285

If you are not reasonably sure you can lead it on-sight, probably better wait. One does not take a "burn" on a route like this - it is not a sport climb. 

Think of Yoda. "Do or do not. There is no try."

Cesar Cardenas · · San Diego, CA · Joined Dec 2016 · Points: 30
Randywrote:

If you are not reasonably sure you can lead it on-sight, probably better wait. One does not take a "burn" on a route like this - it is not a sport climb. 

Think of Yoda. "Do or do not. There is no try."

I probably used the wrong verbage— I can’t keep up with you kids, but this is within my Josh onsight grade! Thank you for the friendly concern and advice. How was your experience on this route? 

Randy · · Lassitude 33 · Joined Jan 2002 · Points: 1,285
Cesar Cardenaswrote:

I probably used the wrong verbage— I can’t keep up with you kids, but this is within my Josh onsight grade! Thank you for the friendly concern and advice. How was your experience on this route? 

I've lead it many times over the years. My experiences have run the gambit from exciting to fairly casual.

Allen Sanderson · · On the road to perdition · Joined Jul 2007 · Points: 1,100
Randywrote:

I've lead it many times over the years. My experiences have run the gambit from exciting to fairly casual.

Randy, do tell us about the first time you lead it. I am sure it was fairly casual  :-). I recall a few exciting moves.

Heyzeus · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2021 · Points: 0
Cesar Cardenaswrote:

I probably used the wrong verbage— I can’t keep up with you kids, but this is within my Josh onsight grade! Thank you for the friendly concern and advice. How was your experience on this route? 

Is 10d within your onsite grade? Cause that's what it is, even though no one will say that......I'm not even saying that.......forget I said anything, it's 10b, maybe even 10a on a good day.......pay no attention to the man behind the curtain 

CF Burnstein · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2009 · Points: 10

One the most memorable lines I've ever climbed. 

A few spots where falling is not an option as I recall. 

I managed to float on through on my first try. 

Slow and thoughtful was my approach. 

Tyler Stockdale · · Joshua Tree · Joined Oct 2017 · Points: 643
Cesar Cardenaswrote:

I probably used the wrong verbage— I can’t keep up with you kids, but this is within my Josh onsight grade! Thank you for the friendly concern and advice. How was your experience on this route? 

This is so funny to me for obvious reasons.

B Donovan · · Boulder, CO · Joined Sep 2019 · Points: 0

You got this, Cesar!

Let us know how it goes.

Derek Zember · · New Jersey · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 70

I don’t think this is a bad one to onsight. The only must is getting to the first bolt, which isn’t really difficult, just heady and max consequences. All the bolts are at tremendously good stances, so you can find ample rests to figure out the next sequence. The crux for me was the final moves to the bird shit covered belay ledge, sure a pendulum if you screw it up, but it’s into space for the fall. The movement is so aesthetically amazing and memorable, a must do.

And Randy, it’s more like:

“I never try anything. I just do it. Wanna try me?”

Kellen Miller · · Fullerton, CA · Joined Jun 2017 · Points: 15

I got all spooked when led the first pitch and then when I followed on the first pitch with some else. I felt spooked a bit   So I over gripped. But did not hang
I heard some other guy say. Yeah it’s spicy! For me it was 

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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