Klenke - Feb 9, 2005 5:36 pm - Voted 10/10
DimensionsHow about some dimensions, Gangolf? How high, how wide?
Nice page. Never heard of the area.
Gangolf Haub - Feb 10, 2005 1:51 am - Hasn't voted
Re: DimensionsThis is rather a small rock. Ehough to cause a headache if it falls on someone's head though. I would estimate the top to be 10 x 10m wide and the whole thing to be 20m high. I waited quite a while for the sun to set and got an even moodier photo which I wanted to post with the TR tonight.
lorenzo t - Feb 10, 2005 6:48 am - Voted 10/10
Whata fantastic mushroom.
L
Gangolf Haub - Feb 10, 2005 11:16 am - Hasn't voted
Mushroom?That would be this one
Grazie Lorenzo ;-)
rpc - Feb 10, 2005 1:06 pm - Voted 10/10
Awsome formation/shot Gangolf!!What a cool formation. There's something like that near Moab in Utah. It's called The Mexican Hat - don't have a picture of it though.
Any info. on summit routes on this thing?
Great shot!
Gangolf Haub - Feb 10, 2005 4:38 pm - Hasn't voted
RoutesIt's cool isn't it? As for routes, see on this German page. There seem to be two routes and one variation of the first (normal). All rate between UIAA 6+ and 7-. If you want to see them, look at the picture below which was taken from the east of the formation. One route (the first) is suoosed to be in the north-east (right) and somehow negotiates the overhang, probably where it is most narrow. The second route takes the SE corner of the trunk (left) and probably uses the part where there is no overhang.
I have seen no topo however. First climbed in 1922!
rpc - Jan 17, 2007 7:02 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: RoutesThanks Gangolf.
1922 eh? These "old school climbers" were a heck of a tough bunch. There are some climbs around Oregon that were put up in the 40's & 50's for example that rarely get done today (because they are terrifying!).
Gangolf Haub - Jan 18, 2007 8:01 am - Hasn't voted
Re: RoutesYeah, probably the guys back then had more guts then we do ;-)
Not sure if you have seen this page. After preparing the page with mvs and charles I read somewhere that today only a small percentage of the known routes are climbed anymore - the rest are too dangerous. The current routes have been bolted after several whole parties fell to their death in the 60s and 70s, parties which relied on the crappy and rusty old protection they found in the walls. The alpine clubs decided that having good fixed pro in place would be worth the effort. They were right since the death toll dropped considerably...
wuedesau - Feb 11, 2005 7:11 am - Hasn't voted
Great photo!Nice mushroom :-)
Dan Dalton - Jan 16, 2007 9:24 pm - Voted 10/10
Kann man...das halt klettern?
Gangolf Haub - Jan 17, 2007 9:04 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Kann man...Yes, see some posts above, in my answer to rpc there's a link to a route page ;-)
The link works again, now :o)
Dan Dalton - Jan 17, 2007 5:24 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Kann man...Thanks.
vida.szabi - Jan 29, 2007 3:04 pm - Voted 10/10
FantasticWhere is this area exactly? And is it possible to climb here?
Nice photo!
sz
Gangolf Haub - Jan 29, 2007 4:03 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: FantasticThis should answer your questions.
1: German-French border region between Saarbrücken, Wissembourg and Landau
2: Yes you can climb a lot...
ibndalight - Feb 12, 2007 4:15 am - Voted 10/10
NiceIs that a tree growing out of the top of it?
Gangolf Haub - Feb 12, 2007 6:30 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: NiceYes it is, though only a little one. Almost all of the crags of the area display some sort of vegetation:
Gangolf Haub - Feb 1, 2009 2:40 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Would you walk on it?No it can't - not currently anyway and not without a major earthquake before. It stands on three pillars. One of them could fall and the remaining two would still balance the rock on top. At least that's what someone calculated ....
Gangolf Haub - Feb 1, 2009 2:48 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Well,It's sandstone - solidity is relative ;-) If you rub it long enough it will topple :-)
MariaH - May 8, 2011 4:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Oh, I love sandstone!I always wanted to visit that area, but somehow never made it. I myself like very much Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland, Zittau mountains etc. Have you ever been to Tisá, near the German border, south of the Bielatal? There you could find also many spectacular rocks and boulders, like the Steinpilz or mushroom http://www.summitpost.org/rock-called-mushroom-steinpilz-in-tis-bohemian-switzerland/714287
or Napoleon's shoe! http://www.summitpost.org/rock-called-napoleon-s-shoe-tis-bohemian-switzerland/714209
Please excuse me: I don't know how to put a link in a comment, like you do...
Gangolf Haub - May 10, 2011 5:36 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Oh, I love sandstone!Never been there but would like to go. Too far for a day trip and too close for a vacation :-(
It would need some business trip to get me there ...
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