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[TR] Squire Creek Wall - Illusion Wall - Excalibur III 5.10+ 10/17/2010
benmurphy replied to Rainman's topic in Alpine Lakes
Hell yeah man, looks like ya'll had a great time Sunday! Me and Danny took advantage of the sunny weather on Tuesday this week to get this line in before the snow starts falling. A couple pics... We rapped from the top of the ninth pitch. Took about 13 hours car to car. Another stellar route on beautiful granite! -
[TR] Darrington- 3 O'Clock Rock - Total Soul 10/13/2010
benmurphy replied to JasonG's topic in North Cascades
right on boyz...all around fun climb, that one! -
he has to look at his notes to remember one of his most favorite quotes in the history of the spoken word, and he still fucks it up!!!!
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tis a fine route indeed! for the first 2 pitches you need about 12-14 draws (11 bolts on the first pitch along with gear placements) and gear to about 2 inches with emphasis on the small stuff (orange tcu and smaller)... happy trails...
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"we have did what's right for arizona..." wow! she's definitely an alien!!! look at her eyes, man...and that smile...whoa-ah!
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sweet dude, looks like fun climbing! thanks fer the effort...can't wait to check'er out!
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very nice...sounds like they were cruising!
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[TR] Squire Creek Wall - Slab Daddy 7/31/2010
benmurphy replied to benmurphy's topic in North Cascades
no real attempt to free it on my part...it's mighty thin, eh! we stopped at the top of pitch 6 to bivy because climbing with packs loaded with whiskey was becoming arduous... those upper 2 pitches were the most challenging of the route i thought. -
Trip: Squire Creek Wall - Slab Daddy Date: 7/31/2010 Trip Report: Danny (Riley81) and I climbed Slab Daddy on July 30-31. We left the car around 12:30 pm Friday afternoon and bivied on top of pitch 6. Started climbing about 7 am on Saturday and topped out about 4:30 pm and scrambled to the summit. We got some rain on the way up on pitch 15 but it was short lived and the rock dried quick. I dropped my belay device/biner on the top of pitch 15 and had to go munter for the rest of the way up and part of the way down...found the biner/device on top of pitch 12 and it worked well enough to see me the remainder of the way down. Stormy weather moved in quick once we got to the top of the climb and it started raining hard by the time we left pitch 6 in the dark...made it back to the car at 12:30 am...Good times! Thanks David, Dan, Bill, etc for all the effort putting up this stellar route!! BTW, a single bolt on pitch 6 is very loose (practically dangling in it's hole)...must have been hit by rockfall. A view of the route pitch 2 further up bivy at top of pitch 6 the feature almost there on top umbrella tree from above whitehorse from the top looking up from rappel leaving pitch 6 fun Gear Notes: Single rack to 5 inches with doubles from 0.5 to 2.5 inches. Approach Notes: Not bad...Sandals help with the creek crossing
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right on guys, awesome!
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[TR] Exfoliation Dome - Westward Ho 6/26/2010
benmurphy replied to Pilchuck71's topic in North Cascades
awesome dude! love those cloud photos! i was out at spring on saturday and 3 o clock on sunday...good times! -
[TR] Static Point - Online, Black Fly, Right Line
benmurphy replied to David Yount's topic in Alpine Lakes
very nice! lookin forward to gettin out there soon!! -
Nice! Looking forward to it... Thanks much!
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[TR] Mountaineers Field Trip Attempt - 4/16/2010
benmurphy replied to Josh Lewis's topic in North Cascades
everyone dies...not everyone lives... -
[TR] Mountaineers Field Trip Attempt - 4/16/2010
benmurphy replied to Josh Lewis's topic in North Cascades
hell yeah dude, way to give 'er... really admire your persistence and enthusiasm! -
Looks like a fine adventure, nice job. The cat looks real nice too...keep it up.
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[TR] Exfoliation Dome - Jacob's ladder 5/16/2010
benmurphy replied to benmurphy's topic in North Cascades
here's a wider view showing it in relation to green giant/big bear and liberty... -
[TR] Exfoliation Dome - Jacob's ladder 5/16/2010
benmurphy replied to benmurphy's topic in North Cascades
we heard some people across the valley while we was on the wall... yeah we'll definitely have to catch up soon! -
Trip: Exfoliation Dome - Jacob's ladder Date: 5/16/2010 Trip Report: great day out on exfo dome...we made it up 5 pitches of jacob's ladder before deciding to bail due to dark clouds rapidly approaching and our desire to get off the granite sidewalk before the rains... the sidewalk green giant the route pitch 1 pitch 2 looking down pitch 3 pitch 4 a view towards salish the hard moves of p4 looking down p4 pitch 5 looking down p5 getting off anyone know anything about this east-facing wall (with big notch) on the south ridge coming off liberty peak?? another great day in darrington! Gear Notes: rack to 3" Approach Notes: the sidewalk was in great shape, approach is snow free
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we was out at spring mountain yesterday as well...very nice indeed...
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[TR] Leavenworth - Duty Dome Area - Numerous 4/25/2010
benmurphy replied to benmurphy's topic in Rock Climbing Forum
is that a poem? -
[TR] Leavenworth - Duty Dome Area - Numerous 4/25/2010
benmurphy replied to benmurphy's topic in Rock Climbing Forum
Nice man, I'm sure you're excited! What was Smedley gettin' on? We'll hafta get out to Spring/D-Town when you got free reign again...we could probably hit eerie in the meantime if it ever stops raining!