sweatinoutliquor Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Just wanted to join the masses and say a big congrats to you and Shirley and the rest of your team... Your adventures and trip reports are always a pleasure to read! Quote
wayne Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Amazing.....I have wondered about that piece of rock for a while.....now I know. Â "pieces of rocks" Â Photo of the Big SPD! Â Quote
fgw Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008 (edited) that is a beautiful shot by Dave Jensen (one of the guys on FA of Turkey & 2nd party up NE face on SPD I think). Â Wayne, for a short while you had a shot of the dome from the east (from Katanai Rock?) on your website - do you still have that around somewhere? most impressive views of this thing are from east and west sides (also the hardest points to get to for photos). Â PS thanks for good word S.L. & others. Edited May 8, 2008 by fgw Quote
wayne Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 (edited) That is a Tim Olson photo, Contact him if you would like to use it? I will pm you with his email  Found an example of it  I cant believe the highway dept was considering building a road to the to the top of that thing way back when!!  No Sh-t, I am serious. Edited May 8, 2008 by wayne1112 Quote
crazy_t Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Quality, that's good stuff. I've sampled that lifestyle on routes on the "Rotwand" in Eldo, less committing but similar in that any move or placement can be psychological, and it just accumulates as you go higher. A true "House of Cards" except it would be your ass! Â Awesome TR, cheers! Quote
fgw Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008  I cant believe the highway dept was considering building a road to the to the top of that thing way back when!!  No Sh-t, I am serious.  Yeah, I know Dodge makes a mention of this. Jeff's got a good explanation for this craziness (idea got exposure because of who proposed but not because it ever went beyond a pipe dream apparently)...then again maybe they thought a hard granitic core was hiding somewhere in there  thank you for the info! Quote
Rad Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Wayne, how far would you say the turkey is from Seattle? Or Portland? That thing is one of the more impressive rock formations I've seen (digitally). Quote
wayne Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 About as long as it would take to go to Smith, or a little less. The road may need to melt away and check for bird closures? it is just past Upper Soda. The Monster in the Woods By the same author! Quote
JohnGo Posted May 9, 2008 Posted May 9, 2008 Wayne, Â The Mazama Annual article on this route will be posted on the Mazamas web soon. I'll let you know via PM and post here once it's up. Â Radek, Shirley, Jeff: Superb climb, great trip report and photos, and biggest congrats!!! Having a dream like this for years and then finally sending it makes it taste even sweeter, no? Way to go! Quote
fgw Posted May 9, 2008 Author Posted May 9, 2008 John - many thanks for good word Sir (& for letting me photocopy FA article back in like '04?). The dream turned into a nightmare about 20' up this thing Quote
wayne Posted May 16, 2008 Posted May 16, 2008 Wow. Â Don and Jeff , you have put together a masterpiece! Â I just got a copy of the 2007 Mazama Annual and its feature article is stunning. Too bad it couldnt have been updated. Radek and Jeff should do one for the next Journal. Â May I post it online or provide a link to it? + Thank you Jeff, for sending the copy . Â Quote
fgw Posted May 17, 2008 Author Posted May 17, 2008 Wayne, I'd be happy to mail you a copy of that FA article if you have not read it yet - it's a good one (as is Don's FA of Steins article by the way). Quote
Don79 Posted June 2, 2008 Posted June 2, 2008 Thanx Wayne for the compliment on the Mazama article. It was fun to put it together with Jeff! When Jeff finishes his follow-up work, he and Radek should do it again next year. About building a road up into the Dome, I have figured out something about that. The entire rather rounded-looking Gorge wall was originally called "St. Peter's Dome," the name later being changed to the "Dome" we all climb. I think the proposal to build the tunnel was into the main cliff, not "our" Dome. That would make access to another tourist's overlook atop the Gorge wall. Don Quote
MichaelR Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) I'm stoked to try this route - wanted to post up the news report from the fifties of the [edit] early falls of the route. Â Â http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qrktAAAAIBAJ&sjid=74gFAAAAIBAJ&dq=st%20peters%20dome%20portland&pg=948%2C1951001 Edited January 15, 2011 by MichaelR Quote
ivan Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 great link - this link might work better? - every right thinking pdx wannabe aid-climber has st peters on the must-do list... Quote
111 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) Why are you "stoked?" Edited January 15, 2011 by 111 Quote
Lovetoclimb Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Did anybody see St Peters Dome a few weeks ago when it had the fat ice streak running down the northwest side? Has anybody climbed that when it was in condition? Quote
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