that last pic makes it look like there's one belayer for the two climbers
that last pic makes it look like there's one belayer for the two climbers
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i took the pic after leading the left face. climber at right is on TR with a belayer, climber at left is either on a tr or leading on the draws i left. can't remember exactly but two people were definitely belaying.
ETA: looks like both were TR.
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Great story about Colorado Front Range bouldering classics on Evening Sends.
Includes some cool historic video clips too.
Summited Mt Washington on 3/22 again this year (First 2019 summit was in January). Much warmer than our January climb with windchill only around -20. Lots of snow though that made progress between Lion Head and Split Rock very slow. About 8 hours car to car.
With one climb done in winter and one in spring, it seems like this will be the year for climbing Mt Washington once per season.
But the next objectives are Shasta on skis (May) and Baker North Ridge (July).
soupy snowy approach still:
gf in the john turner classic, bastard:
the magical time where you can ski, climb, or hang out without being feasted on by flies, mosquitos, or whatever other pestilence we have here:
if you west coast guys don’t know about john turner, his routes are deserving enough for this obit:
http://publications.americanalpinecl...urner-19312014
sucked to only get one day outside this week, work life balance would be much better at 0/7
i really like this rock
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fkna! was it a new rope?
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Fortunately it's a middle-aged fatty I primarily use for new routing. It was tucked under a roof but still managed to take a direct hit from a rather large piece of choss. I had a Freedom-of-the-Hills moment isolating the coreshot and passing the knot during a free hanging rappel. It made me feel like a boss until I realized I couldn't retrieve the rope which now had a knot on each side (biner block at the anchor). I had to lead the pitch at 8PM to avoid leaving the rope of shame on the wall...
A couple years ago a buddy put a really scary core shot in that very same rope on the very first day I took it out. He was cleaning a leaning pitch, traversed along the lip of a roof to get a piece out, and swung about 6' along the edge when he removed the gear. He started freaking out about the rope being cut so I lowered him as fast as I could. The sheath and 2 of the core strands were cut through... Good thing 68m ropes work pretty well!
yeah man! did you do that in two long pitches?
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so you’re at the chains there in the red shirt?
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spotted by nick after he soloed the 5.6 warmup
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^^Very nice. Looks like awesome exposure.
really fun. ‘the move’ is so committing, it is impossible to believe you’re climbing 5.6. and when you step out, it’s like the elevator doors opened to to the outside of a building. absolutely wild. i was pretty happy to get into some shady dihedrals on the ground floor after.
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yup
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