TeleRoss Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Well, that's the name we're giving to whatever it was that we climbed on the west buttress of Silverstar yesterday. Apologies, and no offense to OffWhite if what we climbed was indeed your line Stellar Eclipse, we never found the 5.11 bolted face at the bottom, or really anything else that looked like it matched up with anything on the topo...it seemed that we either climbed parts of that route with some variations, or a completely independent line, but whatever it was, it was filled mostly with trees, kitty litter, large loose blocks, decomposed flakes, and other various forms of choss and general unpleasantness. There were a couple of decent pitches. A long 5.9ish corner about mid height, and a steep finger/hand crack up near the top were the highlights. But I can't say that Eric or myself would recommend this to anyone. from the approach routes anywhere? The view from the top is nice also Quote
Off_White Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 Sorry if I sandbagged you into something distasteful, no offense taken of course. Got any shots from on the route? I don't recollect any tree climbing, but the corner in the middle and a good upper finger crack sound right. Quote
Off_White Posted July 2, 2007 Posted July 2, 2007 This is about what I recollect... Does this look familiar? Quote
TeleRoss Posted July 2, 2007 Author Posted July 2, 2007 Wow...hahahaha...looks like we were way to the right of your line...maybe we met up with your line up near the top, but for the most part we were to the right. That pitch in the pic doesn't look familiar at all. Right on... hope your line was a lot better than the one we took...hahahaa... Quote
lunger Posted July 3, 2007 Posted July 3, 2007 Yeah, there were probably 3 20-meter stretches that were decent climbing. (The info. we had was sketchy and conflicting; not to imply that we'd have hit it right w/ perfect info. anyway.) I drew a decent section of steep fingers (maybe 9/10-) and then fun hands (in hindsight, it gets better in recollection all the time, of course.) The best stretch was probably this last headwall pitch, that Ross led at approx .10+: and the next best pitch, downclimbing the descent gully: Quote
TeleRoss Posted July 3, 2007 Author Posted July 3, 2007 This is probably a decent approximation of the line we took. Quote
DirtyHarry Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Suckas. I've got the secret beta straight from the source, so only I can repeat this route. Nice try though. Quote
Off_White Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Oh good, I feared this TR might dissuade you. Stay on the path and you will climb no kitty litter. Help me Obi One Cajone, you're my only hope. Quote
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