Liberty Bell Mountain Climber's Log
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| emilie | Beckey Route  Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2006 | |
| Super fun and amazing views! | |
| Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:51 pm | ||
| Andy Dewey | Route Climbed: Overexposure Date Climbed: May 15, 2004 | |
| Awesome climb, great views, fun route! | |
| Posted May 23, 2006 8:41 pm | ||
| jtostenr | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: May 20, 2006 | |
| It rained all the way to the trailhead. We decided to head up anyway. The rock was wet, but at least we had the route to ourselves. It actually started to dry out near the top. After we had rapped down, the sun came out and the weather was very nice, making it a good hike out. | |
| Posted May 22, 2006 3:05 pm | ||
| setrent | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: Multiple | |
| The Beckey route is always a pleasure. A great route for the first time alpine climber. | ||
| Posted Dec 26, 2005 9:21 pm | ||
| Martin Cash | Route Climbed: See Below Date Climbed: Multiple | |
| Beckey Route - 2X - 7/03 and 7/04. Fun easy route with a good combination of climbing styles. Northwest Face (attempt) - 8/27/05 - Inspired by the "135 foot sustained 5.9 dihedral" mentioned in Selected Climbs, I tried this route Saturday. First pitch sucked, a low angle groove on uninspiring rock. The second pitch had a short fun 5.7 section with good exposure down the north face, then 4th class oatmeal and garbage rock. I got off route on the third pitch launching up a steep sustained 5.10B thin crack, placing a lot of gear. I tried to crank through a 25 foot runout on a sustained 5.10B flared groove, but whipped. Got lowered off a hex cursing the Beckey Topo, 5.8 my ass. Bailed. Checked out Selected Climbs topo later and determined the correct crack is 30 feet to the right of the one I tried. Oh well, it was a fun adventure. | |
| Posted Aug 29, 2005 9:28 pm | ||
| jasonconnell | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: Agust 20th 2005 | |
| Great climb! We were down before anyone else was even on route. Very suprising for a beautiful Saturday. Pictures here | |
| Posted Aug 26, 2005 12:33 pm | ||
| DeeDee | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: July 29, 2004 | |
| Great climb. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2005 10:06 pm | ||
| linxweiler | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: July 9, 2005 | |
| Snow in July? What started out as an impending non-summitt turned into a great sun-filled climb. Fairly easy three pitches, with a great view of folks climbing Concord and, of course, goats. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2005 2:21 am | ||
| Blakester | Route Climbed: Rapple Grapple Date Climbed: MAy 28 2005 | |
| Fun route, good alternative to the slightly easier Beckey Route. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 3:29 am | ||
| danman3156 | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: August 13 2004 | |
| A super fun multi-pitch climb. Pretty busy on the route but everyone on our day was moving at the same speed. We even got to hand out with the mountain goats! Did in a day along with concord tower. | |
| Posted Apr 18, 2005 12:53 pm | ||
| rhlaird | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: August 2004 | |
| Nice consolation after getting stormed off of Forbidden Peak. | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2005 11:23 pm | ||
| Dan Winter | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: 5/31/03 & 7/3/02 | |
| This is such a fun climb! | |
| Posted Mar 20, 2005 1:08 pm | ||
| Chinese Rock | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: June 1, 2004 | |
| Tom Fralich and I climbed this great route (see his post below). | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2005 3:24 am | ||
| cascadeclimber1978 | Route Climbed: Liberty Crack Date Climbed: October 2004 | |
| Excellent weather, great climbing, lots of fun. Most likely the best technical rock accent I have ever done next to "Outer Space" on Snow Creek Wall in Levenworth. | |
| Posted Feb 2, 2005 1:18 pm | ||
| SummitQueen | Route Climbed: Becky Route Date Climbed: Mid-May 2004 | |
| Did this climb in a mountaineering class I was taking at the time. First true rock climbing experience, I'd have to admit. Wonderful, though, because though it may seem easy to most, it taught me a lot about technique and about keeping calm. Gully leading up the start of the climb was a bit sketchy, hard snow (was hard to climb down more than climb up, however), and the first pitch was a bit shakey for me since I had never really climbed like that before. (I was learning, ok? Hehe!) However, the route got better as the pitches increased. Third pitch was the best. We went a route my dad had done years and years earlier with my mom - grreeaatt exposure. I had to jump practically from one rock to another with a gap that showed about 2500 ft. below me down to the N. Cascade Highway. It turned out that wasn't the actual route, but it was fun anyway to be able to face that exposure. Best part would have to be the couple sections of chimney climbing, I really enjoyed those, I seem to be better at that than face climbing. :) Made it to the top and clouds seriously parted just at the summit so I could get a 360 degree view of the North Cascade mountains. Life changing experience. I love it! | |
| Posted Nov 24, 2004 11:04 pm | ||
| cluck | Route Climbed: Becky Route Date Climbed: September 5, 2004 | |
| We got a casual morning start from camp at Lone Fir CG and reached the trailhead to find surprisingly few cars. We had all heard horror stories about traffic jams on our intended route, so we raced up the approach trail passing several parties. We arrived at the start of the route around 10:30 to find only a single 2-person party already starting up the route. No waiting for us! We quickly geared up and started the classic 400-foot Becky Route on the southwest flank of Liberty Bell as several other parties began to arrive and take their place in line. This route was also a mix of climbing and scrambling, but the climbing was harder, longer, and more interesting than what we found on SEWS. We all thoroughly enjoyed the entire route and reached the summit around 12:30. | |
| Posted Sep 7, 2004 4:18 pm | ||
| Derek Franzen | Route Climbed: Beckey Route Date Climbed: April 1978 & Many Others | |
| With many different SACer's on many different trips, also with Leslie and Kelsi (need to get my son up there too). Fun, easy climb; nice to do mid-week when you have the summits alone. Great rappel anchors now for descent; easily done with a single rope. | |
| Posted Aug 17, 2004 9:00 pm | ||
| Gail J | Route Climbed: Southwest Face Date Climbed: July 17, 2004 and Aug. 2002 | |
| My second time, worth doing more than once. Popular and crowded. | |
| Posted Aug 15, 2004 12:43 pm | ||
| Johnhl94563 | Route Climbed: Southwest Face Date Climbed: July 17, 2004 | |
| Started off as a nice climb/hike up the trail gully to the notch between Liberty Bell and Concord till a NOISY party of 3 RAN up the trail to get in front of us and another party of 2 we were walking with. They were the slowest party of 3 I have ever seen. With two parties behind them they still just wanted to stand around and talk about every single move on the climb. They didn't climb much faster. We ended up doing Concord tower while we waited then came back and went up Liberty Bell. The party was still nearing the summit. Hopefully all Washington climbers aren't that rude. Overall however still a good experience thanks to the other politer, Washington climbers that showed up later. | |
| Posted Aug 7, 2004 4:05 pm | ||
| hkutuk | Route Climbed: Beckey route Date Climbed: July 3, 2004 | |
| Since last year's Silver Star climb have been intrigued by all the climbing possibilities in the WA pass area, so finally got to try something there. After a short night at the Blue Lake TH parking area, Jim and I headed to Liberty Bell. On the way up I ended up taking the wrong gully filled with sandy and loose stuff blocked by a nice! big rock. Climbing over this c..p warmed me up. There were only two guys from the town Mazama on the route and they knew their stuff and flew up the route. We leasurely climbed and enjoyed the route. The views from the top are awesome in every direction. The route was very enjoyable quite moderate and not exposed. Came down in three raps and quickly went back to car to go to our next goal NE ridge of Black Peak... | |
| Posted Jul 15, 2004 11:54 am | ||
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