Seattle based climbing and mountaineering partner

[jakedouglas]

Looking for a partner in the Seattle area to get into alpine climbing and mountaineering with.

 

I:

• Have some snow and glacier travel experience
  
• Know crevasse self-rescue and z-pulley skills
  
• Boulder V3/V4 and climb up to 5.11-something in the gym, but have done fewer than 10 sessions on real rock outdoors
  
• Have a decent studied understanding of rope and anchor skills, but haven’t gotten a lot of real practice aside from a little sport climbing, and practicing “multipitch” and rapping at the Magnuson climbing wall.
  
• Have a rope and sport draws, as well as trad gear that I need to learn how to use
  
• Have plenty of gas and food money to throw down
  
• Am very safety oriented and struggle a bit with fear of heights and exposure. You’re unlikely to find me on sketchy exposed scrambles or rapping off of single pieces.
  
• Want to work hard to become a better climber
  

You:

• Hopefully have a similar attitude and amount of experience and are eager to learn, or put up with me until I catch up
  
• Are patient, level headed, and a clear communicator
  
• Have consistent views on safety and acceptable risk (don’t throw agreed upon best practices out the window when you’re feeling confident or pissed off) and err on the side of caution
  
• Don’t hate yourself if you don’t make the summit, and consider the primary goals of climbing to be self improvement, discovery and enjoyment, rather than just getting to the top
  
• Are willing to drive and have a car, because I don’t
  
• Want to get out regularly
  

Some things I’d like to do in the coming year:

• Learn to ski, because descending snow for hours on end can get old
  
• Refresh crevasse rescue skills
  
• Take avalanche and wilderness first aid courses
  
• Learn trad on easy single pitch routes
  
• Some intro trad objectives like The Tooth
  
• Snow couloirs like on Lane Peak (Lovers Lane, Zipper, Fly)
  
• El Dorado
  
• West Ridge of Forbidden if I can harden up with regard to exposure
  
• Baker and Rainier
  

The season is poor for a lot of these things, but I’d like to be getting outdoors when weather permits, even if just for sport climbing. I climb and train at a gym or on my bike most of the time right now. I also have a flexible work schedule, so I can do outings during the week.

 

It seems like the common thing for someone at my level to do is join a club like the Mountaineers, but I’m not interested in being part of a large group. I’m looking for someone of a similar mindset to share the learning experience with on an ongoing basis.

 

PM me with a little bit about yourself if you're interested.

[Matt Lemke]

You and I are just about equal with skill...I just have a little more alpine experience. West Ridge of Forbidden is one fantastic climb. I too am wanting to learn to ski. I have lots of trad gear and some cheap skis I'm learning on. I'm looking for some good fall/winter climbs the remainder of this year. Actually, if you are open this Saturday night (after 5)/Sunday I am looking to climb something on Sunday with a drive out to the TH Saturday night. Argonaut was on my mind (near Mount Stuart) if you are interested. I also want to climb other various snow routes to train for a potential Peru trip next July. My E-mail is mlemke100@gmail.com....feel free to contact me there.

[fourteenfour]

I have a few trips planned this winter for trad and alpine climbing. Would be great to get a few more people on board.

 

shoot me an email: michael(at)michael-rowley(dot)com

[nwmedic]

Hey,

I'm new to this board, but have browsed a little bit here and there. It seems like quite the excellent resource.

 

I started rock climbing this spring and am comfortable leading most sport routes up to about 5.10c so far. I very much want to get into alpine climbing and love to learn. I pick up skills pretty quickly and need some more partners to get out and start my alpine adventures with. As with the OP, I am very much safety conscious/oriented so don't have any issues if we can't make a summit to be safe.

 

I have a pretty open schedule most of the time as I am an ER Nurse so have all the medical training you could really need. I currently work thurs/fri and every other weekend. Sunday through Wed are my best days.

[dave schultz]

Hi,

 

I am also new to the PNW. I have experiance rock and ice climbing, plus moutnaineering and ski moutnaineering. I am crevasse rescue competant as well as some avalanche training. I prefer to do something that allows me to ski down it, but am happy to leave the skis behind. I have Friday to Sunday off, looking for single day or overnight partners.