kurthicks Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Trip: Snake River - More FAs Date: 1/19/2007 Trip Report: Knowing that all this stuff was going to fall down, pup_on_the_mountain, Sam, and I climbed all of the remaining "safe" new routes along the Snake today. Temperatures were mild (upper 30's or so) and the ice was rapidly delaminating. Many of the free hangers fell down while we were there! Don't go rushing out to climb these since they'll all be gone in a day or so anyways. We haven't named them yet, but here are the photos: A route in "The Auditorium" WI3/3+R, 40' another new route (WI2+R/X, 30'), with Higher Learning in the background. The only pro on this was a knifeblade at 2/3 height. I climbed to the top and then downclimbed back to the pin. Finally, one more (WI3R, 40'): Gear Notes: Stubbies, screamers, and knifeblades Approach Notes: MP 19 on Wawawai River Road, between Wawawai and Lewiston. Quote
dbb Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 stop making us west siders look bad! fun looking stuff! now you need to boldly lead all the mixed varriations Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 More nice stuff ripe for the picking. I'm wondering how many gullies and coulee's get ice where there's no road or easy access out there in the desert. Maybe Scurlock could do a few reconaissance flights :tup: Quote
kurthicks Posted January 20, 2007 Author Posted January 20, 2007 more pr0n for ya. we climbed the lefthand line today (see first photo above), the two lines in the center are unclimbed (and poorly bonded!). let's hope the obvious hanging pencil forms sometime! Quote
KingsMM Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 First ascents are going up all over the place! Nice work! How long of a drive would that be from PDX? Quote
ryland_moore Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 5.5 to 6 hours.....I drove it in summer to Tri Cities then north and cut over to Colfax, WA and down. If you go through Lewiston and back down the Snake on the other side it actually takes longer....There are 1st ascent possibilities closer to PDX than the Palouse Quote
pup_on_the_mountain Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 First ascents are going up all over the place! Note: These are all First winter Ascents (FWA). Quote
ryland_moore Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 Are you implying that people would climb the rock or just being sarcastic? Quote
pup_on_the_mountain Posted January 22, 2007 Posted January 22, 2007 It was supposed to be a joke . Wankers on this board know what I'm talking about though. I guess I need to work on the delivery a bit . Quote
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