bobbyperu Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 was wondering if anyone has been on this feature since half of it fell off... or who knows when it ripped? interested in the lewis nelson rt specifically... any news is good news, thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avypoodle Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Sounds like a good time for a FA, all we would need is rotohammer and several days worth of batteries, plus aid arsonal for safe bolting. Or we could just climb some other route and rap bolt. I'll talk to my sponsors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 quote: Originally posted by avypoodle: I'll talk to my sponsors. i don't think she will let you out of the house!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avypoodle Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Hey Erik, don't you have a gun rally, world trade summit, etc.. to go to??? [ 06-27-2002, 10:25 AM: Message edited by: avypoodle ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjacktors Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 It fell off prior to our '97 ascent. It only affects the last pitch where you have to traverse left into the new corner for a half pitch. Looking down the new corner, it looks like a great new route - a splitter LFC, but there's probably still a bit of loose stuff hanging out in there. Or who knows, maybe more has ripped off since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 The Girth Pillar has been climbed since half of it fell off more than four years ago. The Nelson/Lewis line of ascent is still intact. [ 06-27-2002, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: danielpatricksmith ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 jack, how was ak???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyperu Posted June 28, 2002 Author Share Posted June 28, 2002 thanx all for the info; jacktors did you find much debris on the lower pitches below the pillar? i will take a look see myself but was just curious, and danpatsmith, so you had a good time on it then? cool, thanx for the info. also since you seem to know the scoop on things, hows the lower north ridge to girth pillar as a climb? worth it, or does the line just lose its alpine mixed flavor without the ice cliff...,seems to me like a intersting approach. any thoughts?.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Bobbyperu, Uhhhh, no, I did not have a good time on Girth Pillar. I broke a hold low down and took a bit of a tumble. I did not complete the route. I did go back a couple of weekends ago and retrieve some of my gear that had been rusting and bleaching away for the last four years. The approach pitches from the Ice Cliff glacier are generally sandy and crappy. Approaching via the lower N Ridge would be interesting, but might involve some tricky downclimbng/ rappeling to gain the Pillar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Here is a good read for the aspiring Girth Pillar climber. http://www.rockandice.com/index.phtml?section=stories_show&content_id=31 and I hope Mr. Patricksmith doesn't mind but here is a bonus "good read" on the same route. http://www.alpinelite.com/Archive/dansmith.htm Girth Pillar is on the VERY BOTTOM of my tick list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyperu Posted June 28, 2002 Author Share Posted June 28, 2002 wow thanx first of all bronco for your reading suggestions, and overall positiveness! way to go... oh and since its at the bottom of your tick list, i should assume that these stories you told me to read psyched you out?.. people get hurt. how many folks have done this route and have a positive experience..? i'm was mostly interested in pertenant info, but it seems i've drawn up a sore spot for some people, oh well. i'm intersted in checking this climb out so i'll just have to go take a look see and realize that finding good info before hand is pretty hit or miss. danpat hope the wounds have healed for you, and thanx for sharing your opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Good luck bobbyperu, hope you have a great time. I just thought it was interesting info on a tough and classic route. BTW - it is on the bottom of my tick list becasue I SUCK and it's a hard route and for no other reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coondog Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 Just came down from Colchuck yesterday and met a couple guys headed in to climb this route, and they mentioned that 'half' of it had fallen, & I understood them to mean as a result of the earthquake a month or so ago... they mentioned they'd gotten the latest beta on the route and GirthPillar from the gear store in Leavenworth, and that the owners had all the latest goodness on the route. Might be worth a call to check. --Coondog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamjacktors Posted June 28, 2002 Share Posted June 28, 2002 bobbyperu - check your pm's. Erik - I'll let you know when I'm done up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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