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Water quality at the bungles 20-Oct-2005 At 1:19:07 PM tokyo bill

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As to target grades, anything up to around 18, possibly with a tiny bit of 19 thrown in, would be of interest. Both of us can probably climb a tad harder than that, but it would certainly slow us down (not to mention causing me to soil my shorts...). Our principle goal is the long routes the Bungles are famous for. Add in route finding difficulty, and too much hard climbing will probably see us spending the night on a nasty ledge somewhere...

Anyway, high on the current daydream list are Caucasus Corner, Out and Beyond, Elijah, Flight of the Phoenix, Neruda, Lieben and Cornerstone Rib Direct, so any thoughts on any of them would be great, as would any other suggestions!

With a max of eight climbing days (even assuming no rest days), we'll never get them all done, but it's fun to dream...

As for the water - it doesn't have to be pretty, just so long as it doesn't make us sick! Climbing time is too precious to lose any to the runs.

Thanks!