Uncle_Tricky Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I tried climbing this as as party of 3 a couple years ago, but we bailed after we unwittingly and unsucessfully attempted to climb the rotten (offroute) left facing corner that leads up to a pine tree and a dead end under the big roof - about 50 feet left of the official .10 crux pitch. By the time we figured out where we needed to be, one of my partners was already late for work in Twisp, so we went down instead of up. A couple days ago a friend and I actually climbed the thing. I wonder why this route is not done more often? There is some loose rock and ambiguous, traversing, indifferently-protected climbing in the middle, but the first couple and last couple pitches are much fun. The descent is a bit tedious, with multiple loose scrambling/stacked unstable blocky downclimbing/small shrubbery rapping options-each of which is flawed in differently annoying ways. My partner had some intestinal issues on the climb. I apologize in advance for her unintentional (but ultimatly fertilizing) contributions to the landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 yeah the route is fun! good climb to do if you have to leave from b'ham or seattle that day and can't climb till noon or later. i've got some photos of that route somewhere in the recesses of my gallery on this site. glad you finally did it! fun fun fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 maybe she ate the same burrito NOLSe did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatboy Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 There is a pitch near the top which pulls through a huge roof on big holds, then soars up a long beautiful handcrack -- very unique for the WA Pass area -- the route is worth it for that pitch alone, practically -- plus, the approach is cake. Some of the loose gully pitches below are unpleasant, however... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Did it a couple years ago, I think we were slightly off route part of the time. Another plus is the great views of EF of Liberty Bell you get during part of the climb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 This is the view we had of Minuteman headwall from Liberty Crack last Saturday. Flick and I attempted this two years ago. Unfinished business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Shit. How do you put a picture in a post, dammit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest_m Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 picture must be on a web server, then put web address inbetween tags. try uploading pic to gallery on cc.com, then right click and open "properties", cut location out and past into image tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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layton Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 hey great photo! is that the loose flake everyone complained about last year that i didn't even notice at the very bottom of the picture? jeessshhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 Ben, how were you able to put the picture in the post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted July 16, 2005 Share Posted July 16, 2005 right click on the image itself, and go to "properties" then the pic's URL, which ends with ".jpg" is what you stick between two image tags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgw Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 this is a bit late but.. the "famous" loose flake (or maybe there's another more famous loose flake that I missed) is visible at bottom of photo inside the hand crack (looks like it splits the handcrack into two finger cracks). Kinda wiggly but held my weight. I guess there's another thin flake below and just out of photo as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 almost man http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/1280Minuteman.JPG not http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/plab/data/500/1280Minuteman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemarker Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Does this route go up the chimney to the right, or the flake/crack that angles out left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwrts Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 I recall going left...stellar hands to the roof. Then up and over to more money hands. One may bypass the roof by sneaking around to the right and then connecting back with the money hands section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Does this route go up the chimney to the right, or the flake/crack that angles out left? Sounds like you're describing the close up rock in the center of the photo. Minute Man (if my memory is correct) is on the buttress on the left in the background. Route starts on the slab to the left of the larger snow field. I barely made out what I think is the 10b crack, but the roof isn't visible from the photo's angle. With really good imagination (and more than one sip of my beer), I think you barely see the "money hands crack" above the roof that bwrts refers to (lighter grey shield near to top). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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