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Updated my page on this extraordinary ascent. If you were packed for just the southern, you would have smoked it too. Lets have another look at this project next year with a July start. Know this, Your climbing and writing about this inspires many people. Who knows who is looking at this and thinking : "One day, I will try to reach for the stars." Who cares if you only grab the moon!

crap, they just changed the forecast

Wow, fast!

Be there! Upper area, big pullout More details? Corvallisclunker?

Oh darn, 15 summits on your first trip to the Pickets, I wouldn't call that too short. Hell of a run guys! You got the entire MacMillan Creek Cirque!

3 months in SA! Soo jealous.

Nice job guys, thats quite a day in the season you went in. New snow to boot, well done.

what is it ? googled it, : His favorite 1oo climbs of NA

I remember one of the first camping trips with the little ones. The youngest asked if this is where we live now.

Wow, just, wow, Thanks

Anyone up for this rig? this weekend. would consider Tempest wall too.

Nice!

Cool, thats one to repeat.

Wow dude. Thats some link=up. Love the start photo.

Looks like a good off-the-radar trip! Bet that snow is history now.

Great Pat, enjoyed that.

Actually looking to climb the monster again. I hope to swap leads and free it, it is 511a, with 2-3 cruxes. Here is the kicker, I hope to climb it twice once the 25th and again on the 26th for photos.

They are doing great lately too. I enjoyed the slide show a month ago.

Nice trip! thanks for taking us there. loved the video too.

Nice! Good topo too. I that the standard W Face route in the Beckey book?

You could do it, just be in kickin trad shape.

Trip: Springbok Arete, Les Cornes - Date: 8/27/2011 Trip Report: Every now and then, I run across a route that challenges me to the near-fullest. I cant think of more that 10 free routes that I have done that compare to SBA in terms of difficulty and length. A few come to mind: Sunshine on Snowpatch, Scenic Cruise in the Black Canyon, and Liberty Crack are in the same league. The league or 2 above these routes would be the Nose on El Cap. Hard, classic, and exhausting climbing from start to finish, nearly every pitch must be taken seriously. In this case we did 15 pitches of outstanding crack climbing up the Southeast Face of Les Cornes. The route must be started by doing the the first 3 pitches via the Sprungc_ock Erect start. That makes it a full day of steep fun. Easily one of my favorite routes of all time. More on blog below.

Nice, who is Richard?

Here! Here!

Nice! Federal offense if in the park Seattle Pi