Gregg_C

Slipstream can be a very dangerous climb in many conditions. It doesn't take much for the balance to get tipped on that face. I walked into the base of that route four times before I finally climbed it in Jan. of '86. On one occasion it started raining at the bivy (in February!!). John Culberson and I climbed it with six belayed pitches and lots of simul climbing to just make the top in the dark from a bivy below the face. It was certainly nice to make it back to the hostel that night. A small storm hit us halfway up and we got to experience the inspiration behind the name. Six inches of spindrift every two to three minutes would wash over us. Pretty scary stuff when you are that exposed. It was a few year later that accidents started happening on this route as more climbers added it to there to do list. Falls, avalances...it as all a bit sobering. John at the belay at top of the one pitch of steep climbing on the route.