12c/ 12d recommendations

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Post by 5.4 Slayer » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:49 pm

Face the Music felt way hard for me, my climbing buddy thought it was 11c. A lot of people feel it's very soft. Beta is everything.

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Post by MCpl » Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:02 pm

I had a hard time w/ LeFemme (some people say height helps, I didn't give it enough gos to agree or not), since then apparently holds have broken making it harder (I can't confirm).

FUBAR is good but bouldery... don't know if you were looking for that.

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Post by tobyfk » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:12 am

MCpl wrote:FUBAR is good but bouldery... don't know if you were looking for that.
Well-spotted, no, I am not being totally consistent! But bouldery routes with the bouldery bit at the start are more appealing than ones with the bouldery bit higher up. The Crest routes particularly look good because I reckon I could get my wife to walk there to belay me without whinging too much! Sanctuary is less compelling on that criteria unfortunately.

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Post by MCpl » Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:29 am

I think almost every guy in a relationship feels your pain. :)

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Post by Peter » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:49 am

Why hasn't Serendipity been mentioned, that route is just swell........

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Post by tobyfk » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:14 pm

Peter wrote:Why hasn't Serendipity been mentioned, that route is just swell........
Was wandering around there this afternoon ... something to do in the rain. I thought Serendipity looked good; it's also a wife-friendly distance from the road - just about.

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Post by MCpl » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:02 pm

Serendipity hasn't been mentioned becaused it didn't fall in the areas specified by thesiger

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Post by tobyfk » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:28 am

Fair point. That reflects that I was on the other side of the world from my copy of Squamish Select when I began this thread. For 'Chek' in the OP please substitute 'Cheakamus Canyon'.

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Re: 12c/ 12d recommendations

Post by AndyBanks » Tue Sep 01, 2020 2:25 am

To me, Flight of the Challenger is by far the best 12c in the area. And yes trying out others require you to pump-out stamina as if you were a concrete pumper :D

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