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Bartacked has been at this game longer than you have Wetslide We should not turn our noses at the morsels of wisdom passed down from on high by the One who has insight and skill far beyond his years...........

I have some older BD cams that I would be willing to pass on for a very reasonable price. They are all worthy but I have too much in the way of gear and if it would help you out that would be a plus. I am in Bellingham but down near Everett often. PM me if interested and we can work something out. I am also sorry for your loss....pretty lame.

Awesome! Glad to see some folks hitting up that side! Super Cool!

North ridge. NR Cutthroat Peak and NR Cutthroat Peak No hassle approach, No hassle routefinding and just plain fun.

Link to MH TR Here you go! He has a topo linked in the TR

Obviously!

Although just looking at the pics of that place made my tiny nuts crawl up into my stomach. I think I will stick to nice solid Darrington granite.

Of a Bob Harn or Mike Caryl, who would have been actively climbing in Washington around 1986/7? Anyone?

Nice Curt!

Great shots as usual Mr. You lead a blessed life you ol' Dawg!

Yeah, no disrespect intended Ian and again the book is great. I appreciate the effort you have invested. I was just curious about things like the large crack slab and I never fought with a tree on route. You certainly did hit the things like the downclimb and whatnot. Being who I am I could very well be misinterpreting the Topo.

That third shot is superb!

It's a cool book, at least in the e-version. I look forward to the hard copy because I feel there is no substitute for stoke fodder like a hard copy guide. I am curious as to the North Ridge, Cutthroat topo accuracy compared to what I climbed two weeks ago. It very well could be that we chose to stay on the ridge crest as much as possible but I found the topo to describe only a few of the main landmarks and some of the best climbing was not mentioned. It is only one of many topos and like I said I could have been off the traditional line. All in all I think the book is great and am enjoying it already. The photos are really good as well.

Great tr Curt!

Me too, man I wish I'd been there ....wait, actually I was Too true Curt you were indeed there and it would not have been half the trip if it wasn't for the company of good partners!

Trip: Cutthroat Peak - North Ridge Date: 8/18/2012 Trip Report: Inspired by the TR by Leland, I had an overwhelming desire to chase Puppies and Rainbows of my own in the basin below Cutthroat Peak that he so eloquently described. Equally enticing to me was the thought of multiple pitches of solid 5 easy rock. ... I cannot add to Lelands route description as his panache with pros is far superior to mine and the beta he gave was impeccable. Well, maybe I would add two small items: 1) The amount of time on the PCT was probably less than a mile as it only took my sorry lardness a scant 15 minutes to the turn off. 2)I believe Leland and partner scrambled the descent from the false summit on thier way to the final pitch to the true summit so we followed suit. (please correct me if I was mistaken) I would call it the mental crux for me as there were one or two moves of some pretty exposed climbing with very little room for error. In particular one move that steps down onto a semi loose block and then a traverse to a easy but exposed slab. (I may have actually at this point, but I am bit of an old sissy) I would agree that the hardest moves were about 5.6 but you can definitely choose moves to make it a little harder. The approach took about 2.5 hours The ascent took us about 3 hours The descent took 2 hours The deproach about 2 hours All told we were 11 hours round trip including breaks,summit time and creek beers on the way down. Anyway, I cannot recommend this outing enough! Solid, Fun, Easy and the appproach is sweet like a sweet sweety thing. Enjoy some pictures: [ Gear Notes: Small rack of Metolius TCU's,a few nuts, a couple of fist size pieces handy for the offwidth crack. 8 mountain runners 60 meter double ropes (worked well for a team of three) Approach Notes: Rainy Pass TH. 15 minutes to first real creek. Into open woods and meadows on the North side and just follow the path of bliss.

Gene the way my two year old has been acting this week I would love to! But alas if I can just pull this crux it will be easy sailing.

Gene is a great partner, and as a friend of his, I second his plea to not "let him solo the route". You should reconsider trhee fingers though given the access issue.

love the odd crawler!

stunning photos, very nice TR.

Then you win. Nice TR Keenwash.

Looks great. A nice read as well. Thanks.

Hi Ellie!

That looks great! Thanks for sharing that.

Too true!