Bug Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Not if I'm going to belay you and you're going to wear skimpy running shorts. At 48, I pretty much cover everything. Fine then. BBR this summer. Early season. Quote
Dane Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 The rest of the fin is so uniform and planar in this section, and that one feature juts out so prominently..... Any of you geo-geeks care to comment on it's formation? Same block (behind Lucie and above Eric) in all three pictures. It is actually part of the the ridge crest. Although it isn't very easy to get off the ridge behind it. But it is an awesome traverse on the single horiziontal crack that goes right from the block and finally hits the ridge crest. Just read Eric's description of the Fin. I have done it a few times and never the way Eric describes it. I traverse on the 4th class ledges about half way across to a large block just above the ledge. I then climb the obvious cracks pretty much straight up to the right corner of the block under discussion on the ridge crest. It is a bit mossy but all on really fun 5.8/5.9 face cracks. It is easy in rock shoes. I generally change out of my sneakers and first rope up starting the Fin if I'n not short roping. The Fin is well protected with minimal gear. A range of TCUs and small Friends work well as would hexs and stoppers. I highly recommend the Fin finish to any of the N Face routes. Hard to beat 2000" of easy climbing in sneakers with a few pitches at the end left for a pair of Mythos and an early lunch on top Quote
olyclimber Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Thanks for the report Scottygg. Looks like a lot of fun. Quote
kevino Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 For what its worth, it was dumping snow this morning. There were a total of five of us that turned back. There was 12+" inches of fresh snow at the base of the mountain and it wasn't letting up. Meh, nothing like a 9 mile hike at 3 in the morning. Quote
Off_White Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Fine then. BBR this summer. Early season. I'm in Quote
Bug Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 "A moderate upper ridge should approach the coast Thursday morning and slowly move across western Washington Thursday afternoon through early Friday. This should produce clearing skies, gradually rising freezing levels, and decreasing and relatively light winds." Quote
Off_White Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Fine then. BBR this summer. Early season. Easy there Bug, I'm sure there will be some upper level ridge moving in on a Thursday in June. Quote
Bug Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Fine then. BBR this summer. Early season. Easy there Bug, I'm sure there will be some upper level ridge moving in on a Thursday in June. LOL. Not to worry. That is for other motivated peeps. I do have this weekend free for alpine fun though. Quote
Bug Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 (edited) Look at pic #8 BackBone from Colchuck Edited February 26, 2008 by Bug Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.