Sunday, February 24, 2008

Another Flag Session

Cloudy breezy mid 50s this Sunday at Flagstaff. My goal was the true sit-start to RH Red Wall, a short-term project of mine. You start on two obvious crimps down and right, sitting on the ground by the little retaining wall. Bump up to the two-finger pocket, reach right to a thin razor sidepull, then reach left to the edge below the soap dish, bring the right to the pocket, bump the left to the soap dish and then do the regular RH Red Wall problem. V8-9? Not at all contrived for a change and fun climbing. The next project is yet to be decided.

A busy afternoon--lots of cars and way too many dogs for comfort.

8 comments:

  1. sock handsFebruary 25, 2008 at 4:24 PM

    ha! another one for chuffer... i'll let him know!

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  2. Peter BealFebruary 25, 2008 at 5:57 PM

    It's pathetic but when you get about 2 hours a week outside bouldering time, you have to be efficient.

    Some cool photos on your blog

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  3. chufferFebruary 27, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    I've never understood why you refer to Pat Ament's Right Side as RH Red Wall. Splain yo self.

    And yay ... more Flag goodness to add to my blog. Whaddayathink? ... about the same diificulty-wise as the left version? How about a cool name so it avoids total obscurity? How about you name both of them? I'm prtty sure you did both of these first.

    I need to add this one and TL's Just Another Traverse to my Red Wall Miniguide. Almost through with The Pebble Wall Boulder Miniguide. Should be up in the next couple days.

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  4. sock handsFebruary 28, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    -smart adzed comment deleted prior to posting-

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  5. Peter BealFebruary 29, 2008 at 11:16 AM

    Chuffer,
    How about "Firewall" for the right start? For some reason it feels a bit harder than the left version.

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  6. chufferFebruary 29, 2008 at 6:10 PM

    Firewall sounds good. How about the left one?

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  7. chufferMarch 3, 2008 at 10:06 AM

    ... after all, Right Side Direct doesn't seem appropriate anymore.

    How about Beal Direct? It'll be sweet to have your name alongside Moffat and Varney. Deal?

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  8. Peter BealMarch 7, 2008 at 1:27 PM

    I'll go with that. Thanks Chip

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