Leavenworth, Icicle Creek Area (I'm venting)

[Jamie]

Thanks for your polite reply newdawnfades. I'm not sure what roadside rock it was, but there were 4 or 5 ropes set up and they were climbing with hiking boots. The leader was a rotund gentleman who offered to let us in on a rope. However, since there were climbers on all the routes and lots of activity above and below the pitches it seemed (to me)a little complicated. Generally speaking he was courteous.

[DPS]

The leader was a rotund gentleman

I applied to the Mountaineers but they did not let me in. Seems I did not meet their minimum weight requirements.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

Let me know if there was an area that didn't pull ropes for you. I didn't make a specific announcement to our station leaders about other climbers in the area, though they are pretty good with general courtesy. We hung more routes last weekend than we usually do.

 

I was at Bruce's Boulder and only one pair of folks came over (Sun morning). I offered to pull any rope down for them. They were surprised and grateful, but decided to go elsewhere.

 

[G-spotter]

Let me know if there was an area that didn't pull ropes for you. I didn't make a specific announcement to our station leaders about other climbers in the area, though they are pretty good with general courtesy. We hung on more routes last weekend than we usually do.

 

fixed it for you

[tomtom]

The leader was a rotund gentleman

I applied to the Mountaineers but they did not let me in. Seems I did not meet their minimum weight requirements.

 

They're just looking out for your health:

 

'Dangerously thin' climbers face ban

 

[KaskadskyjKozak]

The leader was a rotund gentleman

I applied to the Mountaineers but they did not let me in. Seems I did not meet their minimum weight requirements.

 

They're just looking out for your health:

 

'Dangerously thin' climbers face ban

 

 

 

Crap, Dru is screwed.

[G-spotter]

Face ban? There's always cracks.

[newdawnfades]

Thanks for your polite reply newdawnfades. I'm not sure what roadside rock it was, but there were 4 or 5 ropes set up and they were climbing with hiking boots. The leader was a rotund gentleman who offered to let us in on a rope. However, since there were climbers on all the routes and lots of activity above and below the pitches it seemed (to me)a little complicated. Generally speaking he was courteous.

 

Must be Roto Wall you are referring to. Yeah, that place can be a mess with too many people around. Next time don't hesitate to call next on a climb. I was sweeping our stations all weekend and there were numerous climbers jumping in once they spoke up. We were doing our best, dropping ropes for them, letting them use our anchors to save time.

[lancegranite]

There were a lot of people out last weekend, but it seemed pretty easy to avoid the crowds.

[OlympicMtnBoy]

We hiked past the mob at Alphabet rock (which in the morning was all over the 30 ft 5.2 routes leaving the good stuff open), and up to Giveler's. We were surprised to see no one lined up for the classic 5.7+ namesake. We climbed it (2 teams of 2), and walked down, still no one else in sight. So I led Bo Derek and everyone TR'd it and finally as we were packing up four more folks arrived (1:00 PM?). That was it. Super classic moderate climb, 45 min approach. Have at it!

[KaskadskyjKozak]

There were a lot of people out last weekend, but it seemed pretty easy to avoid the crowds.

 

The couple times I drove by R&D and peered over at the Pearly Gates they both looked open.

[Bug]

I will be in Icicle Sat eve and Sunday with the larvae.

We will probably end up in the Johny crk campground.

 

[Jamie]

I've decided to retire and climb on the weekdays. That should solve the problem (?)

[Rick]

Hopefully all you folks hauled most of the ticks out of the Icicle so next week I won't have to pick them off of me! Weekday only climbing for me, for sure.

[Jamie]

only one tick spotted on a shirt.