randrew

Wow, I finally found my password again..... Does anybody have any beta on the East ridge route for the N. Brother? This is from the Murhut Falls/Creek logging road. I followed the road up last week, and it is in excellent shape until blocked about 1 mile from the end. Too foggy to see much further. Looking down from the summit a couple of years ago, it seemed that there was a pretty substantial face (1 pitch?!) to the NW. Actually, at the time, it wasn't clear how the east ridge route might join up to the summit, but I wasn't paying too much attention in that direction.

Wow, this is my first post! I lost interest long ago cuz there wasn't much going on regarding the Olympics, but now I see things have picked up! Just wanted to note two things that I would think should get into the next edition. 1) In the Mountaineer, vol 77, no 7, June 1983, page 83, there is a short note that Pete Doorish and Reilly Moss did a steep buttress just right of the Mountaineer Route in September 1978. Grade III, 5.9. Don't know how this missed the second edition, but there you are. 2) In tThe Mountaineer, 1983 -1990 published August 1991, I wrote up a variation on Constance told to me by a Suquamish climber whom I thnk you know. R Andrew, "Conquistadors of the Useless" (I don't remember choosing that name....), pp 24 - 28, the pertinent piece is that this Suquamish climber found a ledge system across the upper west face of Constance that avoids the Finger Traverse. Although not specifically named in that article, this variation is now known (in some circles) as the Leslie Indirect. Don't hestitate to contact me with questions, great to see some activity over there. Had I known earlier this year, I would have tried to link up with y'all. Cheers!