ApeMan

about 2/3rd of the way down this page is a picture of someone using a Bachar ladder. http://www128.pair.com/r3d4k7/Climbing&Gymnastics1.3.html and another; http://www.crossfitoakland.com/archives/2008/02/bachar_ladder.html and lastly a video. http://www.mountainzone.com/videos/playvideo.asp?vid=48434

S. Face of the Tooth, Snolqualmie pass. I took my wife to be up that early in our dating.

So .............how was it?!? I had my kids this weekend and could not attend, maybe next year if it's a non-kid weekend!

THAT looks awesome! Unless I win the lottery it'll stay a "dream" climb only for me. Getting too old and lazy and not enough time on the rock anymore to think about that. The South Face though............that is something that is within the realm of the possible for me!

kick ass trip, with thinking like that, we'll beat the gas hogs yet! I spent most of a week in Aug. camped just over the bridge towards exfoliation dome but only got the first pitch of big tree 1 on 3 O.C.R. done. Was with the wife and she was not up for climbing this year.

Great climbs! Living local to Kloochman I've looked at that side of the rocks many times but never found a partner interested in getting on anything. Like wise on the Talon, I made a solo visit with my dogs years ago but have never gotten the opportunity to make an ascent. Glad the weather worked for you!

We did epic, it was snowing the last 3 hours to the summit and rained all the way down, but we summitted on Sat. and crashed just after we started up Long's Pass about 10pm. A great climb but my body is paying for it now! Check your messages here. Larry

Kick ass climb, Rob W. and I just did the W. Ridge of Stuart yesterday. Dragontail / Serpentine Arete has long been on my tick list. Maybe next year!

A pair of 38's and a real gun too?

Glad to see that someone has made the trip into Strobach already! I was up to Rim Rock for some cross country with my girlfriend yesterday and it looked like many of the climbs were in, still thin as the pictures attest but there. Also, It looks like "First Ice on the Right is in". Possibly for the first time since Yale and I put that up as the first ice route we found up there. I'm hoping to get up there this year and get good and freaked out but we'll see how the winter progresses for me. Lastly, as we were skiing around the penisula area on Rim Rock I noticed that right below the bridge, where the S. Fork of the Tieton enters the lake, is a curtain of ice , at least 20' high and maybe 40 wide. I stopped and looked at it from above and there is some running water under the ice but if anyone has the sack and maybe a toprope it certainly seems doable. I'm thinking once the weather warms again it'll all melt out but there is some road side ice for any who want it! Larry

I was wondering if anyone here has ever done any of the routes there? It is listed in the Beckey guide book, about 3 miles North of Chinook Pass on the Crest trail. In theory there are at least 3 routes, about 3 pitches long and 5.7. I was wondering about the rock and route quality, if it's reasonable to even go in there. Thanks Larry

went up to the Royal Columns this morning to climb and we found someone's climbing shoes, inside the carry bag. Looks like the strap frayed and broke. My partner is going to drop them at HyperSpud Sports; in town Crakima. 907 South 1st Yakima, WA 98901 Phone (509) 248-2093 email hyperspud1@yahoo.com Larry

I appreciate you owning up to retieing the slings, not many people would have. I just hope no one gets hurt using such a "neat" solution to anchor systems.

Who was the moron that untied the slings from the top of Nimrod's Nemisis and retied them into an American Triangle? Sobo and I put those slings in place as self equalizing anchors. Can you give me any kind of reason to change that set up beside being a dumb ass? Climb down at Smith if you want to do shit like that. Larry