Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
Actually, as information increases, often attitude changes for the better. On many climbing routes, hammering in pitons for protection was the norm, and this...
brian_alleyne 2012-01-10 12:08:56 #67838

Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
"PS: After thinking about it a lot I'm not all that enthusiastic about pack rafting either. I've now read the excellent "Grand Canyoneering" and loved it but...
rich_rudow 2012-01-10 12:05:11 #67837

Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
No Josh, people talk a good line but rather than go home and admit defeat they will use bolts when they deem it is necessary. I was bordering on being...
Bob Marley 2012-01-10 10:51:20 #67836

Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
Bob- Of course the word 'bolt' was a typo right? Replace the word 'bolt' with "excellent natural anchor construction abilities". -Josh --- In...
JoshC 2012-01-10 08:48:22 #67835

Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
Wouldn't that be a 10.28? I think that level is covered under the "and so on . . ." condition. ;>) I kind of like the 10 scale idea. It is based in GC...
Bob Marley 2012-01-10 01:09:38 #67834

Re: Eminence Break - Walter Powell
I scouted a lot of routes off the Indian reservation before I would do them. There were no GPS coordinates so I would take a weekend and use the time to...
Bob Marley 2012-01-10 01:02:46 #67833

Re: Updated list of Redwall routes (ratings systems)
Awesome. I can barely scratch my way up 5.7s anymore, but if it's in the Grand Canyon, I'm flashing 5.14!!!! Yee Haw! Tom --- In...
TomJones 2012-01-10 00:50:25 #67832

Re: Eminence Break - Walter Powell
Indeed! The larger cairn is at the head of the tougher route... and it is the one furthest from the road. Go figure! --- In...
holycross.andrew 2012-01-09 23:08:33 #67831

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