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Climb: Mt. Hood-Reid Headwall

 

Date of Climb: 6/10/2006

 

Trip Report:

I enjoyed this route, and our pictures turned out so nicely that I felt compelled to share them.

Our original intent was to climb Lethould's Couloir, and I only brought my second tool as an after thought. But once we got to camp at Illumination Saddle we decided to try out the Reid Headwall.

 

View Up From Camp

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Sunset Over the Reid

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The snow was good, and after several hundred feet we came to a 70degree snice step:

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At this point I took out our spare tool, led the pitch, then clipped it to the rope "zip line" style and sent it down to my sister. This section was followed by a mixed traverse, followed by steep snow to the summit ridge.

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A second tool was very helpful, as was a fun/motivated group

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Gear Notes:

Two Screws(used) 2nd Tool

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Sweet report! Did you actually climb on the 11th? We climbed the Reid on the 11th and those tents look mighty familiar. smile.gif

 

I was up at Illumination Saddle on the 17th and those routes (Leuthold and Reid HW) are looking less appealing.

 

-r

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