Alex Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 (edited) Went out Sunday, expecting it to be colder than Seattle, at least. It wasnt! South: some of the beer climbs are kinda there, but not really. Guiness looks ultra thin, Kickapoo not there. The first route we encountered that was really climbable was Champagne, in very climbable (though very wet, Sunday) shape Champagne, p1, Sunday . We drove a little further, saw 2 parties at Children of the Sun (3 climbable lines), and returned to Champagne. p1 a shower, only got halfway up before full-body soaking mandated retreat. Walked around to the p2, which was dry and a pleasant WI3 lead. Champagne, p2 Banks E Shore: Generally colder than just 10 miles South. The climbs were much drier and have a chance of staying around if the temps dont get too mild. Absent Minded Professor not in at all. Cable in, thin, and lead on Sunday by some dudes from Spokane. The very bottom does not touch. H2O2, thin and steep. Agent Orange might be leadable but I dont think the top cigar is touching. Salt and Pepper upper pitch in but a little thinner than I've seen it in the past. Generally alot of stuff forming/was formed, but we didnt go further N than that. Edited January 12, 2004 by Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Fisher Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I posted a few pics of Champagne taken this Saturday in the Gallery. It's in pretty good shape but WET. The right side is vertical slush, but the left was pretty solid. Fortunately the full on garden hose effect eases off about half way up. I would not want to be on that route if it was any warmer than it was when we were on it (~34 degrees). A few years ago I checked it out on a warmish day and decided against it. The next day we drove by and the whole thing had fallen down. The Cable looked hard. Hats off to whomever lead it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbb Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Was out at banks on saturday... Stuff looked pretty good, but I doubt it'll last long in these temps. h2o2 agent orange (?) Zenith Trotsky's folly Wow, two hats off to whoever lead the cable on sunday. That thing looked WAY burly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernmtguide Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Climber leading the Cable was Greg Rehn from Spokane. The OP guys have to test gear somewhere! He also lead the two routes next to Even Cowgirls Get The Blues as a warm up (Not that anyone needed to get warm yeaterday, it was near 40ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_detrick Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 We were at the cowgirls yesterday, and they were climbing in good form, made it look easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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