anyone wanna buy my old quark ice tools? $250 seems reasonable. there sharp and ready to climb, i have a spare set of old picks and they have some bd clip leashes
lets not insult warren hardings legacy: the ow is 5.9 they simply require proper technique. and the tower is the rhomboid. i agree, fabulous route. on par with dead baby goat, black pyramid, north face.
blah blah blah. risk??? why did that alpine monkeyboy climb a route directly above the road in the icicle --- and brag about it? could have kill someone simply driving home. the obscesent spray from that user is pure vanity. kill yourself if you want but keep it to yourself, thats freedom.
ive climbed the east face. the dirt wasnt that bad, the climbing is great. we didnt look at a guide book, but i remember some tuff fingers to start last pitch, assumably same climb.
i have been to some spurt crags closer to the columbia near pateros that are on relatively crappy rock like that of banks lake. there are a few routes installed there but it is primarily a novelty area and not really worth the gas if your interested in climbing exclusively. if you like pleasant sagebrush valleys, seclusion, and trespassing this is your spot.
i also know that there is some supreme rock in a canyon (old jeep road) between alta lake and antoine creek. Last i knew there were no pre-placed expansion bolts for your convenience on these crags.
keep the rope over your thigh on the outside leg...this is a good practice for all climbing
also use one big cam up high and move it up as you go...helps keep rope out of the way...feels like a top rope as well