Comments on: Fixed gear, please. http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/ Adventures of Rachel Strate (Wasatch Girl) and her chihuahua (CragBaby). Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: WasatchGirl http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-232 WasatchGirl Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:32:42 +0000 http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/#comment-232 Thanks for the comment, Phil. I have done a good handful of single pitches and even some multi-pitches. I think I am just not good with the exposure of towers. It can really spook me. Neal, HA HA! I know. Next time I am in Moab I am going straight to Millcreek. =) Triznut, yeah, I will definitely give it another go. Man, I think that day must have just been a real off day. Seriously... I almost threw up on a rappell?! Route Slayer, the nickname fits you perfectly. =) Thanks for the comment, Phil. I have done a good handful of single pitches and even some multi-pitches. I think I am just not good with the exposure of towers. It can really spook me.

Neal, HA HA! I know. Next time I am in Moab I am going straight to Millcreek. =)

Triznut, yeah, I will definitely give it another go. Man, I think that day must have just been a real off day. Seriously… I almost threw up on a rappell?!

Route Slayer, the nickname fits you perfectly. =)

]]> By: Route Slayer http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Route Slayer Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:25:15 +0000 http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/#comment-228 Man that was a scary climb! It is amazing we made it to the top. I do like sport climbing better also! The only reason I like trad is to make it to the top of something cool. By the way, I like the new nick name, it makes me sound hard core Man that was a scary climb! It is amazing we made it to the top. I do like sport climbing better also! The only reason I like trad is to make it to the top of something cool. By the way, I like the new nick name, it makes me sound hard core

]]> By: Triznut http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Triznut Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:24:18 +0000 http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/#comment-211 Don't give up on Trad yet Rach! Good times for sure! That trip has me excited for all the others that'll be going down this season. Climb-on Rach! Don’t give up on Trad yet Rach! Good times for sure! That trip has me excited for all the others that’ll be going down this season. Climb-on Rach!

]]> By: Neal McQ http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Neal McQ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:50:16 +0000 http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/#comment-204 Brilliant write-up and proud of you making the top considering how spooked you sounded :) Well done for sticking with it! and it's o.k. cause you've got so much sports climbing around (did somebody say Mill Creek?!?!) that it doesn't matter if you prefer sports :) Brilliant write-up and proud of you making the top considering how spooked you sounded :)
Well done for sticking with it!
and it’s o.k. cause you’ve got so much sports climbing around (did somebody say Mill Creek?!?!) that it doesn’t matter if you prefer sports :)

]]> By: Phil http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Phil Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:42:26 +0000 http://www.cragbaby.com/2008/04/16/castleton-north-chimney/#comment-203 Way to go on your climb , it looks like an amazing place. For somebody venturing into the trad world that's an intimidating start. :) You probably had built up the 2 trad leads into some awful emotionally draining monster which killed your self confidence. Which is no bad thing, its better to be safe than sorry. Trad is a cool, if scary, way to climb. You could drop your grades and stick to single pitch and less intimidating stuff to see if you really do have a talent for it. Then head back out onto the towers. Don't give up on it yet! Way to go on your climb , it looks like an amazing place. For somebody venturing into the trad world that’s an intimidating start. :)

You probably had built up the 2 trad leads into some awful emotionally draining monster which killed your self confidence. Which is no bad thing, its better to be safe than sorry. Trad is a cool, if scary, way to climb. You could drop your grades and stick to single pitch and less intimidating stuff to see if you really do have a talent for it. Then head back out onto the towers. Don’t give up on it yet!

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