powderhound Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Trip: The Real South Side an Update - some rock by some river Date: 6/6/2009 Trip Report: SO IF YOU CLICKED here HOPING TO FIND THE NEWEST BETA ON THE THE BREADLINE THAT RUNS UP HOOD THAN.... this picture tr will highlight my last weekend in the umpqa area. Climbing at the old man and old women and then venturing not far to the wonderful mckinley rock. I was delighted to meet greg orton, chris farlick, and harold hall on my trip. Without the company of these three my trip would not have been as great and memorable. cheers friday: massive wind storm, tree falls on sisters car, i get the hell out of dodge, pick brian up in C-Town, drive to the upper north umpqa river valley. no pics this was a boring day, lots of cops on the road... saturday: wake up, meet the crew that came with greg and harold to set up the tyrolean, hike in, climb the old women, climb old man, come down, climb old women agian, fly between the two pillars, hike out, let'er buck with the fire, lost shoe to river, passed out.... sunday: wake up alpine early ...NOT, drive to mckinley, meet greg and harold, hike in, climb testosterone monkey, rap, climb hang ten, hike out, get lost driving on paved forrest roads, found freeway home. pictures old man and his woman tyler going for it on the first pitch of the prize tyler and chris on pitch three of the prize greg on pitch 1 of dilley's delight my shameless summit photo chris descending between the pillars with work being done above air time my turn RANDOM SCENIC STUFF: mckinley only 35 minutes to the base from here tyler linking Pitchs 1 & 2 on testosterone monkey looking down mid pitch 3...which you can link with pitch 4. get up there and get that grab hold brian on pitch 1 of hang ten top of mckinley with diamond in the back ground thanks again to everyone that was able to share this weekend; great rock, great area, great people COMMENCE SEARCHING FOR HOOD BETA Quote
tanstaafl Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Cool! My folks live in Florence and I had no idea there was any climbing down there at all. I'll have to check that out on my next trip. Quote
LostCamKenny Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 like retards humping a doorknob! Or monkeys and a football... Quote
sweatinoutliquor Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 I almost didn't bother to look at this thread cause of the title. Now I'm glad I did! Nice work fells, looks like a lotta fun out there! Quote
OldManRock Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Its always neat to see excellent pictures of my old stomping ground ..... Quote
ivan Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 how far's the drive from the 'couve? looks worthy of my princely amibitions Quote
geoff Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 It's far. I remember about an hour on the FR at 5 mph. Quote
powderhound Posted June 10, 2009 Author Posted June 10, 2009 how far's the drive from the 'couve? looks worthy of my princely amibitions east of roseburg about 55 miles...for old man Quote
John Frieh Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 Great work pervs Ivan: it's right before you get to Thielsen so you can make a weekend out of it. Quote
corvallisclimb Posted June 10, 2009 Posted June 10, 2009 the prize is a classic route more people should really go do this one. i would have to say its one of the finest multi pitch sport routes in oregon IMO. we were the 4th or 5th ascent in 8 years come on people line up. nice tr bro! Quote
powderhound Posted June 11, 2009 Author Posted June 11, 2009 the prize is a classic route more people should really go do this one. i would have to say its one of the finest multi pitch sport routes in oregon IMO. we were the 4th or 5th ascent in 8 years come on people line up. nice tr bro! one of the most striking lines I have seen in oregon or a bout anywhere for that matter. reminded me of excommunication on the priest but hard .11 instead of .13 Quote
ivan Posted June 11, 2009 Posted June 11, 2009 did you guys free it? hey, the question i was afraid to ask! sure looks like some jugging going on in that 3rd pic Quote
scottb Posted June 12, 2009 Posted June 12, 2009 The Prize is one of my favorite routes anywhere... Thanks for the pics!! Quote
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