Timcb Posted September 17, 2004 Posted September 17, 2004 So I was working on the beachs of Whidbey Island the last two days, counting boulders and looking at the geology in the cliff exposures and I wondered, "Has anyone ever tried to climb any of the silt and clay cliffs of the Puget Sound using ice equipment?" Quote
Rad Posted September 17, 2004 Posted September 17, 2004 Is that photo from Disco park? The rangers might be a little tweaked when they see their sensitive snafflehound cliff habitat suffer an ice-tool-mediated rototilling. Private land? Better hope the owner is out of ammo for his NRA-certified assault rifle. Quote
Dru Posted September 17, 2004 Posted September 17, 2004 i have climbed on the silt cliffs near skaha with ice tools. it is fun but dirty and hard to protect. the silt is not as solid as the chalk in england that they manage to protect with wart-hogs. if you tried to protect silt you would be left with a big hole where you tried to drive the warthog on. Quote
Timcb Posted September 17, 2004 Author Posted September 17, 2004 That cliff's on the west side of central Whidbey- private land I'm pretty sure. And I'm not necessarily advocating going climbing up there, but there really are cliffs all over the Sound, on some of which I'm sure you wouldn't get in trouble (or at least wouldn't get noticed). protection would be very difficult, but maybe that's when it's time to bust out the top rope Quote
Dru Posted September 17, 2004 Posted September 17, 2004 So I was working ... counting boulders Has Distel applied for your job yet? Quote
Timcb Posted September 17, 2004 Author Posted September 17, 2004 So I was working ... counting boulders Has Distel applied for your job yet? Now I don't know Distel, but let me tell you, that job couldn't have been done by just anyone. oh no. We were employing nothing but the most cutting edge, rigorous geologic methods. Quote
lancegranite Posted September 18, 2004 Posted September 18, 2004 When I was working in Alaska, we made our own ice axes, then ascended numerous bluffs near our cannery. Dirt climbing tip: do not climb under your buddy, climb to the side. Quote
scott_harpell Posted September 18, 2004 Posted September 18, 2004 you talking about the bluffs outside the petersburg cannery? Quote
lancegranite Posted September 19, 2004 Posted September 19, 2004 No, I was up in Bristol Bay, at Ekuk. Our climbs were more of a step-cutting affair, but the climbing was really fun. A person could jump from pretty high into the soft sand that collects in spots. Quote
corvallisclimb Posted September 20, 2004 Posted September 20, 2004 No, I was up in Bristol Bay, at Ekuk. where you fishing up there? i have a friend who works there as a fisherman and gave me the idea that place was tiny Quote
lancegranite Posted September 21, 2004 Posted September 21, 2004 I worked on the WCP Ekuk beachgang between 1995 and 2001. Part of my job was a barge tankerman who sold gas and diesel to our company's fisherman, so I knew most of our fishermen by name. Who is your friend, or what was their boat's name? Ekuk has one full time resident, the winter watchman. There was a summer population of around 700 fishermen , cannnery workers and various shady types. Quote
Ade Posted September 25, 2004 Posted September 25, 2004 I've tried this in England on chalk cliffs. It's not much like climbing ice. Wear old clothes. Quote
Timcb Posted September 27, 2004 Author Posted September 27, 2004 Anyone have pics of climbing the non-ice? Quote
deskdriver Posted October 29, 2004 Posted October 29, 2004 This is Vince Anderson and Manu Ibarra in Dover, October 2003. I'll post some more on the Grivel North America site in the next few days. MFT Quote
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