cracked Posted April 20, 2003 Posted April 20, 2003 I saw in Smoot's book that there are some hard juggy routes at the "cave". Anybody done them? What are they like? Quote
Jens Posted April 20, 2003 Posted April 20, 2003 The routes are fun to monkey around on. The cave tends to seep some water in the spring but a least a couple routes should be climbable. It would be a really cool dry tool area but we don't do that. Not to offend anyone but...... PS. Don't let anybody put you down for climbing at 38. Sure it's choss but the area has a couple of routes that 99.9% of the people that post on this site can't do.- And if you are looking for an after work pump, traffic getting to index sux bad. Time for one route at index vs. nine at exit 38 after work. Easy choice for me. Quote
chucK Posted April 20, 2003 Posted April 20, 2003 So how come I don't see any of you bozo's (errr...people who actually go climbing) posting about going to climb at Exit 32 (Little Si)? Did that place get closed down or something? Quote
Jens Posted April 20, 2003 Posted April 20, 2003 chucK said: So how come I don't see any of you bozo's (errr...people who actually go climbing) posting about going to climb at Exit 32 (Little Si)? Did that place get closed down or something? I like exit 38 because I get scared at areas that actually have more moves than bolts. Quote
slothrop Posted April 20, 2003 Posted April 20, 2003 Giant is a fun one for sure, and easy for the grade. Bring a 1-inch cam to protect the first move into the crack, or don't if you climb at Smith all the time and are accustomed to distant first bolts. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted April 21, 2003 Posted April 21, 2003 Sloth's comment about the optional cam is a good one. If you are referring to the "Actual Cave" I would say only a couple of the routes there are worth doing. I say that not having done any of the .13s. The route on the far left (100% Beef) is juggy but short and not really in the cave. Come to think of it it is a bit of a stretch to call it a cave at all. The route just to the right of Beef (Bikini Girls) is a good route. Short crux but fun climbing. The next two are actually in the cave and I haven't even tried them but they didn't look juggy to me. The route to the right of those two routes is a fun crack that joins Mr. Big. I did this route in the middle of winter, so it must not get too wet. Mr. Big starts to the right of the cave and traverses left across the cave's top. Definately juggy climbing until the end. If you mean the Cave at North Fork, my advice would be not to waste your time going there. PP Quote
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