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Camelback Mountain
- Phoenix Arizona USA - Original bolt hangers used on the First Ascent of the routes. |
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Original Monk summit anchor that was removed in the early 1980s. Another one of these round anchor plates was on the summit of Pinnacle Peak.
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When I first started climbing, on my second day climbing I was on the Cholla Traverse route on Camelback Mountain. I made it to the first belay ledge and was happily belaying. Then suddenly one of the two bolt anchors ripped away from the wall. It was quite exciting, and I figured I just gained a collectable from that adventure. Little did I know at that time that the bolt I was holding was the beginning of the Karabin Climbing Museum.
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1960s Bobbie's Rock register box, Photo: Sean Peters
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Warren Harding also pounded in a few bolts on this aid route. The route got sent free in one of the early Phoenix Bouldering Contests.
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Out of every route on Camelback Mtn, this crack chimney was the most crumbly. While climbing the route, two bolts broke on me simply by weighting the hangers.
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