John Frieh Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Flying Dutchman. What's it rated? Anybody TRed/aided/??? it? and speaking of what's the second pitch of Bears in Heat rated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 didn't nate free it a year or two ago, at least on tr? 5.11+? i recall i had aided it not too long before. as an aid climb, it's no more than c2 - very thin in a few places, but at its thinist it's easy to step into bears in heat and use the 2-3 inch crack for pro instead of tiny wires great pro once halfway up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldiente Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Mark D calls it .11+ or .12ish. I went down it on rope solo a few years back and found it too dirty for free climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Thanks but which one for both of you? Ivan: Bears? Nate: Flying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldiente Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Flying Dutchman was what I was thinking of. Never been on Bears, where is it at? Any good? Worth doing? Beta please. -Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted August 23, 2010 Author Share Posted August 23, 2010 Bears in Heat starts from same tree as Dutchman but goes more or less straight up. Climbers left of Dutchman. Nate Farr tricked me into doing it on Saturday :laf: RAD climb. Supposedly the 2nd pitch is easier than the first but we both hung on the 2nd. Super worth doing though. Crux is right at the end on the first pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 i've just done the dutchman - bears is just beside it, climbers left, and as i mentioned, is very easy to wander over to for the 20 ft or so where the dutchman gets uber-thin not suprised you hung on bears, fucker's stout! so john, you should rally your forces for a first free ascent of smooth dancer - almost got it all cleaned up for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Nate called it right on P 2 of the Flying Dutchman. I think it was Eric and Mark Deffenbaugh FFA it. It might be that Eric TR'ed it first, but am not sure on that. Marks the guy to lay it out for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 i've just done the dutchman - bears is just beside it, climbers left, and as i mentioned, is very easy to wander over to for the 20 ft or so where the dutchman gets uber-thin not suprised you hung on bears, fucker's stout! so john, you should rally your forces for a first free ascent of smooth dancer - almost got it all cleaned up for you... gee, with a name like smooth dancer i'd think that it had already been freed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Nate called it right on P 2 of the Flying Dutchman. I think it was Eric and Mark Deffenbaugh FFA it. It might be that Eric TR'ed it first, but am not sure on that. Marks the guy to lay it out for us. http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/479662/12 i'll lay it down for markd, he's to busy riding his new motorcycle anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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