colt45 Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Climb: Liberty Bell-Liberty Crack Date of Climb: 6/26/2005 Trip Report: Eric8 and I climbed this classic yesterday. I posted a trip report with photos here. Gear Notes: The aid section is almost entirely fixed. We brought one hook but didn't use it. Quote
mattp Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 True gentlemen, the guys shared their ropes with 4 other climbers on the rappel. Quote
mec Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Nice TR, I hope to get up on that route later this year! Good job! Quote
Ned_Flanders Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Good to see you guys on the summit and thanks again for the rope share. Quote
slothrop Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Ned Flanders, now there's a real gentleman! Nice job, guys Quote
mattp Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Damn, we should have all been wearing our name tags. Nice to meet you, too, Ned. You were in the party of two, climbing the Beckey Route I presume? I was there with my niece and nephew, for one of their first "real" rock climbs. Quote
Ned_Flanders Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 I (red helmet) was there with my friend Ben (white helmet) climbing the beckey route behind you guys. I am glad we all beat the rain. Joshua Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Nice, you guys cruised. Comparatively, we were total gapers when we climbed it last year, though Mike, you had a least a foot extra reach over my partner. You're too damn tall. Quote
goatboy Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Every photo makes the route look so clean . . . . I had heard some bad reports of poor, loose rock higher up -- is that not the case? Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 It's not bad at all. The only part with bad rock is the top of p6 or so where most everyone aids off the fixed pins. Quote
mattp Posted June 28, 2005 Posted June 28, 2005 Gary is right - it is really not bad. However, the truly clean part of the route is on the first 4 pitches or so and thereafter it deteriorates noticeably. There is a significant amount of the Washington Pass oatmeal rock, flared cracks, and some bushes on the upper part of the climb. Liberty Crack is cool because of where it is. The first four pitches are spectacular and the overall line is striking. If you want a wall climb that is steep and clean all the way - go to Squamish. Quote
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