Climbing Stoke

[grubbers]

I've heard that's a good route, always passed it by to go do the high peaks.

Edit: Just saw the symmetry spire post ^^^. Great climb with a "small" Teton approach.

The rock on Disappointment is really good. Very little loose stuff when compared with Symmetry Spire. The approach to the Spire isn't bad, it's the descent that seems to just go on forever.

[powdork]

a little climbing trip in the kirkwood area

http://www.powdork.com/2014/climbing-the-walls-at-the-lakes-on-highway-88/

[hutash]

Not my pics, but a few from a recent trip to Rock Creek Canyon and then Bear Creek Spire. Bear Creek Spire is a classic Sierra alpine climb. 7-8 pitches up to 5.8 on super nice white granite with tiny summit.

http://mammothclimbingguides.com/?p=704

[zartagen]

Went on a trip to Penitente Canyon for Labor Day weekend. It's a very unique place.

The canyon used to be inhabited by priests in the late 1800s and they painted the virgin mary on the wall.


This was one of my hardest leads I've done. It was almost purely stemming with the occasional tiny pocket or edge.


Big time calf pump on this route


Cranking on some huecos

[Lamothe]

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]Checking in. Went cragging in revelstoke the other day and lugged out the camera

[zartagen]

Took a trip to WV last week for some whitewater and climbing





This one is on a route called Arachnophobia, I used a nice long stick to clear out the spider webs. I still had to shoo away some spiders up higher.

[powdork]

uggggh! i used to have a fear of heights and a fear of spiders. i have somewhat conquered the fear of heights. the other one notsomuch

[Bromontana]

Favorite from a few weeks back. Camped right next to this crag and the easy route turned out to be a fun pitch, nice free rap off too. CoR, ID

[zion zig zag]

Favorite from a few weeks back. Camped right next to this crag and the easy route turned out to be a fun pitch, nice free rap off too. CoR, ID

Looks like decadent wall on the breadloaves but I can't place the route.

[Bromontana]

Good eye, lower decadent (Asian wall)

[BigDaddy]

uggggh! i used to have a fear of heights and a fear of spiders. i have somewhat conquered the fear of heights. the other one notsomuch

Ha, ha... I once heard of a guy who stuck his hand in a nest of baby rattlesnakes while climbing... I'll take the spiders!

[powdork]

joshua tree?
and baby rattlers are teh cuteness.

[WaistDeepGroomers]

How would climbing mags feel about having a general climbing/hiking/camping/backpacking subforum? Know that's a wide swath of activities, but seems like there's enough people looking to post about each of those activities, but less about each of those activities individually. Been thinking it'd be a good idea, and combine Summits & Hook-ups into one subforum so people don't get confused.

[east or bust]

How would climbing mags feel about having a general climbing/hiking/camping/backpacking subforum? Know that's a wide swath of activities, but seems like there's enough people looking to post about each of those activities, but less about each of those activities individually. Been thinking it'd be a good idea, and combine Summits & Hook-ups into one subforum so people don't get confused.

Yes.5678

[brice618]

It's been a long time from climbing for me. This is from my last major route, a run up Crestone Needle with a couple of guys who'd never done a technical 14'er. Miss it.

Here's my postcard photo of bear creek. Certainly one of the best pieces of granite man can find.



Summit is tiny and beautifully exposed. Gives you that first buzz feeling of air under your ass, first beer / cigarette.