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| gomez13 | Derenger Option  Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2008 | |
| Climbed the three pitch route Deringer to the left of the normal start of The Old Original to add a bit more climbing to the route. 5.5-5.7 depending on your route finding. Great day out with just enough exposure to make it exciting. Will do again for sure! | |
| Posted Apr 12, 2009 12:22 am | ||
| requiem | woo hoo! Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2008 | |
| an exhilarating adventure! the exposure was top-notch and i was happier than a bee in spring to walk the ridge roped up. the guidebook Squishy mentioned is written by Brad Young, who walked up on our camp the day after we did the traverse and pimped his book. i respect his gusto, and he DID produce a good guidebook. | |
| Posted Feb 20, 2008 2:23 am | ||
| squishy | fun stuff Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2008 | |
| This was a blast, I wish the route page described the decent better, we ended up doing the last rap into the caves after dark, it was an awesome adventure... There's a new guide book (2007) which describes the decent very well with new pictures. here's a link to requiem's TR and all the pictures we took: Old Original TR w/gallery | |
| Posted Feb 18, 2008 9:27 pm | ||
| cdog | fun on winter vacation Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2007 | |
| climbed this classic with friends Chad and Dave. We began at first light, and it was actually cold. Probably 25deg at the trailhead. After some hiking and bushwacking (apparently through some leaf-less poison oak), we arrived at the base just as the sun was rising. We spent a few hours on the route. I found it pretty well-protected, especially the 'crux' traverse around the knob. We ended up making more rappels than expected to avoid seemingly treacherous 4th class downclimbing on mossing choss. The last rap put us at the entrance to the balcony caves, a quick trip through led us to the main trail and the truck. Great day out, pretty easy but fun and highly exposed climbing. Anyone would enjoy the walk on the sidewalk in the sky. | |
| Posted Jan 8, 2008 1:45 am | ||
| soslaw | Machete Ridge Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2006 | |
| Climbed with Andre. An eventful long day due to mistaken descent route. | |
| Posted Sep 24, 2007 2:21 pm | ||
| asmrz | Good climbing and a good company Date Climbed: Oct 10, 1976 | |
| Bill Bragg, the wonderful Nick Clinch and I climbed the Machete Ridge in October of 1976. The 1st pitch with the bolt half way up was my first ever lead in the US. We also climbed the Hand, Photographer's Delight and several other climbs who's names escape me. Great place to climb, great company to be in. | |
| Posted Dec 7, 2006 2:29 am | ||
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