early winters spires traverse

[pms]

always wanted to do this up there. looks like a fun time. http://www.methowvalleynews.com/story.php?id=4256

[goatboy]

It's one of those things that lots of people (myself included) have probably thought about but never actually taken the time and done the work to haul the gear up there to do it. Pretty amazing experience, I imagine.

[j_b]

how do they put the ropes up there?

[dberdinka]

70m? Sounds like time for a highline.

[olyclimber]

sign me up

[ivan]

can we do the ropeup at wa pass next year and make this the central attraction please?

[Nitrox]

how do they put the ropes up there?

 

Rope gun.

[fredrogers]

Climb N Early Winters, fix line, rap down. climb S Early, rap down, grab line fixed to N Early and jug back up the the top of S Early. Fix line. Commence traversing. Scary as hell I was told.

[wayne]

Damn, I thought it was going to be a Real traverse!

[JoshK]

Lets get a helicopter, a bunch of steel cable and set up a zip-line from one of the summits down to the highway. That should make the descent pretty sweet.

[G-spotter]

70m? Sounds like time for a highline.

 

Yeah, this is the 2010s - sitting in your harness and sliding across is last century stuff, walking across is where it's at

[j_b]

Climb N Early Winters, fix line, rap down. climb S Early, rap down, grab line fixed to N Early and jug back up the the top of S Early. Fix line. Commence traversing. Scary as hell I was told.

 

I figured it was something like that (lots of work involved), but I couldn't resist since I know that pms has a good laugh when he hears someone asking that question.