al Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 Is there an online topo for the Pearly Gates above Icicle Creek? I know a topo exists 'cause I saw it Sunday, but I can't find it on any web site. Quote
mikeadam Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 Probably not. I believe that Viktor, et al, are holding out on free available topos until a newly published guidebook effort. Â http://www.climbingwashington.com/routeinfo/pearly.htm Quote
mikeadam Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 YEAH! Loose rock and trundling? Wack a mole style or green frog families in cracks? Can I wear my Prana Onsite pants to your new crag? Quote
erik Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 quote: Originally posted by mikeadam: Can I wear my Prana Onsite pants to your new crag? do you plan on onsiting some seriously hard sheeeit????? huh do you????? Quote
mikeadam Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 With the Prana pants anyone can send. The label said so! Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 Bring on the gorilla partners for that one. Tree climbing is more fun that rock climbing. Â Maybe they will make the Prana jungle pant with gorilla patterns Quote
mikeadam Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 And machete pouch with trundle crowbar attachment! Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 No need for machete when I am on lead  I bring my lighter and light my farts to burn away the bushes Quote
mikeadam Posted May 28, 2002 Posted May 28, 2002 Oh OH...I should wear my flame retardant Nomex power tights...why didn't you say so? Quote
Skisports Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 all you guys is do is complain do you ever Climb. I do have a topo. I might be willing to share but why?????? Quote
pope Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 You just walk right on past that inferior bluff and beat it up to Snow Creek Wall (approach takes just 18 minutes from this side of Snow Creek). Quote
wdietsch Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 some time back Viktor offered up free "preliminary" copies of his topo upon request. Drop him a PM Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted May 29, 2002 Posted May 29, 2002 I dubbed a new crag Pearly Gapes that I recently discovered hehe. Â All routes are dirty and moss choked lichen is my friend. Bushes galore! Â Diros go to Highway 2. Just before the town of Index look up and right to large crag hehe. Â [ 05-28-2002, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: Cpt.Caveman ] Quote
Retrosaurus Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 I went to Pearly Gates yesterday and found that the route that I lead the last time I was there had sprouted a bolt at the bottom, like ten feet up from a flat unobstructed landing (,sheit, you could fall from there an' there wouldn't even be bones stickin' out) and a bolt near the top where I had put four pieces of gear in in the space of three feet. What's up with that? Â Yesterday I lead the route with the bolt in the overhang between the double cracks. Does anyone else wonder what that bolt is for? It is well above the crux and the moves that it protects are easily protected by your choice of traditional hardware. Before I use it to finish the wind chimes I've been collecting for does anyone want to attempt to justify it? Â I suppose I could be persuaded to part with the wind chimes if anyone wants to claim the offending hardware. Quote
Dru Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 I tripped on a bolt once while slab walking and nearly took a whipper... Quote
sayjay Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 ??? BORED women. ??? care to explain this non-sequitur? Quote
sayjay Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 btw, i've seen the offending bolt and, while i haven't done the climb, i thought it looked kind of odd from the ground, what with cracks to use for pro, and on what *is* a crack climb, no less... Â to add to the "odd bolts at pearly gates" category: we did do another climb to the right of the one you're referring to and one pitch higher. a sporto route. about half way up, you come to a ledge, and from the ledge you can clip a bolt that becomes essentially useless as soon as you step up onto the face. the next bolt up is well past the crux move, and so when you fall (which i did) you hit the deck (which i did). a single bolt about 1/2 or 2/3 of the way between the two bolts would be much more sensible. one less bolt, and better pro. Â not trying to whine here...just throwing in my 0.02... Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 Figures.. Oh well. Hopefully you aint hurt? Â [ 06-13-2002, 10:21 AM: Message edited by: Cpt.Caveman ] Quote
sayjay Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 nope, not hurt. luckily landed flat on my feet and just had a sore ankle for a couple of days. thanks, cavey. Quote
Dru Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Cpt.Caveman: quote:Originally posted by Skisports: all you guys is do is complain do you ever Climb. I do have a topo. I might be willing to share but why?????? Nah man we never climb. Complaining is more fun. Plus we get gapers like you in on the complaining climbing is for losers... spraying about climbing takes real skill... Quote
Retrosaurus Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 ALERT INFECTION CONTROL SHRINKING BALL DISEASE HAS SPREAD FROM FRENCHMAN COULEE TO ICICLE. INITIATE IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Retrosaurus: ALERT INFECTION CONTROL SHRINKING BALL DISEASE HAS SPREAD FROM FRENCHMAN COULEE TO ICICLE. INITIATE IMMEDIATE QUARANTINE Quote
Uncle_Tricky Posted June 13, 2002 Posted June 13, 2002 If you really need a map, the new Mountain Sports shop in Leavenworth is handing out photocopied topos. We didn't have one and just had fun picking lines and seeing if we could climb them. Quote
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