rob Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I lead classic crack and dogleg crack for the first time. Suweet! Climbed at Givler's, clamshell and alphabet rock. My buddy Bill got his first trad lead on Mountaineer's Dome. Great weekend! Nice meeting some of you. Quote
ivan Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 - castle rock on friday - bone, damnation, old grey mare and crack of doom - remorse/iconoclast/hyperspace epic on saturday - a fun route to be finishing by headlamp for sure - careno crags on sunday but the wasps were fawking insane! bk route and then the long drive home Quote
ZONK Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Drank Some Good Beer ! And got to Meet Sherri ! finished a new route, and slept in the truck, what could be better ? Thanks to all who put in the hard work to make it happen ! Quote
AlpineK Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I led 5 pitches. They were all 5.7 trad pitches. In the bigger picture that would be very small potatoes compared to what I've done in the past. Since my accident last year I've been very cautious about climbing. When I got back to gym climbing and following longer pitches on sport routes that was a big deal, but my goal has always been to get back to where I was before then get even better. A couple weeks ago I led some sport climb pitches but that's not good enough. (sorry sporto) Now I'm leading real climbs, and I even followed Jeff H on a 5.9 off width. And a NA Rope Up rules. Quote
Bug Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I did some really easy stuff in the canyon and even easier stuff on Castle Rock. Midway for the first time. It was good to get out again after a long two years of tendon issues. That IPA really loosens up the joints. Met a few cc.commers for the first time, Sherri and Kelly (Come out of the loft Kelly), Eric, Steve, and all those blurry people around the fire. Thanks Porter, Ketch, and the wood bringers. Quote
mattp Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Midway for the first time. It was this guy's first multi-pitch, Saturday afternoon. At the belay below this pitch he remarked: "this is getting kinda high up." Here, with the climbing easing up and the top in sight, I told him to stop and look around. He said "yeah, I know - it is kinda cool." Here's another shot, 20 feet lower down on that same last pitch: Quote
Bug Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Is it just me or do white helmets make people look cuter? Quote
Rad Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Blake, Allison, Lisa, Brendan and I we went to Ozone Saturday. It's fun not knowing grades or beta - you just see a line and start up it. We had sun all day and great views of Stuart dusted in snow. There were wasps everywhere, but they were pretty mellow and never stung anyone. We did skip one route with a large wasp nest in a key flake. A highlight was leading an orange slab/arete route with great views just as the sun's last rays swept up the wall. Blake and Allison may have some pics. Thanks for a great day guys! On Sunday Michael, Luke, Allison, and Lisa and I went up to the Sam's hill area. We did Ski Track cracks, Oprah's navel, a 165ft 5.10 slab/overlap left of ON (Up zone?), a 5.6 flake route, and a 5.9 crack/face to the right. All were fun. A few of those could use chains instead of rap rings + faded slings in a death triangle. A shorter day, due to late start and early departure, but still fun. I did jump in Icicle creek before we left. Come on in guys, it's not c-c-c-cold! Quote
Bug Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 watch yourself! Dude. Just buy her a red helmet. Quote
Lisa_D Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Yeah, it was great to meet people and enjoy the sunny weather! Ozone is worth visiting, and really fun to just climb and not worry about the ratings. Allison and I each had some fun leads, including Don't Forget Arete (5.9), near Sam's hill. Thanks for rescuing the cam, Rad! Quote
PaulB Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Pardon my ignorance, but what cliff is this, and where is it relative to the Eightmile campground? Quote
kurthicks Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 That's "Midway" on Castle Rock. It's in Tumwater Canyon, just off Hwy 2 (in the background). Quote
Bug Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 I used to climb in Leavenworth quite a bit but only visited Castle Rock twice because it is right on Highway 2. I found it to be excellent rock well worth playing on in spite of the noise. Be sure you have your signals worked out with your belayer. There were times when voice communications were not adequate. This would get worse with more parties on the rock. When we left there were six other parties starting routes. Quote
mkporwit Posted October 15, 2007 Posted October 15, 2007 Had fun leading all of R&D on Saturday under perfect skies. After the incident on the NF of Concord earlier this year, it was a little odd to be on something with this much exposure again... Drank a bunch of beer and enjoyed the "sausage fest". Great meeting all y'all. Quote
Jens Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 Kudos to those that took newer folks up Midway. They'll be hooked for life. Many of my old college roomates have Midway photos on their office desks or walls after all these years. ------- The beer was great. ------------- Rattlesnake Rock and piton tower were fun with some routes that are new this year. Quote
Sherri Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 We just got home tonight...wanted to squeeze one more gorgeous day out of this fleeting fall season. Awesome weekend! It was great to meet some of the fine folks of cc.com and put some names to faces...shout out to Bug, Zonk, Ericb, Blake, Rad, Mythosgirl, Feck, Porter, MattP, Kurt Hicks... Also got in some good climbing. Took Kelly up her first Icicle multi's(Saber and R&D) and finally got a clean lead on Classic. (woot!) Another highlight was discovering a new restaurant in town: Dragonfly Bistro and Martini Lounge in the basement of the Bavarian Ritz hotel. Very hip place for der town. Urban, funky atmostphere with sushi bar, asian fusion menu, saki, and a dance floor. We got the sea-salt encrusted edamame, soba chili noodles and a light lime-infused curry. Yumm-o! Quote
catbirdseat Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 I got a chance to lead Cocaine Crack for the first time, was well as Cocaine Connection after having done R&D many times before. We visted BOB wall. That was a first too. Bob's Sixth was harder than I expected it to be. I got it clean, but I want a rematch. Quote
Wakaranai Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 It was cool to finally put faces to some of the names I see on this site. Your all much better looking than I had pictured. Thank you Blake, Allison, Lisa, and Rad for the fun climbing, and for the patience (Blake) while I flailed about on Midnight Rock. Good Times, be back next year. -Brandon Quote
mythosgrl Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 Blake, Allison, Lisa, Brendan and I we went to Ozone Saturday. It's fun not knowing grades or beta - you just see a line and start up it. We had sun all day and great views of Stuart dusted in snow. There were wasps everywhere, but they were pretty mellow and never stung anyone. We did skip one route with a large wasp nest in a key flake. A highlight was leading an orange slab/arete route with great views just as the sun's last rays swept up the wall. Blake and Allison may have some pics. Thanks for a great day guys! On Sunday Michael, Luke, Allison, and Lisa and I went up to the Sam's hill area. We did Ski Track cracks, Oprah's navel, a 165ft 5.10 slab/overlap left of ON (Up zone?), a 5.6 flake route, and a 5.9 crack/face to the right. All were fun. A few of those could use chains instead of rap rings + faded slings in a death triangle. A shorter day, due to late start and early departure, but still fun. Here are some pics... Blake was batting the wasps away with a stick. Eventually he put the stick in his mouth and would get them out of the crack that way. Lisa_D on a climb at the Ozone wall Rad leading a climb at Ozone Wall Lisa on Ski track Cracks Me leading Sam and Cams Quote
kelster Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 I did some really easy stuff in the canyon and even easier stuff on Castle Rock. Midway for the first time. It was good to get out again after a long two years of tendon issues. That IPA really loosens up the joints. Met a few cc.commers for the first time, Sherri and Kelly (Come out of the loft Kelly), Eric, Steve, and all those blurry people around the fire. Thanks Porter, Ketch, and the wood bringers. OK already...I'm out of the loft. Great to meet you, Steve, Zonk, Porter and Eric B (I think he jinxed me telling of his ankle injury...added a bit of a twist to mine walking down the trail from Sabre...go figure! Hope to see ya out on the rocks. Quote
kelster Posted October 16, 2007 Posted October 16, 2007 I did some really easy stuff in the canyon and even easier stuff on Castle Rock. Midway for the first time. It was good to get out again after a long two years of tendon issues. That IPA really loosens up the joints. Met a few cc.commers for the first time, Sherri and Kelly (Come out of the loft Kelly), Eric, Steve, and all those blurry people around the fire. Thanks Porter, Ketch, and the wood bringers. OK already...I'm out of the loft. Great to meet you, Steve, Zonk, Porter and Eric B (I think he jinxed me telling of his ankle injury...added a bit of a twist to mine walking down the trail from Sabre...go figure! Hope to see ya out on the rocks. Quote
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