Sol

thanks for all the good beta ya'll. I will be sure to post later.

i've got to drop the folks off at sea-tac early in the morning next week, and was thinking about cruising up to the pass to solo one of those popular routes. I was thinking about the south face of the tooth, or the west ridge of mount thompson, but since I haven't climbed any of these I was wondering about the quality of rock (I don't want to solo choss). Also, would I need to bring a rope and rap the routes, or are they downclimable, or walk-off able. Thanks you for any info you can give.

I can't beleive you cleaned that thing up. I cleaned it up about two years ago, during my first couple a trad leads (sketchy). Is there still that big loose block on the top? I geuss its good that the b'ham choss climbing is getting rejuvenated. There are apparently some other routes up there at ol' turtle rocks, have you checked them out? Also, if you've drove that far down chuckanut you must have checked out the stellar area known as Gov. Lister Cliffs . though its super soft and loose I do find myself there a couple times a year. PM me if you want to explore some more, i could be motivated, god knows b'ham needs it.

Anybody been up on the north side of Baker lately? Thinking about doing a ski ascent of the Park Glacier sometime soon. Looming headwall Cornices? Slabs?

These are testpeices mind you, not sandbags: Split Beaver 10b, Squamish. Squamish Buttress Crux Pitch 10c, Squamish. South Face Jello Tower 8+, Castle Rock L'worth. Damnation 9+, Castle Rock L'worth. Cruel Sister 10a, Smith. Ham Hocks 5.8, Vantage. 70% of the routes at J-Tree. But if you want a sandbag: Dolphin 5.7 , J Tree. I will never forgive my partner for sandbagging me with this one. First climb and lead at J. Tree, I nearly Puked. Still have the scars to prove it.