Comments on: Top Shelf http://climbinghouse.com/2010/01/top-shelf.html Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:43:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: kris http://climbinghouse.com/2010/01/top-shelf.html/comment-page-1#comment-704 kris Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:05:01 +0000 http://deznutzinyoface.com/?p=690#comment-704 Sounds exciting. All the better you had an A+ belay. Sounds exciting. All the better you had an A+ belay.

]]> By: Adam http://climbinghouse.com/2010/01/top-shelf.html/comment-page-1#comment-703 Adam Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:33:48 +0000 http://deznutzinyoface.com/?p=690#comment-703 Nice post, Eli. That picture of Emily is fantastic. <br /><br />Kris, that route was strange all around. It got three stars in the guidebook and was rated .12b. The first boult could be clipped casually and the second was high and right. Straight up was just a blank face with some lichen. There was no chalk on this thing and probably for good reason. I saw no way to get to the second clip without heading left and using that flake, then reaching right for the bolt now waist high. The top of the line was very difficult and thin and I was lucky to piece the moves together after several attempts so I didn't have to bail. Nice post, Eli. That picture of Emily is fantastic.

Kris, that route was strange all around. It got three stars in the guidebook and was rated .12b. The first boult could be clipped casually and the second was high and right. Straight up was just a blank face with some lichen. There was no chalk on this thing and probably for good reason. I saw no way to get to the second clip without heading left and using that flake, then reaching right for the bolt now waist high. The top of the line was very difficult and thin and I was lucky to piece the moves together after several attempts so I didn't have to bail.

]]> By: Eli Powell http://climbinghouse.com/2010/01/top-shelf.html/comment-page-1#comment-702 Eli Powell Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:27:55 +0000 http://deznutzinyoface.com/?p=690#comment-702 It was an ATC. It was an ATC.

]]> By: kris http://climbinghouse.com/2010/01/top-shelf.html/comment-page-1#comment-701 kris Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:19:20 +0000 http://deznutzinyoface.com/?p=690#comment-701 Wow, that hold break incident sure came out about as ideal as possible. Great catch, soft landing, no one hit by rock, etc... almost casual. Just curious, does anyone know what type of belay device she was using? Wow, that hold break incident sure came out about as ideal as possible. Great catch, soft landing, no one hit by rock, etc… almost casual. Just curious, does anyone know what type of belay device she was using?

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