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Nov 23, 2024
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Nov 9, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Lower Town Wall
> (D) Narrow Arro…
> Free at Last (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b)
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The two bolt line here is he start of Kunselmans Physics
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Sep 14, 2024
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To other folks comments, the original line ended at the first ledge but I cleaned the upper part and added…
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Aug 10, 2024
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It's possible (and fun) to climb this in one pitch with a 70m if you manage rope drag carefully. I back cle…
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Aug 1, 2024
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OK so now I'm curious. Are Brad Driscol and Brad Discoll (who outnumbered his guests) different people? Tha…
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Jul 28, 2024
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Re gardened P4 today. It is now good to go, but I would recommend bringing gloves if it's been a while to r…
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Jul 19, 2024
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Beta spoiler: If you're leading at your limit, play this song as you start. If you climb quickly enough, it…
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Jul 17, 2024
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Climbed this today with my fiancee. It's really fun and makes a perfect combo for moderate climbers with Pe…
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Jul 16, 2024
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> Bugaboos
> Howser Towers
> S Howser Tower
> Beckey-Chouinard (5.10 6b 20 VII- 19 E2 5b)
"Glaciers and Forest Fire" Starting the raps on a beautiful August evening. Photo credit Evan Ludmer
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A song of ice and fire
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Jul 10, 2024
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There is now a good trail that goes right from the Midnite boulder all the way to the wall, passing by Hall…
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Jul 9, 2024
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Had a great time on this yesterday. Didn't see any bee hives, but there were plenty of bees buzzing around.…
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Jul 8, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Lookout Point Area
> Zappa Wall
> It's a Magical World (5.10d 6b+ 21 VII+ 21 E3 5b)
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There are more bolts than shown here, but you get the general idea. Essentially entirely bolted except for…
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Jul 8, 2024
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The easiest way to reach the anchor/ledge system above is to climb the low angle crack of Turtle's Bong Rip…
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Jun 25, 2024
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A highly underrated climb. I found the crux pitch to be well bolted and not as hard as I was expecting for…
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Jun 17, 2024
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Glad you enjoyed the route! It's one of my favorites and is very special to a dear friend of mine. The…
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Jun 16, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Cheeks
> (1) Upper Cheeks
> (c) The Beach
> A Wisdom that is Woe (5.13 8a 29 X- 30 E7 6c)
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The French blow is so vastly underutilized in modern climbing. Does it make you climb harder? Almost certai…
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Jun 15, 2024
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The start of the Goblin is marked by a goblin head that Mike made. Please don't forget to pay your respects…
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Jun 13, 2024
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The roof crack felt like the crux to me by far. The offwidth above was a lot more pleasant than I was expec…
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Jun 1, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Index
> Lookout Point Area
> Rattletale Wall
> Rattletale (5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b)
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I think I might have asked him to pose for the photo ha
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May 23, 2024
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This climb is awesome. The only downside was a couple hollow sounding flakes at the start a d a loose looki…
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May 19, 2024
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The Kalman guidebook got the route overlay (and the star rating imho) for this route wrong. I added a topo…
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May 5, 2024
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Someone needs to go finish the first two pitches!!
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May 5, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Upper Town Wall
> (f) Central Wal…
> Madsen's Ledge
> Chum Bucket (5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b)
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It is! It's actually not bad though. There are like two moves from here to the anchor though and they're no…
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Apr 21, 2024
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Apr 20, 2024
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This is a great route that deserves more traffic. More than clean enough to climb, but a brief scrub would…
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Feb 3, 2024
Central-W Casca…
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> Lower Lump Area
> (b) Beetle Bail…
> Tommy Dutra Memorial… (5.11+ 7a 24 VIII 24 E4 6a)
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I've been asking myself that as well, but I don't think anyone other than Mike could put up a line that wou…
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Jan 9, 2024
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I for one am glad to see the original names kept, but maybe I'm in the minority. Either way, nice work Lucas.
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Dec 28, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Index
> Lookout Point Area
> Rattletale Wall
> Claw (5.11- 6c 22 VIII- 22 E3 5c)
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The most underrated photo on Index mountain project?
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Dec 23, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Upper Town Wall
> (f) Central Wal…
> Madsen's Ledge
> Symptom of the Universe (5.13+ 8b 30 X- 31 E7 7a)
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Mike and I finished the corner in August or so. It's an incredible 5.10 sport pitch. The route to the left…
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Dec 15, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Index
> Upper Town Wall
> (d) Dana's Arch…
> Brett Thompson & Scot… (5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b)
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I rated this five stars entirely for the description
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Dec 13, 2023
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Sorry James C! I should have said: the walk off is straight forward to get down to your car, but you need t…
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Dec 12, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Index
> Lower Town Wall
> (C) Main Wall,…
> Iron Horse (5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a)
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Note that this photo is reversed left-to-right
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Dec 12, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Index
> Lower Town Wall
> (C) Main Wall,…
> Iron Horse (5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a)
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Note that this photo is reversed left to right
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Dec 12, 2023
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According to first ascentionist Doug Leen this was likely the first route ever done on the Lower Town Wall
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Dec 8, 2023
Central-W Casca…
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> Upper Town Wall
> (f) Central Wal…
> Full (or nearly…
> Davis-Holland Route (5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b)
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You can find it at the link below. I was able to make an appointment to view them virtually which was reall…
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Dec 4, 2023
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You know when I first read about the FKP records on here, I'll admit I was skeptical. But with the recent r…
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