billcoe Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Joseph and Ivan put a second pitch on Rhythm Method Joseph calls Rhythm Walk as it heads up and left over where a second pitch of Boardwalk should be or would be, if it wasn't so loose. Interesting that the 1st ascent of Rhythm Method was well over 20 years ago, and about every climber at Beacon, as they have walked right past this corner to get to the superb south side routes, has seen this line, and yet it lasted until now when Joseph finally cranked it. BTW, I took a shot at it traversing in from Boardwalk @ 20 plus years ago to gain the upper dihedral there, the rusty bolt just as you are about to turn the corner was mine. I got stopped by the loose plates, one of which Joseph utilized to chop his rope. Joseph came in from the other direction and found a way through the maze....somehow. Anyway, as those guys undoubtedly are cleaning it now, I suppose this will go the way of all those routes. Starts out at about 5.11 and once the blocks are yanked, the choss and moss is tossed, and the cracks cleaned out well winds up ohhhh -maybe 5.9:-) Hopefully those guys show up with a full report and some pics. It was suppose to be raining out there today an they're hard at it. (I did the Butte cleanup today thinking it would rain an needing to rest an elbow injury). I spent a bit of time belaying up there for Joseph and can attest to the fact that dude is a damn tenacious climber when in full on lead on the choss in the wilderness mode! Maybe later I'd better tell how I managed the difficult, nay, near improbable feat of bagging both of the first ascents of Rhythm Method's first pitch:-) Its sort of funny, but embarrassing at the same time as the second first ascent involved retrobolting the line without the First Ascentionist's knowledge. Meantime, bigtime congrats to both Joseph and Ivan for grabbing the full-meal deal winter rock stoke. Quote
ivan Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 it was more enjoyable today than y-day w/o the threat of imminent darkness...much better too after the moss was cleared out. dry all day too, but nothing tripier than standing in the drip line of the e face watching a billion phat raindrops coming down from 80 stories up... Quote
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