Fri Night Vid Crack Climbing Gems in Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau isn't known for its crack climbing, but Pete Whittaker, Mari Salveson and Thomas Baxter spent a day seeking out the hardest and best cracks the forest had to offer. According to Pete, occasionally there's some 'real climbi...
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Is there really no wall in the US that overhangs for more than 1000ft/300m? Seems incredible for such a huge country.
I think the limitation depends on rock physics, not the size of the country.
Hah! That sounds like a trick question - although I'm not quite sure why.
Is there one anywhere?
Mount Thor on Baffin Island has an overhanging face apparently 1,250m high. The Angel Falls face we climbed was probably over 900m high. Those are some of the more notable examples, but there's an enormous difference between those and 300m. It just struck me that a country with such vast and impressive geography, 300m didn't seem as high as I'd expected.