SethWhite Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 yeah sorry about the misinformation...i have a pre-released copy and it was my understanding that they were out last fall??? but i must have been misinformed...hope it gets out this summer...lots of new bolts and routes! Quote
EWolfe Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 pre-released? Me too! Oh, wait....different guide. Sorry! Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted May 19, 2004 Posted May 19, 2004 Start in a right facing corner (5.6)then over a bulge to chain anchors. Easy slab leads up right to the snag. Head straight up towards a short right facing corner/roof thing to a big ledge. !st pitch up corner then straight up to bolts. 2nd pitch goes striaght up from bolts, not to snag, to right facing roof. Follow this crack way up(easier than it looks, good pro), watch for rope drag, to bolts by "teetering" branch. Many variations to get to top from there. I'll post some photos later when I get home tonight. Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 1st Pitch Zig Zag-Up corner ( sorry for the butt shot). 2nd Pitch Zig Zag-Keep going up this corner to dead branch and bolts. Not to snag. Teetering Branch behind me. Sorry for the poser shot! About 20 feet to the left of the end of the 2nd pitch is this bolted route. 5.9? Quote
mattp Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 That combination makes a great three-pitch climb, Mr. Simpkins. If anybody cares, though, I think your second pitch was "Undercover," not Zig Zag. (It is the way I have always done that climb, and I assumed it was ZigZag until last time I was there and somebody told me otherwise.) One thing about that "Undercover" pitch: it is easier than it looks, as Bill points out, but the exit moves are a little sketchy on poor rock for about ten feet. Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Once while climbing to the snag I ran into Dallas Kloke. He informed me this was the true Zig Zag. That the Smoot book was incorrect in going to the Snag. It doesn't matter though, both ways are fun. Yeah the top out is a little sketchy, but I think the last piece you can get in is good. Quote
mattp Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 After I was "corrected" about that second pitch, I went home and looked it up in my Mt. Eerie guidebook written by the Skagit County Mtn Rescue Unit. It too shows that as "Undercover" and I thought Dallas Kloke had been involved in the production of that book. Anyway, you are corect: it is a good outing and that undercling pitch is very enjoyable! Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted May 20, 2004 Posted May 20, 2004 Maybe he was that day. Do both of them, and you can't miss! Quote
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