Index - Aid-Solo City Park/Sloe Children - C1 6/29/2009
Trip: Index - Aid-Solo City Park/Sloe Children - C1
Date: 6/29/2009
Trip Report:lungsore and whooped, tangled in febrile webs sucking out my very soul, i returned to tvash's lair sunday evening after a humiliating retreat from thin red line - tvash, who had been pre-soakign his aging testicles in icewater en route home in preparation for a night of no-chastity w/ a stable-full of nubile sodomites, did not out of christian-charity ask me to vacate his abode, but the impending moans and screams of satiation implored me to seek a saner shelter to salve my wounded constitution
so to joshk's it was - we were to head off for the alpine soon, but first he was taking an old buddy car-camping, as occasionally getting wasted in the woods shows us the flip side of getting wasted sitting around our living rooms - i needed to find something to do other than sit around a yuppie-abattoir w/ a yellow-eyed, cat noir, but nothing too strenous that would find me wasted my whole month long vacation in lingering sickness - so why not something on the lower town walls of index? previously i'd only been to the upper walls and knew the walk was beyond me, especially w/ overnight shit and aid-solo gear - stealing josh's copy of "sky valley rock" (curiously unused
) i set out after josh departed the scene monday morning, be suring to screw my head on nice n' tight before exposing meself to torrid seattle area rush hour traffic
after a shitty BK breakfeast and a perky chat w/ the family, a comfortable continent away, i was arrived in the luxorious, opulent abode of index - i wandered around w/ the guide until i found somethign promising, the ancient classic of "city park"
a truly excellent candidate for a solo-aid climb - perfect gear placements at the base for upperward pulls and a short bolt ladder to stimulating, nuts-only C1
the soundtrack on my bigblaster - inxs' first LP - auto-erotic asphyixators alwasy do it for me
cool crack - i really only used 3 nuts the whole way, constantly cleanign and replacing them
back on the ground after rapping my haul line, having cleaned a bit of gear on the way down
the second pitch went smooth as well, with some fun free climibng thrown in for the aid-soler (just remember to feed the gri-gri monster first!)
on the city benches, with evening setting in and sickness settled over me, i set up my camp on the first bolt of "giant sized baby-thing", figuring that'd keep me out of the way if anybody below was feeling like doing sloe children in the twilight - no takers though to interupt the continous pimpfest that ensued - good christ, i thought, did i really only bring a half-liter of merlot? i'm not thaaaat sick...
a sweet place for a solo ledge - no room for more really - a fine ledge to set your favorite distractions too, mine including "salt" and a flagoon of paltry wine - many thanks to moof, who loaned me the old fish-ledge i used w/ him on "mideast crisis" in yosylum
not a bad bedroom view
a parcel of dead soldiers
a diaphonous dish-rag on the glooming peaks of the eastern hills
ah, macro-setting, how i love you! now how did i manage to fuck my finger up this much while wearign gloves?
moon set over index
a long dark teatime of the soul - towards 9 an unearthly explosion from the 2 came roiling over the hills - thick black smoke billowed into the sky until all color faded from the night - emergency vehicles sped up and down, but by the morrow the blackened corpses cared for and mighty commerce once again enabled - i woke after a night of amorous ambitions, plagued by gypsy dreams, refreshed and sun-brightened - collapsed my bullshit and managed to finish sloe children and return to the anchor as the first party of the day arrived at my ledge
what a route sloe children must be to free! sweet jesus, bring something like a dozen yellow and red aliens? for the aid-solist, a tiny nut was needed for the last move onto the anchor ledge
met up w/ friends of friends at the base - hightimes ensued - adjurned to the skykomish below the bridge for extended debauchery - then the long highway home back to josh and the Next Adventure!
Gear Notes:p1 - offset small to medium nutz
p2 - handsized gear
p3 - all the .5 and below cams you can carry, plus a tiny aid nut for the top and 2 .75s - i also found a blue/green and green/yellow hybrid alien very handy at the very top and bottom
Approach Notes:over the traintracks and through the spooky forest
