SethKL

Starting this weekend and ending at the end of Sept, I will be working 8 on and 6 days off at Olympic NP doing biology: Off blocks beginning July 25 , Aug 7 , Aug 21 , Sept 18. I hope to find folks with a lot of experience in the area, efficient trad skills and positive-safe attitudes. Areas of interest: Cascades, Olympics, Index, Squamish. Stuff I bring: Car, rack & ropes, ice stuff, leading to .11a , botanical nerdness. seven years experience of hard-hit'n climbing in a bunch of places. PM me. Best, Seth

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*Bump* steal these for $150!

Trip: Rabbit Ears - Wandering Souls Date: 5/18/2012 Trip Report: On the 1 yr anniversary of this climb I thought I might post a TR. Seems like there is not one for the Southern Oregon Rabbit Ears, and its a pretty special place. Wandering Souls , beta here http://www.mountainproject.com/v/wandering-soul/106578124, is one of few routes that summits the West ear. Its rather wild; the 1st pitch is 180' of solid 5.10 with some 5.10+ moves midway up. Less-than-good rock quality and the wandering POLR add to the boldness. Must have been something else to bolt this on lead! Coming up the Hersberger rd the massive volcanic plugs that are the Ears pop into view. Pictured is the W ear which, on the Southeast side (lookers right), is Wandering Souls. Me at the 1st belay, 180' up and below an overhanging head wall. For the 1st pitch my belayer tied to a tree out of direct fall line of the many various size rocks I dropped. The final moves to the (nice) belay ledge are great liebacking and footwork. Save the long slings for the last few pieces of pro. View of the East ear and Crater Lake NP (background) from the 1st belay. View South from the summit( do not include Thielson and more!). The last 2 pitches are as unique as the first tho less difficulty. The roofs and the "pumpkin patch" were very fun! (read the attached route beta for their description). We brought one 60m rope after scoping the possibility of rappeling/down-climbing via the South and far East side. We found an old pair of bolts there by scrambling via the summit to the East end of the ear then down a bit. Gear Notes: Half a dozen 48" slings and several 24" slings. A nut for the bolt w/o a hanger. A single rack to 2.5" (we placed very little gear). webbing for the rap. Approach Notes: Park at the turn-out/unmarked trail at the bend in Hersberger rd after heading straight towards the Ears. Follow the obvious trail the the SouthEast side and look for bolts.

Kinda old beta: We skied MS in a day in the last week of March '13 via 3 Creek rd. Approaching form the East; Until we reached the un-burned/1/3 mi from tree line, the snow was very thin. Skinning towards Pouty point was bony. Skiing down consisted of (exciting!) boiler plate snow until tree line via the same route (normal route from Pole Creek). Snow was as expected for 20% ish below normal snow pack.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Silvretta-Easy-Go-555-Alpine-Ski-Bindings-Carbon-Adjustable-Hardware-Leashes-/181085490936?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a29894ef8 At $175 these are not such a bad deal. Good luck.

*BUMP* Will consider trades!

Quite rotten, even by So. Or. standards. Give Pilot Rock a shot for some nice views/proximity to I-5 instead

These are in excellent condition with some scuffs, no smell, and very good tread. I have used them seven (7) times and found them incredible (despite being too small). $215.00 Will consider trades. Thanks!

I am new to the area and want to get(and give) climbing contact info. The next 4 days look splendid for SW OR and NW CA areas, or maybe trip to Trout... I hope to meet some of you! Seth