Why has nobody posted a vid of climbing Megablast? It starts at the left edge of the cave, goes up into the little cave, then proceeds out the roof of the cave directly above the left side of the cave. One of the best toprope climbs on Castle Rock itself, which admittedly has few TR routes...
@@arboristBlairGlenn Yes! There are two routes there, as I recall. I started climbing there in 1980 when I was 16 with Brendan Riordan, back when everyone knew that the Goat roof was only 5.7-5.8... I think Aeronautical Engineer was the easier of the two climbs. Laying on the stone in front of the cave, looking up at the rock, both followed the same beginning, up the left arete, into the little cave, then out the ceiling of that cave, with AE taking a path farther to the right, but directly up from the little cave (the climb I could do) and Megablast following a harder variation right in the middle of the ceiling of the little cave and up, which I could never manage. I think I watched Pete Ferguson climb it once, but no one else. It was rarely tried. But AE was more doable and had people on it once in a blue moon.
Why do you guys lunge for the hold (1:00 and 2:30)? More classy is holding with left hand, placing feet wide apart, and reaching up with your right slowly to take hold of the lip.
@@mark_handle I started climbing in the 60’s up at Castle Rock, Pinnacles and finally Yosemite. Climbed with a lot of big names from the early days. You might enjoy this. Photos from 1972, El Cap ruclips.net/video/xISV3XAeTLA/видео.html
Why has nobody posted a vid of climbing Megablast? It starts at the left edge of the cave, goes up into the little cave, then proceeds out the roof of the cave directly above the left side of the cave. One of the best toprope climbs on Castle Rock itself, which admittedly has few TR routes...
I know that climb with a different name. Aeronautical engineer I think.
@@arboristBlairGlenn Yes! There are two routes there, as I recall. I started climbing there in 1980 when I was 16 with Brendan Riordan, back when everyone knew that the Goat roof was only 5.7-5.8... I think Aeronautical Engineer was the easier of the two climbs. Laying on the stone in front of the cave, looking up at the rock, both followed the same beginning, up the left arete, into the little cave, then out the ceiling of that cave, with AE taking a path farther to the right, but directly up from the little cave (the climb I could do) and Megablast following a harder variation right in the middle of the ceiling of the little cave and up, which I could never manage. I think I watched Pete Ferguson climb it once, but no one else. It was rarely tried. But AE was more doable and had people on it once in a blue moon.
you didn't show him pulling the roof! how come?
Why do you guys lunge for the hold (1:00 and 2:30)? More classy is holding with left hand, placing feet wide apart, and reaching up with your right slowly to take hold of the lip.
Nothing wrong with a good lunge move
@@arboristBlairGlenn Yeah. Matter of style...
@@mark_handle I started climbing in the 60’s up at Castle Rock, Pinnacles and finally Yosemite. Climbed with a lot of big names from the early days. You might enjoy this. Photos from 1972, El Cap
ruclips.net/video/xISV3XAeTLA/видео.html
Love Castle Rock!