nervedoc Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 okay guys, i'm new around here. Does anyone know where any sport climbing is in the Olympics and/or west of puget sound. It seams like there ought to be some but i can't find the info. appreciate any help I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 why i dunno?? though there is a cragup by chimacum and another crag out by port angeles right near the lower elwah damn. talk to the guys at olympic mtneering for more detail.. good guys if not a bit spacy. elwha is soft crumbly s facing sand stone and chimicum is conglomorate shit. with some access issues. and there is some more sporto stuff along the stairacase rd outside of hooodsport. it sux too. might as well go sporto at the north bed crags. rattlesnake is the best cause no one is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfort Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Whew! When I read the title of the thread, I thought sport climbing had made it to the Olympic games! Sorry to be of no help, but I don't know of any sport climbing in the olympic moutnains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRCO Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 There is an area along Lake Cushman that has about 10 routes. Lookout though, the Mountainers use it for practice and so do all the local search and rescue organizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 I believe that crag "up by Chimacum" would be on Mt. Zion. The rock is, as Erik stated, a conglomerate. I think it is welded tuff, like Smith Rock, as it is the same color and has the same pebbles in it. It faces south, and what I saw up there was about 80-200 feet high. I used to do some top-roped climbing up there with groups of "hoods in the woods" from Washington state correctional facilities. On my last visit, there were a few bolts here and there and somebody had done some work on a trail. The south facing mountainside has a Rhododendron forest on it. As far as I know, there is not enough there to draw a crowd, but I'd suggest checking into any "access issues" so that if you go up there, you won't add to some misunderstanding with a land manager. I believe there used to be someone associated with an outdoor shop in Port Angeles who knows about the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregm Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 quote: Originally posted by philfort: Whew! When I read the title of the thread, I thought sport climbing had made it to the Olympic games! yeah phil, those are the same olympics my friend will be guarding ok i have to tell the story for everyone: so we're driving someplace and talking about the usual bs on the news and i mention that this guy i know who is in the national guard is getting called up - but the good news is he's going to be guarding the olympics. so phil and the other passenger (dbb i think) go on for five minutes about how can he guard the olympics before i realize they thought i meant the mountains and not the winter ones in SLC. [ 12-19-2001: Message edited by: gregm ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Mt. Erie by Annacortes has a good amount of routes I guess and is kind of like on the Peninsula. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figger_Eight Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 Kind've like on the Peninsula...if you kind've take a ferry across the Sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climberbro16 Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 There is a good lookin climb over on Sawtooth ridge. WHen I was climbing Mt. Cruiser over the summer. They were about half way up. It looked preety good I know that dosent help any but hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Parker Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 I like the sea stacks out on the coast. The barnicles really grip my Teva's and the bird shit looks like chalk. The rock is usually slipperry and crumbles when you pull on it. Needless to say I pay no attention to the grades. Besides many routes are 5.13b at high tide and a 3rd class at low! There's often a forest at the top that requires bushwacking for the true wilderness feeling. The Olympic Pennisula rocks! Someone glued holds all over the new visitors center at Hurricane Ridge. You just can't bolt those routes 'cause your in the Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Sport climbing in the Olympic Games? Ain't gonna happen. Generally you won't find motor sports in the Games, and how are these guys going to sink bolts without a power drill? How are you going to have sport climbing without bolts? Ain't gonna happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by pope: Sport climbing in the Olympic Games? Ain't gonna happen. Generally you won't find motor sports in the Games, and how are these guys going to sink bolts without a power drill? How are you going to have sport climbing without bolts? Ain't gonna happen. The routes would be bolted beforehand the same way they use powered drills to build the chairlifts and ski jumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 ... I think sport climbing IS making it into the olympic games as a exhibition sport in the next summer games, the next step being full medal status the following olympiad. Part of a trend by the IOC to keep the olympics popular. No word yet on if the new sport "Survivoring" gets into the mix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 ... Circue of the Gargoyles over by Buckhorn Mountain provides quite a few short routes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Martin Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Sport Climbing in the Olympics... There is some stuff in the Elwah drainage just outside of Port Angeles. There are a few routes on a rock on private property above the town of Chimicum. Unfortunately all the routes out there are the equivalent of climbing on hard mud with bolts in it. The guys at Olympic Mountaineering in Port Angeles are responsible for most of the route development on the Peninsula. You could give them a call and see if anyone's gotten around to putting together some kind of guide. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappy Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Smith Rocks is bolted, "hard" mud. The shit on the Olympics IS bolted mud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by slaphappy: Smith Rocks is bolted, "hard" mud. The shit on the Olympics IS bolted mud! Is it like Chossil Rock? Oops I meant Fossil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 "chisel" rock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: "chisel" rock? Yeah you can chisel it off with your bare hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 chizled holds. what a great designer 5-finger pocket right in the middle of this otherwise blank section, and conveniently located for posing while clipping the bolt. not that i ever even been to farcil rock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappy Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 Never been to Chossil Rock but it's gotta be better than the not-so-welded tuff on the Peninsula. Railroad spikes might be a better form of "protection". Oh yeah, that's if you can find the "rock" under the foot thick bed of moss. [ 12-20-2001: Message edited by: slaphappy ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted December 20, 2001 Share Posted December 20, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Dru: chizled holds. what a great designer 5-finger pocket right in the middle of this otherwise blank section, and conveniently located for posing while clipping the bolt. not that i ever even been to farcil rock... Although I did not see chiseled holds I did see bolt on gymn holds. Check em out! Heheheheheheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RURP Posted December 21, 2001 Share Posted December 21, 2001 This is RURP. What is this lame talk of sport-climbing in the Olympics. If this is so, I will protest that there must be a Big Wall category for real climbers. Who would want to watch a crowd of sport climbers when they can see some real drama? Especially if they make it during the winter olympics. RURP has spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfly Posted December 21, 2001 Share Posted December 21, 2001 Not to bust anyones bubble but I have to say that the Lower Elwaha has some sick routes. There just what the aspiring big wall climber want to climb on. Runout choss, But if you have the stones and you crank solid ten you can have lots of fun, two very steeeeppp 12's a fifteen foot offwidth roof that is worth the trip by itself---but you better be cranking, Several 11's lots of good heady 10's even a two pitcher. Climb with caution as things tend to be on the dirty side even though we try our best, watch out for the ocasional boned clip. Without bolts this place would not exist so have some tolerance, it sure beats driving four hours. This is not your lycra clad fairy clipers hangout. You will only see crazy logger's kids messing around and board locals rope soloing. But in the right eyes she has has some serious goods. Come on over we need more traffick bring your helment and your broom and have at it. Chimicam is not worth the bother unless you bring your drill----but then the spirits of the indians that hurled themselves off the thing to avoid capture might tourture you forever---better stone but way more sacred. (more than once I have stumbled upon traditional dressed folks chanting and dancing at the base) best to leave that place alone. The ones that are there look hard. The guys in PT might have a different view but we never see them our dirrection anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialed Posted December 21, 2001 Share Posted December 21, 2001 yeah RORP big wall climbing is SOOOO very exciting to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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