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mungeclimber

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Re: White Punks on Rope?
« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2016, 10:36:54 PM »
And [hopefully] I won't have to rescue anyone I don't know out there.

There, fixed it for ya. :)
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Re: White Punks on Rope?
« Reply #21 on: December 08, 2016, 03:00:08 PM »
 Those are serious incidents to absorb.
Causing trouble when not climbing.

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Re: White Punks on Rope?
« Reply #22 on: December 09, 2016, 09:48:48 AM »
The hard moves on White Punks are fairly safe.  I have fallen from above the bulge and it is a clean fall.  The upper part has a bit of a run but the moves are not hard.
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Re: White Punks on Rope?
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2016, 04:42:26 PM »
Adam, I'll be interested to hear what you think of White Punks. I've done the route twice, including a solo top rope of it about 5 weeks ago, which I imagine was the last time it was climbed.

I'd say the line is pretty challenging for a 5.11, and there are definitely a few sections of run out. The hardest moves are filthy with guano and bird whitewash, which definitely increases how difficult they are to put together. The sequences of moves before and after the whitewash may not be as hard but they are still difficult and sustained. Last time I climbed the line, I pulled off a fist-sized rock while stemming above the hardest crux area and it smacked me in the face... There are some other areas where important knobs can pull off too, so stay alert.

Be safe and let us know how it goes!

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Re: White Punks on Rope?
« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2016, 07:58:45 PM »
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I pulled off a fist-sized rock while stemming above the hardest crux area and it smacked me in the face...

So that's what happened.
Causing trouble when not climbing.