ivan Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 also went ice crag'n on the elliot on saturday...also found wierd old shit (a section of old hemp rope, 3 braids, about halfway through the lower icefall) mountain looks sweet w/ all that new snow up high Quote
John Frieh Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Got rained off of Triumph on Sat; drove back to PDX and continued south to Mt. Thielsen (across the street from diamond lake/mt bailey on the way to crater lake). Climbed the McLaughlin Memorial route/North Face (or at least where the guide book says it should be) car to car Sunday with Illini… Quote
catbirdseat Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Attempt to climb in Darrington on Saturday. Get totally soaked from the brush on the approach. Darrington was our original plan, but we bailed in favor of Leavenworth when we saw the weather report. We thought, "hmmm, 54% chance of precip in Darrington versus, 5% chance in Leavenworth; which should we choose?" Quote
skykilo Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 We got the rope stuck after the first rap, but luckily we ran into Skykilo and friend who were heading up as we were going down and they freed our rope. Thanks guys! Hope you liked the beer. Beer good. Quote
Peter_Puget Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Rock climbing Sunday - the Fire Escape in the Sky. Great day. Summer is almost over. Quote
bigbong Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Went surf kayaking at Moon Stone beach, Trinidad, Ca. Also a bouldering area it seems... Quote
Peter_Puget Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Moonstone is a bit south of Trinidad. I heard that there was a 30+ pitch traverse of the Tinidad head. Watch the tides! Quote
dkemp Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 On Friday my buddy Seth and I climbed Castle Rock. The Fault, then Catapult (fun!). After lunch I led the first pitch of Midway, then he led Midway Direct to the top. This was my first time on Castle Rock and yes, I'll be back. Dox Quote
bigbong Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 There is a bit of a rip there... at Moon Stone, you can't do the traverse anymore apparently... the powers that be have made it off limits Quote
Alex Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Dox, thats a great link-up! I think Fault/Catapult/Bone/SFaceJelloTower/Midway has as much quality climbing as Outer Space. Quote
DPS Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Attempt to climb in Darrington on Saturday. Get totally soaked from the brush on the approach. Built furniture the rest of the day. Sick on Sunday, watched the olympic Marathon. The guy from Brasil was going to get beat anyway, still sad though. Quote
knelson Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Soaked up the rays at the awesome bivy spot at 8500' on lower Ptarmigan Ridge (Rainier). [it'd be the PERFECT awesome bivy spot if there was running water close by.] Watched the lenticular form above the summit, engulf the upper 2000', slowly dissapate, then reform. Pretty cool... from a distance! For anyone thinkin' about heading up for some turns, looks like there's new snow above about 8500' on the Russell. Pretty smooth on the left side, pretty cracked up on the right below 8500'. Looks good above that. I'm not an ice climber, but the Flett on the north side of Observation doesn't look quite ripe yet. The patch further to the west does look ripe for the pickin' though. Just about all the snow on the other side of Knapsack Pass is gone, and conditions up there are more like late September, not late August. -kurt Quote
Greg_W Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Drove from Palm Springs, CA to Seattle, WA in 19.5 hours with a Carl's Jr. re-fuel and several coffees. Luckily, I was able to catch up on my conspiracy theories by listening to about 6 hours of the Art Bell Show on AM radio. The best part was surprising my girlfriend, who wasn't expecting me for about 14 more hours. Quote
willstrickland Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 The best part was surprising my girlfriend, who wasn't expecting me for about 14 more hours. So did you bust a cap in the dude's ass as he dove out the bedroom window? Or was he hiding in the closet? Quote
Greg_W Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 The best part was surprising my girlfriend, who wasn't expecting me for about 14 more hours. So did you bust a cap in the dude's ass as he dove out the bedroom window? Or was he hiding in the closet? Don't be disrespecting my girl, bro. Quote
Hanger Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Ivan threw me into a crevasse Ok, not exactly...1st he b*tched at some poor ol' lass who was complaining about his early morning ramblings outside of her tent...hard to believe anyone is still asleep at 7 a.m. in a public camp ground lol Worked our way to the lower part of the Elliot and 'tooled' around there for a bit...working our way through various ice formations 'til we got shut down and had to escape to an adjacent snow slope. Then we found a 20' deep crevasse to practice rescue techniques. Placed ice pro, rigged a z-pulley, rap'd down into the very narrow crevasse and jumarred out Good times...Thanks "E" Quote
BreezyD Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Me and the crew pulled into Winthrop on Friday for the weekend-long wedding celebration of a good friend. Spent the weekend causing a ruckus with the Winthrop locals, playin' cards, running around in the swamp, and moongazing ... all with plenty of Fosters fat cans in hand. Winthrop Winnie says "Howdy cc.com Pardners." Quote
glacier Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Met Fleblebleb and headed to Lworth for a couple of days of granite- Saturday - did Bale-Cramer and Regular Route on Careno - 4 stars all - However, we made the poor decision to walk off rather than rap, so had a joyous bushwack down between laps of the rock, which required serious rehydration and a nap. Sunday - checked out Clem's Holler/Special Spot- Did several pitches at CH until the shoes started to melt and the tips were trashed - will definitely return when it cools off. Quote
JGowans Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Set out to climb the W face of Sloan. Left Seattle @ 5am with my buddy. Got on the trail just before 8am. Bushwhacked our way through the overgrown forest. Emerged at the river absolutely drenched. Slogged up the river boulders for another 1000 feet only to be met by masses of talus, scree, mud and silt. Fell on my ass, cursed our choice of climb and continued scrambling up. I made the call at 11am that I didn't think we had enough time to ascend the face and be back to the cars before dark (no way I wanted to descend the approach in the dark - no question that I'm a pussy these days). So, we thought we'd head around to the South face and try to hook up with the Corkscrew route. Scrambled around there and my partner finally cajoled me into doing it (I was convinced we didn't have enough time - by now it was 12pm). Got my harness on only to have my buddy exclaim that he'd left his rack in the car (no complaints from me). So, we hung out for a while, took in the views, ate some Oberto beef jerky (a fine American food that I'll miss should I ever move back to Europe) and before descending down a slippery heathery slope - more falling on my ass, more contorting my ankles, more scratches and bruises. Back down the riverbed we went not 100% sure where the forest trail began again. We found it though and marched through the dense undergrowth (now dry) and got back to the car at 4.30pm. All in all a good day on account of the views and the workout. In retrospect it was a timely reminder that I hate late season climbing and feel a lot more at home on snow than talus and scree. Quote
sketchfest Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 ...1st he b*tched at some poor ol' lass who was complaining about his early morning ramblings outside of her tent... You're kidding right?? somebody was complaining about Eric's early morning ramblings...No way! Quote
JGowans Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 Me and the crew pulled into Winthrop on Friday for the weekend-long wedding celebration of a good friend. Spent the weekend causing a ruckus with the Winthrop locals, playin' cards, running around in the swamp, and moongazing ... all with plenty of Fosters fat cans in hand. Winthrop Winnie says "Howdy cc.com Pardners." Nice! Went there a couple of weeks ago for a boys weekend. Floated down the Methow from Winthrop to Twisp on inner tubes with our coolers in tow. Also had the great fortune to check out some of the local talent at the Palace. A veritable cornucopia of fine young fillies. Quote
Camilo Posted August 30, 2004 Posted August 30, 2004 First H2C. Definitely won't be the last. Probably won't be the last to pay my entry fee though, so I won't have to run the first leg. Ran it with my buddy and when he took off his shoes at Govt. Camp his socks were red (they started white). Quote
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