Sol

Nice. Years ago that was a major breakthrough climb for jimbo and myself. Classic!

awesome! I was back in that area a couple of weeks ago doing some "exploring", nice to see all the peak names labeled on your photos. Looks like a classic north cascades traverse.

jyeah!

in my opinion, you do not if you use the same bolt hole. if you move the hole, even a little, then i would say yes.

sounds like a bad-ass rescue. way to keep it together to all involved and best wishes for a speedy recovery.

thanks for the links jason! let's ressurect midnite, anybody been up there yet?

awesome, i love that route. there's still so much snow at artist point. i can't beleive someone smeared shit on the summit of mt shuksan.

nice, I want some.

sweet!

yo dudes from wyoming and utah who were on liberty crack on july 17th we found your camera. holler, we want to give it back.

don't know what your plan on working on, but i hope to replace some bolts at midnight rock this fall. would love to team up and get'er done. oh yeah, and get hyped, cuz midnight opens in less than 48 hours!

Acid baby?

ill take it. ill be in the ham in two weeks. pm me your info. thanks, sol.

Yeah, the moonlit descent was a go. I should mention that like the beckey guide says, the first 6 pitches are very high quality and will offer a solid and challenging day out. You can rap from anywhere with two ropes and don't have to deal with the heady crux pitch. Jens and Max are up there for the next 3 days trying to free it so everybody should send them some stoke!

Leaving ltown tonight at 10PM. Driving to lake diablo via Hwy 2 and 9 and 530 and 20 Return by 3 pm on friday the 25th. Driving solo in my subaru. 360-927-1997 sol

Trip: Liberty Bell - Independence Route V 5.11 A3 Date: 7/17/2008 Trip Report: On thursday July 17th Jens Holsten and I teamed up again, this time heading north to the idyllic spires of Washington Pass. Jens has been pondering this proud route up the east face of liberty bell for a while, while I had never even heard of it. The plan was a free attempt, so we brought a bit too much crap, including a hammer, pins, and scrub brushes. The climbing was brilliant, up to pitch 7 the rock was high-quality, and overall the route was hard, thin, and sustained. If anyone wants specific beta, PM me and i'll do my best. But on the 5.11 and crux 5.12 pitch's, one should be ready for hard off-balancy climbing, hard-fought thin gear, and runouts on questionable fixed pins. There are many fixed pins missing from beckey's topos, just so you know.. The proud east faces of the spires: The route from near the base, it heads left to the clean white streaks, and then tackles the myriad of roofs (baer ceiling, cascade ceiling, and well-hung ceiling) on the right: Pitch 1, 5.8: Jens topping out on quality face climbing, Pitch 3, 5.10d: Jens at the belay after an on-sight attempt of the 5.12 crux pitch (nice try bro!): The pictures don't really do this pitch justice. There's a wild sideways dyno to and tree and then it's heady. Anyhoo, we still had the chance of bailing after the crux pitch. But jens was feeling the stoke so we climbed on. The sun began to set, the full moon was a rising, and we took every wrong turn on the "easy" upper part of the route that we could. We eventually topped out, prolly around 11 PM, lamped on the summit for a while, and hiked back to the car in the amazing moon-lit ambience of Washington Pass. Gear: Thin to win. Doubles to #2, single #3 and #4. At least triples of blue alien and purple tcu size, RP's including 2-3 blue HB brassies. Double ropes.

BOOM!

not needed. camp wherever strikes your fancy.

you nailed it clint. thanks!

Awesome looking trip Tom! Any pics of the NE face of swiss?

i think i know. kris looks quite stoked in that shot.

I think so. Darin are you out there?

Nice job guys! So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend, i'm sure you made him proud.

ha

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