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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 18, 2020 19:10:10 GMT -7
Hope everyone is healthy and washing their hands regularly Who is up for some climbing trivia to stave off social-distancing boredom? I propose the following game: Someone names a well known rock climb, and we try to guess the (commonly accepted consensus) grade. Bonus points for using the local grade scale. For example, I would post “Revelations,” and the answer would be “F8a+“. For added difficulty we can also guess the route’s location and first ascentionist(s). Whoever posts the right answer first can post the next route. If you’re sure your answer is correct, go ahead and post the next route. And of course, no Googling, etc to find the answer.
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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 18, 2020 19:15:00 GMT -7
First one: Astroman
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Post by jetjackson on Mar 19, 2020 2:51:25 GMT -7
Without looking it up. 5.11c. Location - Yosemite, Tolumne Meadows. FA: Bachar?
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Post by sbleazard on Mar 19, 2020 7:53:39 GMT -7
5.11c, Yosemite, wasn't it FA'd by Ron Kauk?
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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 19, 2020 8:20:13 GMT -7
FA was Bachar, Kauk and John Long. Pretty strong team, but not as strong as the Sheer Trickery FA team.
Jet you’re up, hopefully something below the Equator!
Oh ya, it’s not in Tuolumne, it’s in the Valley, but that’s for extra credit so you still win...
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Post by jetjackson on Mar 19, 2020 21:12:30 GMT -7
Interesting - after I typed my response I went and had a look at Mountain Project and I swear it said Peter Croft, but just checked and it has the trio FFA in there.
Okay, I'll start with an 'easy one', but maybe knowing the local grade will make it a bit trickier - Punks in the Gym.
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Post by sbleazard on Mar 20, 2020 9:43:13 GMT -7
5.14a (first in the world), Mt Aprailes, FFA Wolfganag Gullich.
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Post by cozisco on Mar 20, 2020 9:51:53 GMT -7
I don't know the Australian grade (something in the low 30s?), but sbleazard beat me to the rest of it. One of the downsides of working from home is that at work, I have a 12x19 version of this photo hanging over my desk. I don't get the same motivation working from home.
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Post by sbleazard on Mar 20, 2020 12:29:27 GMT -7
I guess I go next. How about something a little harder. Integrity?
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Post by jetjackson on Mar 20, 2020 17:36:53 GMT -7
Integrity. 5.14b. New River Gorge. Doug Reed. - Complete stab in the dark.
PITG is a 32, 5.14a, is correct. It was downgraded to 31 or 5.13d for a little while, before consolidating back up to 32. According to Andy Pollit, Wolfgang only Yo-yo'd it. That's why he was working for the RP ascent. Andy went as far as saying that Wolfgang only lowered to the rest point below the bird bath move, and not back to the ground, when I interviewed him, but I cannot recall whether or not I included that in the final edit. Jerry Moffat flew in and got the first redpoint ascent - which he managed to do in just a couple of days of work.
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Post by sbleazard on Mar 21, 2020 13:39:51 GMT -7
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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 21, 2020 17:27:35 GMT -7
Next person to see this, post a new route!
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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 21, 2020 17:32:35 GMT -7
Integrity. 5.14b. New River Gorge. Doug Reed. - Complete stab in the dark. PITG is a 32, 5.14a, is correct. It was downgraded to 31 or 5.13d for a little while, before consolidating back up to 32. According to Andy Pollit, Wolfgang only Yo-yo'd it. That's why he was working for the RP ascent. Andy went as far as saying that Wolfgang only lowered to the rest point below the bird bath move, and not back to the ground, when I interviewed him, but I cannot recall whether or not I included that in the final edit. Jerry Moffat flew in and got the first redpoint ascent - which he managed to do in just a couple of days of work. Interesting. Did Andy witness this? I find it fascinating when these little details come up. You often hear old guys (in any endeavor, not just climbing) complain that the new generation is cheating, taking short cuts or otherwise corrupting the purity of the activity. In the case of free climbing, the more history I learn, the more I become convinced that (stylistic) standards have generally improved over time. Our standard of what constitutes a free ascent has pretty much never been higher (possible exception for stick clipping).
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Post by sbleazard on Mar 21, 2020 19:50:57 GMT -7
I hope you don't mind if I go again. How about Perilous Journey?
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Post by MarkAnderson on Mar 21, 2020 19:54:43 GMT -7
5.11b? If there’s more than one, I’m thinking of the David Breshears route in Eldo.
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