Originally Posted by
meter-man
Secor's book is a damn goldmine. It's also almost absurdist in our era of data-driven and pretty-figures-laden guidebooks - the descriptions are so taciturn, and lacking in detail, it's comical. E.g. "4th Class. Climb several pitches of excellent, moderate cracks, to an open ridge. follow that for several more pitches of airy third class scrambling. 2000 vertical." Actually, it's loose as fuck old-school 5.9, and the scrambling is the most terrifying thing you've ever done and is probably 5.7 anyway, and the route is fucking massive.
And yeah, shaved my beard into the barista-porn-cowboy. They were concerned, to say the least. We shared half-snowcaves, so they could escape more easily.
Lotsa pow shots on the East Side on IG from the last couple days - looks sick out there!