marcus Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 New Route: "The Deer Hunter" WI5 M7 FA December 8, 2009 Bill Amos Marcus Donaldson This formation was previously referred to as #10 'The Chandelier Curtain'(unclimbed) in Tim Olson's Portland Rock rev. ed., p. 117 P1: Mixed climbing up left-facing, overhanging corner to 3-bolt anchor. M7, 7 bolts, 45ft. P2: Move right from anchor onto wild curtain of chandelier ice. WI5, 160ft. Other sightings... Crown Jewel: yes Doghouse: yes Tatras: no Pumphouse Blues: 'Scottish' Lower Mist Falls: yes The Deer Hunter...um, yes! Life Shavings: frozen turf Black Dagger: no Ainsworth Left...almost. Go git er! Starvation Creek(aka Starvin Marvin): no Dodson: ? Pete's Pile: no Salmon Run: no Cape Horn Gullies: yes Cape Horn(lower tier): no(as of Monday) Let the real Gorge Games begin!!! Quote
111 Posted December 8, 2009 Posted December 8, 2009 woot! What makes this different from chandelier rt? Quote
kurthicks Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 great work! is this the first "modern" mixed pitch in the Gorge? Quote
corvallisclimb Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 YA BILLY AND MARCUS!!! you guys are fucking bad ass! see you on Thursday. Quote
111 Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 tyler, you going climbing up there? greg and I were talking about being up there thursday... Quote
corvallisclimb Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 ya ill be goin tom sometime or thursday morning give me a call if you come up for pub club Quote
ColinB Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 Kickass! Good to see some folks out enjoying this weather. Quote
Rodney_Sofich Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 The smile says it all. I love it. Congrats! Quote
phillygoat Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 F' YEAH! Way to get after it! Nice pics! Quote
toproper Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 gorgeous! do those crampons have sticky rubber on them? Quote
ivan Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 had you put the bolts in prior to the freeze or y-day on lead? Quote
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