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Jan 9, 2025
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This isn't quite right. This is the line of "The Creation", the original 5.11 line. It has nice climbing, b…
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Dec 14, 2024
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The behavior exhibited by a few climbers, following (and during) the ascent of Wings of Steel is a dark, th…
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Apr 16, 2024
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Actually, I was living in the Dacs at the time, though only for about a year. Did that make me a local anyw…
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Feb 16, 2024
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I can see by the name given to the direct start to this route that there is a misunderstanding regarding it…
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Feb 16, 2024
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One of the most ubiquitous personalities to frequent Ragged Mt. throughout much of the 70's was a golden re…
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Dec 23, 2023
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The spring of 1977 was the not a great weather year in the Valley. Doug Madara and I arrived in the Valley…
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Apr 12, 2023
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Back in the early 70's, as teenagers Kim Smith and I did this route together, a climb possessing for us dar…
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Apr 9, 2023
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One of the great moderate adventures to be had at Cathedral Ledge is aid soloing the Prow. When I did it, i…
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Mar 15, 2023
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Just to highlight an interesting fact about this route; Clint Cummins gives the FA history above. As he poi…
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Nov 13, 2022
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My bad I guess. The photo looked like I remembered it. Since "Beat the Clock" is one of the very best route…
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Nov 13, 2022
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Sorry if I got that wrong, Al. I was remembering your first guide, the little pink booklet, not the newer o…
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Nov 12, 2022
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Ok, I upped it to 12b (for now). I confess, it's what I always thought anyway.
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Nov 12, 2022
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"Creation Science" was my name. It was intended to mock what was later to become known as "Intelligent Desi…
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Mar 31, 2022
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Alright Paul, I'll get right on it. Only problem is; these days I'd be more likely to wear a girdle than to…
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Mar 29, 2022
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One of the most defining attributes of climbing on this portion of Cathedral Ledge is that many of the rout…
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Mar 29, 2022
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I created the list, and sent it to Sam. The reason I didn't post it here was because it was too long. As I…
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Mar 28, 2022
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Ok Sam. I'll put together a list (best as I can remember) and send it to your email address. Nobody, far as…
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Mar 19, 2022
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Sorry Paul. I didn't word that very clearly. I didn't mean to imply the climbing was of poor quality, far f…
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Mar 18, 2022
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Kim Smith and I did a fairly early repeat of this grand tour of Cannon. I'd never heard of anyone else doin…
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Mar 14, 2022
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Does anyone ever do this route? I found this to be very difficult. The FA took me many tries, even though i…
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Jan 29, 2022
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Sometimes the most embarrassing things that happen to you make the best stories. Some of you may have heard…
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Jan 28, 2022
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Back in the mid 70's I was leading a beginner up this delightful route, when I saw the most unlikely thing.…
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Jan 28, 2022
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Back in the mid 70's Kim Smith and I had an incredible adventure on this most unlikely of places. We decide…
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Jan 23, 2022
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I think I used to call it 12b, but for some reason Al Rubin down-graded all my Rose Ledge routes in his fir…
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Jan 12, 2022
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Perhaps you're right Mike. It was a long time ago. Mike Morin's comment got me to thinking. Perhaps I tol…
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Jan 11, 2022
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It's easy to exaggerate cliff heights. One early guide listed the height of Cathedral Ledge as 600'. One da…
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Jan 11, 2022
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Paul Ross mentioned in his photo caption that I nearly feinted from the heat during the first FA attempt, a…
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Jan 11, 2022
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I belayed Casey on the FA of this route. It was an extremely cold Winter's day, and I froze my butt off dow…
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Jan 11, 2022
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Thor's Hammer was originally aided by Sam Streibert and John Dowd back in 1964. What an unlikely choice for…
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Jan 10, 2022
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Back in the mid 70's it became a fad for a while to do as many routes as possible in a day. It started when…
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Jan 10, 2022
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If I had to pick one single climb in Connecticut and name it my favorite route, this just might be the one.…
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Jan 10, 2022
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Thanks for the support, Bryce. I'm pretty sure it's the arete though. I remember doing this (many years ago…
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Jan 9, 2022
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I'm confused. Isn't this Ward Smith's route "Beat the Clock"? If so, it's 5.12b (or at least used to be) an…
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Jan 8, 2022
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How did we miss this great looking line back in the '80s and '90s?
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Jan 8, 2022
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This is not the original route name. After submitting this old route to Mountain Project earlier in January…
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Jan 4, 2022
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FA- Bruce Dicks, Greg Newth, February 1976 For a short while this desperate little climb was "The" Connec…
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