[TR] Index - Rattle Tale 5/6/2007

[olyclimber]

not as awesome as this though

 

[Crillz]

Or this?

[Jopa]

But how about this?

 

[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hk3z3ClbiM

[genepires]

you guys who think crack climbing is better than hot, half naked baristas are gay. I don't even drink coffe and I want a drink now.

[olyclimber]

well i like crack climbing with hot, half naked baristas. i'm drinking some hot naked java right now.

[Crillz]

well i like climbing ON hot, half naked baristas.

[num1mc]

On the way home we stopped at "Best Friends Expresso" on Lake City way. After driving around the block once, we went back for more coffee. Then once more, but we couldn't drink much more coffee so we went home without a date

 

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[markwebster]

A few more photos of RattleTale. This is a stellar route! We did it 7-7-12.

 

Klondike leading pitch 2. This has got to be one of the cleanest hand jam corners anywhere on the west coast. It's slightly overhanging, and trends right. At the top, it gets bigger: #3 blue camalots...just when you are getting pumped.

 

 

Lisa following pitch 2 layback style:

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa leading pitch 3. That chimney variation on the left side looks sick! You'd need a couple valley giants and some big bros.

 

Lisa rapping down. There are nice rap stations that allow you to get off with just one rope in three raps, rap the route.

 

 

I've never seen anyone else up here in two visits. I like this route a lot better than Godzilla. The climbing is more consistent, you can totally sew it up if you need to.

 

 

 

 

 

[genepires]

laybacking second pitch is epic. one tough lady.

[Crillz]

Last year sometime, we were up there chatting with another guy at that leftside squeeze. We figured it would take a bit of work to clean it up (with a push broom likely), and then it would fill up with crap again after winter.

 

I suppose if we cleaned it up it could be good training for Yosemite (Steck Salathe maybe).

[Buckaroo]

I just did the squeeze on top rope, it's a little bigger than the hollow flake on Salathe but just as hard. It would be called old school 5.9 but it's really 5.10

 

Chasing the Lizard is also very fun. Me and EmKay did these climbs on 7-5, and I also did them on 5-13 with James N.

[ryanl]

Nice pictures Mark! I climbed that last year and loved it. We thought about heading there on Saturday but ended up on Breakfast. We were lazy. Would have been fun to run into you guys.

[boadman]

Stepping left off of the other 10 (avenging the goddess kring?) is also really fun, and there's a pretty cool 11+/12- bolted pitch at the top, with really cool granite pockety features.

[markwebster]

Has the chimney ever been led?

 

I've been thinking about leading it. I try not to top rope, so it would be an onsite.

 

I've got big bros and a valley giant, so I could get up it safely...but for it to be climbed regularly, at least one bolt might be in order...seems like a lot of big cracks get a bolt to save people hauling big gear up there?