You know you've had a good day at Vantage...

[Attitude]

Another chossy .

 

Take!

[catbirdseat]

MysticNacho said:

Went to vantage a month ago and camped next to a bunch of hillbillies who kept shooting the cliffs opposite the feathers with their shotguns well into the night, shouting "f*&^ ya! wooooo!" well into the night.

That would be my que to "exit, stage left".

[Crackbolter]

...when your forearms burn from the overhangs.

...when it feels like summer in March and it is raining everywhere else in the whole state.

...when Jim and Lucky find another route to trundle and toprope.

...when the route to the right of the one you just lead needs trundling and could go at 5.11 on toprope.

...when all of the beers you brought are empty and walking back to the car is more like stumbling back to the car.

...when you didn't have to have a yelling match with Bill.

...when your partner hasn't had his fill of 5.11 crack climbing and you get to toprope his testpeice.

...when you start to see more tanktops than down jackets.

...when only half the routes you climbed had stones falling on the belayer.

 

Last but not least, ....when you haven't seen Jim, Marlene, Leiland, or Mike since the last time you went to Vantage 2 years ago.

 

Good Times.

 

 

[erik]

Crackbolter said:

...when your forearms burn from the overhangs.

...when it feels like summer in March and it is raining everywhere else in the whole state.

...when Jim and Lucky find another route to trundle and toprope.

...when the route to the right of the one you just lead needs trundling and could go at 5.11 on toprope.

...when all of the beers you brought are empty and walking back to the car is more like stumbling back to the car.

...when you didn't have to have a yelling match with Bill.

...when your partner hasn't had his fill of 5.11 crack climbing and you get to toprope his testpeice.

...when you start to see more tanktops than down jackets.

...when only half the routes you climbed had stones falling on the belayer.

 

 

Good Times.

 

 

[MountainBetty]

Crackbolter said:

...when your forearms burn from the overhangs.

...when it feels like summer in March and it is raining everywhere else in the whole state.

...when Jim and Lucky find another route to trundle and toprope.

...when the route to the right of the one you just lead needs trundling and could go at 5.11 on toprope.

...when all of the beers you brought are empty and walking back to the car is more like stumbling back to the car.

...when you didn't have to have a yelling match with Bill.

...when your partner hasn't had his fill of 5.11 crack climbing and you get to toprope his testpeice.

...when you start to see more tanktops than down jackets.

...when only half the routes you climbed had stones falling on the belayer.

 

Last but not least, ....when you haven't seen Jim, Marlene, Leiland, or Mike since the last time you went to Vantage 2 years ago.

 

Good Times.

 

That was a great weekend....Grips of fools, mostly

friends. Hmmmm....... Don't say too much, we don't

want " Gripped Fools" , Just Grips of Fools. Oh ya, that

would be us havin' fun. Thanks M.F., J.Y., M.M., and last

but certainly not poetically last, "L.W.........

 

 

[ChocChick]

I usually have fun at Vantage, though it is not my favorite spot to sport climb. I prefer alpine, but hey it is vertical movement and it's all good. I did see the Aurora Borealis while camping there in the fall. It was gorgeous.

[Bill_Simpkins]

I've had my ups and downs with Vantage. However, the area is really nice, and the climbing is challenging. The steepness is nice. Even though sometimes I don't desire going there, I always have a pretty good time and come back a better climber.

[dryad]

Within about half an hour of my first ever time at Vantage yesterday, a rock came down and whacked me on the knee while I was belaying. Ouch! But the resulting bruise sure looks sexy.

 

Someone should sell T-shirts saying "I went to Vantage and all I got was this dent in my helmet" or something to that effect.