[TR] Index Town Wall- GNS - Sickle Crack/The Lizar

[summitchaserCJB]

Trip: Index Town Wall- GNS - Sickle Crack/The Lizard/ Some other 5.6

 

Date: 1/7/2010

 

Trip Report:

Todd and I headed up to Index tonight around 6. We ended up doing sickle crack and linking it up with the lizard and then continuing up bolts to the top. Good except for the water splashing us from the waterfall and the ~20 mile an hour winds.

 

Gear Notes:

Standard rack.

 

Approach Notes:

Off the couch.

Edited January 8, 2010 by summitchaserCJB

[billcoe]

Hey! All I see is pics of a car! If we don't get climbing pics it didn't happen!

 

PS, Did you get wet?

[Crillz]

You must have really needed a fix to climb that chimney wet - it must have been a little slimy.

[stevetimetravlr]

Good on ya for getting out and getting up it. I climbed yesterday also here in the Col River Gorge. It was 36 degrees at 1 when we started, and we did 3 routes. Two 5.9's and a 5.10. Rick took a good whipper on the first 5.9 when his foot slipped on the wet rock. 5.9 felt like 5.11 it was so cold. Not much wind but the water on the rock just froze your hands, and my feet were blocks of ice after a while. I think we'll wait for the sun next time, but it has been cloudly for so long that we had to get out. Probably same as the Index climbers, its cold but it was fun!

[summitchaserCJB]

Well we actually didn't do the off-width this time and went around and then did the finger traverse over to the base of the lizard undercling. Sorry, we left the camera in the car. We didn't get too wet.

[summitchaserCJB]

Nice Steve. Climbing in that cold takes balls.

[Sherri]

Way to keep after it, boys!