Beacon - Thursday 10/6

[JosephH]

Going out for a work session on the central columns, will be doing a couple of pitches up to the ledges and could use some help if anyone is available...

 

Joseph

[ivan]

sorry joe - not this week. might be out on sunday though...

[hillhugger]

Joe, what are the ratings of the routes you're working on tomorrow?

[JosephH]

Hi - by work I mean I'm going out to replace some anchors. In tomorrow's case they'll be the ones around the route called "Flying Swallow". This entails:

 

- humping a haul bag of gear to the base;

- climbing some route to the top;

- dropping a haul line;

- then either talking someone into tying it on or rapping down, tying it on, and climbing another route to get back up to haul the bag;

- hauling the bag;

- humping the bag over to Flying Swallow;

- dropping two lines on the route and rapping, fixing anchors on the way down;

 

So, it's a mix of climbing and working.

 

We can pretty much climb anything you want to get up to the Grassy Ledges...

 

Joseph

[hillhugger]

Gotcha, what's the time commitment look like? I'm open 'til ~2pm. The routes in that area are a little stiff for me, I climb in the 5.7-8 range - however, I can help with the haul bag and belay if the time works out.

[JosephH]

Leave to out around 9-9:30. Don't worry about that route, that's the work. We can go up the SE Corner or the first two pitches of Young Warriors, or both.

[hillhugger]

Didn't understand your time coordinates, Joe. What time do you want to meet and how long do you expect it to take? Also, is the poison oak up there pretty thick right now? I got a bad case earlier this year on Defiance. I'll PM my phone #.

[JosephH]

Mark,

 

See you at 10am - thanks for stepping up to help out...

 

Joseph