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Show Russell Jacobs 12 February 2010 else that prepared us for something that big. I mean neither of us I don't believe had done; I know Chris hadn't done a wall before, a wall being, say, the closest place to a big wall would be in Colorado in Estes Park. And ... or Yosemite. Zion hadn't been opened up for climbing yet, so the Tetons were the only place. Both of us were pretty good around the local crags here in the Cottonwoods and what not. So this was kind of a progression for both of us. I don't think ... I may have done Half Dome by this time, I don't recall. . .it was pretty close, one way or the other. But it was well within our ability level, for sure. So ... and we were ready for a big route. I'm glad I did it. I guess in a way it was fortunate that we actually did the Goodro-Shane route, it's a much harder route than the regular North Face route and not too many people do it. I don't know of anyone else that's done it from the climbing circles around Salt Lake, none of my partners. You know, Les Ellison, nobody that I know has ever done the Goodro-Shane route except for Harold Goodro, the original party. MD: And you guys by accident? RJ: We did it by accident, yeah. It's a pretty direct route. It's what they would call a route in Europe 'directissima.' It's a direct straight line, from the bottom to the top straight up. And it's a pretty extreme crack system. I don't think there was one pitch under five-eight. Maybe a couple of the pitches below getting to that second ledge, of the North Face route, but after that it was smack dab in your face all the way, all the way. I wouldn't mind doing it again, you know in better weather, with another partner I think it be a good route to do. It certainly takes precedent over the standard North Face route for sure. 9 |
