montypiton Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Trip: Rat Creek drainage - Icicle Canyon - Date: 3/15/2012 Trip Report: "Old men on arisept" (not sure of spelling - a drug for treating Alzheimer's) - Kyle Flick, Mark Shipman, Curt Haire, Sunday, March 11. Two pitches, WI2+. Approach is 1.25 miles up Rat Creek on map, utterly miserable breakable crust & deadfall. Climb is first flow on left from approach. Snowshoes beat skis by over an hour on descent... skis might be preferable with sufficient snow to cover rocks & deadfall. Apologize for lack of pics - we all forgot cameras. Dave Allyn may have taken pictures from below - he came, but feeling sick, chose not to climb. Kyle says he's going back for more, so maybe pics will be forthcoming next week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I look forward to the pics...bring em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Just to cross reference things here: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1060947/Re_TR_Rat_Creek_Dragon_s_Teeth#Post1060947 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montypiton Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 oops-correction -- checking back to Washington Ice, this line appears to already have a name: "Feeding the Rat". Returned on the 18th with Jens Holsten for a romp up "Fucking the Gerbil", three pitches if you solo the first short step - WI3. Both lines seemed a bit over rated at WI3 and WI3-4, but everbody knows how ice-lines never form quite the same from season to season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montypiton Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 oops-correction -- checking back to Washington Ice, this line appears to already have a name: "Feeding the Rat". Returned on the 18th with Jens Holsten for a romp up "Fucking the Gerbil", three pitches if you solo the first short step - WI3. Both lines seemed a bit over rated at WI3 and WI3-4, but everbody knows how ice-lines never form quite the same from season to season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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