quikclimber

i could possibly head out the 19th if my rainier plans fall apart

lemme know if you go out top roping or wouldnt mind dragging a newbie up a few pitches. I would actually like to start leading, just need to follow someone and dial in screw placements. im availabe thursday friday and all of next week, weekend plans havent fallen through yet.

hit up a rock route...that stuff is super grippy even when wet! i would love to hit up the ridge just north of big creek basin (south ridge?)

send me a pm if you have a plan, im almost always available to climb or ski (im unemployed at the moment0. I would love to find some ice, im a newbie on WI though just top roping untill i can find someone to get me out on something legit.

Trip: mt washington - climbers trail Date: 12/2/2008 Trip Report: road is snow free, and in good shape. trail is snow free to upper big creek basin, then small patches from there up. the ledge which gains the upper ridge is filled with snow and there are patches of snow on the ridge. mainly went for some excercise and to scramble some easy rock, 1.5hrs up, 1 hr down, rainy.

currently unemployed, leaving for s. america in january, but hit me up anytime before then. i really want to climb anything thats in decent shape...dont really have a list. 360-303-1582

send me a pm if you want to climb, maybe soem ice sooner or later, or rock if there is a dry spell

is there any easier stuff that could be toproped? i just got some tools and would like to find something up at baker or near bellingham to try them out on

Climb: the Brothers, south peak-south buttress?????? Date of Climb: 12/19/2004 Trip Report: headed up last saturday to take advantage of the weather and get the legs moving after a ski trip in BC. My friend like came along. we left the trailhead around 6 in the evening on saturday and made it to the "Y" in the creek up the valley of the silent men in three hours or so and set up camp. the hike in was nice, the moon and stars were out and it wasnt very cold. left early the next morning and plodded through the shallow patchy snow up to where the avalance debris accumulate below the hourglass. there wasnt very much snow here yet...a lot of the snow near the cliffs had melted and the talus slopes were bare, along with the hourglass itself. we climbed on the rocky ridges to the east of the standard route, which were dry and bare. we enjoyed great views since we were above the clouds. a few times we were forced onto snow, which in the shade was very hard...so we cut steps since we ditched the crampons earlier. we brought a small rack and used it on a few sections of 5th class rock we found along our meandering route. in all it was a lot of fun to sramble up the rocks and get a little exposure in. the weather was also awesome all day, with the sun out. we did a little standing glissading and a lot of sitting glissade down the standard route which was filled with snow to a few hundred feet above the hourglass. we could have climbed this, but the sun and warm temps kept the spring-like snow fairly soft and the rocks were bare. we hiked out again under the moon and made it to the car around 5. ill try and post some pics soon the gullies on the north side were nice and filled in the the snow was rock hard...might be some ice here and there or at least steep hard snow to climb on. Gear Notes: used a small rack of hexes, tapers, 8.8 rope, axes on descent, helmet..etc. didnt use the crampons or snowshoes. Approach Notes: patchy snow starts up in the valley of the silent men, but most of the climbing trail past the Y in the creek is bare.

Climb: North Twin Sister-west ridge Date of Climb: 11/11/2004 Trip Report: set out early veterans day...great weather. it was pretty frosty in the morning on the way up. we took bikes up the road, starting at the gate and rode all the way to the turnoff at grouse praire. the climb up the ridge was awesome. the rock was dry and warm, no sno. the top has a little snow and the north face is filling in. we descended the north face, on hard glazed snow, but it probably would have been quicker at this point to descend the ridge, since scrambling all over on the lower talus slopes was kinda slow. alltogeather it was a great climb. Gear Notes: wasnt sure what to expect so i brought way too much gear: few screws, pickets, rope, small rack, axe, crampons. all we used was the axe and crampons on the descent of the north face, which was very stiff. never used any of the other gear. the bikes were awesome on the way down Approach Notes: trail is clear and in good condition, ridge is snow free, NF is filling in and very hard.

i know a friend who sport climbs and would like to get into trad, if you are interested pm me

i might be up for saturday sunday..but i gotta work on friday

ooohhhhhh ive never seen that view yet.....i realley want to do some routes on that side

go climb....it beats sitting around talking about it get an early start and have fun

i got water at my campsite ~6000, where it came out of the glacier for ten or so feet then ran back under the snow. Tricky stream crossing? hmmm?

Climb: Baker-coleman/demning Date of Climb: 6/11/2004 Trip Report: sorry its a little late but here it is... spent thursday going over crevasse rescue with a newbie and spent the night at the bottom of the coleman. late start at 5:30 friday, the snow was actually fairly firm, we used crampons, but a bootpack is forming and we could have gotten by without them. it was pretty foggy but the route was easy to follow, no sketch crevasse crossings or anything tricky, still pretty direct. we got out of the clouds once we were on the roman wall and the wind calmed down. we sat on the summit for an hour enjoying the sun and clear skies, glacier was peaking out. the snow was a bit softer for the descent and we used snowshoes once we reached the saddle. nice glissade down the lower coleman and from the camp to the saddle. from the summit i took a peak over towards the north ridge...looks like its in good shape, lots of snow Gear Notes: we used gear....snowshoes were the handiest item, skis would have been nice. Approach Notes: trail mostly snow free untill the final creek crossing where its solid snow to the camps

anybody want to come?

how crappy is the snow up there....im thinking of doing the standard coleman/roman wall route starting tomarrow and summiting friday. i thought the lower snow level would help cool down that snow from tuesday and consolidate it. is it worth going?

have fun, i just went up on friday and it was great. it was my first time up north twin, but i bet ill be doing it a lot more. im a student at western and am always looking for people to climb with. I especially want to check out darrington sometime. send me an email at quikrockclimber@hotmail.com sometime if you want to climb

good ole wilkeson... i was there earlier this spring and parked at the usual gate. i hope they never close that place up

let us know how your trip went!! im goin up next weekend if conditions are good

im a looser..went over and did condorphamine addiction friday evening, a few miltipitches in tumwater saturday morning and lightningh crack and a few others at peshastin on sunday afternoon, but never made it up to the party. hope you all had fun, you should all try rafting of kayaking....thats what i did while it was raining. hope to make it next year.

i went up mt washington last year with a friend in the middle of winter. of course it got dark realley early, while we were just coming down the upper chute, and he forgot his headlamp, and my batteries were almost dead. it was kinda fun sorting our way down the cliff bands and all, since we missed the trail.

if you want to get to wilkeson, ill hook you up with a map. the place is good for beginners but there isnt much hard stuff. alot of the old routes are being rebolted.

went up ellinor friday the 23rd. realley nice day up there. lots of fresh. chute still needs a couple feet before its skiable.