Didnt I see a picture of Beck with those knee strings on
Plastic boots rock. I wore my Koflach Vario's on a 20 hour spring climb (long alpine ridge) and was the only one to have warm dry feet. The leather booted partners got cold wet feet.
Griffiths is the right of the three twin peaks. Beelzebub is the double summit.
Ratcliff has been climbed by east and SW ridges. On the FA of the mountain by the east ridge one Glenn Woodsworth was too sick in camp after eating rancid bacon to climb, and missed out on the FA. The things you learn from the CAJ
What is sez is Princess in the photos above is Cerberus. "i'm sorry Mario but the Princess is in another castle"
Darin what exactly did you say about the route that got Ray all
Oh yeah and what I said was Hyperion in the Borealis Pks is actually Aurora Tower
If only we had done the 5.11 sit start, Alpinist would be SOOO on our tip, and sponsored Prana hotties would buy us beers at that Colorado "invitation only" shmozze fest. What a narrowescape!
It's a good thing you drank beer at the Chinese place in Boston Bar cause the water is responsible for several Health Code violations!! Better to go to the railway cafe in North Bend or the Canyon Alpine truckstop 2 minutes north up the highway.
see p.142 alpine select
[chestbeat]Having climbed Old Settler 5x now (7x if you count climbing 2 routes over 2 days as 2 climbs)[/chestbeat]
I can say that it is much more enjoyable the more road you can drive. It's worth it to wait for them to rebuild the bridge.
If you can't wait till then you can go in via Settler Creek and climb Watchman's Ridge (the NE ridge, Gr. III 5.8), NW ridge (Gr. II 5.5) or have a go at the unclimbed 950m north face.
BUT the bugs on the Settler are hideous beyond belief in August. September is a much nicer month to climb it. I will see you up there in late September.