
| Led the first pitch to a cave, and belayed K. Chaltikian up off some aliens and tricams (K had spent time climbing in the Gunks when he lived back east). Things were a little wet in the upper section, and I had to dig to find good ice.
From here, K took over. There was another cave on the second pitch, and he placed another tricam and a screw - it was exciting to pull over the bulge into this area, clean the pro, and swing out again onto WI4- ice. Second belay was on screws and some rock pro just before a 3-4' rock step with thin ice.
Last pitch was mostly easy but with a couple of thin/mixed moves. Got blasted by spindrift most of the time - windy.
After the walkoff K led up a WI4 on the Main Wall, and dug out the belay chains. He rapped off, cleaned his screws, and I toproped it afterwards. Fun day.
Later in the season I noticed that the lower cave had been filled in with ice.
K and I climbed the same line last February as well. I'm not totally sure we were on Photoshop exactly. It was a lot of fun though.
I've been up the BH wall seven times since I started climbing ice in Lee Vining Canyon and each time I have enjoyed it immensely. |