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Just to correct Dane's post. We haven't got the bolts in to the left side of the Cable yet, as my buddies very old drill crapped out in the middle of another mixed line. Hopefully the Cable's mixed line will be complete fairly soon. We probably won't go out there until we get our hands on a reliable drill.

Thanks Paul. Any word on Children of the Sun?

Did you get a look at Source Lake Line? Any photo's? Thanks in advance.

Is The Drip touching down?

Can you tell us a little about the ice conditions. Was it dry or raining water?

That was my car, it isn't touching down. Still has about 9-12 feet to go, and it's running(raining) down water at a rate of 5-10 gallons per minute. If it forms, and is pouring down water the way it was when I was there, I still wouldn't touch it. Check out Merciful Fate's photo's in another thread, he's got a close up shot of it posted.

Anytime Dave. That was a blast!

Nice work Bro-hem!!!

I did this a couple of weeks ago in warmer and dryer weather. I would definetly rank it as one of the best and highest quality WA pass routes!!! Stellar fingers, hands, and face most of the way. I did the 5.10 traverse too, as it looked much cleaner than the bombay chimney. A "must do" and should be on every climbers list!

Hey Dirtysloper, I read a trip report once of someone who had rapped one of the routes. Don't know which one though. Do you have any info on the new routes put up on the face, beta, topo's, etc? A north facing climb like that sounds like the right ticket in this heat.

Yo Sol, Can we get higher resolution scan of that topo? Thanks in advance.

Agreed... this is a rather vague thread.

Wicked shots!

Nice work Mike!!! My friend and I had camped with a couple fellas who were on Minute Man and mentioned you were up there. Very exciting news.

Definetly bring gear to 5 inches to avoid really big runouts and serious fall potential on the money pitch. I love the photo's of John and I clowning around in the bowling alley after down climbing a little bit of 5th class choss....classic.

squamish will still be REALLY WET and miserable...i'd stay away from there this weekend. if i were you, i'd go to exit 38 or renton instead.

Wicked jobs guys!

Cutting your hands is usually the result of inexperience and bad technique. Tape is aid. You can develope your technique at an improved rate by not taping.

FYI-if you hit the right trail and follow the cairns, the slide alder is completely non-existent!

After the fall at the 5.12 crux, I found a crutial knee bar to give me the reach I needed to grab the side pull on the second go. Ya'll didn't hear, wearing spandex is like eating your Wheaties! LOL. Just joking. When I was deciding which pair of alpine pants I wanted to thrash up the 5.9+ chimney with and tear up....those things won.

Nice TR John. I love the photo's, keep em coming.

That's a short base jump! From the time they jump, to the time their feet touch the ground, is like 30 seconds. Also, landing on the railroad tracks. Wow! The jumper I talked to last week had a buddy who landed just before a train came flying up the mountain from the west. The train grabbed his chute and ripped it off his harness as the guy narrowly averted catastrophe by jumping out of the way. Short jump....even sketchier landing zone!

We're all thinking of you. Get well soon!

It's been 9 or 10 years but this rack will get you there. Don't know anything about the fixed lines as we didn't fix. Double set of cams to 3 inches Double set of nuts Double set of micro nuts Hooks Camhooks I don't remember a lot about the route, but do remember all the aid ratings are very soft compared to Yosemite. A more realistic grade would be C2-C2+. You might want to have a couple of "just in case" pins along. But you really shouldn't need them. Go get it man!

Someone found it and picked it up. It has a malfunctioning(tricky) zipper, and small hole in the right arm.