[TR] Sumallo Bluffs- Buzowski/Kippan 12/18/2005

[jmace]

Climb: Sumallo Bluffs-Buzowski/Kippan

 

Date of Climb: 12/18/2005

 

Trip Report:

Climbed the Buzowski on Saturday and it was just awesome! That whole area is just awesome and had tonnes of ice!!! The river crossing was tame and the approach was very bushy at times. Climbed the route in two pitches one 40 m and one 65 m,the last pitch is long and would be better as two pitches.

 

Landmark gulley was almost fully in but the upper curtain was not touching down. the rest including some possibly unclimbed lines were looking spectacular. Hopefully it stays cold enough to keep things from melting too much.

 

Pics are coming as soon as I find my cord to upload them to my computer.

 

Gear Notes:

screws and hip waders

 

Approach Notes:

River, bush then gulley, approach from 24 km marker rather than from Parking spot.

[jmace]

Sumallo Crossing, waders worked well, although there a was a small leak.

 

The route

 

 

Pitch 1

 

 

the top

 

[Dru]

 

drop those heels!!!!

[John Frieh]

push the bush!

[jmace]

All my good teqnique seems to go out the door on lead, oh well second day out.

[earthly]

way to get out there, jesse- it took me a couple days to flick a proper pick while on the lead in the lilloet country too. managed to finally get that groovy rythym on the last 20m of vertical this weekend. and about your luck losing partners into the cold liquid... nobody fell into the stream this time?

[tlinn]

That looks sweet! Way to get it before it all melts out!

[jmace]

Forgot all about poor louisa and the river! Here's a pic of Earthly looking for some hidden ice during that trip last year on Nepopekum.

 

 

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[Stemalot]

sweet man, nice job

[Dr.Hook]

and about your luck losing partners into the cold liquid... nobody fell into the stream this time?

 

Jesse is always losing partners to the cold liquid of one kind or another