AlpineMonkey

Well said catbirdseat. Yeah, I skipped a few here and there. We were short some, by mistake. I can't tell from what you said if you liked the route or no? I had lots of fun on it.

That looks fantastic.

Kat, I'll name them in a day or two. I'm on the W. side and all my records are in E-burg.

How many hours round trip did it take you guys. I'm thinking about running up there and doing it on my way to Seattle this weekend. I have wanted to go up that for a couple years now. -Craig

Sobo, Pitch 5 is the worst, the first bolt being about 20 feet off the belay over crumbly loose rock, but it is short. I think its stupid how a bolt wasen't put down lower. Someone is going to fall someday through no falt of their own when their feet and hand holds crumble away and get completly F-ed up. That pitch I have shown with the caption, "Fun Exposure." Other then that crapy section, all is good. They call the crux being up high, a 5.9 crack, but that is most definatly not the crux. I found the crux being on pitch 1 or 2, and the crack I would rate a 5.8-.

I don't trust bolts... I usually bring two with me to areas that I haven't been to before, but they also work nice as draws. The route calls for 15 draws, we had 8 or 9, so I was using whatever I brought.

One or two weeks ago I predicted this climb would not be in again until the next ice age. Way to prove me wrong. Looks like you guys had fun.

Trip: Goose Egg Mountain - Ride The Lightning Date: 4/22/2007 Trip Report: *A Snow Creek Wall Alternative* With rain in the forecast, my girlfriend and I decided to scratch our Leavenworth climbing plans and head to Tieton. Goose Egg Mountain, a place I have long wanted to explore seemed to seize our imaginations. The few who have found adventure on this wall have told me stories of ok routes on poor rock. Route climbs under and around the obvious roof in the lower right corner. We ended up climbing “Ride The Lightening,” a grade III, 5.9 route. The approach took approximately 15 minutes from the car to the base of the clib. The Tieton River Rocks guide gives the route a PG-rating, but I didn’t find anything to be extreme. We found excellent climbing and the rock really wasn’t all that bad. Every belay is fixed with “bomber” bolts. The wall is comparable in height to the snow creek wall and the views are definitely better. 8 pitches. Looking down pitch 2. Crimpy face climbing. Looking down pitch 3, showing the beautiful and classic dihedral. Amazing climbing. A happy one. Fun exposure. A pleasent supprise. My eyes kept on eye balling... In the end, we had an amazing time and I can’t wait to go back and experience more routes. It is an excellent alternative to the Snow Creek Wall. Gear Notes: 10 quick draws, pro to 4 inches. Approach Notes: 15 minutes car to route.

Suckbm in first Couloir. Suckbm belaying just before I fell. Kurt Hicks, Suckbm, and LittleGorilla, and I think the 4th is Pup On the Mountain Entering the white out. On descent it was a complete white out, couldnt tell the ground from air at times.

Suckbm and I tried to do the runnels and I took a 20 foot fall out of them. Fell about 8 feet vertical and then found myself upside down on my back. I slid upsidedown, down the ice for the remainder of the ride. Had one picket blow, and another that I placed in sugar snow hold. We came back down and then did the variation. Good to meet up with all of you and it was fun climbing together. I don't have too many picks but pm me your email and I'll get all of you pics. Plus I would like some too. -Craig

That was the brand of my poles, Leki Makalu or something.

Just because I leave poles next to my car doesent mean there up for grabs. Karma told me that next time your crossing a sketch stream they will colapse and you will fall in head first. Whoever you may be.

I left some poles along side my car (on accident), then went on a hike and returned to find my poles missing. They were eaither leaning up against my car or a few feet away from the passenger door. I would like them back please let me know if you have them.

Indeed, I have a quickdraw fettish. Edit: If someone with an acount wants to post this on nwhikers.net that would be nice too.

Up past the Snow Creek Wall in that hell hole where all the trees blew down I found something of high value which you probably want back. If you lost something, send me an email and I will most deffinately return it to you. Otherwise...I will make good use of my find for years to come.

I'm not using plastic boots, I have my Nepal Extereme leather boots and its what I'm going to use. It sounds, like what I was thinking, that overboots would be overkill? I just wanted to make sure from others experiences. I like warm toes

Would La Sportiva Nepal Exterems be enough, or would someone recommend a full overboot gaitor, for those of you who have been down there.

I left my rack fixed on Party and Your Pants, which I'm projecting now. I expect to find all my cams there when I return in a week and a half.

Found a bunch of shitty mis-matched draws left on a climb at Vantage. They were hanging on a popular sport route dubbed, King of the Ruins. The ugly things were preventing me from making my send, so I pulled em. Send me a pm if there yours and possibly I'll give them back.

I work at the CWU rock wall and my boss pressured me into talking about climbing on Mount Stuart. Here is some info if there are any locals. Two free pairs of climbing shoes will be given away. http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2007/02/20/news/news03.txt Nothing to exciting, but just talking about climbing on Stuart for non climbers and begining climbers, show them there is more then just climbing at Vantage or in a gym. -Craig

If know one comes forward with the FA of that far left route it should be named "The Raven" after that poem...

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I think its mile post 118, perhaps suckbm can confirm, we spoted a huge flow up and left. It looked comparable in size to Hubba Hubba in L-worth.

That looks neat.