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PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2010 3:28 pm
by Palisades79
The Minarets belong in that list. The Southeast Face of Clyde Minaret is a superb climb in a fantastic setting and one of the finest California routes discussed in Steve Roper & Allen Steck's "Fifty Classic Climbs of North America ".

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2010 3:50 pm
by The Chief
Palisades79 wrote:The Southeast Face of Clyde Minaret is a superb climb in a fantastic setting and one of the finest California routes discussed in Steve Roper & Allen Steck's "Fifty Classic Climbs of North America ".


Old Skool 5.9 Trad on some pretty shitty and inconsistent rock, is not Class 3-4....Let's not kill the dude now.

PostPosted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:07 pm
by fatdad
The Chief wrote:
Palisades79 wrote:The Southeast Face of Clyde Minaret is a superb climb in a fantastic setting and one of the finest California routes discussed in Steve Roper & Allen Steck's "Fifty Classic Climbs of North America ".


Old Skool 5.9 Trad on some pretty shitty and inconsistent rock, is not Class 3-4....Let's not kill the dude now.


Amen. Done that route. Not appropriate even for the fledging 5.9 climber, let alone someone looking for some tame class 3. Beautiful area though.

PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 1:41 am
by dskoon
Yep, beautiful country in there . . . Climbed Ritter from the saddle/ north side gully way back when I worked for the Forest Service for a couple of summers. Great, what, class 3 route up that gulley.
Hoping to take my son up there this summer, as well as a few other peaks mentioned in this great thread!