TrogdortheBurninator Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 the line at lovers leap is pretty cool Quote
Alpinfox Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 the line at lovers leap is pretty cool Looks good! Quote
Cairns Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 That guy is extremely cool. Still wondering about how many climbers in 1000 or 1000000 would be "cool". Quote
G-spotter Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 The question "Who Is G.A." is a great climber's trivia stumper. Quote
Dane Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 I understand where you are coming from, John: standards are going up all the time and something that was cutting edge 25 years ago no longer raises an eybrow. Slipstream is certainly not "extreme." I undertsand it is the internet and all but would think it really hard to suggest a "moderate" until you have actually got up the route Re: Slipstream? No one including the 1st ascent party ever thought Slipstream to be cutting edge or extreme, even in 1979. They took 3 days to get up and off the climb in Dec '79. Couple of NW punters did the second ascent in Jan of '81. With a 8:45 climbing time and way less than 24 hrs car to car while coming down the Athabasca in a white out. Lauchlan called it "classy". Anyone who has seen it will admit to it being a classic. No one who has ever been on the climb would doubt just how dangerious it can be. Moderates? Cascade-Yosemite Rock: Catapault/Winter Soltice Gonzilla/ Sloe Children Nut Cracker Central Pillar of Frenzy Serenty Crack- Sons Rockies waterfalls: Cascade Sniveling Takakakaw Rockies Alpine climbs: NW Ridge of Sir Donald East Ridge of Edith Cavell East Ridge of Temple Quote
Cairns Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Blouberg, South Africa another vote for Blouberg Quote
Blake Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Several of those climbs that Blake did in New Zealand a couple years ago looked like serious contenders for worldwide classics. What was that one super long mellow alpine ice thing? You may be thinking of the SW ridge of Aspiring. I think its considered a more difficult route than Liberty Ridge (for a local comparison) and wasn't a moderate day in my mind, but with a nothing harder than WI3 (in condition) it's not technically very difficult. Quote
RuMR Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 As the cutting edge/edge of the envelope gets pushed further and further to me what is "moderate" becomes harder and harder... I call bullshit. "moderate" has little to do with what the world's best athletes are doing. "moderate" has to do with what a majority of the athletes are doing. A synonym of "moderate" is "average". The world's best marathon runners can finish in a little over 2 hours. By your definition, a "moderate" finishing time would be around 3 hours. After all, 3 to 3.5 hours is achievable if you train. In truth, less than 10% of marathon runners finish in less than 3.5 hours. The average is 4.5 hours to finish. Sorry, I had to bring some logic into the discussion. Using slipstream as an example the majority of the climbing world doesnt find WI4+ hard... just all the NW punters 5.13 doesnt make the mags anymore because more of the population is climbing it... as standards rise so does (or should) the ability level of the "next generation" just out of curiousity, how many "moderate" 5.13's have you sent, john? Quote
counterfeitfake Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Everyone knows calling 11b/c "moderate" is silly. Even Layton. He's trolling. Post your moderates anyway. Quote
nkane Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 5 Gallon Buckets Super Slab Spiderman Rumney: Lies and Propaganda 5.9 War and Peace 5.9 Waimea 5.10c Rose Garden 5.7 Red Rocks: Great Red book 5.8 Quote
RuMR Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Burning Calves Roy's Lament Can I do It until I need Glasses Snake Dike CPF was fun Quote
RuMR Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 forgot Fantasy Crack...favorite 2 pitch 5.8 for me... Quote
mattp Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Petzoldt Ridge is spectacular, and a good alternative to the Direct Exum. Quote
Choada_Boy Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Flight of the Fledglings. Someone took the hanger off of the second bolt on pitch two, for extra spice! So far, my ambiance Favs: NEB Sleese NEB Johhanaessbergsssssssssssss W Ridge Forbidden Central Couloir, Joffre Me thinks I'm forgetting some, but really anything with a good partner, I don't really care what it is. Quote
jordop Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 can't remember the name but the line jordan peters, steve h and I did on I 3 or somethin in the Wad range was f'n spectacular and moderate at 5.10 contrivometered... hopefully jordan or steve will chime in and post a few pics sometime or more specifics as the the southern cali sun and rock has dulled my memory. Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows: Twas very fun, WADDn't it? Quote
marc_leclerc Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 that looks sick.. where in the Wadd range is it? Im going there this summer and want to find some moderate climbing with as little glacier travel as possible Quote
jordop Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Good granite within a small area in both the upper Tellot and Cataract glaciers. The Isolation peaks in the photos above have fewer climbs than the upper Tellot - see Don's guide. Quote
layton Posted April 29, 2008 Author Posted April 29, 2008 (edited) This probably has been done countless times, but let's hear what you think (you don't even have to have climbed it) the coolest moderate climbs on earth are? Single pitch to full scale VII's under 5.11c/d and WI5+ I'll start: Lotus Flower Tower Slipstream The Nose Slipstream? When did 900+M, Grade VI ice climbs with significant objective hazard become moderate? Sorry, what I mean by moderate was the technical grade, not the commitment. This point of my thread was to draw out the BIG or short classic lines that you're always like, "man one day I'd like to climb that" with SOME glimmer of hope. Why did I choose WI5+ or 5.11b/c as "moderate" Well let me tell you.... 1st, unless you are just a plain shitty climber, within a relatively short period of time if you applied yourself, you should be able to at least get up a pitch of that grade. If you've been climbing for a while and can't even toprope a mid-5.11 even by french freeing, then you would fall into a category of what I would chose to call "Easy" or "Beginner". I thought capping it at those grades would provide a cool list of climbs that are humanly possilbe - thus moderate. I guess there should have been a better definition (there was actually I gave the grades), or a "what's above moderate". So this is my scale, take it or leave it. Easy (i.e. almost anyone could do this) 0th class to 5.8 WI0 to WI3 AO-A0+ M1-M3 Moderate (you can do this at SOME point by training) 5.9-5.11 WI4-5+ A1-3 M4-M6+ Hard (you may never do this...and I'm being EASY on the rock grade here!) 5.11+ - 5.15 WI6-7+ A4-A5 M7-M(whatever it goes to now) In other words I was trying not to have the Technical grade be the limiting factor - because if you can't climb it...well you can't climb it! In other words, I'll NEVER be able to climb 5.13. So if someone posted a big ol 5.13 line that was just the most beautiful thing ever - it wouldn't matter cuz I'd never get up it no matter what. But a super frigging long 5.11 with maybe some WI5 on it? Well I know that I can occasionally get up 5.11 and I sometime have the balls for a WI5 - so I can make that my "Dream Climb" to do one day -because it would be humanly possible. Now if I could just watlz right up it...well then it wouldn't be moderate now would it? It would be easy! Now post some fucking climbs you quibbling bunch of whiney pussies! Jesus f'in christ guys, if you think my scale was was to high - y'all suck. Shit, I admit that I don't climb 5.11b/c very well - but I can get up it and you should be able to too. Open up a guidebook and turn to the 5.11 and above pages in the back. There's a lot of those aren't there! Well, check your ego cuz 5.11- isn't very hard anymore. Edited April 29, 2008 by layton Quote
ivan Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 oh shit, well if that's all, that the abruzzi spur on k2 or sumsuchshit if a white boy can get there w/o his head being cut off by an evil-doer Quote
Choada_Boy Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 If you've been climbing for a while and can't even toprope a mid-5.11 even by french freeing, then you would fall into a category of what I would chose to call "Easy" or "Beginner". Someone's drinking again! Quote
ScottP Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 A woefully inadequate list... Open Book- Tahquitz: A beautiful line DNB- Middle Cathedral, the Valley: Just about all techniques required. SW Arete, Headstone Rock- Joshua Tree: Full moon required White Punks On Dope, Voodoo Dome- Needles: Stellar climbing The Line- Lovers Leap: Firecracker Roof- Donner Summit: Did it on 4th of July Tribal Boundaries- City of Rocks The Book, Finger of Fate- SawtoothsThe hail is optional. NW Corner- NEWS: That undercling is pure fun. Full N Ridge- Mt. Stuart Ginsu, Four O'Clock Rock- Darrington ; ) S Face- the Tooth: Why not? Orbit- SCW: Beats the hell out of OS Centerfold- Index: Pure fun Centrefold- Squamish: Very heady last pitch My 'moderate' is not necessarily your moderate. Two people, on the same rope can experience the same route, at the same time, as 'easy' and 'hard'. It is a personal thing that defies common definition. Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 dreamer is the best moderate rock climb i've done in the NW Quote
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