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Most recent Triplog Reviews
Promised Land / Valerie's Book
john and i signed on for the AMC anchors class over the weekend
saturday's session was held at upper sullivans canyon, where we practiced setting protection and rigging anchors at a number of stations with different scenarios
we were able to put up anchors using natural features and gear, learning a variety of techniques
sunday was at the promised land
our assignment was to set an anchor that we would all climb on for the day
john and i set a solid anchor for cupcake, which we rigorously tested by climbing it twice each
the rest of the day we were free to climb on the routes the other students had set
we got in 7-8 climbs on interesting rock
some of the climbs were unknown routes, where an instructor just picked a line for a toprope
two climbs were on shot wall, not on the bolted routes but one on an arete/face, the other up a large crack with several bulges to get over
moved back to solomon wall and climbed delilah and c.o.b.s. route, which ended up being our favorite of the day
got in another unknown route on valerie's book, and i was able to climb valerie before we tore everything down
nice area, excellent experience gained, and another fun excursion with john
would like to go back there one more time, maybe for lead class, as there are four more good routes on valerie's book i'd like to try
maybe i can talk john into coming along to belay my simulated trad lead
great to have so many instructors volunteer their time - well worth the cost of the class
even had good weather; thought it might be cold up there
saturday's session was held at upper sullivans canyon, where we practiced setting protection and rigging anchors at a number of stations with different scenarios
we were able to put up anchors using natural features and gear, learning a variety of techniques
sunday was at the promised land
our assignment was to set an anchor that we would all climb on for the day
john and i set a solid anchor for cupcake, which we rigorously tested by climbing it twice each
the rest of the day we were free to climb on the routes the other students had set
we got in 7-8 climbs on interesting rock
some of the climbs were unknown routes, where an instructor just picked a line for a toprope
two climbs were on shot wall, not on the bolted routes but one on an arete/face, the other up a large crack with several bulges to get over
moved back to solomon wall and climbed delilah and c.o.b.s. route, which ended up being our favorite of the day
got in another unknown route on valerie's book, and i was able to climb valerie before we tore everything down
nice area, excellent experience gained, and another fun excursion with john
would like to go back there one more time, maybe for lead class, as there are four more good routes on valerie's book i'd like to try
maybe i can talk john into coming along to belay my simulated trad lead
great to have so many instructors volunteer their time - well worth the cost of the class
even had good weather; thought it might be cold up there
2012-11-18 trekkin_gecko
Promised Land / Valerie's Book
john was taking the lead class with the arizona mountaineering club last week and he arranged for me to tag along on sunday
the promised land is north of chino valley
the drive in is difficult both in terms of direction and road condition, but john's racing background was helpful, as was following someone who knew where they were going
several documented routes on two walls in a nice little canyon, and i understand there are more routes further down
i was able to listen in on some of the lead class presentations, help belay on a practice trad lead, and participate in some of the stations
picked up some very useful general climbing knowledge even though i may never place a piece of gear
once the instructional part of the day was over, we were free to climb
john and i hit cupcake on soloman wall, which is a 5.5 that begged to be led
the amc didn't want anyone leading, so we did respected that and utilized the toprope set up
next moved over to valerie's book and climbed solito and valerie
fun climbing with good edges and handholds
sometimes it's nice to climb on toprope and not worry about leading
finished the day with a nice dinner at bonn fire in chino valley
thanks for arranging this john, really had a nice time, and always enjoy climbing with you
the promised land is north of chino valley
the drive in is difficult both in terms of direction and road condition, but john's racing background was helpful, as was following someone who knew where they were going
several documented routes on two walls in a nice little canyon, and i understand there are more routes further down
i was able to listen in on some of the lead class presentations, help belay on a practice trad lead, and participate in some of the stations
picked up some very useful general climbing knowledge even though i may never place a piece of gear
once the instructional part of the day was over, we were free to climb
john and i hit cupcake on soloman wall, which is a 5.5 that begged to be led
the amc didn't want anyone leading, so we did respected that and utilized the toprope set up
next moved over to valerie's book and climbed solito and valerie
fun climbing with good edges and handholds
sometimes it's nice to climb on toprope and not worry about leading
finished the day with a nice dinner at bonn fire in chino valley
thanks for arranging this john, really had a nice time, and always enjoy climbing with you
2012-09-16 trekkin_gecko
