Darrington this weekend?

[mattp]

After months of major gimpage, I'm thinking to go climbing this weekend. If the forecast and my family obligations cooperate, I'm thinking of going to Three O'Clock Rock and maybe trying a new link-up that I expect to be 5.8 or 5.9, or possibly replace a couple of old bolts on Silent Running (5.9).

 

Any takers?

[Weekend_Climberz]

Glad to see you back in the saddle :tup:

 

You should come out mid-week with us next week.

[mattp]

I haven't actually tried anything yet. At this point it is still fantasy. I think my "new route" should be just what the doctor ordered, and it could turn out to be a "recommended route."

 

It won't be crowded - at least not until we come back and post it on cc.com. Then it will be like this:

 

 

[matt_m]

Any good camping spots up there? Thinking of hitting 3 oclock and ggb this weekend as well. 20% rain means 80% sun right?!?

[catbirdseat]

Any good camping spots up there? Thinking of hitting 3 oclock and ggb this weekend as well. 20% rain means 80% sun right?!?

Lots of good car camping spots shortly after the turn off to Exfoliation Dome. Three O'clock has one nice bivy spot near the base of the South Buttress in the trees.

[mattp]

There are good roadside places up in Clear Creek, as mentioned, and the official campground down at the Mountain Loop Highway is real nice too.

 

I've generally done pretty well with forecasts in the 20% range, but then again I've also been willing to persist in the rain. I've climbed The Kone in a hard rain just for grins, and the first time we successfully climbed Jacob's Ladder it rained on the third pitch so we bailed, only to have it clear up and thus allowing us to go back up again. Some of the routes dry quicker than others.

 

If it rains bad you can always bail to Erie.

[mattp]

matt_m, I hope you weren't there on Sunday, as I bet it wasn't a good day. Yesterday was OK, though, and I bet Saturday was as well.