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#20788 - 05/25/06 07:46 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: Smike]
RangerRob Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/06/00 Posts: 3730 Loc: Ulster County, NY	Badfinger is sooo not a great route. Who would love that greasy smeary starting corner??? RR
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#20789 - 05/25/06 07:48 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: RangerRob]
brianlax newbie Registered: 03/24/06 Posts: 31	And so not hard if you get the no hands rest, dangling heel hook....
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#20790 - 05/25/06 08:34 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: talus]
edpav stranger Registered: 02/09/06 Posts: 22 Loc: Mass	Yes talus, Badfinger I'm so far out of the itmes I hoped it was obscure, being a post 198x route.
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#20791 - 05/25/06 08:37 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: fallenglass]
rg@ofmc Pooh-Bah Registered: 12/25/99 Posts: 2412 Loc: Poughkeepsie, NY	Fallenglass: "This one looks like wolf's head at cirque of the towers Bingo. Barbara Thatcher climbing. This particular pitch is, apparently, a variation that takes the opposite side of the ridge from the "regular" route. We didn't bother with a guidebook since...well its a ridge after all.
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#20792 - 05/25/06 09:05 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: drkodos]
yorick old hand Registered: 11/15/02 Posts: 1035 Loc: hamlet's hand	Quote: Is there still fixed gear at the crux making it a spurt route? Four years back there was one ugly runner tied-off to something deep in the alcove. Someone bolted something up the face around the corner from the dihedral, which, if one were unsporting one could reach around and clip, but why bother...the crack eats gear. _________________________ Shongum ain't Indian, it's Sha-WAN-gunk.
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#20793 - 05/25/06 09:19 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: edpav]
GOclimb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/26/01 Posts: 2345 Loc: Boston	Quote: GOclimb Steep Face, thin crack, hemlock leaves in foreground, railing on top of Prow in background - all adds up to Airation that photo Correct! Short but excellent 5.11a finger crack on Cathedral Ledges in NH. GO
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#20794 - 05/25/06 10:56 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: GOclimb]
drkodos addict Registered: 05/02/04 Posts: 674 Loc: Chattanooga, TN	An Easy One: _________________________
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#20795 - 05/25/06 11:00 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: RangerRob]
Smike Carpal Tunnel Registered: 05/01/01 Posts: 3143 Loc: in your backyard	Quote: Badfinger is sooo not a great route. Who would love that greasy smeary starting corner??? But me of course.
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#20796 - 05/25/06 11:01 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: Smike]
drkodos addict Registered: 05/02/04 Posts: 674 Loc: Chattanooga, TN	Quote: Quote: Badfinger is sooo not a great route. Who would love that greasy smeary starting corner??? But me of course. Count me in on that fun. Good route. _________________________
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#20797 - 05/25/06 11:15 PM Re: Guess the route [Re: drkodos]
Smike Carpal Tunnel Registered: 05/01/01 Posts: 3143 Loc: in your backyard	Amazing scientific fact that the the grass and lichen on a route is directly proportional to the number of people waiting in line for it on a Saturday. My motto has been their is never a need to wait in line for a climb. (something is ALWAYS open) That something that one fine day was BF Anyone ever try Nemesis? Anther hidden gem covered in grass....
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