mountainsloth

cool stuff! yay for defeating the nemesis!

what a great idea! jealous!

wonderful tribute. I never knew him, but now wish I had.

looks like my kind of route! sweetness!

cool!

wish i was around for that weather window, nice work fellas!

kick-ass peak

Leave it wild. we have enough roads winding through the cascades.

letsroll, your picture is hilarious! 8D

I've heard Mt. Fuji has the most climbers/hikers per year with Mt. Hood in 2nd place. No comparison between the two in any way though. Fuji has a wide switchbacking trail with little huts (stations) all along the way and is hiked my people of all ages and abilities. I saw a few guys ride their bikes down its scree slopes when we were there - crazy kids. Plus, Fuji has a nice little eatery at the top for those who forgot to bring food Actually, I was always told that Mt. Fuji and Mt. Monadnock, a small 3,000+ft mtn in southwest NH were in a constant tie for the most summited mountains. Its possible my facts are wrong, but I know first hand how many people hike monadnock because I used to live in the neighboring town of Keene, NH. Monadnock is certainly not very dangerous, although it does have an alpine summit.

looks like a great day out! thanks for sharing.

Beckey route on S. face of Prussik, serpentine arete, Mt. Washington (Olympics) in the winter after a 3rd attempt, total soul, exfoliation dome, first trip to smith, Mt Baker Boulder glacier route, a hand full of moderates in Red Rocks, and have successfully brought some good friends into the climbing world. All while working and going to school full time! 2010 will be full of much more climbing, I am convinced of that!

fantastic line!

Yeee Haww! nice work Jeremy

wow, good idea! I was up there 3 weeks ago in the rain. I am surprised I didn't think if it! Nice work!

What an amazing cold snap! So much has been climbed so easily! Good work team Darrington!

awesome Hanman! Sounds like you and I both got crap from the ladies at home!

Thanks for the info Hanna, and thanks for the motivation!

This is a pic hanman's first climb, but I don't know where his other climb went. http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/504/3243Lake_22_overview.jpg This is his TR http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=544161 I am blown away at the difference in conditions. They probably won't show up too often. I also got an email from Dallas Kloke who seems to know the area quite a bit, but knows nothing about the ice lines. My guess is all of that ice rarely forms and is quite virgin. Here is what he said. Hi Jeremy, "I saw your trip report; sounds like a challenging climb. I've climbed in the area several times and thought I'd send you some information. In 1997 I did a small guide called: WINTER CLIMBS - One Day Ascents. The three towers I called the Eagle's Perch Towers. Beckey in his guide calls the knobs on the summit ridge east, "East Knob" 5120' and "Eagles Nest". The highest of the three towers I named "Talon Tower", the second, "Beak Crag" and the lowest one, "Carrion Crag." In February 1997, four of us did "Eagles Perch" via the southeast/east ridge. It was mainly steep snow. On January 27, 2001, Chris Weidner and I climbed Carrion Crag. We followed some of the descent route you did, in the gully but up a forested rib, then back into the gully. 7 hours up from car and 3.5 hours down. On February 24, 2005, Steve Trent and I climb Beak Crag. Our route was up the flank between the two gullies. Six pitches of interesting rock/shrub climbing. From the base it took us 5.5 hours up. Round trip from the car was 11.5 hours. We did 13 short raps on the descent.Your gully climb of Beak Crag is probably a first ascent. Talon Tower probably hasn't seen an ascent in winter from Lake 22 or maybe even in the summer. Rock looks steep. A couple years ago we went to try it but it was foiled by the weather. I not a true ice climber so I haven't tried any ice there. Over 10 years ago, I received information about this guy who did the north face of Eagles Perch. I might go in there after the first of year to do your route." Dallas Kloke

jealous! whats up with turning around before the top? was it time? bad ice?

wow, looks beautiful!

Trip: Lake 22 - W. Couloir Date: 12/12/2009 Trip Report: After months of not getting out to the mountains, I could not let this cold streak escape me without getting on some sort of ice. We discussed heading to the Alpental area to do Chair Peak or something similar, but fearing major crowds we decided on a place a little less known. Remembering Hanman's TRs about the Lake 22 North wall, I had a good feeling there would be something new to mess around on, especially given the epic snow and ice conditions. As we hiked within viewing distance of the North wall above the lake, I knew we had made a good decision. The lines are long and somewhat thin, as you can see. Being fairly new to ice climbing, I knew we had no chance at these intense looking lines, so we opted to check out a West facing couloir between the 2nd and 3rd towers along the West ridge which separates Lake 22 from Heather Lake. The couloir was super fun. The first part was about 3 pitches of 40-50 degree snice, absolutely perfect for axes and crampons. We reached an ice step and decided to pitch this one out. This pitch ended under a chock stone that we bypassed by climbing up and behind it through a hole just big enough to squeeze by. We then reached the upper portion of the climb which consisted of approximately 3 pitches of steeper snice up to 70 degree steps and very short bits of rock. the climbing just got better and better as we worked our way up, every stick super solid. The route was longer than what we thought, and we topped out much later than anticipated. After discussing our decent options, we decided to explore the other side of the ridge for a passage around the two towers south of us. We got cliffed out and had to ascend steep snow to the top of the middle tower in hopes of an easier way down its West face. It was now 3:15 and we were still not sure exactly how we were going to get down. We found gentler slopes and began downclimbing and rappelling off of trees. We made steady progress, but realizing we were still too high up, and the sun too far down, we knew we would soon be doing this in the dark. Over 4 hours later, over a dozen rappels in the dark off of less than secure trees and a rock horn, we reached the snow field below the 2nd tower. At this point, we were spent. We had run out of the little water we carried and had not eaten much all day. We worked our way back to the base of the couloir to find our packs. We drank and ate heavily, happy to have successfully deflected the near epic attempting to ruin our great climb. We crossed the frozen lake in the dark thinking of the 3 people we saw ice skating on it earlier in the day. Aside from them, we had the entire basin to ourselves, had ascended our first couloir, and successfully found our way off in the dark. We felt lucky for all these reasons. We got back to the car around 10:30pm. I was concerned about how late we were getting out because I knew my girlfriend would be worrying. Little did I know at the same time, she was in the process of calling search and rescue! We were able to call her in time before they had started putting together a rescue, thank sweet Jesus! I would highly recommend this line for anyone looking for a moderate couloir climb. II WI3 70 degrees. Our route in red, approximate descent in green. Anyone know if this route has ever been done? Hanman, what was your 2nd route up this wall? I know the first one ascended the couloir to the left of ours. The descent is obviously a problem and looking back I would recommend rappelling the route using mostly V-threads and bollards as it is devoid of trees and the rock lacking horns and cracks. The bottom portion can be comfortably downclimbed. For all you hardmen, go get those steep ice lines! They won't be in much longer! Gear Notes: 1 picket(could have used more) and 6 screws Brought a set of nuts but found no cracks. Thermos of green tea Approach Notes: 2.8 miles from Lake 22 trail head off of the mountain loop highway.

kick ass!

kick ass! i had a feeling that the face would be looking nice this weekend. way to get after it

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