Sol

2 for the descent.

ill give ya $65 for the rope if you promise me it really has only been out for 3 toprope climbs. sol

you can borrow mine for beer, im in bham, PM me.

sweet, i'm ready to go climb it for the 3rd time.

we all owe you some beers!!!!!!!!

you guys. Gunsight fever. We had originally used the hanging belay on top of pitch 3 to re-direct the ropes away from some serious belay-slayers that we later trundled. Seems like folks are linking p3 and 1/2 of p4 to a belay at the base of the slab. Nice. Cool to meet you just before your adventure with d-dog, matt. Again, nice job you guys.

Frickin rad you guys! Thanks for the congrats blake, it was the most amazing day of my life. About the east face, sounds like you guys didn't free the crux, can you confirm the grades on any of the other pitches? Now, if i could only get ginnie jo to spend our honeymoon out there.

too early

too early

Back in the day, i heard Jason Henrie retro'd the predominantly trad, headwall route without permission, heard the same about frogs in space. Karnage is a good 11 on the orange wall if that's what your looking for. come end of september i'd work the headwall with you avitripp if your looking for a partner.

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I heard there was some major rockfall from orc tower that has littered the country with lots or rocks, boulders, and dust. don't know of any bolt/route damage yet, but people should use this thread to post any observations or concerns. Sol

As long as nobody retro's the Black Power arete, i could give a rat's ass if they rap bolt the next 32 ft obscure lump of granite. Blake: go climb Timson's face or the Wilson McNerthney on Givlers. Classic ground-up face climbs by the hardmen of yester-year.

short-fix yo!

All those ratings will work-out as long as you stay at index. Be wary that unlike the free climing ratings at index, the aid ratings are actually pretty soft. Be prepared for much harder C2 in the valley or at squamish. You guys should try P1 of narrow arrow direct, some good strenuous top-stepping. P3 of NAD can be aided with standard aid rack up to a BD 3.5. You guys are totally ready to give the Green Dragon a go, rest assured you can bail from anywhere on the route and there's nothing harder than you'll find on the first Narrow arrow pitches.

Sick... maybe I do want to climb in the black after all. Thanks for the TR, nice to see real rock climbing in this forum.

junuary

yo, its yours.

BUMP

get some

That be a lot of shit-talking Sol, better get on it Beotch! I can't wait to see the TR. Yeah, I geuss i always imagined it with a bivy below the tower and then a bivy on the summit of shuksan. Most importantly the 2 summits in 24-hrs. With this approach, it seems reasonable: robertm and a partner did the tower and the ridge a few years ago in a day, but i think they opted out of the shuksan summit, or not, i can't remember. Isn't it shit-talking summer-hype build-up season?

I think you could go a bit faster. A few years ago, tyree and I climbed the NR car to car for our first time, we clocked in at just under 12 hours (with a number of safety meetings). this was in late july and the roosevelt was a mess, early season you can bypass most of the roosevelt which would speed things up considerably. first time i climbed baker we did CD car to car in 9. I like the CD to Park Glacier, to Fisher chimneys to white salmon. PROS: longest ski descent via park, with good skate skiing to lake ann, easy leg to begin with. CONS: more technical climbing later in to the 24 hours. Do you guys really think some hardpeople of the 70's and 80's or 90's haven't already done this? I'm much more interested in the Nooksack Tower and Mt. Shuksan link-up in 24. Seems manageable time wise, but the logistics and the choss of the tower and ragged ridge seem like the crux. what about nooksack tower, shuksan, and baker in a HWY 542 48hour alpine extravaganza.

dude its june 4th, i'm sure they are climable right now, but those routes are in perfect condition come the warm spells of july and august. go climb south face of prusik, or south face of grainger, something in the sun. you guys could go climb hyperspace/edge of space on your way up to prusik.

sure blake, its yours for $30.

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