I finished one of my projects at choss roof this past week, and named it The River of Acheron V12. The name comes from ancient greek mythology and is one of the 5 rivers of the underworld that ferry souls across to the afterlife. Acheron is refferred to as the river of misery and also the border to hell. It traverses about 20 moves through the belly of the roof and then links into the third move of "choss roof". The sit start from the far right is still a project...
Went to Cherry Canyon this morning with Pat, by 9 a.m it was already warm, and everything felt greasy. I'm not going back there until it's cold.Photo:Pat Fitts
The Battle of the Blobs project finally met its end today. Last November ,the day before Woody Mt. rd closed for the winter,I got shut down repeatedly on the last ten feet of the traverse and had to wait all winter to go back. Now with the road open again it was time to return for revenge, but when we got to the roof, sections of the blobs were soaking wet. After a few days they dried and I finally got around to cleaning the dirty sections yesterday then managed to punt off the ending again several times, but came back in the morning and sent first try. There are several cruxes but the most definitive comes in the middle with a long reach to a shallow dish and a cross under to a small pocket, fortunately there is a huge heel toe cam down in the roof or else that section would be heinous. Video quality is bad
Photo: Pat Fitts
Waiting for the Blobs to dry turned out to be a good opportunity to check out the other projects there. There is an awesome section of small crimp rails and pinches that sit starts in the back right corner of the roof. I managed to do all of the moves except one really difficult reach to a powerful gaston. Linking through would add about forty feet of bouldery roof climbing into a dyno and finish out choss roof.
I have been trying a new project at Choss Roof that will likely be the longest roof climb in Northern Arizona. The line traverses the belly of Choss roof with big shouldery moves, underclings and precise footwork. After about 22 moves you find yourself at the start of "Choss Roof" and have to finish out with a dyno then a hard compression refrigerator block, feet first lip encounter, immediately followed with a heartbreaker throw to a juggy block. Here's video of the new section of the roof and a cool problem on the left side with a big move off of a fish hooked mono.
I have been climbing at Choss Roof in the Hinterlands a bit lately, and my friend John Cooper found some nice beta for the crux of the line "Choss Roof". It allows you to turn around backwards in the middle of the roof and attain the jug with your feet set for the ending. This climb isn't the typical pocketed limestone around Flagstaff, instead it has big moves between slopers, crimps and jug features..sick!. Recently it snowed a bit, but the roof stayed dry and I managed to use the cold temps to send. Here's a link to the video
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