Top 3

[erik]

what are your top 3 accomplishments this summer? i know i know that summer is not complete, but with this rain and some of the local trees turning colors it makes me already say goodbye to a great summer and hello to new fall adventures!!!

 

 

the 3 best things this summer for me, was stuart with specialed, dead baby goat with dan and the hood to coast. all three were done in different styles and each had their seperate challenges. but when i look back this summer those are what stands out for me.

 

i did a lot of neat things this summer and really cannot say one is better then the rest, even the faliure was still rewarding!

 

fess up and nothing is cheastbeating!

 

[texplorer]

1) Onsighting the Grand Wall

2) Finishing a Year of Physics

3) Climbing the Nose in a Day

 

 

[cracked]

1. Stuart N. Ridge

2. The really cool blue and white V5 at Stone Gardens.

[sk]

leading acne problem

first leader fall

finding a job

[dryad]

In chronological order:

1) 1st alpine climb

2) 1st trad lead

3) 1st leader fall

[ryland_moore]

1) Summitting Denali

2) spending 5 weekends in N. Cascades and Leavenworth climbing alpine and multi-pitch (put 5,000 miles on the car just to drive to and from the climbs!)

3) paddling with the Orcas in Johnstone Straight

[gapertimmy]

1) tie adams sw chutes and middle sister ski tripz

2) tuolumne with my good friends and me best lady

3) snuggling with erik after hood to coast, and the race was cool too.

[Crackbolter]

Edited September 11, 2003 by Crackbolter

[ClimbingGirl33]

1) Moving across the country to Seattle

2) Leading my first 10A

3) Climbing practically every weekend even being the "new girl in town"

 

Next up: Potrero Chico!!!

[Necronomicon]

1) Saved marriage

2) Didn't go crazy

3) Took huge fall

[Bug]

Coached my stepson (17) where to puke rum without laughing.

Carried a large rock out of the Bitterroots for my friend's garden.

Taught my daughter (7) how to snorkel.

[catbirdseat]

1. Two Winter Ascents of Rainier by different routes (Gib Ledges and Ingraham Direct)

 

2. Climbing West Buttress of BBH and Dreamer (GGB) in Darrington

 

3. Leading my first 5.9 sustained vertical crack climb(Tangled Up In Blue) at Vantage.

[ryland_moore]

what are your top 3 accomplishments this summer?

 

Two Winter Ascents of Rainier by different routes (Gib Ledges and Ingraham Direct)

 

You did two winter ascents of Rainier this summer? Damn that is pretty cool!!!

[Sol]

 

1. Backbone Ridge on Dragontail in a day.

2. On-sighting Clean Break (juno tower).

3. Leading wide gendarme pitch on N ridge of stuart with a single #3.

 

 

[scrambler]

1. Challenger via Wiley Ridge

2. 1st serious rock climbing fall

3. #2 prevented me from achieving #3; would have been North Ridge of Stuart

[layton]

1.Being able to walk

 

2.guiding baker 4 weeks out of the wheelchair

 

3a.every second of climbing and hiking since my recovery

or

3b.getting the girls of cc.com to bare all

[Jim]

Man, I feel so pedestrian with some of these great trips posted but here goes:

 

1) Led Pope's Crack and Heart & Soul at Joshua Tree

2) 210 bird species logged and one Fer-de-lance captured in 10 days in Belize

3) Led MF and Bonnie's Roof at the Gunks in 85 deg/85% humidity - standard summer day.

[slothrop]

1. No debilitating injuries!

2. Stuart North Ridge

3. Leading the bonus pitch on Silent Running

 

[Greg_W]

1. Leading all pitches on "Rock On" in Squamish

2. Climbing "Angel's Crest" in Squamish ( tlg)

3. Mt. Rainier via Liberty Ridge - finally hit that one.

Edited September 11, 2003 by Greg_W

[bird]

It has been a horrible climbing summer. My list reflects that.

 

1. I got engaged.

2. nearly onsighting exaspirator in Squamish after not leading a trad pitch in 7 months. (yes, unfortunately this is my greatest climbing achievement of the summer. I suck.)

3. Paddling with orcas just like Ryland

 

 

[ken4ord]

(1) N Ridge of Stuart gonna back and do it again this year.

(2) Angel's Crest in Squamish what a sweet day.

(3) Early ascent of Lib Ridge on Raineer in whiteout, braking trail the whole way and forced bivy. What an adventure.

 

These may change since like Erik said it may look like the summer is over right now. It is not until the ice axe's start getting swung into some ice or at least hooking onto some edges.

[wscottf]

1) Royal Arches: 15 "pitches" in under 2 hours

2) Triple Couliors: my first ice climb (and lead)

3) Watching my wife swinging the tools on North Ridge Baker on her first glacier climb.

[tanstaafl]

Summer isn't over yet, dammit. But top three so far:

 

Five days climbing in Powell River. Don’t ask me what, I have no idea. It was all on Psyche Slab.

 

N Ridge Stuart/W Face North Early Winters Spire (tie)

 

Led 1st pitch C'Est La Vie and The Unsaid in Eldo

[chucK]

Grand Wall (even though not in the best style)

Complete N Ridge Stuart (even though we bivied on top)

Dragging the family on a successful backpack trip (even though it was only a mile from the car)

 

[jshamster]

1. Clean Break

 

2. Dragontail - Backbone Ridge

 

3. tie - N. Ridge Stuart/many solos of moderate Cascade alpine climbs

 

Gee - can you guess who I climb with from above list?