Hey DavidW

[Peter_Puget]

Need any volunteers to test drive bits of that guide you've been slaving away on?

 

And on a more serious note what do you think D-Town will be liek this weekend?

 

And if it good to go any places to avoid this time of year?

 

PP

[mattp]

DTown is a terrible place and you should by no means go there this weekend. It'll be running with water and crawling with snipers and the whole damn place should be avoided at all costs. Right David?

[Peter_Puget]

Grrrrrrrrr!

 

PP

[thelawgoddess]

quote:

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Originally posted by mattp:

DTown ... should be avoided at all costs.

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you really hate that place, don't ya mattp?

[mattp]

It sucks. I'm not going there on Sunday.

[Peter_Puget]

Why doesn't anyone ever do Masters of the UNiverse? Groovy route! As is its neighbor to the right.

 

Or the Comb routes? But I bet those would be cold as heck!

 

[ 11-01-2002, 03:49 PM: Message edited by: Peter Puget ]

[mattp]

Those are relatively hard climbs. Most climbers go to Darrington for moderate outings, because it has been known for good, low angle, moderate climbing. However, I think David's book will allow more climbers to find out that there is in fact good climbing that is in places steep and that there are some pretty hard climbs in addition to the long slab climbs the area is known for.

[ScottP]

quote:

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Originally posted by mattp:

Those are relatively hard climbs. Most climbers go to Darrington for moderate outings, because it has been known for good, low angle, moderate climbing. However, I think David's book will allow more climbers to find out that there is in fact good climbing that is in places steep and that there are some pretty hard climbs in addition to the long slab climbs the area is known for.

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A while back I went up to do one of the recent routes (I can't remember the name)put up in the Comb area by Dave Gunstone. While on that route (we bailed from the top of two due to wetness falling from the sky)I looked to the north to see what appeared to be wickedly steep cracks and face that showed signs of having been climbed on.

Yeah, there is some steep at Darrington. Real adventure type stuff.

[DavidW]

hey sorry I missed all this but my attentions were elsewhere friday afternoon! Yea I've been putting in about 12 hours a week on the guidebook for close to 8 months now. And of course I'd welcome any information from anyone about any route up there. I'm still planning on having the thing available some time in the spring..... perhaps march or april but as long as its sunny and dry out I'm still managing to collect information.

 

I'd very much appreciate information, pics or topo's, for some of the following:

 

1. the two Gunstone routes on the Comb

 

2. anything on the Witch Dr. Wall side of Exfo Dome.

 

3. the two 5.11 routes on the left side of 3 Oclock

 

4. anything on Squire Creek

 

5. that mythical route "the scar" on Blueberry

 

I have some info on all of these but ascents are so rare that I seldom if ever hear of people who have climbed these routes.

[mattp]

quote:

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Originally posted by Peter Puget:

And if it good to go any places to avoid this time of year?

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It was pretty good to go, but there were some places to be avoided.

 

[allison]

Matt, you should be taken to task for posting such an awful picture of dear chucK on the Internet!!

[mattp]

With several hundred feet of slab below, "dear ChucK" was just a little concerned about that next step. Do you blame him?

[Greg_W]

So...bring your luge for the decent down the Granite Sidewalk?

[chucK]

quote:

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Originally posted by Greg W:

So...bring your luge for the decent down the Granite Sidewalk?

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...plus crampons and a comb.