Starr King
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:39 pmDoes anyone know if you can ascend the Southeast face route with a 50 M rope or is a 60 M required? Also, does anyone have any beta on tsunami (5.7 according to Secor)?
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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:39 pmPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:32 pmThanks Pete. We're definitely going to bring two ropes, but we're hoping to get by with one 60M and a 50M. There are going to be 3 of us and we may choose to climb Tsunami instead of the NE or SE routes depending on conditions.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:35 amdougb, from the sounds of it you had one rope that was less than 60 M and it wasn't quite long enough. Any thoughts on how it would be going both up and down with TWO 50 M ropes? I'm also hoping that someone out there has info on the Tsunami route as well.
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:50 pmMatthew Holliman and I did it in May 2005. We carried a single 50m rope, and we survived 
But if I were to do it again I would bring a skinny 60m to make the rappels a little less sketch. The climbing is easy, but 5.0 or whatever is an old-school sandbag -- it's probably closer to 5.4 - 5.5.
But if I were to do it again I would bring a skinny 60m to make the rappels a little less sketch. The climbing is easy, but 5.0 or whatever is an old-school sandbag -- it's probably closer to 5.4 - 5.5.