seannomadic

Thanks for posting the TR man! Sorry I~ve been busy in Brazil, and haven't gotten around to emailing all the photos. My rack notes: Smallest white Tri-cam came in handy, and 2 each no. 4 camalots and 2 each no. 5's will see you through the wide stuff near the top and actually allow you to place some pro (no. 4) before the rivet. What a good time,and I'm looking forward to stepping it up again next year on the Captain with or without the Government's permission! The following is my 'comment' to Freddie Wilkinson's Opinion piece 'Climbing Beyond Boehner's Reach' in the New York Times regarding the government closure. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/opinion/climbing-beyond-boehners-reach.html?_r=0 'I arrived at an overflowing Camp 4 the morning of the shutdown and was given a 2 day camping permit, with the condition that if the government stayed shutdown then Camp 4 would have to be vacated. My partner and I wasted no time. We sorted our rack, packed our haulbag with 6 days of supplies, got a good nights rest and launched up the "Zodiac" route early the next morning. There was a lot of rumbling in Camp 4. I had friends whom I'd met in Switzerland earlier in the summer having to change their lifelong goal of climbing in YNP, and we overheard valley veterans like Mayan-Smith Gobat who had an ambitious fall climbing season talk of dashed plans.Once on the wall we forgot about the shutdown. Hard climbing does that, but in the evening, as we sat on our portaledge making dinner we noticed a severe slowdown in traffic below us in the valley. The place was quite! When my partner and I started up the wall, we really didn't discuss our reasons, except that we came to climb. I actually flew half-way across the world to join my friend in our second ascent of El Cap together. Later, on the portaledge, we reflected on why we went ahead despite the shutdown. To me, it was an act of independence & rebellion against the "nanny" state, something I could only articulate after 2 days on the wall. Why should I be stopped from climbing? Am I a subject of Obama's and the Republican's police state? No. When we descended to our parked car, a lone coyote sauntered past us, smiling. @seannomadic' seannomadic.tumblr.com

Looks awesome. First pitch is dry, didn't climb it, Town Crier and Green Dragon instead. One party on the route today.

Sold yet? Interested in the 10's and 13's.

Nice outing! Great ice too!

Planning on being at Mt Erie on Sunday. Scoped it out last weekend and attempted some rope soloing. Looking forward to climbing with a capable partner.

I'm new to the PNW and am hoping to climb some ice or alpine (Baker, Leavenworth, Snoqualmie) this weekend. I'm a more experienced ice cragger than alpine climber so would hope to find someone familiar with a particular area or route and avoid an epic! Got the gear, good ropework, decent climbing skills for the moderates, but need a partner, because my gri-gri keeps slapping me in the balls. Thanks!