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| MattGreene | 1st Big Climb  | |
| I seconded as my friend Tony led the Mountaineer's route. It was a blast - Being from PA, we don't get many chances to climb cracks. Of all things, we got cocky at the top and took a class 3 gully towards the summit, feeling there was no need to consult our route descriptions anymore. Well, our gully ended in a 5.10 no-hands traverse. Instead of retreating, we placed some gear and trusted our feet, making it through fine and not needing any caffeine to wake up for the hike and paddle back to our camp. | ||
| Posted Dec 1, 2007 7:00 pm | ||
| GCutforth | Mountaineer's, Astroelephant, and Sunrise Book | |
| The Mountaineer's was a great intro to the perch. The Astroelephant might be my favourite climb of all time. Varied climbing. Great position. Route finding challenges. It had it all. The sunrise book had been described early to me as a full on fist fight. Well I got my ass kicked but good. Thank God for AJones. It was an amazing line in a great position. The route really doesn't let up from the first crux on pitch 1 until you top out. | |
| Posted Nov 30, 2007 1:54 am | ||
| AJones | Mountaineer's, Astro-Elephant, & Sunrise Book Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2007 | |
| Climbed the Mountaineer's Route, Astro-Elephant, and the Sunrise Book over 4 days last summer. All great climbs - see my trip report if interested. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2007 6:30 pm | ||
| Idaho Guy | Mountaineer's Route - Twice | |
| Climbed it twice in July a couple of years apart. First time on multi-pitch route in many years. Loved it, missed it then, miss it now. Ahh the problems of old age and fatherhood! | ||
| Posted Sep 12, 2007 2:32 pm | ||
| reboyles | Becky Route | |
| We did the original Becky Route. Fantastic climb. | |
| Posted Jul 30, 2007 2:15 pm | ||
| hkutuk | The Perch, Mounties Route Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Climbed this very fun route with Jim on the last day of our four day trip into the Sawtooths in Idaho. The route, the rock, the climbing, the scenery were awesome. Must come back for more. Jim has written a great trip report with the details and lot's of great pictures. Awesome times! | |
| Posted Jul 24, 2006 3:07 am | ||
| jtschanz | Mountaineers Route Date Climbed: Jul 4, 2006 | |
| Very fun climb with Haydar. Classic not just because of the climbing, but also the awesome setting above the Saddleback Lakes. Trip report here. | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2006 11:34 pm | ||
| Jolee | Early Season Climbing Date Climbed: May 30, 2005 | |
| A very early season climb for Elephant's Perch. A great climb with bthere, lots of snow up top. | |
| Posted Mar 11, 2006 5:56 am | ||
| splattski | Route climbed: Mountaineers Date Climbed: Jul 21, 2003 | |
| First big climb in many years- made me want to get active again. | |
| Posted Feb 17, 2006 12:57 pm | ||
| SawtoothSean | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Route- 5.8 Date Climbed: August 17, 2002 | |
| There were two other parties on the route so it was crowded by Idaho standards. The climbing is clean and great. There are many other climbs of this quality and length in the Sawtooths yet very few no about them- Baron Spire , for example, has an 18 pitch 5.10. | |
| Posted Jan 4, 2006 10:00 pm | ||
| iceisnice | Route Climbed: Mountaineers route Date Climbed: Summer '99 | |
| Pretty stiff climb for a newbie alpine climber. Great rock though. Need to go back and try some other routes. The Sawtooths are spectacular. | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2005 10:33 pm | ||
| rpc | 3 Roots | |
| Astro Elephant July 5, 2008. Great climb & great beta by AJones here on SP. Swapped leads with Shirley. TR here.. Sunrise Book August 27, 2005. Sustained and kinda hard. Perfect rock. Took us much longer than we expected. It was a pleasure running into some famous OR climbers at the base camp (much thanks to them for beta). Was pleasantly surprised that the green Alien placed in a flaring pod held my 15-footer :) Mountaineers Route July 4, 2004. All in all, the route is very nice and the rock is gorgeous! I thought that Warbonnet had a more alpine feel and the final pitch of Warbonnet was more unforgettable than anything on this route. The lack of crowds and the alpine vistas made us forget that we're only 2-3 hours from trailhead. Not very challenging for a 5.9 leader but quite nice for a 5.8 leader. | |
| Posted Aug 30, 2005 5:36 pm | ||
| b. | Route Climbed: Mountaineer's Route Date Climbed: May 28, 2005 | |
| This is a fantastic route. I, too thought that it made a soft 5.9, but the rock quality and fun exposure was a blast. We did three extra pitches at the end, traversing across snow covered slabs and gullies connected by rock pro, to reach the saddle and the descent gully. We were suprised to see the gully dry so early. Very little snow on the approach. After we got down, got water, made dinner and sat down it rained. And rained. The log crossing was under water when we got to it, so we whacked the bush for a half mile before crossing Redfish Lake Creek. Adventurous hiking. We saw not another soul in the Saddleback Lakes drainage. First time in the Sawtooth's was a success. | |
| Posted May 31, 2005 2:03 pm | ||
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