Blake

You are commited to going straight up that wide crack/chimney to the top. It's about 25m and graded 17/5.8. I suppose maybe you could wait until low tide and then rap off some gear to the rocks... The picture is like that because I thought it looked cooler. John, Dru's right about that crack. It was too hard for me to work out the crazy boulder start thing, and the crack is so greasy it wont hold cams at first, so when I tried to A0 my way past the bouldery roof, my piece ripped out and I fell on my butt.

Think if it dead-ended at rainy pass... no thru traffic, just a climber/access road, and not visible from the peaks of WA Pass.

Does anyone know what the closest a part has come to really following the ptarmigan traverse and climbing all the origiinal peaks? IMO the traverse has not been repeated, although the general route has been followed. Now that these are not FAs... will it get a repeat? Is any route from Cascade Pass to the Downey/Bachelor area considered a repeat in your mind?

noted in '01 by RobertM .... sounds like a fun spot Here's a Ptarmigan challenge, top out on all the summits that the original party did along the way. This has NEVER been repeated in almost 70 years! Is the Ptarmigan Traverse still waiting a true second ascent? nm... new thread.

Like most you you, I wasn't around before hwy 20 was put in, back when the upper Bridge creek area would have been REALLY remote. Atop Liberty Bell one day I was wishing that I could have seen it like that, without a ribbon of asphalt below my feet. If you could make the choice, would you be in favor or HWY20, or wish that it were never put in and you had to make longer approaches for more scenic remoteness?? I guess I'd be in favor of not having the hwy there.

I was thinking the same thingPax, but no tests yet. They re protected though.

It was more recent than that as well, I saw it in the summit reg last summer.

Thanks, it was probably my favorite pitch in NZ so far... here are a few more of it. One of my partners whipped repeaedly on this blue alien ...be back in June!

I think maybe Lowell took a similar route on and over Logan a few years ago on a ski trip from Rainy ->Cascade Pass. Sky is making up for last winter's dirth of snow by hitting it up 2x as hard this winter.

were you rapping off the tree atop Roger's Corner? Get well soon!

Rad trip.. nice photos. Did you consider a possibly easier approach from the Fremont Glacier side?

In the vacinity of Cocaine Crack?

Why all the injuries on R&D? seems like moderate climbing with good pro the whole way, right?

In a few years, Luke's baby/rock prodigy will be onsighting your kid's projects

wasn't there any accident on R&D (mounties group) last year when someone took a lead fall in that chimney-ish section?

anyone know if an orange #3 friend-sized cam is still fixed on Turtle Soup? even Billy's hammer and funkness couldn't dislodge that thing last spring.

was it a golden/yellow lab? did you hear someone call "Caddis"?

His show last year was pretty good, people should check this one out. It says it is free though Drew. Arntzen hall is right in the middle of campus.

Photo essay of a week-long trip around the South Island. Castle Hill/Elephant Rocks/Paynes Ford/Charleston Chronicles of Narnia Filmed here: Arthur's Pass National Park - Avalanche Peak The tropical North Ocean Cragging The route "Shark's Breakfast"

I was changing in the outhouse on the way back from Mt. aspiring and suddenly heard all this pounding and screaching. I thought my buddy was messing with me, but it was those stupid keas. I'm heading over Arthur's pass on Friday after a stopover at Castle Hill. I'll tell you all how Kea tastes when i get back....

Did you clip the trango stopper I got stuck near the top of pitch two? been there about a year now, and pretty welded-in as of February. I've taken 2 girls on this exact same route, but was unable to convince my girlfriend to skip class and climb it. Contrary to my suggestions she sometimes studies while at school. They both enjoyed it though, defintely a great afternoon out. Next time add on pitch 3 - Springboard variation. Best way down is to rap once to the big tree, then once to the base. You need a 60m rope.

Figgy Pudding?

Bellevue climbers need stiff gear loops on their harnesses.. where else can you stash your Grande Caramel Latte when bouldering?

what's wrong with spray???? threads are becoming LESS offensive and MORE thought-provoking by page 3?