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When I finally get to the top, I like to look around and see what God did. That's so cool! 8)

it's rad to do a 1000 ft of climbing, crash on a sweet ledge, then do it all again in the morning.

Ditto what a lot of ya'll said. I really like to get up high, look around, and check out the view (I think that is one of the reasons I got into this stupid climbing thing in the first place). On the other hand there is something fun about stuff that is short if it is a challenge, unique, or aesthetic. Basically I'll try and play the hand I'm delt.

I got high on my last trip to the Red Rocks (woo! and I have another coming up). I was freaked out of my mind with that exposure, but once I reached la tierra firma, I was super psyched to try it again. It was like getting on a roller coaster for the first time.

It's all good.

WHAT!? How dare you, Jeff!?

pigsteak wrote:"it's all good?" it's not all good....choss is not good...grid bolting is not good...chipped routes are not good..what is wrong with you people..have an opinion that matters. and have a wonderful holiday!

This thread poses the question, "do you like to get high?"

SCIN asks if height matters.

For many of us, all climbing is enjoyable. But, there is a special reward to be earned at the finishes of many long , high climbs.

In 1869, John Muir made the first ascent of Cathedral Peak in Yosemites’s Tuolumne. He free soloed it without the benefit of stealth rubber and Arno’s training. Why would anyone wish to onsite, mostly barefooted, a hunk of rock?

Muir wrote of his ascent, “No feature, however, of all the noble landscape as seen from here seems more wonderful than the Cathedral itself, a temple displaying Nature's best masonry and sermons in stones. How often I have gazed at it from the tops of hills and ridges, and through openings in the forests on my many short excursions, devoutly wondering, admiring, longing! This I may say is the first time I have been at church in California, led here at last, every door graciously opened for the poor lonely worshiper.”

Regardless of the type, height, and extent of climbing you prefer, I would urge you all, at least once in your lives, to make a climbing pilgrimage to Yosemite’s Cathedral Peak. Sit atop the highest spire and experience the breathtaking beauty of this enchanted place.

And, here in the Red, take a little time at the tops of your climbs to turn around and enjoy the view. We climbers are privileged to see and experience things non-climbers cannot begin to imagine.

Rick

Meadows wrote:I got high on my last trip to the Red Rocks (woo! and I have another coming up). I was freaked out of my mind with that exposure, but once I reached la tierra firma, I was super psyched to try it again. It was like getting on a roller coaster for the first time.

Hey Meadows, if you'd like to experience the ultimate in Red Rocks exposure next time you're out there, do Epinephrine in Black Velvet Canyon. A true big wall at 2225 feet with 465 feet of godawful greasy chimneying. Exposure wise, it makes Frogland seem like a gym route, especially in that chimney section. You can do it in two days with a bivy on a big ledge or just start at crack of dawn and plan on hiking off after dark. Nice to sit at the summit and watch the lights of Las Vegas come on as the sky darkens.

Rick

Hey rick,

I'm going to red rocks in a few weeks and plan on doing that route. I hate chimneys, and don't plan on leading those pitches. But I am looking forward to the route. It should be a good introduction to routes higher than 400ft!
hahah. I plan on needing to change my pants on the way out!

Epinephrine is my favorite climb at Red Rocks, be sure to do all 18 pitches, instead of bailing at the top of the chimneys. You'll enjoy the climb that much more if you do them all. And be sure to follow ALL the cairns on the descent or you'll get lost real easily