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Mar 16 2020
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69 male
 Joined Feb 06 2012
 Mesa, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Mar 16 2020
DennisWilliams • Triplogs 190
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 Pony Express 5.5SportG30 ft
 Pocket Warmer 5.6SportG45 ft
 Adventure Quest 5.8SportG70 ft
 Arete Horizon Lead 5.10aSportG75 ft
 Pocket Pulling Pansies 5.10aSportG70 ft
 Pocket Puzzle Lead 5.10aSportG85 ft
A fine day climbing at The Pond.

Most folks just roar past The Pond on US60 heading east towards Globe. Upon exiting the Queen Creek Tunnel look for turn-outs on the right. The first one immediately after the tunnel is the parking area for Atlantis. Fine climbing there down and to the right. Drive another half mile and look for a turn-out with a free standing rock feature in the middle of the parking area. That is the one for The Pond. Park here and walk along the south side of the highway for a couple hundred yards and use the culvert to go under the highway. Look up to see a large waterfall. The cliffs above you and all around have dozens of bolted climbing routes and on most sunny days, particularly weekend days, are hanging with climbers. If there are cars at the turn-out just look up and you will see them as you drive past.

My climbing partner Randy and I met a young climber named Jacob up there. He was doing some soloing so we decided to hang together for the day. Randy led Pony Express, Pocket Warmer, and Adventure Quest. I led Pocket Puzzle and Arete Horizon. Jacob led Pocket Pulling Pansies. PE, PW, and AQ are good routes for the new leader. PP and AH both have difficult overhanging starts but then turn into fun jug hauls. I thought PPP was the most difficult route of the day. Mostly small sharp pockets and crimps. Sustained difficulty. I got that one clean on TR but thought it would be a challenging lead.

My gym just announced it's temporary closure so I suppose I will be doing a lot more hiking in the meantime to keep up fitness. Beautiful weather and no sign of any respiratory illnesses out there.
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Dec 16 2017
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34 male
 Joined Jan 10 2010
 Pomona, CA
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Dec 16 2017
PatrickL • Triplogs 652
Climbing0.60 Miles 300 AEG
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 Dead Pool 5.8Toprope
 Sappy Love Song 5.8Toprope
Started with Dead Pool, followed by Close Call, and finished up with Sappy Love Song. Some tough moves shut me down about 40-50ft into Close Call. Dead Pool and Sappy Love Song were awesome - pumpy and fun!
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Apr 17 2016
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31 male
 Joined Jun 19 2015
 San Tan Valley A
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Apr 17 2016
CoryTallman • Triplogs 55
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••• Pocket Warmer Lead 5.6SportG
•••• Easy Pool Lead 5.7SportG
••• Dead Pool Lead 5.8Sport
Camping at Oak Flats, climbing at the Pond, what a great weekend... If I were to leave out the flat tire on a buddy's recently purchased truck that didn't have any tools, jack, or wheel lock key.

So I head up to Superior after work on Saturday and meet a few friends for some camping/climbing. The original plan was to climb the Totem Pole in Lower Devil's, but the road down there got the best of one of the tires on my friends truck. Since it was already dark we just set up camp right where he got the flat and figured we'd deal with it in the morning. After a night full of camping festivities, we woke up and had some breakfast (screwdrivers count, right?) Come to find out his recently purchased truck didn't have any of the tools necessary to change the tire. Since it was already getting later and the plan for the Totem Pole was trashed we decided to do what any responsible, mature person would do. We ditched the truck and went climbing at the pond. I lead a couple different routes, taught a twelve year old to belay, and we got a new climber on the wall for the first time. What a good day. Great routes, Queen Creek rock, this is definitely an area I'll be back to. Now about that truck...
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Mar 09 2016
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79 male
 Joined Mar 27 2008
 tucson, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Mar 09 2016
rvcarter • Triplogs 241
Climbing0.28 Miles 358 AEG
Climbing0.28 Miles   1 Hour   16 Mns   0.22 mph
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 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport1 Pitch
Easy, short, 3 bolts to chains
 Pocket Warmer 5.6SportG1 Pitch45 ft
Easy
 Christmas Chocolate 5.7Sport1 Pitch
Hard start
 Adventure Quest 5.8Sport1 Pitch
Nice steming, long reach at top to anchors
 Sappy Love Song 5.8Sport1 Pitch
The Ponds has lots of routes in our wheelhouse. Approach from parking area on US 60 is not bad but gets rough as you reach the westernmost crags. Watch your footing. This is a great place to climb. Excellent volcanic rock with nearly all sport routes with excellent protection. Some of the old routes near the Pond look to have older and smaller bolts. We went on up to the left. Nice southern exposure, so good for winter. Would be cooker in summer. The only downside is the constant noise from traffic climbing US 60 below. I'm sure JJ knows about this place already, but the Los Hermanos in Superior is an excellent Mexican Res. Highly recommend it. We'll be back to both places.
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Jan 17 2016
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 17 2016
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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 Pony Express Lead 5.5SportG
I always end up in the crack, but maybe that's not a bad thing?
 Pocket Warmer Lead 5.6SportG
Still way more fun than Pony Express.
 Adventure Quest Toprope 5.8Sport
Probably better on lead than TR, but enjoyable nonetheless.
 Cowgirl Toprope 5.9SportG
 Leave Your Money On the Dresser Hangdog 5.10bSportG
Great warm day climbing at the Pond with some people. Led two routes and TR'ed a couple others. Got stung by a bee on my toe and squeaked. Expected that to be way worse, but within 15 minutes I was putting shoes back on and leading my next route. :D A really nice chill day out there, and met some new people while we were at it. Everyone, including the new people, met up at Spokes afterwards for foods and drinks!
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Jan 11 2015
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 11 2015
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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 Pony Express Lead 5.5SportG
Slightly awkward 5.5 but an easy lead.
 Pocket Warmer Lead 5.6SportG
MUCH more fun than Pony Express!
Finally got outside again... led a couple and called it. Too tired. Beautiful day though! Everyone had a great time. We rappelled out (my first time).. it was fun, but maybe a bit time-consuming for a group of five. Checked out the new Teharu over at Superstition Springs/Power afterwards. Gorge on food; only spend a ten-spot. Perfecto!
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Dec 28 2014
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Dec 28 2014
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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 Pocket Warmer Red Point 5.6SportG
 Easy Pool Toprope 5.7SportG
 Dead Pool Toprope 5.8
Pretty tired this trip. Still getting over some things.

Tojo and I drove out and met up with Will and Andrea. Ponds are still flowing pretty well. I spied an ATC at the upper pond while belaying Tojo on Dead Pool. He attempted to retrieve it but was unable to with all the floating sand and sunlight. I TR'ed Dead Pool and then Easy Pool. Pretty exhausted. Then belayed Tojo on the route left of The Warden, as well as The Warden. Like everyone else, he commented that it felt much harder than just a 10b... maybe some of the holds have broken off. The route left of that one is beautiful, however. It was getting colder so we opted to travel farther down the crags. I belayed Tojo on Pocket Puzzle, at which point he encouraged me to go lead something. So Andrea caught me on Pocket Warmer, which was just perfect for how I was feeling. Good solid easy climb. I think I even like it better than Pony Express.

It was getting pretty chilly at this point, so we went back down to the upper pond, where Tojo poked a stick into the water a couple times and miraculously caught himself the crag booty! It was pretty banged up, but cool nonetheless. We descended to the 60 and then ate as much sushi as we could handle. Because as great as Mexican food is, there's something even more glorious about devouring sushi!
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Dec 25 2014
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Dec 25 2014
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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 Pony Express Lead 5.5SportG
 Cowgirl Toprope 5.9SportG
 Leave Your Money On the Dresser Hangdog 5.10bSportG
I have been a little under the weather for the last two weeks, but no amount of discomfort or tiredness was going to keep me inside on a rare day off work. James and I got a late start, but were only planning on hitting up the Pond anyway. I got up to lead Pony Express and was worn out by the first bolt. I opted to continue, since the route is super easy and super fun. Hung out for a moment, then led the rest of the route. James followed suit, and then he put up Cowgirl, which used to be his warm-up ages ago. The wind was getting bitey and the air and rock colder. It was hard to feel the fingertips aside from the sharpness of the volcanic rock we were climbing. Kudos to James for putting that one up at all. I TR'ed it and would like to lead it in the future when I'm not so pooped. Then he put up Leave Your Money On The Dresser, which is a short, pumpy 10b. I attempted the TR but was just exhausted at this point, and the wind was even colder. I did a beautiful hangdog and pulled on James's end of the rope while he took out slack. Then set up an awkward rappel (there's two bolts with chains, connected by one rap ring... why???) and lowered myself. We packed up at this point, as the clouds were getting more ominous over toward Picketpost. It was a good day nonetheless, so hopefully the sun will be out again soon for us to send again!
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Nov 08 2014
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Nov 08 2014
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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 Pony Express 5.5SportG
Ahh, a nice day at the pond.

We got up early and got to the crag. Started off with the route to the left of Warden.. it's a 5.8 (?) that is probably in the Marty guide, but I can't find any definitive beta online. Good climb but classic QC run-out. I chilled for a while, watching the toads, then eventually walked back up the hill to lead Pony Express. I practiced my top belay with LL and James, teaching James about rope management and such. It's tough! We rappelled back down and then everyone packed up and headed to James's place for a potluck and smores.
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Jan 25 2014
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 Triplogs 340

78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 25 2014
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
Climbing1.00 Miles 300 AEG
Climbing1.00 Miles   5 Hrs      1.00 mph
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 Next To Nothing 5.5Sport
 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport
 Nothing's Shocking 5.8SportG
meetup. led 5.8 nothing shocking adding one more to my pond collection :y: . I love aretes and this one was a lot of fun with significant exposure adding to the thrill :scared: .

the Ponds was a zoo with a rather large contingent of ASU outdoor club folks getting their first taste of outdoor climbing. Amazing what youthful enthusiasm can do!

perfect weather though los hermnos was overflowing :( with people taking the Superior housing tour. Went to JBs instead.
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Jan 18 2014
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43 female
 Joined Oct 26 2011
 Tempe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 18 2014
clairebear • Triplogs 163
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 Arete Horizon 5.10aSport
I had not been climbing at the Pond in probably 2 years, so I was stoked to check it out again! It was pretty convenient too that Tojo and Kevin decided to go on Saturday so that I was free on Sunday to go bag Red Piccacho.

A quick stop off at Einsteins to grab some breakfast and Ginger Kevin and we were on the road around 9AM.

Tojo put up 5.10 that was a pretty powerful warm up, and I went up after him on TR. I don't know the name of it, and it was the first time I've done it. It had a lot of stemming so that was enjoyable and challenging. It was pretty stiff for a warm up.
Kevin suggested a 5.10B next that also seemed more challenging. It was a new route for me as well.

After I fought my way up Arret Horizon and I decided I would be done and I was ready to relax with a beer. I enjoyed a Coors Light that Kevin shared with me and I watched them work on the final route: a 5.10D

There were a few other people around, but overall it was surprisingly quiet day at this popular spot. While waiting to rappel out we ended up chatting with a few other chill climbers from Tempe.
^*^ Great Day overall ^*^
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Jan 14 2014
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78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 14 2014
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
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 Next To Nothing 5.5Sport
 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport
 Christmas Chocolate 5.7Sport
Perfect climbing day at the Pond for mid-week climb. We took newbie outdoor climber and hung ropes for him as well as getting in some leading.

Christmas Chocolate was a lead of a climb I had never been up and was quite a joy once I got past the "if I fall it will hurt bad" start. Nice slab and some offwidth crack at the top.

Also tried out the rap out that avoids the difficult (for us seniors) downclimb. We had brought an extra rope because it looked like more than one rope lenght. It was at just under 200 feet. Rigging a two rope rap was a first and the rap down a chimney interesting as I thought I was going to get my fat body wedged but made it ok.

bottom line is that is much quicker to do the down climb and probably safer since a two rope rap adds a couple more ways to screwup. Fun drill and definitly should be done at least once.

dinner at los hermanos and newbie had a great time as did we.
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Dec 31 2013
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78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Dec 31 2013
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
Climbing0.50 Miles 300 AEG
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 Next To Nothing 5.5Sport
climbs like a .6
 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport
Perfect day to climb at the pond. comfortable temps, blue sky and no wind. Conditions almost offset the wretched climb in and up from the road. Water was running which made the plank walk past the first pool a tad more in the pucker factor. I had planned to rap out but when we got to the rap point it looked like two ropes and our second rope was in the truck. :(

Led two old favorites and definitely felt 2 months layoff from leading and about a year away from the pond. Led "fat boy" which is named for me and restored my bruised ego acquired "on next to nothing". Lunch and pie at los hermanos and classic sunset over Picket post.
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Nov 11 2013
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43 female
 Joined Mar 01 2010
 Phoenix, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Nov 11 2013
juliachaos • Triplogs 627
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Got out of town for a half day.. didn't really climb much, and not sure what exactly we climbed, but it was good to just get out of town and into the outdoors :)
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Oct 26 2013
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40 male
 Joined Jan 03 2011
 chandler, Az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Oct 26 2013
DBmooner • Triplogs 100
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•• Fat Boy Goes To The Pond Lead 5.6SportPG1 Pitch40 ft
it only has 3 bolts so it has a long run out
This was my first sport climb and it was awesome . I had to work that afternoon so didn't get out there in till 2:30 and it was busy had to wait for 45 minutes be for the route was free. I climbed it twice the first time I cleaned the route . The second time I lead climbed it ,it was the first lead climb I have ever done and I have to say I like leading it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.
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Dec 24 2012
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female
 Joined Jun 19 2009
 AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Dec 24 2012
oceanwithin • Triplogs 579
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 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond Lead 5.6Sport
 Date Rape 5.7Sport
Did some Xmas Eve climbing out at The Pond. First time to the area, loved it. Warmed up on Date Rape (I always wonder how these routes get their names...). Did my first complete Lead climb on Fatboy, what a rush, I was terrified to go past the first bolt but Ben and Josh were so encouraging that I had to keep going. Stepped out of my head and into the moment and just kept going to the top. Climbed it again later to clean it up. Took the fun way down from the climbing area via rappel. Great day. :y:
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Nov 11 2012
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78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Nov 11 2012
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
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 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport
 Pocket Warmer 5.6SportG
 Follow Your Heart 5.8Toprope
Two meetups ended up at the Pond today to take advantage of the great weather and avoid iffy weather up north. We must have had 20-30 people climbing. I Led two, top roped two and cleaned two. Climbed an unlisted (on HAZ) 5.8 named adventure quest that had a nice combination of slab, pockets, a hand jam crack, an some stemming up a little chimney. Most interesting route at the Pond so far.

Apparently climbing is becoming a spectator sport as a group of people with a flat bed trailer loaded with chairs was at the parking area and cheering as folks made various climbs (or so it seemed)
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Jan 28 2012
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78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 28 2012
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
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 Next To Nothing 5.5Sport
good warm up lead
 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond 5.6Sport
 Follow Your Heart 5.8Toprope
 Nothing's Shocking 5.8SportG
Sport climbing with Phoenix Rock Climb meet up grup. 9 of us enjoyed perfect day at the pond with clear blue skys, mild temp and very little of the predicted winds. Couple people on thier first outdoor adventure which starts with the approach climb. Led a couple, cleaned several and TR some new to me stuff. Nothing shocking may be new favorite as it is a juggy arete that took problem solving rather than strength. It will be fun to see Ms Kelly lead it next time we are up there.

New thrill was the rappel out at the end of the day. This was a lot more fun and safer than the downclimb although it takes longer. While setting up our rap we had the treat of watching a young guy send one of the 5.13 near the pond. Awesome climb and he was one a extremely happy camper to get that project behind him.



Pond water fall still flowng nicely and the grotto beautiful. This would be a cool place to picnic.

Dinner at Los Hermanos
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Jan 21 2012
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 Joined Apr 28 2010
 Tucson, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 21 2012
uphill_junkie • Triplogs 944
Climbing1.00 Miles 500 AEG
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 Fat Boy Goes To The Pond Toprope 5.6Sport
 Nothing's Right 5.7
 Sappy Love Song 5.8
Have no idea yet how to post climbs, but I will learn. :D
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Jan 15 2012
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78 male
 Joined Dec 22 2007
 tempe, az
Queen Creek Cyn / PondGlobe, AZ
Queen Creek Cyn / Pond
Globe, AZ
Climbing avatar Jan 15 2012
johnr1 • Triplogs 340
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 Next To Nothing 5.5Sport
nice warm up lead
 Nothing To It 5.10cToprope
hard face limb that I did not complete on TR
My second visit to the pond and I didnt remember much of anything except the wicked approach. The climb up to the pond was worth it, however, as there was just enough water in the creek to make a spectacular 70+ foot waterfall out of the ceiling and into the grotto-like pond.

There were climbers alongside the pond walls on what looked to be some interesting moderate climbs. We bypassed them and headed off to what I remembered to be some easy moderates but instead guessed wrong and had kelly leading a 10c. Good news is she sent it and I got to try to top rope but bailed halfway up. Awesome lead by Kelly who is very determined.

We then moved over one route and found a nice juggy route to actually warm up on. kelly easily led and I TR but then it started to rain so we did the sensible thing - head for the bar and food at Hermanos in Superior.
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