!,000 Pinns routes in good style.

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 At barely over 1/2 a century old, I suppose this might be in the realm of possibility for Brad to pull off.

 Might even be National newsworthy.

 Fall 2018? 2030? Oh yeah, there is a lot of what ifs. At 900 the sanity and what for questions have already been answered.

 Why climb some of the routes at Pinnacles? Because they might not be there eventually.

 If he does it, I hope I am there.

[mynameismud]

I agree on all accounts.

[mungeclimber]

Let's say we had a goal of making this happen.

With routes of mostly good character.

and not horrible solos, mostly,

and not all of them infinite variation TRs,



What would be the list of potential candidates?


2 in progress West Side Flumes
1 completed, same area.
Bynum Spire's - South Face TR route
Reservoir Route project

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What would be the list of potential candidates?

It seems that there are hundreds of unexplored routes to choose from. These vary from gems to geological vomit.

My list is 24 lines, in the 5.5 to 5.10a range, a few of which are in progress. I have not been to at least half of the outlying areas of the Park, but a recent trip by others reported route a half dozen or so lines at one area that seldom gets visited.

A hundred more routes will be done in the next decade or two.

Don't break your ankle.

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Good style 2014?
Meanderthal, 4 pitches-1 lead bolt & 1 anchor bolt.
Aaron's project 4"pitches" so far, 1 fixed pin, 4 lead bolts, 4 anchor bolts & looking like 2 years of fear and fun.
Brad and Gavin's realization of Pit Viper.
Munge's revisiting of area in plain site that has 4? great routes.
Hood of the Cobra, Mug Shot...
What else is out there?

[Brad Young]

A hundred more routes will be done in the next decade or two.

Actually, put in those terms, this doesn't seem unlikely. For example, I know of two significant-size formations that have no routes on them (at least that I was able to find). One of these is only 200 yards from the trail and clearly visible from it (I haven't inspected that one for rock quality all over though - I only looked at the shortest way to the top, which looked nice).

And there are at least three 30 to 45 foot high pinnacles that are unclimbed (long approaches on those three though).

I may have nearly 100 "routes-to-do" on my three page list of possibilities.

Don't break your ankle.

I'd sure like not to.

[mungeclimber]

There is one tower I can think to add.
Also just up from Cortadura.

[Brad Young]

Also just up from Cortadura.

Most of that stuff is short, but not all of it 

I'd go check that out with you.

[mungeclimber]

Sounds good.

[Gavin]

I think I know the rock tower you're both talking about near Cortadura... I think there may be a couple of nice chutes up there. For raptor monitoring purposes I've termed that tower Bachelor Butte due to a falcon male a couple years ago that stubbornly stuck around there despite no sign of females in the area. (Of course I've considered possible route names on the rock like Bachelor Pad, etc. as well!)

Otherwise, yes, I definitely think there are a number of lines waiting to be discovered in the park.