hollyclimber Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 last weekend? Thought I would move my spray to the correct forum... Tried to climb in Squamish this last weekend. Had a GREAT trip to MEC (probably the best part of the weekend) and managed to climb about 5 single pitch routes in Squamish on Sunday. After we climbed until we had to admit that yes, it was really raining hard, we had to head to the pub. So, I sat in those great couches by the fireplace, drank a pitcher of something "logger" and ate waffles! Breakfast and beer at 2 pm...it was really great. Stared at the mural of the Chief and dreamed of doing Uncle Ben's with NO rain. It was really one of those fine rainy day feelings where you are glad to be inside and the rain isn't really so bad. How about everyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 Spent Friday feeling like we were going to be blown off of the Sunrise Camp on Mt. Adams. We forgot the cards so my fiancee and I played twenty questions for about ten hours, wishing we had more food. Saturday we climbed above the clouds to the summit! We shared the Mazama Glacier with one other super friendly Aisan man until we hit the chain gang on the South Spur. The Mazama is a great route, and I'd recomend it to any begginer/intermediate glacier travelers. There was only a bit of crevase navigation right out of Sunrise Camp. It got my eyes opened! BTW- Everyone complains that the Native Americans on the Yakima reservation are rude. This was not my experience. The female officer/ranger(?) that we spoke with was really nice. Way freindlier than the two old bats at the US Forest Service office. She even said that she'd check and make sure we got out ok on Sat night. I was happy to kick down 20$ to the Reservation. Also, no need to buy a Volcano Permit if you are on Reservation Land. Bird Creek Meadows is the way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beck Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 Went north of Lake Wenatchee to alpine on Fortress Mountain, sat around in the snow on Sunday getting tan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 worked, mowed the lawn, washed 2 vehicles, played with daughter in mud puddles oh... is this supposed to be climbing related stuff? I don't care, its in spray, went to church, helped mother in law move some stuff.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 MikeAdam, Right on Right on ! Bring the duo numbah fowers and the greenie beanie numbah five. We gonna get medieval on somma dose nasty wide crack hoes ~ -Cpt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyclimber Posted August 6, 2001 Author Share Posted August 6, 2001 The worst part about cleaning new routes is when you go to your bed and lichen falls out of your hair onto the pillow. Yuck! 2nd worst is when you accidently scrub your hand instead of the rock and get to pick your skin out of the brush... Say no to scrubbing and lichen! Trundling is fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted August 6, 2001 Share Posted August 6, 2001 I replaced a couple of hangers on a route in Darrington on Saturday, went to Patti Smith at the Pier, and went to the airport to pick up my climbing pal, who recently survived a plane crash in the Saint Elias Mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 OK- were are the new cracks you guys cleaned? Wanna give some info or is this your "secret spot?" I'm running out of good cracks in the icicle (at my mediocre level anyway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrosaurus Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Those cracks are not new. They have been there for years. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Spent a few hours Saturday walking up to the Lunch Counter on Adams with some friends who are very new to alpinism. Camped there Saturday night. No summit for us on Sunday, but a great experience for them with winds and whiteouts, snow travel and ice axes. A relatively relaxing weekend for me. My goal was to be outside all weekend, and that was accomplished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 What did you do? Spit in my shoe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 What did I do? I'm busy rakin' in about half of my year's income for only about five weeks of work, that's what I did this weekend! Yahoo! Gonna climb the remote Steven's Peak in the Tatoosh Range on Friday, though, and drink beer with m'righteous alpine homeys at the commie-bar in Ballard mañana. ahoy!!! - Dwayner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Dwayner, check your messages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt.Caveman Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Mikey Schaeffer, Whillans, Erik Snyder, Alan Leber and I scrubbed and climbed some lines in the Icicle this weekend. Very nice crags! I personally trundled a 70lb boulder off the crag for safety as well as 3 giant tree carcasses Holly you should have joined us instead. No rain and more climbin' Fun Fun! -Cpt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieE Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Spent Friday night hunkered in with the masses at Camp Muir. 50 mph winds there - 90 mph winds through the gap. Helped hapless hiker build a wall for his REI dome tent that was gettting flattened. Figured summit was out of the question, but woke up at 5 am to calm winds and blue skies. Scrambled out of my tent, got to the top of the Cleaver had lunch, took a nap and met friends coming off the summit with RMI. Went home, slept, ate, watched TV. [This message has been edited by EddieE (edited 08-06-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeadam Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Holly, I went and let Borbon scrape large amounts of dirt out of cracks and generally onto my head as I belayed (I'm still cleaning the dirt out of my gear). Then we trundled big rocks and trees searching cleaning new lines. I like trundling blocks! We climbed nice clean granite cracks. Welcome to the world of spray EddieE: That sounds like fun! How does Big Lou say it? The mountains really showing off isn't she? I heard that somewhere... Lambone: Did you see any bolts on Victory Ridge Direct? Dan Smith is always trying to find those. Caveman: Climb offwidths... Mike [This message has been edited by mikeadam (edited 08-06-2001).] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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