Twickenham Frolic

[billcoe]

I was out after work doing the lap thing and Jayb and Susanne asked me about a place in Eastern Oregon as they heading over to the Fossil Beds. I wasn't sure but I think he meant Spring Mt. (not near Fossil) Anyway, I looked up in my old Dods Guide and found this near Fossil Ore. Are they are heading over there, I thought I'd quote, WITHOUT PERMISSION Pope, the description. BTW, I saw Nick Dodge maybe over 7 years ago he still gets out, but I'm sure he'd be fine with it Pope.

 

Start of the book, "A Climbers Guide to Oregon", by Nicholas Dodge 1975 edition, P24 under the heading "Some Classic Trips".

 

"South of Fossil Ore. 19 leads 10 miles to the Twickenham Road. From here one passes through mixed pine-fir forest to the headwaters of Rowe Creek. Nice stands of Aspen, beaver dams, and open parks are abundant. Follow the road for about 7 miles where the top of the rock may be observed on the skyline about 2 miles to the west.Take one of the gated tracks leading up a heavy swale. The approach leads through lush, open pasture lands profusely covered with Mariposa lillies and Western iris (May) The final scramble up "Craggy Rock" is quite simple."

 

Id never seen or heard of this area before. I can't excuse my ignorance totally as I've been through Fossil a few times (despite how out of the way it is).

 

Anyone have any beta they want to share with these folks?

 

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Side note: I think last nights "did I ever have a goatee question" answer should have been answered thusly: When I went over to Tibet last time to wander up to Everest North Face with my lil Brother for his 50th birthday, I let it grow. So when I came back, Ujahn and I went to Red Rocks, and my signature pic standing in Epiphrine chimney waiting for the North Carolina guide fella we were following titled "Social hour" has me with a beard, or what might have passed for one if I could grow one. (Lower pic) It stayed on until my wife couldn't tolerate it anymore, which explains why the goatee and long hair I had in my youth were both sheared before we got together like 28 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps, regarding the Pope thing, we should keep spray here: Link to Popes sprayfest

[billcoe]

Well shit, I need to peruse the guidebook more often. I brought it to work and when things slowed down started thumbing through it wondering how ignorant I was and/ or how many of these I'd forgotten I've already done.

 

Anyway, sitting around doing nothing reading a guide book and getting stared at by my co-workers: get too the VERY LAST PAGE. (p160 still Nicks book)

 

 

little history thing. Before the Yosemite decimal system got adopted in Oregon, they use to call things F5 or F7 for approx 5.5 and 5.7. I've forgotten why this was, but it use to be that way at many places, like JTree. So grade 1-4 means its a Grade 1 (very short, vs a longer route which may be grade 4 or 5) and an F4 or corresponding to approx 5.4 for the hardest technical move.

 

There was some stuff for Clarno (that area as well), I'll scan it as well in a bit.

[billcoe]