Fuzzy, what happened?

Post by **J-Rock** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:27 pm

There are several cliffs in the Red that are over 200 feet.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:27 pm

Yup-- the Quest is 220 feet long.

Post by **ynot** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:49 pm

Nevermore says its 200' but it traverses back and forth. I would bet the Quest does to. I dropped a 60 from the top of Raven and had 15 feet or more on the ground.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:59 am

The Quest doesn't wander too much-- the 3rd pitch has a 15 foot traverse, but other than that, it's pretty much straight up.

Post by **Joel** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 5:51 pm

A week and a half ago I was climbing Absinthe of Mallet at Cochise Stronghold in Arizona. Seven pitches, about 1000' total. And here we are discussing whether our tallest climbs are more or less than 200'.

I wish the Red was A LOT taller. Like, 10X taller. I wish we had multi-day climbs, not just multi-pitch. I wish we had walls where the weather on top might be totally different from the weather at the bottom. I wish we had walls where the bottom is granite, but after a couple thousand feet you get into a layer of sandstone, and then top out on limestone. I wish we had to check avalanche conditions before climbing. I wish our climbs had summits.

A guy's gotta dream . . . .

Post by **rhunt** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 7:32 pm

stop wishing and move to the Valley...yo

Post by **J-Rock** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:09 am

Hey Joel, climbing the Mace with you in Sedona was one of the best experiences ever! It is still one of my favorite routes. I wish we had some multi-pitch pinnacles with roofs, laybacks, jam cracks, off-widths, and wildly exposed moves with one hell of a top out and view.