Stuart, West Ridge beta

[erik]

[Dustin_B]

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

[minx]

i took shoes and i was glad i did

[wrench]

DB: was it smokey in the stuart area? haven't been over there since 4th of july but might be there this weekend. just wondering if i should leave the bottled oxygen at home or not.

[Dustin_B]

wrench said:

DB: was it smokey in the stuart area? haven't been over there since 4th of july but might be there this weekend. just wondering if i should leave the bottled oxygen at home or not.

 

No smoke in the Stuart area. We could see smoke coming out of a valley north of us though. Looked like upper Icicle Creek valley/road (north of Cashmere)?? It was hazy in the afternoons but the smoke settled overnight.

[wrench]

cool. thanks for the info. and nice work on the climb.

[Dustin_B]

Someone PM'ed me and wanted a topo of our route so I posted a couple pics in the photo gallery. Here are the links. Not very detailed, but all I have.

 

Topo 1

 

Topo 2

[Coopah]

Dustin_B said:

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

 

Don't listen to him Dustin...I don't

[Sphinx]

Coopah said:

Dustin_B said:

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

 

Don't listen to him Dustin...I don't

Hell, the N Ridge is a scramble in boots if you don't do the Gendarme. Quit chestbeating, punks.

[ncascademtns]

Dustin_B said:

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

 

Sorry Dustin,

I didn't mean it that way.

Good work on the climb

I have taught you well my son.

[Dustin_B]

Sphinx said:

Coopah said:

Dustin_B said:

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

 

Don't listen to him Dustin...I don't

Hell, the N Ridge is a scramble in boots if you don't do the Gendarme. Quit chestbeating, punks.

 

bite me, prick. what the hell do you think this board is for?

[Sphinx]

Troll!

[Coopah]

Harsh words...just harsh

[Dustin_B]

ncascademtns said:

Dustin_B said:

ncascademtns said:

 

West Ridge is a scramble in boots.

 

 

Thanks, for undermining my accomplishment.

It maybe a scramble for a hardman like yourself, but it was a climb for a gaper like me.

 

Sorry Dustin,

I didn't mean it that way.

Good work on the climb

I have taught you well my son.

 

I was just joking.

 

Coopah - your finally over 100 posts!!!

[Coopah]

 

Coopah - your finally over 100 posts!!!

 

That's what happens when your laid up with a knee injury...too much time spent on here

[Courtenay]

Actually, we must have been just on your heels (we did this the very same weekend) but we DID find a snow patch just on the west side of a notch at 8200 feet, if you recall there's a string of about 6 bivy spots all at one place and then a view to the west if you top out left of them -- if you go 30 feet down the other side, voila, an old snow bank that relinquished an extra 6.5 liters for our party of four. Helps to look all around while you're climbing, you never know what you'll find. And thank goodness, we encountered NO snafflehounds. However, we certainly DID catch whiffs of smoke at our nice 8,200' bivy in the couloir! Awesome climb, can't wait to do it again now that we know the route.