Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Very funny. Your proximity to Canada has obviously affected your personality, Mr. White. Although you may have hit on the reason the Doctor has climbed Lion's Jaw more than any other trad route -- so many face holds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Its the limiting it to 5 that makes the challenge. I had to drop quite a few to get the Murrin Roof Crack boulder on there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Its the limiting it to 5 that makes the challenge. I'm not into "number chasing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Simpkins Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 West Ridge North Twin High Mountain Woody Eldorado - walkup route Fatty Bolger - Croft route Needle Peak - class 3 side Almost make list: Givlers, Shasta-Clear Creek, Exasperator, Mt. Watson, Pixie Corner, Banana Peel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 1. The Manly Wham Details on this.. anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 It's a lovely 5.11a on Tenino Sandstone with a wide variety of moves, about 60' long, and in my front yard. It is in fact a great route, but a bit of an in joke nonetheless. PM me if you wanna come out climbing sometime. BTW, the origin of the name is a campground on Lake Chelan, but it has a certain poetry to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 It's a lovely 5.11a on Tenino Sandstone with a wide variety of moves, about 60' long, and in my front yard. It is in fact a great route, but a bit of an in joke nonetheless. PM me if you wanna come out climbing sometime. BTW, the origin of the name is a campground on Lake Chelan, but it has a certain poetry to it. Yeah, but here's the real question, what is the campground name's origin? and what is the proper pronunciation? I bet Lowell Skoog would know, but he seems to only be on the NoCa board. Anyway, that's the info I wanted OffWhite, I had never heard of the route and wanted to know the Lake chelan connection. I'll check back later and see if anyone knows hows the route/campground got that name and how to say it. P.S. anyone else been to that campground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 My favorites: Classical Mountaineering- Shuksan- Fisher Chimneys Ski tour -Little Tahoma Trad- Squamish's split pillar pitch or Leavenworth's Rotc (tie) Sport- Anything on WWI at exit 32 Alpine rock- girth pillar Ice- Drury falls- Haven't found better in WA, Montana, or Western BC. Bouldering- tons of stuff in the woods below the grand wall of squamish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 ...DFA has climbed many of Smith Rock's classic 5.8-and-under trad pitches! Bunny Face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 DFA climbed Bunny Face on TRAD GEAR! Whoa! Holy ethics, Batman! Did he chop the bolts too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowell_Skoog Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 The notion of "best" versus "favorite" is interesting. I decided to look through my journals and figure out my favorite climbs objectively, based on how many times I've done them. I didn't distinguish between different routes. The results surprised me in a few cases. Here's my top twelve, in order: 16 - Silver Star 13 - Eldorado 12 - Baker 11 - Forbidden 11 - Stuart 10 - Sahale 10 - South Early Winters 9 - Black 9 - Rainier 9 - Saint Helens 9 - Shuksan 8 - Liberty Bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Where would you take a visiting climber to showcase your local area? On a day trip? For a weekend? Day Trip --------- Index - either Lower Wall Circuit (GM-HOC + Godzilla->Sloe Children, Thin Fingers), or Davis-Holland. Upper Wall has the views that would be important to show off your area. D-Town - It'd be a hard decision between Dreamer or day on Exfo-Dome climbs (2 out of Jacob's Ladder, Rain-Man, Dark-Rhythm, maybe top out if they wanted to bag a summit). Great views on these, and either characteristic WA jungle or the granite sidewalk for great approaches. Static Point- WA jungle, old growth, then beautiful view climbs (Fuddhat or maybe Shock Treatment, Lost Charms thrown in if time). Tooth! (if time was quite short) Vesper N Face Columbia Peak for an incredible view hike Weekend ------- Shuksan- Fisher Chimneys, easy, but not too easy with awesome and continually changing views. Forbidden - if we could get a pass Washington Pass - just about anything NR Stuart(w Gendarme) (long weekend) Note I've left out L'worth, just not enough views, though Castle Rock is tough to beat for moderate cragging with history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Torment-Forbidden Traverse: many different challenges, hardest route climbed with my girlfriend. Davis Holland/Lovin Arms: Classic granite. Enough said. Mt. Baker N.Ridge: Way more interesting than any other route I've climbed on Baker. It was all about style though: car to car in 12 hours. Clean Break, juno tower: it's all about the line. NE Butt of Goode: A little ice, a bunch of rock, a chunk of wilderness, and a damn near circumnavigation of the peak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Manly Wham (pronounced to rhyme with the word "prom" like High school Prom) was an long time chelan resident and doctor who made trips up and down the lake to attend to emminent medical needs in remote areas. I'm not sure if he was forced to camp at the Manly Wham spot due to a storm, or if it was just named for him due to local prominence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvs Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 If I haaad to limit it to 5, I guess: North Ridge Baker - amazing views, easy & fun North Ridge Forbidden - awesome day trip with thedanielpatricksmith North Buttress Fury - very asthetic! Catapult/Canary/S Face Jello Tower N Ridge Stuart w/Gendarme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 And all this time I assumed the Manly Wham was a sarcastic reference to the homosexuality of the 80's band Wham! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Wham!? Gay? Get OUT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Thanks for the history Blake. I'm sure you'll understand if we pronounce things differently down in Tenino. I've always thought of the manly wham as a fairly significant lunge maneuver, enhanced by a firm grunt as you hit the jug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 Wham!? Gay? Get OUT! Is that a shuttlecock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 It sure looks that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 It's more fun to say manly Wham, like HAM, but to be technically corrected it's pronounced the less fun way. I climbed Castle Peak from Manley Wham (the campground, not your slab) this summer. I'd definitely say that you should pronounce your route however you want. Now I want to climb it though, and maybe become the first person to do both "Manly Wham" climbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyclimb Posted October 22, 2004 Author Share Posted October 22, 2004 There are so many good routes in the PNW, this is really tough. -North Ridge of Stuart(gendarme)-Sooo goood, and good style -Hood-South Side-A route that you can go solo in the winter just to be outside playing in the mountains -Smith-Lion's Jaw-a great connection to smith -Dreamer-awesome style, and great climbing. How bout' that last crimpy pitch 1200 feet off the deck -Backbone Ridge w/fin direct on Dragontail-we were committed, and battled through getting off route with a storm approaching. Great rock and pitches. Keep um' comin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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