jstreet Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) The ice was so good at Mountaineers Creek when Glen and I visited it on Wednesday I went right back there on Sunday. This time I went with Claire who is preparing for a her big trip to Banff. The ice is still fabulous on the lower tier. We did not go to the upper tiers but it looked great from a distance. I lead "MR Seattle" again by a slightly different line and rappelled to the bottom so I could belay Claire's follow and watch her climb. After that I lead two more undocumented lines which Claire followed parts of. Just to the left of "Mr Seattle" there is a steep line that I am calling "Snake Bite" WI 4+ (25 m). And 60 feet right of "MR Seattle" and 20 feet right of "Exit Wound" is a pillar line that I'm calling "Last Rites" WI 5- (20m). Here are some photos... Claire starts her follow up “Mr Seattle” Claire is styling on her way up “Mr Seattle” Me leading up towards the fangs on an undocumented line I’m calling “Snake Bite” WI 4+ (25m) Jeff enters the jaws of the snake Jeff tackles the short steep tight akward corner crux Jeff emerges above the fangs without getting bite Here’s the undocumented line that I lead that I’m calling “Last Rites” WI 5- (20m) Its about 60 feet right of "MR Seattle" around the corner “Last Rites” as seen from a different vantage point Me at the base of “Last Rites” Me getting started up “Last Rites” up… up… and away Edited January 30, 2007 by jstreet Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Awesome work on both lines!! We looked long and hard at that last rites line when we were there, but Eric thought (rightly so) that it was just too brittle and underformed. It is a beautiful line. Here it is two weeks prior: Quote
jstreet Posted January 30, 2007 Author Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Ya, just a little bit fatter and softer on sunday then when you guys where there. Under current conditions I have no doubt you would have given them a go. It's seems like you and I are the Mountaineers Creek explorers this year, eh. Edited January 30, 2007 by jstreet Quote
TrogdortheBurninator Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 That place is pretty awesome. I can't wait to get back. Aside from the longer climbs, it blows away the rest of leavenworth. Quote
jstreet Posted January 30, 2007 Author Posted January 30, 2007 Yes, its quite a playground. There's even some mixed climbing potential. Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 It's been going down in L-town :tup: Nice photo's and sequences. Quote
eric8 Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 nice dude, you ticked the two biggest plums in that drainage. Quote
skykilo Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Cool pictures of nice Washington ice. Any good pillows below those lines? Quote
Weekend_Climberz Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 Cool pictures of nice Washington ice. Any good pillows below those lines? Oh, and here goes Dr. Huck-stable Quote
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