New to RRG- Trad help please

Post by **lewis** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:22 pm

Howdy folks,
I'm heading up there this weekend and was hoping y'all could help out with a tick list. We are mainly interested in 5.10 to 5.11a/b trad routes. Any roof cracks in this range?

Since our time is limited to Sat and Sunday, do you think the best bet would be to hit the fortress? I have climbed at roadside a few times but it was all sport.

Thanks for your help!

Post by **squeezindlemmon** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:27 pm

Fortress or Long Wall?

Post by **Stewy911** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 7:56 pm

watch out for the wasps all over fortress! they are violent lil fuchers

Post by **neuroshock** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:11 pm

what about Skybridge? No Return, The Underling, Doppler Effect, and Inhibitor sound right in the desired range. i've only been on 3 out of the 4, but they were all fun and quality climbing.

Post by **ReachHigh** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:14 pm

Stewy911 wrote:watch out for the wasps all over fortress! they are violent lil fuchers

that should be in the guide book.

Post by **Wes** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:26 pm

If you want roof cracks then fortress would be good. Thunder chicken and the battlement; plus hollywood blvd and afterburner. A full day for sure. Sky Bridge or Long wall would be another good choice.

Post by **Andrew** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 8:59 pm

Skybridge or fortress.

Post by **haas** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:00 pm

I agree with Wes, Fortress has excellent roof cracks on the upper tier. Anything down FS 9b would be good too, except it's a looong walk or a quick bike ride

Post by **lewis** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:04 pm

Sweet! Thanks for the quick replies. I'm pretty stoked to be climbing some trad up there. I have climbed a lot at Sunset and Twall in TN but never really steep trad before.

Post by **ynot** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:06 pm

Doppler Effect is stellar.