[TR] Leavenworth - Hubba Hubba 2/13/2009

[bf2015]

Trip: Leavenworth - Hubba Hubba

 

Date: 2/13/2009

 

Trip Report:

Gabe and I decided to do Bryant on Friday and then head over to Leavenworth to do Hubba Hubba on Saturday, but the avvy danger was high at Alpental, so we headed to Leavenworth. We got a late start and wondered if we even had time to do Hubba Hubba, but so be it we said and headed up. We could see that the line was fat even from the parking area. Niether of us had done Hubba Hubba before, and the approach wasn’t too bad. 1000ft pretty much straight up. It would have been eaiser with about a foot more of snowpack though. On the way up both of us were wondering how the heck we were going to descend. Oh well, we’d figure that out later. Avvy danger was low, but it became obvious why. There had already been a few probably in the last few weeks. We didn’t need to bother with a warmup because the last 100 feet of the approach was solid ice and was warmup enough. We broke out the crampons and tools an made our way up to the beginning on the route. We decided to do the right. I started leading, but being my first year ice climbing, I’m still working on my mental game, so Gabe finished leading the first pitch. I seconded, and Gabe led the 2nd “full-rope length” pitch Nice hard ice, but a little soft towards the top of the 2nd pitch. By the time he got the anchor built, it was starting to get dark, so he rapped down to me, and then we rapped down. Now to figure how to get down. We ended up slinging some avvy ice and rapped down a full rope length to a nice stump, and then rapped down another full rope length to a less vertical area. From there, we made our way down and back to the car. 9 hrs car-2-car. Pretty awesome climbing day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gear Notes:

13cm screws and a couple 22cm screws.

 

Approach Notes:

Be prepared to do the last 100 feet of the approach with crampons and tools. Also, rapping the 1st 300 feet of the descent was the best option for us to get down especially in the dark with headlamps.

[Spiral_Out]

Sick! Was it 13cm screws because that's what you had or what the route would mostly take?

 

Good job!

[genepires]

oh those early years are the best! good to hear your story.

[bf2015]

We had 13cm and 22cm screws. We hit rock a few times with the 22cm screws.