colt45 Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Climb: Index Upper Wall-Heaven's Gate Date of Climb: 3/13/2005 Trip Report: This climb is absolutely spectacular! Trip report and photos are here. Gear Notes: 14+ qds, standard rack for lamplighter, 2 60m ropes or 1 70m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 gonna have to try that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Anderson Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 to Beta Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45 Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 who is Beta Dave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhc Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 This picture rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 who is Beta Dave? David Gunstone, I believe. He was a pretty active climber around here, did some route development at Index. He died not too long ago climbing in Squamish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 David Gunstone put up Heaven's Gate. Mike, your gear rec is a bit confusing. Since a single 70m will suffice, I assume two 50's would work wouldn't they? Another cool Index picture from Colt45's webpage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45 Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 Yep, 2 50's would work. So would 2 35's...I just consider 60m to be the 'default' length but I guess a lot of people use 50's to save weight. I didn't realize that the FA is the same guy who died on Exasperator. The bolt placements are perfect and incredibly bomber (1/2" stainless, huge chains & 3 bolts at each belay), not to mention the quality of the climbing...he really knew how to establish a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Yep, 2 50's would work. So would 2 35's...I just consider 60m to be the 'default' length but I guess a lot of people use 50's to save weight. I didn't realize that the FA is the same guy who died on Exasperator. The bolt placements are perfect and incredibly bomber (1/2" stainless, huge chains & 3 bolts at each belay), not to mention the quality of the climbing...he really knew how to establish a classic. No kidding - Senseless thoughts of paranoia is pretty cool as well. Anyone know where he got all his chain and bolts and such? His replacement makes Index all that much cooler. And that Chain! That'll be there for a long long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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