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? route Smoke Wall, Gilhams

duglash

19-Nov-2007
9:49:34 AM

What's the route with 3 bolts (I think) up the middle of Smoke wall at Gilham's? It's a bit contrived but not bad
climbing, maybe 22ish

nmonteith

19-Nov-2007
11:24:28 AM

A Rob Booth route - grade 23 from memory. Done about 5 years ago?

duglash

19-Nov-2007
11:45:59 AM

I had a complete epic on it so I was hoping it wasn't 21!

nmonteith

19-Nov-2007
12:26:47 PM

Don't worry Doug, i procedded to sandbag myself on my own routes all of saturday. Success rate was
about 20%. Who graded this? Who bolted this? Damn - me.

IdratherbeclimbingM9

19-Nov-2007
12:48:02 PM

On 19/11/2007 nmonteith wrote:
>Don't worry Doug, i procedded to sandbag myself on my own routes all of
>saturday. Success rate was
>about 20%. Who graded this? Who bolted this? Damn - me.

Heh, heh, heh.
nm is starting to become old and decrepit?
Next thing the alzheimers flash ascent will be real for him?!
:)

nmonteith

19-Nov-2007
12:53:52 PM

On 19/11/2007 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>Next thing the alzheimers flash ascent will be real for him?!

It felt a bit like that. I had no idea what to do on many of the routes!

IdratherbeclimbingM9

19-Nov-2007
12:59:34 PM

Take note folks. After 'x' thousands climbs this may happen to us too.
NM is indicating he has started to get there already, ... and I thought the blurring of memory was an age /eyesight thing!
... though I strongly suspect my 'feebleness-limit' is a few thousand less than NMs record thus far!
;-)

nmonteith

19-Nov-2007
5:31:49 PM

I found the route description...

But I Didn’t Inhale 20m 23
Starts 2m left of Do You Mind If I Smoke? Up to pockets
and FH. Follow seam past 2FHs. Through bulge to
chains. Rob Booth, Brian Gray. March 2001

duglash

19-Nov-2007
6:02:29 PM

a good name..

I've found the best sandbags have always been by myself - tho not on my own routes! (yet)

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