Tieton (The Bend/Wildcat Wall) Darrington (Rain man/Dark Rhythm,Dreamer and so on and so forth) WA Pass (East Face of Lexington/WF NEWS)I just want to climb all day long. Blue skies, warm rock...
Have a cabin on the lake. 30 minute drive to Terminal Gravity. Prescription drugs. Very low standards for climbing partners at this point and time. Shoot me a pm. -Geoff
I have the weekends off most of the summer. I'd really like to go for Clean Break, Rebel Yell, CBR, Hyperspace, to name a few. Send me a pm if you're ever looking to partner up. -Geoff
Pearly Gates is an awesome place.Cloud Nine would be a good lead. You should also try classic crack, Givlers crack, Dogleg crack at Alpabet Rock, Canary and the Catapult @ Castle are good ones too.
I have this upcoming wed-sun free to climb. I'm open for anything anywhere in the PNW. I'd really like to road trip down to Smith or city of rocks or trout creek but I'd also like to camp out at tieton, lworth, darrington, vantage, or climb something steep at WaPass. cheers -Geoff
Climb: Dragontail/Stuart-Backbone/Complet North Ridge
Date of Climb: 9/3/2006
Trip Report:
Aaron and I left the Colchuck PL @ 9am for Backbone. We hiked up to the base of the 2nd pitch and started our climbing around 12:30pm. We got to the Fin around 3pm and waited for 2 groups to finish. We chose our own line up the Fin taking cracks that looked challenging and fun. We got to the summit a little before 7 and bivied up top. We woke up and drank coffee for an our or so and then started our traverse towards Argonaut and Colchuck. We than decided to go for the CNR of Stuart and ran down scree slopes and small snow fields and schwacked to the base of Stuart. We started climbing the Lower ridge a little after 3pm and got to the Notch of the UNR a little before 7. The smoke from the fire made for an amazing sunset. We awoke Mon. morning to lightning, thunder and rain. F'it and we were off with a break in the clouds. Enjoyed leading the second pitch of the Gendarme, (in hindsight)and then cruised to the top. All in all spent 7 hrs. base to top climbing the CNR. Got back to the car and drove straight to beer and pizza.
Gear Notes:
Small set aliens, 1 set camalots to #3 1 no.5 HB offsets
Approach Notes:
Colchuck
Looking to get on some alpine routes such as East Buttress Direct SEWS, Dreamer, Dark Rhythm/Rainman, ,Serpentine Ridge,West face of Lichtenberg. I'm pretty open so send me a pm if interested. -Geoff
Climb: Exfoliation Dome-Jacob's Ladder
Date of Climb: 8/5/2006
Trip Report:
Jimbo and I climb Jacob's Ladder on saturday with good weather. A sweet climb and Exfoliation Dome to ourselves. Simul-climbed the first 2 pitches( climb the face and clip the bolt on the first pitch to avoid drag in the crack)
Gear Notes:
2 60m, small rack to #3(no nuts) 10-12 draws
Approach Notes:
Granite Sidewalk