cbcbd Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Trip: Dragontail - Triple Couloirs Date: 2/22/2010 Trip Report: Rachel came out of retirement after her surgery to remove some bionic plates originally meant to enhance her climbing abilities. Now she is just a mere mortal once again, so I can keep up. We had some good times on the TC. As the last tr mentioned, snow conditions in the couloirs were fair and the runnels looked dry - we also took the 2nd variation bypassing them and finishing the small choke below couloir 2. The transition from 2-3 was thin, mixed, and took pins once in a while - fun. The highlight of the day was topping out of the couloirs into the sun, from which we were being blocked from all day long. And man, the weather was just glorious! Rockin the pink gloves Gear Notes: Pins were our friends. Friends were generally unused. Approach Notes: Snow and ice all the way from the gate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Way to use that nice weather! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taluscat Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 back on deck eh doug-o? beautiful day out,nice job!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Piston Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 How thin was the transition...like dry toolin' thin? I ask as an old climbing buddy is coming in to town who would like a rematch with the TC (our previous try had a nasty warm snap and too much rock and ice was falling). Thanks for the TR, great pictures, and route beta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbcbd Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Hey Piston, Unfortunately I don't have any pics of that section. The groove that I picked was about 30-40' of mostly dry tooling. Sometimes a foot in some ice or snow, maybe a tool on some ice, most times hooking a tool, feet on rock, or just using hands - but not too steep and took thin Bugaboos ok. Nothing falling, just a constant thin stream of spindrift for ambiance. Be safe, have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Piston Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Thanks greatly. My friend is thinking of opting for Colchuck NEB Couloir anyway. Now if the weather will just cooperate. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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