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A real geriatric circle-jerk over there eh?

The east side of North Twin was somewhat forgettable. While the rock was good the structure of it did not lend itself to obvious lines (horizontal vs vertical weaknesses). Considering the long approach I think one would have a better time scrapping around on the NW side of either peak. That west face of block and arrowhead also has a number of nice looking, easier blocky corner systems that could be good partialy snowed/iced up. Of course that isn't exactly a casual approach either. Again, I'm very intrigued by the complete SE ridge of the North Twin. The stretch we climbed was stellar. A carefully reading of Red Fred reveals this one sentence.... "The Southeast Ridge is one alternative and offers pleasant climbing on superb rock" Hmmmm.....sounds ok to me.

On my first epic up Snow Creek Wall in ~ 1994 this red haired guy came cruising by us unroped. That blew my fucking mind!

Trip: Twin Sisters - Obscurities Date: 6/13/2008 Trip Report: Being decidely optomistic Dave and I ignored both the forecast and the drizzle and did the long approach into the basin between the Twin Sisters. After four long hours of biking and hiking in light rain we were rewarding with a sudden change in the weather as we entered the basin. Block and Arrowhead Towers are two nice looking spires just to climbers right of the col at the head of the basin. We climbed a fun route up the west facing wall highlighted by a very fine 5.7 dihedral ending on the ridge crest right in the middle between the two towers. The summit of block tower is reached by a wonderful 40' 5.8 hand crack called "Toe Jam". Good stuff, small rack to #2 Camalot with short pitches. With no time to waste we wandered across the Sisters Glacier aiming for the mysterious and steep east face of the North Twin Sister. While there are several distinct buttresses the rock is layered such that there are no obvious lines and many vertical to overhanging blank bulges. We climbed it anyway by wandering around on 4th and low-5th class rock split by many ledges and one nice 5.7 dihedral. The route ended near the high point of the southeast ridge. II 5.7 We were rewarded for our efforts with the stunning finale of the southeast ridge, a superb stretch of climbing over a series of dramatic needles. Something tells me the complete southeast ridge could be a very good climb indeed. One rappel and some scrambling got us to the summit of the North Twin. Pizza nad beer at the North Fork await! Good times. All of this only 25 miles from town. Damn are we lucky! The miserable Approach Parting clouds on the South Face of the North Twin The Glorious Basin The fine dihedral on the West Face of Block Tower Block Tower Dave can't jam his toes, Toe Jam 5.8 Wandering across the Sisters Glacier The nice dihedral on the E Buttress of the North Twin Dave doesn't like my route finding A more striking pose One last look Gear Notes: Small rack to #2 Camalot Approach Notes: Mountain Bike ~ 4 miles and 2000' Walk old logging roads ~2 miles and 600' Easy XC into Basin ~1 mile and 2000'

Get a job hippy! Actually I mean sweet, looks like a good time....

Incredibly.....pathetic?.....humiliating?.....just oh so sad... Could he have sounded and looked any more brittle than he did? How are people going to vote for that? Nasaly, whiny "thats not change we can believe in" followed by amazingly awkward, squinty grin with feeble appluase from a small audience. Weird, just fucking weird. Someone in has campaign operation lost their job over that one.

Rainy Day Traverse?

Excellent photos as usual!

Yikes I need to quit climbing. My apologies for offending thee. 30' with blown gear and rock is more of a fall than I want to take...

If I add your numbers thats a 28' fall. Not exactly huge.

With some more searching I discovered that both the Chehalis Lake approach and the Mystery Creek approach are currently closed to protect the public from falling rocks and stuff. No info on when they might open it back up.

You cheeseheads are a bunch of pains in the ass'.

Sweet. So if you take that left where do you eventually end up???

Poking around the internet I came across some info regarding the landslide that hit Chehalis Lake and took out the Chehalis River Road in the process. 500,000 cubic meters of debris and a 50' tall tsunami! Cool stuff. Doesn't look like that's going to get repaired anytime soon so bad access just got worse. The road and slide are currently closed for public safety. I couldn't figure out where but I'm guessing it's no where near the slide. Doesn't look like I'll be getting to Grainger this summer..... List of Pics Following Link to Good Photos..they are ~3 MB Picture of Slide Tsunami Damage Slide from Above

Need to reach the guy tonight and the cell # I have is out of service??? If anyone can help just PM me. Thanks. Darin

Please explain?

I dug through Erdens website and couldn't come up with how longs he's been bobbing around in his dingy out there, sounds like a long F#%&ing time though!!! It can really be since last July? When did he start the crossing?

Yes, that makes a lot of sense, we should conclude that our government is just fine because they're not as fucked up as a third-world junta. Next you'll be telling us to compare the justice department to the Somali government.

That looks sick! Particularly sick for 1940!!!

Article in B'ham Herald with Name

I still want to see his pics from "THE SWEET BIVI LEDGE ON TOP OF NORTH NORWEIGAN BUTTRESS".

I'll chime in on the climb I'll never do.....The Doug Scott Route (5.9 A1?) or maybe Line of Credit (5.10 A1) on Mount Asgard. 4000+ of mostly moderate climbing on perfect granite. Maybe not moderate like da toof but certainly lacking the objective hazards of say slipstream. Yes that looks as cool as they come.

On the internet fooooo!

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Amazing. Where are all the Euros?