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 Kootenay Bud
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Posted - 11/20/2011 : 7:01 PM
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It's in Mexico, in the NE corner near a small town called Hidalgo. The climbing is on limestone, pretty much all sport routes (there are a few trad routes but, as most people fly down, most people climb sport) from one pitch to 23 pitches, you rap off every route, so simul-rapping is a good idea. It's warm, it's sunny, it's cheap, it's fun.
View of our accommodation and Portero Chico behind.
Momma, a street dog, who had 8 babies while we were there.
Market days are Tuesday and Friday. Awesome local produce and eggs. The locals play bottle top bingo.
Meat also available for the paleo crew.
Drive in barbeque.
Lots of cool rock formations.
The Spires
Half of the climbing on this side of the valley, half on the other.
Rest day hike up El Toro
On the ridge near the top
The cross at the top
View from the top
Remember the Alamo
Morning climb in Virgin Canyon
Pepe y Lupe
Way up on Estrellita
Pulling a big roof on a pitch on Jungle Wall
P3 of Satori
Supernova - 8 pitches of super fun
P4 of Will the Wolf Survive
Rockfall can be a problem
One day the dog fell down a mine shaft
Rapping in to rescue the dog
Looking over at Virgin and Wonder Wall areas from Estrellita
Following the white arrows to rappel off Estrellita
Portero Chico from the top of Estrellita
One day we went to a different area and climbed 8 pitch Crescent Moon buttress which features a fun tyrolean to end the day.
Crescent Moon Buttress goes up the buttress in the middle of the face.
The slot that you rap into on the way up and tryolean over on the way home
View from the top of Crescent Moon
Sitting on top of Crescent Moon
On the tyrolean
Looking up at the tyrolean from a hanging belay below
Final look at EPC
How you know you are almost home... |
Edited by - sandy on 11/20/2011 7:18 PM
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Abbotsford, BC
Canada
1005 Posts |
Posted - 11/20/2011 : 7:58 PM
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| Appears to be a very nice vacation! Are locals also climbing here or were you a spectacle? |
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Kootenay Bud
2695 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2011 : 07:12 AM
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On weekends the Mexicans come to climb. They don't seem super keen on the longer routes, but they sure can crank on shorter routes - we saw them stylin 12's.
Before the drug wars, the place was super popular with - reportedly - near 600 climbers, now there is around a dozen at any one time. |
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Abbotsford, BC
Canada
1005 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2011 : 6:47 PM
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| Thanks Sandy, good info |
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Whistler, BC
Canada
1174 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2011 : 11:55 AM
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| Great photos, Sandy. Looks like a fine trip. |
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ALBANY, OR
USA
588 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2011 : 5:34 PM
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| I got to ask, Did the rescued dog do okay? |
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Kootenay Bud
2695 Posts |
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Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
1762 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2011 : 8:30 PM
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| How'd you get the dog out? Did someone carry it up with one arm? |
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Kootenay Bud
2695 Posts |
Posted - 11/24/2011 : 11:03 AM
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| The dog only weighs about 25#. Someone rapped down, tied a sling to her and pushed while we pulled and she scrabbled. Rescue not performed as per PEP guidelines. |
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Posted - 11/25/2011 : 11:37 AM
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Beautiful terrain. Looks like some really great routes.
So you go to Mexico and don't hit the beaches? Sure hurts coming back to the snow, though, doesn't it? |
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Portero Chico
