Sketchy tree at Chimney Top

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Sam
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Sketchy tree at Chimney Top

Post by Sam »

Has anyone been up to Chimney top lately? The tree at the end of the first pitch is now sketchier than ever. I grabbed it and the whole thing shifted as if it were going to pop. I remember when we used to do it a couple of years ago we would use the tree as a belay anchor, sling it for pro as we went up, and climb on it as well. Ha! Not now! Now I wouldn't trust it to hang my John Deere ball cap on. This time we skipped the thing altogether. I think it would go at 5.7 or so if someone chopped the tree out entirely, what do you guys think?
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Post by tsparks »

I thought Chimney Top was closed to climbing?
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Post by Steve »

Right you are tsparks, Chimney Top is closed to climbing. Don't go yanking out a tree on a cliff that you aren't supposed to be climbing at in the first place. Mother Nature, or some idiot will take care of that poor tree in due time.
I see they are still lopping off mountains in Eastern Kentucky. Electricity isn't cheap.
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Post by steeever »

I was under the impression that Chimney Top was closed to climbing between Memorial Day and Labor Day, not on a permanent basis...
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Post by ynot »

If you go climbing there,idiot tourists will walk right up to the edge of the cliff and fall off watching you becoz they dont have sense or a rope.They could even fall on your head,especialy on chimney route. Its a tourist trap.
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t bone
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Post by t bone »

I believe Chimney Top is closed only from April 1 to Nov 1. which is when most the idiots are out visiting these tourist traps!
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Post by Steve »

The seasonal closure (as described in the guidebook) has changed into a year round closure. It is in print somewhere in FS literature. Let me find it....
I see they are still lopping off mountains in Eastern Kentucky. Electricity isn't cheap.
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Post by ynot »

Theres always tourists there.
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Post by max »

i like hiking through all the beer cans and bottles.
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