TeleRoss Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 (edited) Trip: South Early Winters - Passenger Route Date: 7/15/2007 Trip Report: Climbed the Passenger Route on SEWS last Sunday...wow...what a great route! Frosty's description from last year is spot on. The base of the route is a bit tricky to find...basically drop down the large gully instead of descending right next to the wall and you'll have no trouble...the start of the first pitch is pretty obvious once you're in the right spot. Awesome steep wall with splitter cracks, a few roofs, and some tough slab climbing, all on clean bomber rock....definitely one of the best routes I've climbed up at WA Pass....people should be getting on this one! Classic! We did it in 7 pitches. I thought the grades that Frosty gave were right on, but the first pitch is a stout 10d pith ratings: 10d 11a 11a 11c 10b 10d 5.7 have fun on this one! Edited July 18, 2007 by TeleRoss Quote
TeleRoss Posted July 18, 2007 Author Posted July 18, 2007 I think we only took a couple of cheesy summit pics. Quote
Off_White Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Fist Pitch or First Pitch? Stout 10d fist sounds like an excellent opportunity for a little bloodletting if one isn't oh-so-careful. Quote
Off_White Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Oh good, that's what I was hoping. I'm not into hassling people over typos, but every once in awhile they do make for ambiguous interpretation. So, got any pics? I've heard nothing but good stuff about this route. Quote
matt_warfield Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Can't be that bad- it's mostly in Timl's "lower" grades. Quote
eldiente Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 We were up there on Sunday AM trying to climb LC but bailed due to early morning rain showers and bug issues. No joke, I've never seen mosquitoes like that, belaying would have been impossible without a bug net on the first pitch. Just curious, how did the weather shape up for the rest of the day? Did it rain anymore on Sunday? Quote
TeleRoss Posted July 18, 2007 Author Posted July 18, 2007 Fuck...the bugs were horrendous! Thankfully I think the showers in the morning kept them down a bit, but good god...hahahahaa. Yeah, we waited out the showers, thought about bailing, but waited at the base of the route for a while. We finally started climbing about 11 or so. The weather totally cleared out after we started up and ended up being a beautiful day, with mild temps and off and on sunshine. Quote
Sol Posted July 24, 2007 Posted July 24, 2007 sweet, i'm ready to go climb it for the 3rd time. Quote
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