farflung Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Trip: Clearwater Wilderness - Summit Lake Ridge FFA Date: 9/5/2011 Trip Report: First Family Ascent, that is--on Labor day weekend a new route was established on the crags above Summit Lake in the Clearwater Wilderness area. The route was put up in the most impure alpine style possible—first I cleaned it up on rappel, then sent up the 5 to 9 year olds up on top rope to suss out the harder moves, with each kid establishing a new high point. Finally after my brother in law TR’d the whole thing in tennis shoes, I placed a few pieces and pulled through the 5.5+ crux on lead. Phew. Though the technical portion of the climb is only 50 feet or so, I’m giving it a grade IV considering the difficulty of coaxing/carrying the necessary grade schoolers and their requisite climbing gear, pillow pets, marshmallows etc. up the approach trail. Contributing to the route development and beta gathering were: Sequoia, Elias, Brisa, Jasper, Melody and Zac. Viva la familia! Edited September 18, 2011 by farflung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtveld Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Cool, a nice clean crag out in the woods with no crowds! And another good example of why the the Kids forum should have a TR option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonG Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Here, here, I'll second that motion. All in favor of TR's in the Kids forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 awesome! good show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain panther Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 nice work! that ridge is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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