wdietsch Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 curious if any of the locals and/or others have any more details? WDFW news release Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephH Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Hmmm, that basalt columns fall at such PNW cliffs isn't exactly news... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Wes, Nothing new to add that the WDFW release doesn't already say, but mebbe if Larry would come down out of the orchard and drive around the corner, he could tell us which route(s) fell down... Larry Nevers..??? Nevers??? Nevers??? Nevers??? (in Ferris Bueller's econ teacher's accent...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good2Go Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Price of Complacency and Stress Management were on the column that fell. It also apparently smashed the block at the base of Thriller Pillar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Confirmed. SM (5.10a) and PoC (5.11b) are no more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdietsch Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Sobo & G2G .. thanks for the update, exactly the sort of feedback I was hoping for. I always chuckled at the name for PoC .. my recollection is a little friendly rivalry between Kerns and Fritz to see who got it first. I guess if something had to go, at least it was a couple of the shorter bolted routes. I'm wondering if it was the entire column or only the portion above the small roof on SM? Obviously this will turn Couch Potato and Entrance Exam into entirely different routes, and I imagine over time will most likely lead to a couple new ones. On a sad note ... fellow Yakimaniac Sam Alder pasted away last week. Sam and I spent hundreds of hours at the Columns back in the early 80's before moving on to bigger and better things in the Alpine. Cragg should remember him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Wes, It was the entire column. Here's a photo of the aftermath. Route destruction is evident in center frame. You can still see the big slab/boulder that is the belay spot below Thriller Pillar, where a large portion of the debris hit. Photo is courtesy of Larry Nevers Jr. (apeman). I smell a new crack FA (or a serious stem ) behind the fallen column in about three weeks when WDFW opens the area back up again. Who's gonna nab it...??? "Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Sobooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdietsch Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Sobo & Larry .. thanks for the photo .. that would be one hell of a stem, I'm assuming even more of a stem than the upper portion of Wildcat Crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pup_on_the_mountain Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Yeah! Sobooooooooooooo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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