Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Joe's Valley - Spray

So a little about the rock climbing here:

The sandstone at Joe's is without a doubt some of the most beautiful rock that I've climbed on. Each boulder is streaked with black, white, brown and gray. The holds are varied from tufas, pockets, limestone slicked edges, sticky slopers and technical smears. The climbing tends to be quite dynamic and thuggy. I like it.

So time for the spray. Here are some of my favorite problems that I've been able to tick so far on my trip here!

Dark Continent - V7 - An amazing overhanging arete to face climbing that looks just like Africa
Chips - V7 - Kneebar, toe-hook, pogo. You can ask for more!
Pocket Rocket - V6 - Dyno!
3-Finger Pocket - V5 - Sailing Hawks Classic
V4- Sailing Hawks - Don't know how to describe this problem except for Arkansas-esque
Self Service - V4 - Great problem that reminded me of Hueco movement
Super Sloper - V3 - Classic boulder problem with the most glorious of glory jugs
The Angler - V2 - One of the must do lines at Joe's. Highball!
Warm Me Up Scotty - V1 - Jugs to a great funky and crimpy top out. Gets the blood moving.

Can't wait to get back out tomorrow for some more climbing. Hopefully the snow we are getting today doesn't soil the top outs!!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

AWESOME, glad to hear your trip is going well! wish i was there in Joes...

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Nietzsche said...

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