The Word from Mount 7

Juniper Canyon Cloud Tower Area Ginger Cracks 5.9 7 pitches October 30th, 2007 R. Gmoser and O. Sofer This is a good route with fun crack climbing throughout. There are a few sporty cruxes and otherwise there is the typical mix of crack and face climbing you get in Red Rocks. All the stations are [...]

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Yosemite Sunnyside Bench Jam Crack 5.9 2 pitches October 22, 2007 O. Sofer, C. Sullivan and R. Gmoser This is a good quality hand and finger crack climb. The first pitch has some polished sections, but the hand jams are excellent. The second pitch is steeper and the crack thins at the top. These are [...]

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 Yosemite Reed’s Pinnacle Reed’s Pinnacle Direct, first 2 pitches 5.9 2 pitches October 21st, 2007 O. Sofer and R. Gmoser These are two steep pitches of burly 5.9 climbing.  The first pitch is about 20m of steep, big hand crack with not too much for the feet on the walls.  The crack angles left near [...]

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Yosemite Royal Arches Area Super Slab 5.9 3 pitches October 11th, 2007 R. Gmoser and O. Sofer There are no bolts at the base of this climb as per the SuperTopo topo. The first pitch is fun crack and face climbing, and there is good pro for the face climb if you look right. I [...]

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Yosemite Valley Five Open Books Commitment 5.9 3 pitches October 8th, 2007 O. Sofer and R. Gmoser We got lost on the approach to this one and ended up walking around the whole lower Yosemite falls loop. Walk up the east side of the creek bed on the big fat paved trail that starts at [...]

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Yosemite Valley Manure Pile Buttress Nutcracker via 5.9 variation on P1 5 pitches October 7th, 2007 O. Sofer and R. Gmoser We started this climb to the right of the regular start. There is a 5.9 variation that begins with some 5.7 face climbing with minimal gear. I was able to put in a small [...]

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