tvashtarkatena Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) Trip: Sweet Renton Granite - Date: 1/19/2008 Trip Report: At Alex’s suggestion, he, Rafael, and I headed for Issaquah for some Sweet Renton drytooling. The three 30 meter routes actually turned out to be really fun. The crag is a 3 minute walk south of the Cougar Mt. trailhead on SR900, just S of Issaquah. In any case, mid winter TRs are few and far between, so this is whatcha get. Alex on the right-most route “WTF is he doing up there?” Rafael Ice or gardening tool? The author on the right-most route Alex becomes 1 ½ with the rock “Armenian Technique” footwork. Rafael on the left side Searching for a solid mud placement. Gear Notes: Tarp for the mud Approach Notes: Can be done alpine style. Edited January 23, 2008 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Do you recommend that most parties should bivvy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selkirk Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Dry tooling in the daylight is aid. It's best done by headlamp and in the rain. Great place to spend a few hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) I thought sweet Renton drytooling was what happens when your hooker runs out of lube looks like fun, guys Edited January 23, 2008 by rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainstyle Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I thought sweet Renton drytooling was what happens when your hooker runs out of lube Wow, that made my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klar404 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm curious if the access fund sign is still up there at crap crag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 That crag was created when Chuck Norris gave a roundhouse kick to the side of Cougar Mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 As for the AF sign, I took it down, relaminated it and hung it back up about 4 years ago. I haven't been out their in 3 years since moving in to the City. The place (spy rock) actually has quite a history. And for you sportos, their are eliminant problems up to V6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 nice avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 It's not granite there are a couple of other routes there you can TR there's also a nice ground level traverse off to the left if you're solo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glm Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Did you suffer the same severe leaf balling problems in your crampons that we did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 yeah, that's one of the (few) troubles with the place. Just gotta commit to washing the crampons after an outing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Did you suffer the same severe leaf balling problems in your crampons that we did? We had a similar problem down here... mud + leaves + precarious belay position. We leveled it and threw down a bail of hay... eliminated the mud issue and as long as you throw down a new bail of hay each year after fall it covers the leaves also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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