Miller Fork : the Tale of a Three Star Area

[AlexAndEr]

All those fun fumes from the glue must have made you an optimist. I am not refering to the rock quality when I talking about the quality of the climbs. I understand that it is new rock, and I actually find the rock quality to be quite good. What I feel makes Miller Fork sub par to the rest of the areas is that the majority of the climbs have awkward and inconsistent movements.

[dustonian]

lolz... my mistake. I thought by "the shit kind" of rock you were referring to rock quality...

My first time to Miller Fork I was expecting some quality climbs, but I was sadly disappointed. Miller Fork is full of three star climbs and the 'classics' are four stars at best. Five star climbs are no where in sight. What's going on? Is there more rock, (not the shit kind)?

So "majority of the climbs" you say... that means you climbed 109 of the routes on your first visit (excluding the other hundred or more that aren't published), and all 109 had "awkward and inconsistent" movements. Quite the day!

[AlexAndEr]

I went point harvesting... That's why this thread was created to see what other people had to say about what they thought the majority of the climbs in Miller Fork are like. I am not saying that there aren't good walls like The Deep End, Serenity Point and The Monastery, but even those walls, which we can all agree on are some of the better places can't compete with alot of the areas in the PMRP, the RRG proper, or even the loads of secret crags. Compare the walls I listed in Miller Fork to Gold Coast, Purgatory, Funk Rock, Left Flank, Eastern Sky Bridge, Dark Side, Torrent Falls, Hogs Gap, Epic Crag, Oil Crack need I go on. Like it was said earlier, Miller Fork serves its purpose. Miller Fork has lots of rock, and unfortuneatly nothing awe-inspiring; nevertheless, it doesn't demote from the fact that we have the land, it is ours to develope, and there COULD be some potential (probably not though)

[dustonian]

No, Serenity and Deep End are not among the best crags. Monastery has 3 good 5.12's, a good 11 and a great 5.8 hand crack. No offense, but you are dropping internet shit bombs on a lot of people's hard work and time based on very little actual knowledge. Poor form. What compels you to shit talk anyway? Pleasure? Ego?

[ynp1]

Your skin seems alittle thin these days...

[shadow.ayala]

'Grim Reaper' is easily one of the best .12a in the entire gorge.

[AlexAndEr]

I am not discrediting or beign ungrateful for all of the hard work that was put in while bolting, cleaning, trail building, funding, etc. I am only trying to say that the water, wind and other eroding forces didn't scuplt the rock as well as it has in the other areas.

[dustonian]

I was referring to the work RRGCC people have put and will continue to put into the place... especially in light of the trail day next week. Corbin sandstone is Corbin sandstone... some is good, some is bad. You've climbed one day at 3 middle-of-the-road crags, yet pretend you somehow know it all.

[Willy]

Ya, screw you Alexander. Miller Fork is the tits

[climb2core]

King Duckey. QED