Pete_H

The descent isn't that bad but does involve some desert gully-schwacking. It got dark about half way down and my headlamp battery ran out. But that shit happens when you're stupid enough to start a 11-pitch route at 1 in the afternoon.

Trip: Zion NP and Red Rocks - Tricks of the Trade, etc. Date: 10/25/2010 Trip Report: Sky Sjue and I had a great time on a recent trip the desert. On our short but effective sorte we snagged ascents of Heart of Darkness and the bulk of Fiddler on the Roof. In Zion we managed to thrutch up Tricks of the Trade. Sky has penned quality TR's with some decent pic's, so I'll just link to his website. Redrocks: http://skisickness.com/post/viewtopic.php?t=153 Zion: http://skisickness.com/post/viewtopic.php?t=154

That first pic in the Diamond series is pretty classic.

Perhaps the first solo ascent of Prussik Peak in pajama pants.

5.9 / 5.10. Leaving from Seattle. I can drive.

Green, Grey, and Orange Aliens: All gently used. Orange has some solar fading on one side of the sling and should probably be reslung. First good offer.

Not I-90 / Sky Valley, but W Ridge of Forbidden is a good solo day trip from Seattle and uber classic.

How'd you climb the route with all the snow on it?

Climb 5.10ish.

Awesome! Thanks for the TR.

Damn.

Nice, Gents!

I agree with TomTom's assessment. I remember the 5th pitch requiring some funky inverted cam hook action and not any fixed gear.

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Big pimpin. Nice jorb boys!!

Josh, you the man!

My advice is to listen to whatever Mark Webster tells you to do, then do the opposite. Frieh probably has good advice. Seems like he does pretty well and gets out to climb a shit ton. Personally, I felt the desk jockey workaholic lifestyle creeping up on me and I busted my ass for three years sacrificing a lot of climbing and fun to get into another line of work which I love and offers much more time off. Its going to start paying off in the next couple months with a killer schedule and good pay.

Those bastards!!!

Last week it was clear for the first two miles or so then snow. It goes pretty fast if walking but its still an extra 4 miles onto the approach.

If you're a mid 5.10 climber you should consider simuling the last few pitches of the route. There are only a few moves of 5.9 but most is easier and its solid and will save you a lot of time.

Killin it

I think for a reasonably fast party its pretty doable in a day w/o fixing. Above first three pitches only place you may choose to aid would be the rotten block and you can just pull on gear. I wouldn't think a 70 m would be adequate to fix first three, I would think its at least 100 m but I don't really remember.

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