alpinerack

I usually get mon-wed off! I'm looking to climb hard this summer so lets get it!

Ingalls Peak South Ridge. Great route for the GF!

Good to meet you too! Thanx for the great company on the rap!

Thanx for all the help getting down Solar Slab Eric! It was great meeting you and Amy. Here are a couple of pictures I was able to shoot of you guys. Eric climbing the 1st pitch of Solar Slab. Amy leading higher up on Sunflower.

Red Rocks is awesome!!!! I have a 2 bedroom condo reserved for March 21-23 in Vegas. Your welcome to stay if your in town those days. PM me if interested. Have fun! Here is a good site with a lot of great red rock climbs! eric and lucies bus trip

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This great weather makes me want to hit the local (or not so local) crags! I have a car and gear if anyone wants to go. Frenchman Coulee, Mt. Erie, maybe even XT 38! 10a sports probably my limit right now.

Thanx for the POOP!

I have recently decided to replace my helmets. In the process of shopping around and researching I thought "Why don't I just buy one helmet that would work for both rock climbing and ski/snowboarding?". After this decision I found out that they are all rated for different impacts. ex. climbing helmets rated for being hit from above and ski/snowboarding helmets for side impact. Does anybody know of any helmet that is rated for both? What do extreme ski/snowboarders who climb to ski back down wear? climbing helmets or ski/snowboard helmets? Thanks for any input.

Sounds like a fun trip with great people! Thanx for breaking trail for the rest of us!!!!

I have always loved the snow and ice formations on Mt. Hood! Thanx for sharing.

Thank you for the comments! I use a lot of PNG images, this would explain the cut off text in IE. IE7 can now read PNG files but IE6 and below can not. I use PNG because of the transparency but I suppose with my layout I could use JPEG and get the same effect, I would just have to think it through more. Keep the comments coming so I have an idea of what other browsers are seeing.

TR's of my climbing trips. it's a work in progress but check it out any way. www.alpinerack.com come back often as I ad more trip's frequently.

I just bought some tickets to Vegas for the end of Sept. From what I have found, Vegas is still really hot in Sept. average of 98degrees!!!! Is red rocks barable at this time? Can anyone recomend some moderate routes that are in the shade? Thanx

Hoping to do some climbing mon-tue. Can lead up to 5.8 trad or 10a sport. I have all my own gear and a car. Alpine maybe? you decide, I just need to get out!!!!

WOW!! Congrats to you both. I asked my wife to marry me on the summit of Pinnacle Peak in Mt. Rainier National Park. We climbed the North Ridge in February, it left a very memorable angagement!

Climb: Eldorado Peak-Eldorado Glacer/East Ridge Date of Climb: 7/17/2006 Trip Report: It was an emotional battle trying to decide what to climb this mon-tue. So many options with such great weather sometimes I just don't know what to do. We struggled back and forth between the Adams Glacier on of course Mt. Adams or Eldorado Peak. All the recent trip reports made us lean towards Mt. Adams but in the end, the appeal of the North Cascades won us over. I know, what a contrast in route choices, but we just wanted to see that summit ridge! We didn't get to the trail head till about 2:30 in the afternoon. Not quit what I wanted but my friend Travis had to drive up form Portland. We quickly found the log crossing and entered the approach form hell. I know there are worse in the North Cascades and many of you may see the Eldorado approach as easy, but for me and the pig on my back it was pure hell! I though it would take maybe four hours to reach high camp but 1840 vertical feet of steep root climbing, 1000 vertical feet of boulder hopping, another 1150 vertical up through the beautiful meadows, a 3rd class downclimb for 150 feet and the final 1800 vertical up the glacier, a total of 5520 vertical and 6 hours later we finally made it to high camp. We stumbled into high camp excited to be in such a beautiful area. Here is Forbidden Peak from camp. I broke out my new stove (the snow peak giga power, only 3 ounces, boils water great but takes forever to melt snow) and started cooking up some dinner right before night fall. It was cold, real cold. The cold night gave great cramponing snow up the remainder 1200 vertical we had to climb to reach the summit. It turns out that most of this route can be climbed on the rocky ridge if one wants, we brought the glacier travel gear so we stayed on the glacier and enjoyed a short weave through the crevasses. 45 min. after leaving camp we were traversing that amazing summit ridge. Enjoyed the sun and the views for about a half hour and made it back to camp in 25 min. We broke down camp and prepared for the knee breaker descent back to the car. We saw a bear cub climbing a cliff along the talus field which was kind of wierd. Never seen a bear climb rock like that before, who knew! After finally reaching the car we realized that My car keys were missing. We were stuck up the cascade river road with no phone reception. Eventually a nice couple from Michigan were on their way out after a day hike up to Cascade Pass. They drove us to Marblemount and even gave us $20 bucks for phone calls. We spent the next few hours trying to find a way to get into my car. All the locksmiths were closed, some guy wanted to tow my car $500, I graciously declined his offer. Eventually we got hold of a good friend in Seattle who was bored so she called my wife to pick up my spare keys and picked us up in marblemount and then drove us to our car. Thank god for bored people!!! We finally made it back to Seattle at about 3 in the morning. If anyone finds some Subaru keys at high camp or anywhere in between please pm me. Gear Notes: Had basic glacier gear. Could of done without. Approach Notes: Steep and long. Didn't hit snow until we dropped into Roush Creek Basin.

I lost my car keys on an Eldorado Peak trip. Not sure where, maybe 7500 foot camp? Lost on Tue. July 18

My wife and I are meeting in Barcelona after 3 months apart. We are hoping to do a couple days of rock climbing. Does anybody have any recomendations for the area. I was looking at Montserrat but am having a hard time finding appropriate info. We are looking for moderate clip up's as I am planning on only taking a rope and a dozen draws. Should I take trad gear? Any help would be much appreciated.

The bergie is still closed, however, i did notice a hole starting to punch through right off of the climbers boot pack and it looked deep! We had no wind until we reached the summit and the snow conditions were almost perfect.

Climb: Mt. Hood-Hogs Back Date of Climb: 4/24/2006 Trip Report: The forcast was calling for great weather this week so I made the trip back down to Portland to pick up my friend Travis for another attempt on Mt. Hood. We planned on doing it two weeks ago but were driven further East by bad weather. I talked him into doing a one day ascent since I have school on Tuesday night. The hike up the palmer was long and boring, my iPod was very handy here. We had great weather and great snow conditions. It took us about 4 hours to make the summit and another 2 hours to get back down (plus a nap in the crater). I actually got alltitude sickness while in the crater. Kind of odd considering I have been on Rainier 8X and never been sick. Guess I'm getting old. After a 20 minute break and lots of food and water I finally got enough evergy to push on. Once on the summit some clouds came in and we were in a complete white out. We spent little time there cause of the wind and cold. The moment we climbed back to the crater the sun came out again. Just our luck! Me climbing the hogs back. Going through the gate. The summit in a windy and cold white out. Travis descending the summit slopes. and on the way back to the car. Gear Notes: ice axe, crampons Approach Notes: straight up from the parking lot!

Climb: Snow Creek Wall-Outer Space III 5.9 Date of Climb: 4/18/2006 Trip Report: Yeah, I know, it's another late TR. Conrad (aka thekorn) and I met throught the cascadeclimbers.com climbing partners forum. We quickly made plans for a trip to 11worth to get aquanted with one another. With no actual plans in mind, we decided to go check out Snow Creek Wall. The 2 mile approach to the wall went fast until the creek crossing where we would post hole through the snow every other step we would take. Thankfully the snow pittered out as you get closer to the wall. Conrad climbed the first pitch which was a little wet but easy. I did the 4th class traverse to two tree ledge. After the traverse we were stuck in the shade for the rest of the climb. The temperature quickly dropped on the wall which led to a lot of shivering at belays and numb, throbbing fingers while climbing. Conrad lead the 3rd pitch which started with a great 5.8 crack followed by the infamous 5.9 travers. I lead the 4th pitch with a 5.6 runout over big holds followed by 5.8 climbing up the right facing corner up a pedistal. Conrad lead the 5th and 6th pitch which were completely amazing. 300 vertical of pure crack climbing with nobs everywhere for your feet. We topped out with just barely enough daylight to get down the gully before dark. Lots of TICKS!!! They were everywhere! On Tues. the 19th we climbed Gun Rack 5.9 at Clem's Holler and Javeline 5.10a at Special Spot. They were both great climbs. Gun Rack Javeline Thanx for all the great leads Conrad! Gear Notes: Full rack, headlamp wish I brought gloves for my numb fingers! Approach Notes: Lots of punching through the snow at the creek cossing. The descent gully is pretty wet in spots.

Climb: Smith Rocks-Koala Rock Date of Climb: 4/10/2006 Trip Report: I know, I'm 3 weeks late with this one, i've been busy. My friend Travis recently moved to Portland and has been bugging me about taking him up hood. We planned on Mon-Tues (April 10-11) with a high camp at Illumination Rock cause he wants the full on alpine experience. We drive to Hood to find a full on white out and blizzard with no sign of improvment. 2 hours later we arrive in the Smith Rocks parking lot! The place was packed with groups and we didn't have the patience to wait in line to climb. We pulled out the Allen Watts book and came up with Koala Rock as the alternative. It's only about a 30 minute hike up the river and past the irrigation canal to the base of the rock. We started with Round River, only rated 5.4 but it looked like a quick way to get to the top. Because of time we led the first 2 pitches as one, clipping bolts up the first 30 meters of easy 5.4 climbing and then placing a couple of nuts on the upper 30 meters of even easier 5.2 climbing. From the ledge the book recomends climbing through easy ledges to the left but we spotted some more bolts that go straight up from the belay. It ended up being fun, steep and well protected by what looked like new bolts. I guess the Round River Direct is no longer rated R! It was a great climb to start with. Next we moved over to the South side of Koala Rock and climbed Suck My kiss 5.9. It starts with a really fun move around the arete and onto the easier face above. We next set up a top rope on the first pitch of Thin Air 5.8. Thin Air was spectacular, the best climb I have done at Smiffy (Only been there twice before). Round River Direct 5.8 Travis on the 2nd pitch of Round River 5.4 Me leading the 3rd pitch 5.8 Travis following the 3rd pitch Travis climbing Thin Air 5.8 on TR Best of all, we did't see another person the whole time we were climbing. Everone was to busy running laps at the Dehidrals area. Gear Notes: Quick draws and a set of nuts. Wish I took some cams to lead Thin Air. Approach Notes: about 30 minutes of easy and scenic trail.

It's 11:45 Sunday night, but if you still need a partner for tomorrow give me a ring! 206-235-6312

Looking for Weekday climbing partners. I have mondays off and tuesdays off until 5:30. Trying to get back into a steady climbing schedule for this spring and summer. I typically climb up to 5.9 trad and 10b sport. Most interested in moderate alpine climbs. Goals for the summer: North Ridge of Stuart West Ridge of Forbidden North Ridge of Mt. Baker Adams Glacier on Mt. Adams Anyone interested? PM me or mossyrockstar@gmail.com