Lucas captured this shot of a room full of wasted climbers at the awards presentation...
These chipper senders had no clue what they had signed up for!!! The pre-comp meeting...
Andrew Tower, 6 hours into the comp on the Titanic Boulder.
Late night climbing - headlamps making their way up to climb on the opposite side of the canyon

The 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell is an endurance style climbing comp held at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch near Jasper, Arkansas. On September 28-30, teams of two will descend upon the Ranch to endure severe fatigue, dehydration, bloody tips and an unforgettable climbing experience! These teams will have 24 hours to put in as many clean climbs as humanly possible on the hundreds of sport routes on the Ranch.

Welcome to our Grassroots Channel! This is the place to see and share stories, photos and videos of the epic weekend.

There's more info on the 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell website.

All photos by Lucas Marshall, www.lucasmarshall.com

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60th route of 24 hours of HCR HellSunrise on the Titanicigottagetoutside and Rob side by side on dual 5.8's

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Horseshoes and Handgrenades   5.11a  at Horsehoe Canyon Ranch
tough clip
Eying the crux on the lower part of Ceasar's Tossed Salad
Skipping out on class
Down a little  - No a little more right
How does he do that??
What?  DD on toprope?!
Keeping my draw ready on Crimp Scampi
Nat on Commodus arete
Nat flashes Commodus  5.10a in HCR
Andy on Crimp Scampi THE 10d to do at HCR
Final lap on final route in HCR 24

tough clip

Posted by doubleD on 12/15/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
tough clip
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Eying the crux on the lower part of Ceasar's Tossed Salad

Posted by doubleD on 11/28/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Eying the crux on the lower part of Ceasar's Tossed Salad

Nat pulling into the sloper crux of the lower part of Ceasar's Tossed Salad while on-sighting just lower half of the route. We traversed to Sabarite's anchors instead of doing the the upper half (10c).

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Skipping out on class

Posted by doubleD on 11/21/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Skipping out on class

Halfway through Jeremy's class on how to tape for Extreme Cage Fighting I couldn't stand it anymore. With only half built tape gloves I skipped out of class to do Entwash 5.9+ even though it was a finger crack and my gloves were pretty useless. Best viewed in full size.

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Down a little - No a little more right

Posted by doubleD on 11/19/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Down a little  - No a little more right

Nat trying the blind clip on Commodua ps: not everyone clips it this way :)

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How does he do that??

Posted by igottagetoutside on 11/19/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
How does he do that??

Jeremy Collins on the very blank Door Prize, 12a... LOOK AT HIS FEET! He had to do several of these odd step throughs, with very thin to non existent holds. Absolute pleasure to watch.

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What? DD on toprope?!

Posted by igottagetoutside on 11/19/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
What?  DD on toprope?!

In a strange twist of all that is orderly and right, DD allowed ME to be HIS ropegun on this windy day! Sheesh, us ropeguns have to do ALL the work... :-D Commodus, 10a at HCR

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Keeping my draw ready on Crimp Scampi

Posted by doubleD on 11/18/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Keeping my draw ready on Crimp Scampi

Clipping the 4th bolt is almost as hard as the crux on this 10d classic at HCR

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Nat on Commodus arete

Posted by doubleD on 11/15/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Nat on Commodus arete

Nat flashing Commodus 5.10a

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Nat flashes Commodus 5.10a in HCR

Posted by doubleD on 11/14/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Nat flashes Commodus  5.10a in HCR

Nat finishes the beautiful Commodus arete with class.

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Andy on Crimp Scampi THE 10d to do at HCR

Posted by doubleD on 11/13/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Andy on Crimp Scampi THE 10d to do at HCR

Andy Chasteen cruising up Crimp Scampi. A true 4 star 5.10d at HCR.

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Final lap on final route in HCR 24

Posted by doubleD on 10/3/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Final lap on final route in HCR 24

We were lucky that one of the routes on our list finally was available to run up as our 60th route of the 24hours. After a tough start it is a really fun route and a perfect one to relax on and enjoy the view from the top.

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Starboard List @ Horseshoe

Posted by BROCK on 10/3/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell, Southern Rockers
Starboard List @ Horseshoe

Sending Starboard List at 24 Hours of Horshoe Hell.

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Climbing at HCR Hell requires just as much night climbing as day climbing

Posted by doubleD on 10/2/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Climbing at HCR Hell requires just as much night climbing as day climbing

You find you can send some pretty hard stuff after dark when you have to get at least one route an hour in for HCR 24 competition. Nat did find night trad a little spooky though.

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igottagetoutside styling on Groovy during HCR Hell 2007

Posted by doubleD on 10/2/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
igottagetoutside styling on Groovy during HCR Hell 2007

just after 9am after climbing for 23 hours straight.

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60th route of 24 hours of HCR Hell

Posted by doubleD on 10/2/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
60th route of 24 hours of HCR Hell

This was the final route we climbed. Very hard start for a 5.8 but igottagetoutside pulled it. She finished and amazing 2nd overall for women with60 routes lead in 24 hours

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Who's competing in Horseshoe Hell?

Hey, folks. The 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell event still needs a few more grassroots correspondents. Just agree to take some photos and/or video, and blog about the event, and they'll cover your entry fee.

The competition is coming up this weekend. Let us know ASAP if you'd like to get in free!

It's very low pressure (being a correspondent; being a competitor is another matter!), and no experience is necessary to snap some pics and blog, then post to YourClimbing.com.

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Last year's HCR Hell Nighttime in the North Forty

Posted by doubleD on 9/18/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Last year's HCR Hell    Nighttime in the North Forty

Since HCR Hell is in a couple of weeks I thought it was time for a couple of reminders from last year. igottagetoutside is refueling and thinking about only 13 more hours to go.

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Way to rest before the crux

Posted by doubleD on 9/16/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Way to rest before the crux

igottagetoutside with a great rest stance to clip before the crux of Private Propterty 5.10a at HCR

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Making it look easy

Posted by igottagetoutside on 9/3/2007
Groups: 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
Making it look easy

DD cruised this 5.9+ crack, seconding in crackhouse alley at HCR

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