mountainsloth Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 does anyone know why someone would be rapping down a 50 ft cliff in the lower section of asgard pass in the middle of 2 perfectly negotiable paths on either side? During my trip out there we saw a guy rappelling all by himself down this tiny bit of rock! WTF? Turns out there are rap anchors on top! its the small cliff right below the trees in the middle of the pass. this is a closer look at the cliff from the climber's left hand side. Thoughts? Quote
G-spotter Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 You just don't understand sport rappelling! Quote
Edlinger Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Turns out there are rap anchors on top! Must have been put in by one of the branches of the Mountaineers Club. I've personally watched veteran Mountaineer Club Leaders install rap anchors in some pretty silly spots to get themselves down from a climb. Quote
Cascadian Marmot Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 Jeremy, I am one of the 3 guys from Seattle that was on Serpentine that day with you and Salz. The guy who was rapping was one of ours. He only had tennis shoes for the hike down and he was picking his way down on the earthy terrain. We weren't on the "main" trail for most the way. He got cliffed out and decided to just rappell instead of walking around. I saw this forum title and laughed. CHICO Quote
pink Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 so did i... and now i'm rolling around on the ground. i think i need stitches. Quote
toddtsuyoshi Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 I'm also one of the three from seattle who was climbing serpentine that day. Here is the other one of us... rappelling down the cliff in the middle of aasgard pass HAHA! and, it was great fun climbing with you and salz! Quote
mountainsloth Posted July 11, 2009 Author Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) Holy sweet baby Jesus! That almost gave me the shits I was laughing so hard! Truly Awesome! So that solves one mystery, but there is still one other to figure out... There is an anchor up there with 3 pieces of webbing! I know this because on the way up the pass I noticed there WAS a single strand of rope dangling down the cliff as an emergency rap. I found it to be god awful looking and decided if it was still there when we came back down two days later that I would retrieve it. Sure enough it was still there on the return so I scrambled up there to set it free. Turns out the rope had to have been up there for at least a year because the bottom half of the rope was buried under a massive amount of snow, so much that I could not excavate it. So its still up there piled up at the base of the cliff if any good Samaritan wants to bring it down and throw it away. It is sun-baked to shit and quite weather worn. Edited July 11, 2009 by mountainsloth Quote
toddtsuyoshi Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) ah, i do remember colin mentioning the rope... he tried to retrieve it after his rappel but said it wasn't going anywhere. as a matter of fact, i'm almost positive i remember colin mentioning that the rappel was an easy option BECAUSE there was already a bunch of slings there! good times at aasgard pass! o yeah, now there are 4 slings since colin backed it up... Edited July 11, 2009 by toddtsuyoshi Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 Who cares? everyone participating in the discussion, obviously. stick to spray, boner. Quote
pink Posted July 11, 2009 Posted July 11, 2009 (edited) more garbage in the wilderness.... Edited July 11, 2009 by pink Quote
mountainsloth Posted July 11, 2009 Author Posted July 11, 2009 Todd, I know you did not personally rap the route, but WTF! he backed up the anchor with yet another piece of webbing! Honestly, I inspected all 3 pieces of webbing and would have personally taken whippers on any one of them. If I was smart and brought a knife up to the anchor I would have removed them all. A fourth piece is severely over-doing it. Anyway, you guys climbed with us in style and never sent anything down on us, so I really can't give you any crap. Keep climbing, and help minimize the garbage we leave in the wilderness. Quote
Phil K Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 Turns out there are rap anchors on top! Must have been put in by one of the branches of the Mountaineers Club. I've personally watched veteran Mountaineer Club Leaders install rap anchors in some pretty silly spots to get themselves down from a climb. So was it those nefarious Mounties...... or Colin? It's OK if he does it, but not them, right? Quote
olyclimber Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 excellent. having recently climbed this route, i wondered how one might get down it. downclimbing assguard seems like dancing with death. Quote
kevino Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 This is terrible. You guys probably should not have admitted to this. Quote
olyclimber Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 it does make me wonder how a party could make it up serpentine yet get lost descending the pass. if you count being 30 feet from the trail as being lost. here is some beta for the trail as you descend the pass: its on your right. Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 it does make me wonder how a party could make it up serpentine yet get lost descending the pass. if you count being 30 feet from the trail as being lost. here is some beta for the trail as you descend the pass: its on your right. dude, I almost spewed coffee out of my nose. Quote
mountainsloth Posted July 12, 2009 Author Posted July 12, 2009 Thanks for enlightening us Todd, but sorry you got involved :)I'd still climb with you guys anytime. Quote
Cascadian Marmot Posted July 12, 2009 Posted July 12, 2009 Wow, now I see how stupid we are. I should never climb again. Or at least climb with people that never get off trail...can I climb with some of you guys? Pleeeeeeease Quote
olyclimber Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 seems your climbing skillz are great! It's the hiking skillz that may need a fine tune. Good for you getting out, regardless. Assguard pass is a magikal place. Quote
toddtsuyoshi Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 i completely agree that we need to watch the crap we leave around in the mountains. it's our responsibility to keep them clean, and maybe this does mean not rapping in the middle of aasgard pass! but i'll be the last to judge colin as he is an excellent climber. i'll also be the first to admit that i've done stupid or unnecessary things too! i'm human, just like everyone else on this site. we all need to go though a process of learning. two years ago i wouldn't have thought twice about leaving "another" sling at a rap station without cleaning some old ones. now, i'd never leave a new sling without cleaning most, if not all, the old ones. colin has been rock climbing for about 5 years, but this is the first year he has really gotten into alpine rock. he is learning much faster than most and i commend him for that! Quote
kevbone Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Who cares? everyone participating in the discussion, obviously. stick to spray, boner. This is not a discussion. It is a bitch session directed at the few who are not as good as the rest of you. So they wanted to rap some rock. Why do you care? Quote
Rad Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Now that you have the anchor you might as well put in several bolts and do the FA on this RAD sport line! Quote
Pete_H Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Kevbone, next time you hear grown folks talking, SHUT THE FUCK UP. Quote
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