Looking back at this past weekend I am still trying to figure out a navigational question. I hope someone could clear this up.
We were trying to locate the “Crack Exit” out of North Fork Robbers Roost. What we did was go up a narrow steep slot (~shoulder width initially) for may be a 80m perhaps. Then a relatively long flat walk up canyon (500-600m?) and arrived at a dead end. At this point on the right we climbed up a 6-7 foot sandstone drop (using partner’s shoulder) and after that a series of 5-6 similar drops (one quite exposed to the one below). Then we exited again on the right on a slope of white sand stone. We emerged I guess close to the top of the False Exit as it seems.
So, does that look like the correct description of crack exit or the false exit?
Thanks in advance.
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Anton Solovyev
Anton Solovyev
A.J. wrote: > Photos of the starting climb taken from above, several photos of the actual climb up, and a couple from the top are out on my website as well. www(dot)adventure-geek(dot)com, under trips. See the 3/19 trip. There is a link to a snapfish album. If you don’t already have a snapfish account, use snapfish09@yahoo.com and pwd photos09.
The pictures of the crack exit are near the bottom, and start with > 20090322D2-35 Synthia Climbing.
Thanks. I am pretty sure now that we did the alternate exit.
The beta on climb-utah.com was excellent, but in this case I think it mistakenly says that “the dark side slot” is the correct exit (and I am pretty bad at navigation as well). Either way, it was not too difficult.
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On the side note: on Sunday night the main road in the Roost had 3-4 large sand dunes growing across the road. The one closet to highway 24 was pretty close to being impassable by a 2wd car.
At the same time the road to Robbers Roost spring (Mindbender/not-M.) was in a fine shape.
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Anton Solovyev
A.J.
Photos of the starting climb taken from above, several photos of the actual climb up, and a couple from the top are out on my website as well. www(dot)adventure-geek(dot)com, under trips. See the 3/19 trip. There is a link to a snapfish album. If you don’t already have a snapfish account, use snapfish09@yahoo.com and pwd photos09.
The pictures of the crack exit are near the bottom, and start with 20090322D2-35 Synthia Climbing.
Hope that helps, A.J.
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, stefan wrote:
some photos of the crack exit might help to determine the answer to > your question (unless you’ve already seen these)
from tom jones’ page on the ‘ho hum fork’ of the north fork of RRC
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/hohum.php
> this is an image of the entrance to the side canyon which is the Crack > Exit
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/northforkpcexitt.jpg
> a short way up is the wall one must climb
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/ho11t.jpg
stefan
> On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Anton Solovyev wrote:
> Looking back at this past weekend I am still trying to figure out a
navigational
question. I hope someone could clear this up.
We were trying to locate the “Crack Exit” out of North Fork Robbers
Roost. What
we did was go up a narrow steep slot (~shoulder width initially) for
may be a
80m perhaps. Then a relatively long flat walk up canyon (500-600m?)
and arrived
at a dead end. At this point on the right we climbed up a 6-7 foot
sandstone
drop (using partner’s shoulder) and after that a series of 5-6
similar drops
(one quite exposed to the one below). Then we exited again on the
right on a
slope of white sand stone. We emerged I guess close to the top of
the False Exit
as it seems.
So, does that look like the correct description of crack exit or the
false exit?
Thanks in advance.
—
Anton Solovyev
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> Sounds like the ‘partner climb’ exit to me. See the pics Stefanos linked up.
Now it is clear. Thanks, Tom and Stefan.
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Tom Jones
Sounds like the ‘partner climb’ exit to me. See the pics Stefanos linked up.
Tom
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, Anton Solovyev wrote:
Looking back at this past weekend I am still trying to figure out a navigational > question. I hope someone could clear this up.
We were trying to locate the “Crack Exit” out of North Fork Robbers Roost. What > we did was go up a narrow steep slot (~shoulder width initially) for may be a > 80m perhaps. Then a relatively long flat walk up canyon (500-600m?) and arrived > at a dead end. At this point on the right we climbed up a 6-7 foot sandstone > drop (using partner’s shoulder) and after that a series of 5-6 similar drops > (one quite exposed to the one below). Then we exited again on the right on a > slope of white sand stone. We emerged I guess close to the top of the False Exit > as it seems.
So, does that look like the correct description of crack exit or the false exit?
Thanks in advance.
—
Anton Solovyev >
stefan
some photos of the crack exit might help to determine the answer to your question (unless you’ve already seen these)
from tom jones’ page on the ‘ho hum fork’ of the north fork of RRC
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/hohum.php
this is an image of the entrance to the side canyon which is the Crack Exit
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/northforkpcexitt.jpg
a short way up is the wall one must climb
http://canyoneeringusa.com/utah/roost/ho11t.jpg
stefan
On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Anton Solovyev wrote:
> Looking back at this past weekend I am still trying to figure out a > navigational > question. I hope someone could clear this up.
We were trying to locate the “Crack Exit” out of North Fork Robbers > Roost. What > we did was go up a narrow steep slot (~shoulder width initially) for > may be a > 80m perhaps. Then a relatively long flat walk up canyon (500-600m?) > and arrived > at a dead end. At this point on the right we climbed up a 6-7 foot > sandstone > drop (using partner’s shoulder) and after that a series of 5-6 > similar drops > (one quite exposed to the one below). Then we exited again on the > right on a > slope of white sand stone. We emerged I guess close to the top of > the False Exit > as it seems.
So, does that look like the correct description of crack exit or the > false exit?
Thanks in advance.
—
Anton Solovyev
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