thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 anybody got any recommendations? i've got several that i've done but it gets boring doing the same ones over and over. i prefer routes i can walk off, but i'll definitely consider ones i can drag a rope up to rap off as well. Quote
whirlwind Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 dedra just fly by all the newbies it'll freak the shit out of em, oh and u can go for the 2nd nude assent, but let me know so i can take pics Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 i don't do acid anymore ... but if you'd bring some shrooms with you when you come up next week, i'll trade you for some heine's. Quote
lummox Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 you break something falling while freesoloing during the first days for your long roadtrip you gonna look like an asshole. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 lummox said: you break something falling while freesoloing during the first days for your long roadtrip you gonna look like an asshole. Â thanks for your concern. i hadn't thought about that. i'm not out to kill myself or freak people out; i just find freesoloing a very fun and empowering activity. and i'm pretty picky about what i get on ... Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 erik said: freeway or nothern lights. Â do i look like peter croft? Quote
erik Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 i dunno what he looks like. so maybe? and you asked for suggestions. then there is the wall of attrition. only a few hard moves. Â Â Quote
chucK Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 During our family trip to Squamish on the Fourth weekend, I couldn't stand being so close to the candy but not eat, so a couple of mornings I got up early as hell (< 5am) and skeedaddled out to the crags to do a couple hours of climbing before the rugratz woke up (don't worry, my wife was there with them). Â Anyway, one day I headed out to the Smoke Bluffs, and had fun exploring/soloing stuff. I know you're not supposed to go out there early in the morning out of deference to the homeowners right nearby, but I figured since I was alone and being quiet it would be OK. Also, I tried to stay mostly away from the houses. Â Anway, it was a good time. Pretty weird to take a tour of the Smoke Bluffs and see NOONE! Â Introduced myself to Octopus's Garden. That place is cool (though I couldn't push myself to solo up over the bulges, I had fun climbing halfway up and down a bunch of those splitters). I was saddened to hear that that place is usually toprope hell (f**kn topropers ). Â Cat Crack was cool and there's this excellent finger crack on the far right edge of the far right side of Neat And Cool. It's only about 8m high, so you're only in bad fall zone about half the climb, and all the jams are lockers. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 chuck, next time you're scurrying about early in the am and being all illegal and stuff, check out the alexis cracks on the alexis crag. it's "closed" and obviously hadn't been climbed in awhile when i got on it, but it's a supersweet fun solo route. Quote
jdog Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 go bouldering, it is much better for your health. plus you can put that super giant crash pad to use. Quote
chucK Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 I woulda gone there, but in the picture it looked like it was basically right in someone's backyard. Quote
fern Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 dunno ... maybe if you have to ask you shouldn't be doing it?  without being to wishywashy my experience had always been the climbs telling ME that it's ok for me to solo them, rather than the other way.  the guidebook makes it pretty clear relatively how hard climbs are and how to approach and descent ... although it also contains misleading errors and inconsistencies.  maybe this thread has a more subtle motive though anyways ... dunno  have fun Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 One time I was at Squire Rock or whatever they call that darn thing in tacoma area. Anyway this dude proclaimed he was a freesoloist even though I didnt ask. Shortly afterwards I watched him deck out into the pebbles. He left right away with a limp. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 chucK said: I woulda gone there, but in the picture it looked like it was basically right in someone's backyard. Â you can cut left on a ledge and scramble down before getting to the backyard. i didn't want to be a bastard about it, and i was quiet and discreet. Quote
iain Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 fern said: dunno ... maybe if you have to ask you shouldn't be doing it? were you responding to me or tlg? If me, the answer is, I'm not. Quote
thelawgoddess Posted July 30, 2003 Author Posted July 30, 2003 fern said: dunno ... maybe if you have to ask you shouldn't be doing it? Â i'm not asking if i *should* be doing it. i already do it. i'm asking if anybody has any routes to recommend. i can read and look around and talk to the rocks. that's all good. i have some favorites that i'd be happy to share with others if they ask; i'm just asking for some other people's favorites. i'm not going to do them just 'cause they say they're good, but i would like to check them out. that's all. for crying out loud!!! Quote
fern Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 do whatever you like. you're a grown up. I think asking for recommendations is wacky. you have a guide book don't you? like I say have fun Quote
Dru Posted July 30, 2003 Posted July 30, 2003 good easy squamish solos  banana peel calculus crack fern gully crag - up the right side down the left sugarloaf - the whole thing cat crack sphinxter quits up cat crack down corn flakes up wisecrack or burgers & fries - down dusty eyes pixie corner davy jones locker up & down klahanie crack easter island salamander alexis cracks is all good but don't top-out wakey wakey earth trip ferrets folly jug slab - all routes bottom line sunshine chimney south all the routes on ravens castle klahanie crack up & down  Quote
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