tvashtarkatena Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) Trip: Liberty Bell - Date: 5/3/2008 Trip Report: On Saturday Ivan and I drove up to WA Pass to check Liberty Bell out. Weather was coming in, so we opted for a run up the Beckey Route. The weather came in. Wet rock, frozen fingers, big boots = big fun: Looking down at the col Party’s over The next day we climbed on Goat Wall in perfect sunshine. Catkin with ant Gear Notes: My mini ski bindings blew out = posthole descent:( Edited May 7, 2008 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 werd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 tvash = tr generating machine saying "we opted for a run up the beckey route" though was a charitable way of saying "we parked at the big cleared space by the hairpin and so started uphill way too early and found ourselves right below the serp crack on the west face after a sustained bout of xTrEmE snowshoeing and therefore decided, ah what the hell, who wanted to do something hard in a spirited snow squall anyway?" i remember feeling a faint twinge of The Fear at the last belay, as the rock and soaked lichen was pulsing w/ water from the melting snow - it seemed like the perfect verglas generator if only the temps had dipped a few degrees - at any rate, it cleared up for the walk down in the twilight. what the macroscopic pic of the ant leaves blurry in the background is me sitting around drinking top shelf bourbon on the dusty ground for an hour while ansel adams squatted over every speck of dirt like some deranged, malformed sumo wrestler no worries, after a dip in the icy river i was very content, so long as our neighbors devil-dog kept its distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbob Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Do you guys have some kind of mutant gene for climbing in shitty weather, because it sounds like you actually enjoy this stuff. Gonadic hypertrophy is a serious disorder, ya know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 It's really good practice for, um, climbing in shitty weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Actually, I suspect you and Ivan climb in shitty weather to increase your chances of a "bivouac moment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Ivan's big enough to cut open and crawl inside should conditions require it, but I doubt that would extinguish his singing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Big props dudes, made me want to go turn the heat up right now, but are those pictures of Godzilla clawing over the top there or what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 cloverfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setnei Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Nice work, ansel adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Nice TR looked like a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinsanity Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Actually, I suspect you and Ivan climb in shitty weather to increase your chances of a "bivouac moment". You can't "spoon" without a bivy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layton Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I climbed perfect granite in sunny weather all day with a 5 minute approach and a 10 minute commute. Same tomorrow, same on monday. Kinda makes me miss that shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunger Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I climbed perfect granite in sunny weather all day Sounds fun - if you like that kind of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I climbed perfect granite in sunny weather all day with a 5 minute approach and a 10 minute commute. Same tomorrow, same on monday. Kinda makes me miss that shit what about my sunday of climbing slick rock in the cloud murk through thickets of dense poison oak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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