[TR] Mt Hood - North Face Left Gully 12/9/2011

[ivan]

wind's what did in my last n face bid

[Tom_Sjolseth]

I saw the video.. you guys had a good excuse.

[Plaidman]

Nicely done. Wild! Huge kudos to you! Way to get after that ice.

[Crackman]

Wow Tom!!! That is a splendid looking pitch of ice

[luvshaker]

You may have mentioned it, but where is that pitch?

[dougd]

And actually, we climbed it Monday NIGHT and Tuesday. I picked my partner up from the Seahawks game on the way down.. he only drank 5 beers though..

 

5 beers @ centurylink field is quite an investment!

 

How was it coming down the spur?

 

d

[Tom_Sjolseth]

You may have mentioned it, but where is that pitch?

 

That pitch is the upper ice step on the Right Gully variation. Such a fun pitch, but short.

 

 

dougd.. coming down the spur was pretty good if you're comfortable with downclimbing steep snow. We reverse front-pointed about 1200'?? on everything from firm neve, to sugar, to alpine ice (near the top).

 

Here's a crappy iPhone photo looking down the upper spur..

 

 

 

[dougd]

Tom,

 

Cool, thanks.

 

d