cheap nacho night is Mondays....BUT...it is happy hour just about everywhere in the city in about 15 minutes...so cheap beers/food could definitely be had for sure!
The rock wasn't that bad
there were plenty of loose flakes, and the requisite WAPass kitty litter.
If you really like offwidths and chimneys you will probably love the route.
and the cruxy stuff are thin cracks...and the ultimate belayer slayer spooky!
Ok got bigger pics up.
8 pitches
We had wanted to free the whole route...didn't work out that way, but did free one of the aid sections.
The others I think will go free, but I'm not going back...someone else can go have all that fun
Climb: Big Kangaroo-South Face, 1984 Kearney/Thomas Route
Date of Climb: 8/6/2006
Trip Report:
Gear Notes:
small and large #5 camalot would be useful
Approach Notes:
from the hairpin aim for a large saddle a ways north of Half Moon
Nice!
Cool peak. That 5.10 upper pitch of the Nelson/Bale route is pretty stellar
Don't know if down the east side is faster. A few more raps I think, plus then you have to go all the way around and up to Burgundy Col and then down.
nice work.