IC, UT
IC, UT
Who's been to Indian Creek, UT and what routes were your favorites? Looking at these http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos.php? ... Period=ALL has me itchin' for March to roll around!!
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Yeah, that place is paradise. The best climbing I've ever done! One of my old climbing partners and I were there in the summer of 1998. We did lap after lap after lap on Supercrack of the Desert to warm-up for a 1,000' day of splitter cracks. I've got some great photos. I'll try to post some here (unfortunately they are not digital and they might need to be scanned first). I don't know if the crack is getting wider or not. It sure gets wider at the top of the first pitch. It started as a short layback to a ledge, then thin hands through a small roof, then widening hands to the anchors about 90-100' up. The last 20-30 feet or so I started punching through to my elbows so I swung into a layback since the wall was offset and ran it out to the anchors. I still have photos framed and hanging up at my parent's house and here. And no Supercrack does NOT take #3 camalots most of the way. #1's down low, #2's, through the middle and then #3's, and maybe a #4 for the rest of it. It's a walk in the park. Very smooth and comfortable jams. That Wingate sandstone is some kind of hard sandstone, not like the crumbly Navaho and Entrada shit. Wingate is dark, varnished, and smooth. Best sandstone anywhere!
"Those iron spikes you use have shortened the life expectancy of the Totem Pole by 50,000 years."
--A Navaho elder
--A Navaho elder
Pretty impressive to think that the FA of Supercrack was done in the 1970's without cams. They dropped hexes into the crack until they fell and came to a stop. Just enough to keep the climbers off of the ground. Of course, it's nearly impossible to fall from such perfect jams though!
"Those iron spikes you use have shortened the life expectancy of the Totem Pole by 50,000 years."
--A Navaho elder
--A Navaho elder