klondike Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) Trip: Leavenworth Snow Creek Wall - Iconoclast Date: 9/22/2010 Trip Report: Mao always sulks when she sees me running large amounts of stuff to the car. Here she sits on my pile of gear, on the off chance that by doing so she can prevent the inevitable: my leave taking. Add a caption http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs184.ash2/44712_1461733379142_1107670161_31314817_7729041_n.jpg Team Psychedelic heads for Leavenworth. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs374.snc4/45693_1461742659374_1107670161_31314937_4324499_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs320.snc4/41352_1461734459169_1107670161_31314822_739620_n.jpg We arrive Friday afternoon and warm up on alphabet rock. Susie romps up to the proverbial "Z" of Z crack. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs300.snc4/41352_1461734499170_1107670161_31314823_5804154_n.jpg And does a spot on rendition of the reincarnation of Lazarus come back to life in some cave. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs300.snc4/41352_1461734539171_1107670161_31314824_1048526_n.jpg What a beautiful world! http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs160.ash2/41352_1461734579172_1107670161_31314825_6331417_n.jpg Liiiiiive! Next day, John, Matt, and I did Iconoclast, an 8-pitch beauty on Snow Creek Wall. P 1 & 2 The Remorse pitches (Matt), P3 the psychopath pitch, p 4 the roof pitch (Matt), p 5 the dihedral pitch John), p 6 the pitch from hell, p 7 & 8 the chickenhead ptches (Matt). I led the others. Here Matt works the moves on the 5.11 psychopath pitch. Note my amazing rope handling skills. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs182.ash2/44514_1461739139286_1107670161_31314880_4954918_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs382.snc4/44514_1461739339291_1107670161_31314885_7091951_n.jpg John has found his calling belaying the roof pitch. We found the 2 dihedral pitches strenuous, but with good rests. Here John joins me apres the dihedral pitches, where Iconoclast meets Outer Space at Library Ledge. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs274.snc4/40026_1461741899355_1107670161_31314921_1126354_n.jpg ...And Suzi and Ahad meet us having done "Outer Space". http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs254.snc4/40026_1461741979357_1107670161_31314923_6365463_n.jpg http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs274.snc4/40026_1461742139361_1107670161_31314927_6325778_n.jpg The incredible singing forest. The wind blowing through the dead snags made for some beautiful music with simultaneous high and low octaves. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Later I asked Matt if he had ever experienced anything like it. He said "Sure, many times". I said "Really? Where?" He said something like "Right here, of course". Smart ass. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs254.snc4/40026_1461742179362_1107670161_31314928_8006689_n.jpg I lagged behind in my return to take in the sunset. Being alone, this bellicose mountain goat took advantage, charged and tried to gore me. I side stepped him. As he turned to rush me again, I blinded him with my camera flash and gave him a severe tongue lashing. Gear Notes: Doubles through 3 inches. A single 4 inch, and a few extra long runners. Approach Notes: Allow 45 minutes to an hour. Edited January 31, 2011 by klondike Quote
ivan Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 i'm guessing, based on the pix at least, you didn't do this climb today? Quote
klondike Posted January 24, 2011 Author Posted January 24, 2011 Though it would be a thought-provoking winter route... Quote
AlpineK Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Though it would be a thought-provoking winter route... Ummm summer pictures are fine. This should not be posted as a trip report. On 1-16-2011 nobody was climbing Iconoclast wearing tank tops. Quote
OlympicMtnBoy Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 Just edit your post, you can change the date of the trip, it doesn't have to be the same as the day of your post. I think it's great to see TR's even if they are six months after the fact, but putting the correct date on it means several years from now someone looking for past TRs might be able to find it and not think it really was a winter climb. Quote
klondike Posted January 31, 2011 Author Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) Thanks for the beta. I'm kind of new to Cascade climbers. I tried several ways to change to the correct date of the climb (from this January to last fall 9-22-2010), but the Cascade climbers program does not seem to allow me to edit the date of a climb posted on the calandar year prior, unless I'm mistaken. Edited January 31, 2011 by klondike Quote
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