Virgin Wool

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Shirley nearing the top of the looong Ewetopian Crack on pitch 3 of Virgin Wool. Finger locks on an aid pitch are cheating!! This is also the first place that the crack widens sufficiently for that sort of thing anyway - most of it is thinner. Photo taken Apr. 22, 2007.

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Martin Cash

Sweet!

Voted 10/10

Looks like an awesome line. Pretty asthetic looking thin crack there. Nice exposure shot.

Posted Apr 25, 2007 5:50 pm


	rpc	Re: Sweet!
	Hasn't voted	Thank you very much Martin! Yeah, looking back I do think it's a beautiful crack though while up there, I was thinking "when is this f...er going to end?!" :)
		Posted Apr 25, 2007 5:55 pm


	rpc	Re: So..
	Hasn't voted	THank you very much. Yeah, I was hoping this would not blow under my weight :)
		Posted Apr 25, 2007 9:40 pm

RayMondo

All seems impossible to me !

Voted 10/10

Years ago, even if I'd ever had occassion to look up at such walls, I would have thought, unclimbable.

What humans can do, never ceases to amaze me.

Posted Jan 1, 2012 6:07 pm


	rpc	Re: All seems impossible to me !
	Hasn't voted	Ray, thanks but you do realize we aided this right? :) Nothing superhuman here - place gear, pull on gear...repeat :) cheers.
		Posted Jan 3, 2012 1:36 pm


	RayMondo	Re: All seems impossible to me !
	Voted 10/10	I realised there would quite a bit of aid, but some of it's derived from those micro space-age wedges. And, heck, I just tried to haul myself up to check the garage roof. Gees, I feel like a pune. Not that I wouldn't mind getting the form back. And this rock looks so clean and technical. I'd love to apply my engineering skills to that. Plus, I really love the desert terrain, along with gorgeous colours. Anyways, this year I'm going for a couple of objectives and taking no prisoners.
		Posted Jan 3, 2012 4:20 pm


	rpc	Re: All seems impossible to me !
	Hasn't voted	Ray, it sure is fun stuff that rock around Moab. This Arches National Park stuff is not the greatest for free climbing (for gumbies like us) but it sure is fun for putting those engineering skills to use (aid/adventure outings). Other stuff around Moab does have great rock & superb free climbing...should be on your list & if you're ever out this way, shoot me an email.
		Posted Jan 3, 2012 4:33 pm