Static Point Maintenance

[mattp]

Tomorrow (Sunday, August 17) Darryl Cramer and myself and some others will be going to Static Point to clear some brush from the road and replace a couple of 20 year old rusty bolts. In addition to encouraging a few misguided Alders to relocate, we hope to do some climbing while we are there. Look no further if your partner bailed on you for tomorrow and you're looking for something to do, or if you just want a tour of one of Western Washington's more beautiful climbing areas. Extra points for bringing leather gloves and some clippers. Send me a pm or email and we'll get in touch.

 

[ 08-17-2002, 10:40 AM: Message edited by: mattp ]

[DCramer]

The plan is to meet at the trailhead at 9:00am. We’ll have an extra pair of clippers so don’t be shy.

[mattp]

The trailhead is about fifteen miles up the Sultan Basin road from Highway 2. Turn off at the chainsaw shop, on a hill just past Sultan, and follow the main road past a registration station at perhaps twelve miles and then take the right fork a mile or so beyond there. The road will then drop down a hill (the first real downhill grade you have come to), cross a bridge, and the turnoff to the Static Point trailhead is on the right. I believe this is about fifteen miles from Highway 2. The Static Point side road is somewhat overgrown with alders but passable in a normal car. The rock faces south, and there is little shade. Prepare for sun.

[mattp]

Good morning campers!

[greghinemeyer]

i would like to help but i am going to the pool. later

[fleblebleb]

That was kinda short notice Matt

[mattp]

fleblebleb-

Yes it was short notice. We had planned for a casual outing, and didn't want anybody to feel they had to give up a perfectly good day of climbing to join us. And we succeeded in the casual part of our mission. For example, one or more of our party members managed to:

1. Saw their finger open

2. Bring two left footed climbing shoes and climb in them

3. Get stuck on a ledge for an hour until a rope could be lowered to them

4. Leave the bolt removal implement on the ground and solo down and back up the lower half of the first pitch of OnLine to retreive it

5. Drop their precious herbal remedy into an impentrable thicket

6. Widen the first quarter mile of the road slightly, brush out some narrow spots along the trail, and improve the first couple hundred yards of the trail where it leaves the old abandoned roadbed so that only a true gaper could miss it

8. Replace all the bolts on Cashman

9. Misplace 4 small steel micronuts.

10. Stumble back to the cars in the dark

 

Personnel: DCramer, DavidW, Bchaps, JayB and MattP.

 

Here's a picture of lurker bchaps:

 

[ 08-19-2002, 01:13 PM: Message edited by: mattp ]

[chucK]

Nice job guys! Awesome trip report Matt.

You guys rock!

[JayB]

Very cool outing indeed! I'd be into heading out there again in September to finish up the road and the bolts on American Pie. Also, thanks to Mattp and Bchaps for sharing the photos, and to Darryl for the cold beverages back at the cars - and of course to the dudes who had the vision to establish the routes in the first place and heuvos necessary to install all of those bolts on lead

 

[ 08-19-2002, 04:22 PM: Message edited by: JayB ]

[Dave_Schuldt]

Sounds like a real gaper time, to bad is missed it!! Dropping the herbal is the most serious gaper move in the book. Who did it? Or should they remain anonomous?

[bchaps]

Had a great time out there yesterday. I can't wait to go back! Here's a few more pics from the Point.

 

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