Greg_W Posted April 6, 2003 Posted April 6, 2003 Anyone know the status on David Whitelaw's Darrington Guide? Just curious, and anxious. BTW, anyone been up thataway lately? How is the access shaping up? Is the road avy'd over? Quote
whirlwind Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 i have no idea, but i'd definatly like to climb dreamer and acouple other routes over there some time. Quote
wayne Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 I talked to homey about it at a recent Pub Club . It shouldnt be too much longer. You realize it will be on CD? Quote
Alex Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Luckily Dave left before the Sloop Tavern mega-beers kicked in and the various Clubsters got too sloshed to coherantly talk about climbing! Quote
mattp Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 He told me yesterday that he expects to have it out in a month or something. Tripple that, and it will still be available by the time the real Darrington climbing season gets under way. Lots of folks will be wanting to head up there as soon as possible, but summer begins the week after 4th of July, right? Quote
Szyjakowski Posted April 7, 2003 Posted April 7, 2003 Alex said: Luckily Dave left before the Sloop Tavern mega-beers kicked in and the various Clubsters got too sloshed to coherantly talk about climbing! speak for yourself you drunk Quote
johnny_destiny Posted April 15, 2003 Posted April 15, 2003 I can report on the road in a day or so. A couple of my friends go up there and look for bear and cat sign. Quote
mattp Posted May 3, 2003 Posted May 3, 2003 As of May 2, the road is open and the climbs are drying out in between rainstorms. Snow lingers at the base of some of the crags. Quote
JayB Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 It's been at least a week since someone asked about when the Guidebook will be out so..... Quote
mattp Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 I don't know what to tell you, JayB. Meanwhile, head out there with whatever guidebook you have - Smoot or Traveller's or Nelson or downloads from my web page - and be prepared for reality to differ slightly from what you see depicted there (my drawings are pretty up-to date, though). Quote
chucK Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Hey JayB, Go do Rain Man on Exfoliation dome. Don't worry about the 10c crux, you can yard on a bolt right on thru . Either go to the top (runout no bolts ) or rap from where it meets up with Dark Rhythm. Then if you've got some of the day leftover do Dark Rhythm up to the merge point. That might keep you busy with a quality outing. And if you've done it, well....nevermind . Quote
Off_White Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Anyone been on that this year? Did I recall some report about a big flake coming off over there, with potential bolt damage? Quote
mattp Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 A large flake may have damaged or chopped some bolts on the first two pitches of Dark Rhythm but I looked at it from a distance and couldn't tell. Quote
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