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For clarification, it's my understanding they were climbing the glacier route on Silver Star and fell in the area of Chianti Spire. I'm a mountain rescue volunteer and don't have any problem with them requesting a rescue. Falls like that can cause internal injuries that may not be apparent. Live streaming the rescue is totally inappropriate and should result in a loss of phone privileges for a minimum of two weeks and no TV after dinner.

Thanks so much!! Yeah, I intend to post it on Mountain Project in the near future. I was initially holding off on doing so for a little while, partially to see if the route had history so that I could report it accurately, and also partially in case I get a chance to go re-climb it myself to make sure it's really ready-to-recommend before I start advertising it more broadly. (Doing one more lap myself would give me a chance to get a second take on the difficulty ratings, see if there's anything loose enough that should be trundled preemptively in case there were ever more than one party on route, maybe even add a bolt to the friction-slab section of the sixth pitch.) It's unclear if I'll find the time re-climb it in the next few weeks though, so maybe I'll post it on Mountain Project before doing so after all. I'll add it on Mountain Project within a month either way

Wayne would know better than most! Congrats regardless, it’s hard to find new territory these days!

It’s not for everyone but appreciate those who share in non-corporate media! How much do you think OnX paid REI for that site? Gotta recoup.

Likely an FA. You give great detail in your trip report. Do you have something on mountain project yet? It looks like a fine climb!

I sadly did not take any photos of that area. Closest I got was the last pic on my post (showing the first anchor). The background of that image was the pass heading up to Colchuck/Dragontail

I enjoyed it quite a bit! 5 long pitches of 5.6/5.7 climbing, not sustained, but some good variety. Great views on the way up too

LOL - I'm sensing something more like a pile of choss. Do I test holds by knocking on them first, then pulling them out to look at before putting them back? Looking on mountain project it looks like the closest stuff is exit 32 and Deception? Not granite but short drives. From the responses so far clearly the concept of breakfast beers is eluding everyone...except perhaps those who made the weird kenticle thing and all the other outside gym like man made stuff - that stuff is just weird, maybe weird good but still weird. Seriously though, what guidebook is good for crags close to Seattle? Same question but for old obscure stuff in the Cascades? For anyone familiar, is there something analogous to the old Roper green book (old old sierra club publication) for obscure stuff?

Hey all - I'm planning a trip in NCNP and have to pick up permits in person for cross country zone. Debating whether it's ok to get there a bit early before the station opens (around 630?) the day of, or if I should go out the day before. We want to be hiking by 10 or earlier. It's been a while since I've had to get permits in person, and I've heard horror stories of wait times, though maybe some of that is alleviated with the online system? I'll be picking it up mid week next week, right before July 4 weekend... Any recent experience and recommendation is helpful. thanks!

Hi guys! I’m on a multi year trip motorcycling around the world and I’m trying to find one of these old bottles for my adventures :-)) the 800ml one ideally If you have one for sale please get in touch, thank you!

On Saturday, June 14th, Kelly Ryan and I climbed a rock buttress in the Washington Pass area, based only on photographs I had taken of that rock buttress a couple of weeks prior. It has 1000′ of mostly moderate and enjoyable granite climbing, with trees available for almost every belay station. The route is solidly Grade III in size. We swung leads for eight long pitches, where I led the odds and Kelly led the evens. We estimate that maybe one pitch was 5.9, and a number of others were 5.7 / 5.8, but there certainly were factors that could have led us to over-estimating difficulties at the time, so it's possible those difficulties will get downgraded upon the arrival of more opinions. There is a walk-off from the top, which returns to the route’s base. We took a lot of extra time dealing with the details of the unknown here, but with the beta now known, I imagine par for the course could be 12 to 13 hours car-to-car for this moderate route. It's hard to know if this is a new first ascent or not. We definitely climbed it in the style of a first ascent; and despite a lot of searching, I've yet to find conclusive proof that the particular line we climbed has been previously climbed in its entirety. Whatever the case may be, I'm rather proud of our little effort here! More details in this write-up: https://rocknropenw.com/2025/06/17/la-croupe-du-poney/

Trip: Kendall peak - Trail Trip Date: 06/23/2025 Trip Report: Kiba and I went up Kendall yesterday. Had the summit all to ourselves the whole time, lots of hikers out but I guess they were all just going to the catwalk. IMG_7412.mov Gear Notes: Dig Approach Notes: Trail

“It was supposed to freeze overnight and didn’t," she says, “I was just, like, standing, and then all of a sudden, the snow underneath me collapsed." Ummm, yea. Ok. And you're a guide?

Is it just me? IMO this episode reflects very poorly on the climbing community. No broken bones? Hike the f^ck out. At a minimum, turn off your "live feed" while good people are trying to rescue you. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/washington-woman-records-mountainside-rescue/ar-AA1H3KjQ?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Check out the sweet granite stash in Renton. Tons of plumb lines waiting to be put up if you’re hard enough.

Index. Go easy on FA froth until you've been around a particular crag for a bit and gotten to know it and its crew.

Hiya, I'm new to the area and looking to get on some rock. Is there anywhere in the greater seattle area that I can go and fix a line for an afternoon and mini-trax? Preferably crack climbing on granite. Preferable quiet during the week. I don't mind an approach if it gets me what I want. Also a curious question - what's the general FA ethic around here? Ground up by stance I hope? kev

Oh, and post up a TR when you get back (unlike me)!

Climbed S. Twin last weekend and snow starts about 4900' in the basin between N and S Twin, but the west ridges of both peaks are dry. One approach for a 2-3 day trip would be to camp in basin between peaks at about 4900. Good flat camps there along the climber's trail. When you packed up after climbing the WR of the S Twin, you could leave the S Twin climber's trail ~4200' and 'schwack NW to intersect the N Twin climber's trail ~4500' on the WR. Drop overnight stuff there and go up and down the WR of N Twin, picking up the stuff before heading out (or camping another night at the end of the logging spur where the N Twin climber's trail begins. Note- I have not done the connection described above so I have no idea how 'schwacky it is, but it would save a lot of distance and elevation gain from going back to the road before heading up for N Twin.

Anyone been up Twin Sisters lately? Looking for snow conditions. Thinking of leaving late some night soon and taking a couple days/nights to do them both at a leisurely pace. I love the long ridge scrambles so going to do them individually and not the traverse. Can't decide what order to hit them or where to camp, so any beta or recommendations welcome.

Beautiful trip; great photos!

Don't be trying to access your public lands @Fairweather!