Trip Report
New Route on Mt. Morrison, 'Caught Inside'
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Tuesday April 8, 2014 2:14am
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Preston Rhea and I just completed 'Caught Inside' on Mt. Morrison. It's a super fun climb and I hope people go do it. I would definitely do it again myself. Rumors of Mt. Morrison being choss are exaggerated, but the protection is a little challenging. Bring beaks.
The route name is very fitting from experiences we had on route from spin drift coming down. For those of you that surf, you can probably relate :-)
Dave E, I hope you don't mind us using the name of your route in josh.
Go fast and take chances.
Kia
http://mountainproject.com/v/caught-inside/108594861#a_108594971
poop_tube
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About the Author
poop_tube is a big wall climber from 33° 45' N 117° 52' W. |
Comments
GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Rad!!! Thanks for sharing! I have heard a ton of horror stories of this face it's so cool to see that new routes are going up it!
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hamik
Mountain climber
Manhattan Beach, CA
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Cool! Glad to see that you're out and doing stuff again after your accident (which I know you had b/c I lurk here). Morrison looks like the home of potentially cool winter routes, since the rock looks more featured and therefore interesting to climb when there's a bunch of snow everywhere but not ice. Right on!
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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That 2nd pic is bad ass!
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Friend
climber
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Right on Kia! Sweet-looking line. Looks like a killer adventure. Way to go!
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RP3
Big Wall climber
Newbury Park
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Absolutely fantastic!
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Many years ago I climbed the first 50-75' of your route. At least I'm fairly certain it's the same gully.
Nice job!
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Yeah, nice! That 2nd pic is worthy of my desktop - think it's going there.
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poop_tube
Big Wall climber
33° 45' N 117° 52' W
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Author's Reply
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Apr 8, 2014 - 01:27pm PT
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Here are some more pictures from Preston's camera
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Awesome, looks super fun! I wanna do it at some point!
Can you get a photo of Morrison that would show the Death Couloir and your route included to get a sense of where it is?
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poop_tube
Big Wall climber
33° 45' N 117° 52' W
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Author's Reply
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Apr 8, 2014 - 06:31pm PT
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Thanks guys!
Vitaliy M, if you do the approach for the death couloir and look up the valley you can see the line. Just keep hiking up the valley along the base of the wall. It's very obvious. I hope you get to do it!
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Cool! Way to go after alpine climbing in a very non-alpine year.
John
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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How did death couloir look by the way?
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poop_tube
Big Wall climber
33° 45' N 117° 52' W
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Author's Reply
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Apr 8, 2014 - 07:40pm PT
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Nothing in the death couloir.
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Facelyss
Mountain climber
California
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Here is the requested beta picture showing Caught Inside in relation to the north face of Morrison and the Death Couloir. This picture was taken back in November, thus the extreme lack of snow.
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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gnarly!! way to get it!
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Kristoffer
climber
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Apr 10, 2014 - 08:09am PT
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nicely done toggle monkeys.
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RasVegas
Trad climber
Goodyear
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Apr 16, 2014 - 06:44pm PT
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Looks like a hell of a lot of fun in winter/spring! Nice work fellas!
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cornel
climber
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:58pm PT
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Wintertime Morrison is somewhat solid but summertime it is the proverbial chosspile.
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cornel
climber
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
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Apr 17, 2014 - 12:59pm PT
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Good job on this line.
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Apr 17, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
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Nice stuff!
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