
| West Face (July 2008): Nice route but the crux pitch was a struggle for me...shouldda asked Shirley to lead as she got it w/o trouble on TR....hmmmm small fingers??? Shirley led the upper .10 pitch which was a lot less aesthetic than I imagined it - shallow crack going to seam going to nice but short & low angle section. NW Corner still takes the cake for me (but maybe I'm just bitching since I found this crux hard).
Northwest Corner (Aug. 6, 2005): Stellar route. Perfect rock & great climbing. Quick approach and painless descent. What else can one ax for?
South Face (Oct. 4, 2003): After hearing good things about this little known route from our friends in the Mazamas, my wife and I decided to give this route a shot. Good stuff! Drove up there Friday after work and slept in the truck at the TH. Got a leisurely start at about 10 am and were on route by about noon. This is essentially the rap line that more talented climbers follow on their way down after summitting via one of the classic >5.9 routes. It was fun nontheless with about 4 pitches of mid-fifth class climbing (up to 5.7). We were the only ones on the route (of course) with two other parties coming up the the 5.9 route on the West Face. NEWS has a great, flat, and slabby kind of a summit - not the like the dirty summit of its southern neighbor. Views were spectacular in all directions (except part of the southern skyline is blocked by the slightly taller SEWS) though a bit hazy. There was a big fire going on to the north. We rapped the route - including the fun free air rap off the big chockstone - and were in the car after dark.....heading off for Del Campo on Sunday. |