bobbyperu

see yall there this afternoon... yeeeeuuuhhh!

hey y'all... wanted hopefully to pump-up those seeking a somewhat long(800'), easily acsessed, clean, challenging, exposed and way scenic rock climb with a tru variety and quality in the heart of the wa pass scene. the east face of lexington tower delivers! yesturday a friend and i headed up for a climb bf work. we chose lexi cause my buddy had never been on that face and i hadn't yet checked out the "tooth and claw" route that i have been wanting to get on ever since i rapped down over it after climbing the e.face route. we decided we would start our climb on "tooth and claw" and bust out where the 2 routes converge and finish up on the amazing upper part of the e.face rt. this link-up gives the climber 3 pitches of beautiful slab/face, and 2-3 pitches of crazy fun crack climbing, linking togeter perfectly at the top of the third pitch( here one has 2 options for a 4th pitch as the 2 routes again meet up near the base of the 5th) we chose the e.face rt. so homeboy could do the classic step across below the big roof- to the cool flake and finger crack. wacky exposure. then you get the offwidth to chimney to hands to offwidth long exposed 5th pitch. then some easy shizz and up and over the s. shoulder and down blu lake trail to the highway and car.(fuck rapping the route, and carying 2 ropes). good shit... go checkit tru variety and somethin a little different-bp

david lynch rocks your dome... gotta love wild at heart... tru romance good too, and old skool made me laugh alot

you'll be fine goin lite... you can make it pretty easy, and i thought the funnest part that we did was the argo area... rock is typically cleaner on the southern side... the crest is pretty licheny... there are spots to bivy, its fun stuff and will work you... pretty too

well jarred, the s. face of argo looked to good to pass up, so we were definatly seeking out a little bit more difficult of climbing than we needed to do to get from one point to the other... also the tru crest provides much exposure(and much lichen) and some mid 5th ie; 5.7-5.9, the downclimbing will be challenging as well, or you could do the whole rapelling thing tho i hate rappin and would rather downclimb... the crest is most difficult from stuart over sherpa b/k there are less options... once to sherpa pass(east of sherpa) the south side is real easy the most difficulties being working around all the little trees and finding the quickest way to argo. once on the w. ridge area of argo things get real exposed directly on the crest, or you can head south down from the crest a little and its more mellow...once you see the s.face you caneither scramble down as we did to the base and climb any number of splitter crack systems up the golden face to the summit area( our line was somewhere around 5.9+) or climb easier up the western side near the crest to the summit, the climbing is continuosly cool along the eastern crest(5th) and we mostly traversed along the southern (cleaner) side. we did some n.side traversing near the end as we downclimbed off the ridge and down to check out all the cool lookin features in the basin below(s.) of colchuck... hope this info helps-bp

be sure to check out argos south face, its cooler than most other features along the way from sherpa to dragontail-imo... scope out the photo gallery for images from a traverse done earlier this season... many options for sleeping, also if trying to stay on the tru crest be prepared for much lichen on the north side, and steep, sometimes difficult route finding, as well as much up and down bizz, on the other hand the south side in this same section is more scrabling and hiking...also the traverse over colchuck and dragontail is kinda contrived, check out the many cool lookin features in the s. basin between these peaks... much rock, many cool 1-2 pitch routes to be scoped- have fun.. take photos-bp

ooo... oooo.... thump thump

personally... i wouldn't change a thing, great shot! doesn't need to be nuttin its not...imo, also much props to AG for steppin out on lead out girl!

will be in the area from today tru the weekend at least, and will be lookin for someone to hit it up wit on sunday... i got alot of ideas and am open to suggestions... formaldehed?, so i'll be away from computers so gimme a buzz if interested... tia-kevin 206 372 6208

yeah scott, you said it man, style matters, and what a stylie climb so i found your topo to be spot on... no need for 2 #4 cams, also i felt it was fine with pro to 4"... the gully is totally dry- and loose... doable but i'm sure as this route sees more ascents (which it should, cause it truly is one of the better climbs in the area) rap slings will appear. tricky left one at the hardest part, i'm sure it'd be better earlier with snow, tho its definatly a go, just be carefull y'all... and the finishing pillar crack system is sooo nice and the yosemite crux crack pitch is one of the better single pitches i've led in the area, if not anywhere in the mountains thanx again for all the info and stoke. and to all y'all lookin for a classic line in a powerfully scenic area, high up on great rock, go check this out... muy bueno- bp

right on alpine fox!!! i had a blast climbing with you, and lookin forward to hittin it up again soon... sounds like you had a good time adventuring around that beautiful area, such a good couple of days in the heavenly wapass scene tough life huh? heres to ya! -kevin

yeah... great discovery larry and scott, you guys rock!!! the style in which this climb was discovered is impeccable, and my hat goes off to these awesome guys- way to get out there and get after it those inclined to "go out and have a look" will find much adventure in this area . anyway uncle tricky again proved to be a great partner and took care of me with food, party favors and overall attitude,i had a blast brotha, , and no erik we didn't forget the lighter, summit session was wacky fun, then full-on descent, and back for party time in shazama, a great day thanx again, and muchos props to the first ascentionists- heres to ya and to tricky look forward to climbing with yalls- kevin

this shits a joke right..? and you gotta love the high and mighty WALL CLIMBER attitude good shit!

washington pass / wine spires,has some classic chimneys thats the chimney techni, then and feel -bp

just thought i'd put this out there again... i'm free pretty much now till the 24th... oh and i will not be around computers so give me a buzz if interested-tia- kevin

awesome! to yu and your uncle

yup eh gimmie a i wanna climb in b.c. this weekend

looking 4 partner(s) to climb early next week... i'm pretty much up for whatever, if interested lemme know.206 372-6208 or drop a PM tia-kevin

ken 4 , and i did a traverse along the crest in june goin from the car at mtneer cr trhd, to sherpa pass, along the ridge east, down to the base of the south face of argo( clean golden rock with many route options-splitters), then traversing along the crest or the south side. then down to the basin beneath colchuck/dragontail, up and around to the east side and down the slopes leading to asgaard pass, and out via colchuck lake... 14 hours car2car with a mellow pace and time to chill in the amazingly beautiful scene. this crest from sherpa pass to argo is kinda more scambling than climbing with short sections of steeper stuff. there is much up and down climbing as well further along. also the summits of colchuck and dragontail from this side are pretty much walk-ups... starting from stuart, and continuing to prusik would be big... good luck-bp

anyone gots a route or two they'd like to get on up at the pass tomorrow? i can leave seattle wheneva, drive(37mpg), meet up out there, down 4 whatever route(s), and so on... just would be stoked to be up there, and have plenty of ideas for fun shit to do at whatever level. if this sound cu to anyone lemme kno. tia -bp

i will be in arizona doing a natural building internship sept15 thru the end of october sometime, and will be looking to hook up with climbers possibly before on the way down, and after for a tour around the southwest, and california... i'm up for anywhere, would like to visit needles cali. again 4 sure, the desert would be cool,red rocks,etc... if anyone gonna be down in those areas and would like to meet up lemme know, also if anyone has any ideas for places not to be missed around this time of year lemme kno. i gonna have around a month or so to play with... and will have economical transpo. tia-bp

wowwee... thanx guys for the info and pics and inspiration,and all that... i'm hoping to get out there real soon. thanx again -bp

wrong kind of kind , its cool we'll be stocked anyway, real mckim sound cu...and tough... thanx again 4 the info and another 4 Guy what an amazing inspiration -RIP

cool thanx for comin thru dru, i figured you probably knew somethin, and that was pretty much the info i was lookin 4. did they like the route? looks cool... so slesse grass huh? pretty kind or what? cool that folks leave some around for us americans to get all shteed on, sounds like some salad tossin w/ whatcom county buds gonna be goin-on...also whats the real mckim? tia-bp

does this route see much traffic? anyone have any info beyond whats been published? gonna take a look see soon. curious...tia -bp