Whale Dome

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Whale Dome as seen from the standard approach trail. Can you see the whale - complete with green lips and an eye slit? Three climbers spread out on pitch 3 of Moby Dick can be seen along a "seam" near center of photo. Photo taken January 1, 2005.

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M and N Denyer

Very nice looking formation and route

Hasn't voted

Nice job once again Radek. Looks like a fun route.--Natasha

Posted Jan 5, 2005 7:16 pm


	rpc	Re: Very nice looking formation and route
	Hasn't voted	THank you Natasha. The route we did (Moby Dick) was pretty fun but soft for a 5.8.....kind of an enjoyable, stress-free day :)
		Posted Jan 5, 2005 7:55 pm


	Martin Cash	Re: Very nice looking formation and route
	Voted 10/10	That's interesting. That first link you provided said it was not recommended for new 5.8 trad leaders. Must be those Southern Arizona climbers are softies. :-) Nice photo!
		Posted Jan 6, 2005 11:56 am


	rpc	Re: Very nice looking formation and route
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Martin. I think there's very little 5.8 terrain on this route - in fact most of it is 5.6-5.7.....but, I guess a leader should be solid on .7 since the route probably deserves a rating of PG or even PG13. I was going to put in the comment in the route description that the route is casual for a 5.8 leader and a fun adventure for a solid .7 leader.
		Posted Jan 6, 2005 12:16 pm

Dragger

Moby needs a fashion consultant!

Hasn't voted

Green just isn't his lip color at all! I picture him in more of a "pink bamboo" shade.

Just kidding. Very nice work, as usual.

Posted Jan 5, 2005 8:13 pm


	rpc	Re: Moby needs a fashion consultant!
	Hasn't voted	THank you very much....I guess lime green is in in s. Arizona :)
		Posted Jan 6, 2005 12:12 pm

Dean

Looks more like a seal....

Voted 10/10

.....than a whale. Regardless, a neat series of pics. You guys are having way too much fun.

Posted Jan 6, 2005 2:21 pm


	rpc	Re: Looks more like a seal....
	Hasn't voted	THanks Dean. I guess the major cost of partying in the sun is the masochistic hours we spent in the car driving :)
		Posted Jan 7, 2005 12:25 pm