Martin Cash - Jan 6, 2005 7:07 pm - Voted 10/10
Wicked rock!That is the most bizarre stuff I've ever seen! Can you tie of hunks with runners?
Klenke - Jan 6, 2005 7:20 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wicked rock!Kind of reminds me of the friction pitch on The Grand's Upper Exum Ridge.
rpc - Jan 7, 2005 12:27 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wicked rock!Yeah, it's pretty wild-textured granite. The "plates" are not positive enough to be tied off on this pitch but on lower pitches they are and in fact pro on many sections consists of grith hitching these "chickenheads" (I'll post an example shot later).
thanks for stopping by Martin.
rpc - Jan 7, 2005 12:28 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wicked rock!Alright Paul,
now you're just making me drool missing dry rock in the alpine world!!
word.
Klenke - Jan 7, 2005 5:42 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Wicked rock!Not the greatest shot of it, but found this online. It's longer than this shot intimates: Exum friction pitch. It's about a full rope-length, I think, depending on where the second sets his/her belay anchor.
jtschanz - Jan 26, 2005 4:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Just saw this one ...Great pictures - looks like a fun pitch! Kind of like the granite domes of the Sierras, but with weird textured rock. Great trip report, too, by the way!
rpc - Jan 26, 2005 6:41 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Just saw this one ...THank you very much Jim. Definitely pretty unique granite - think "plates" glued onto faces. Kind of weird. See a small bit of it maybe in City of Rocks but haven't seen it elsewhere.
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