Great page. I had had actually been wanting to climb Howlock since I did Thielsen and Bailey earlier in the summer, but never got arounf to it. Very nice part of the state! Your pictures are looking much better, new digital camera? Lots of 4 star pics on this page.
Can't say I was at that point but I sure was glad to see the trailhead and my truck at 7:30 that night as light was fading. Was awfully glad to tip a Gatorade and take the shoes off. Then I had to drive to Acker Rock to meet Mark and Natasha as we had planned to do a 12 pitch 5.7 route the next day. 2 hours to the rock and then another 2 hours going up and down every dead end 4WD road trying to find them as I left the directions on my coffee table at home. Wasn't until midnight I found them on the last road possible left for me to take. Was too tired to make myself a dinner. Had a powerbar and fell asleep in the back of the truck. Perfect end to the perfect day.... :- \ ha ha ha
Well, I was so dead by Day 3 that I was not up for it. By the time we did the hike in (an "unimproved scramble"), we all were. Another party of 3 was there before us and going slow and we would not have been able to complete it in the day. So, we just played around on that 5.7 single pitch in that picture. Dirty route but good. Really cool place, I want to go back and do that route, the Peregrine Traverse on Acker Rock. Goes along a ridge from tower to tower until you reach the summit and a lookout tower you rap down to. Nice walkoff too, gotta like that. It's in the Climbing Southwest Oregon book by Orton. Or I think it's on www.climbsworegon.com. I have a bunch of pictures of the first 4 or 5 pitches. Was going to add it to SP if we had done it. It gets you up to a summit and is a cool route. We'll see when I get the chance to do it again. I'm just getting back into it after a few months off so I doubt I could have completed it anyway in the shape I'm in right now. :- )
Yeah, I've seen it in the book and we have been thinking about it a while ago. Your photo makes it look cooler than I had imagined it - photos in that book are pretty crappy. Looks like really fun (steep and scary kind of "fun"!) climbing - would really like to see it on SP.
My photo was a nearby sport route, nothing on the Peregrine Traverse. I'll email you a picture of it from home that shows the first few pitches. Pitch 1 was a short like 5.0, then a 5.7 long traverse. Then I couldn't see much but the heads of the group climbing it. But the info is in that book.
Will do that tonight. Thanks for your info. I thought about adding the info from Tipsoo Trail but forgot last night. And, I also checked out the west or northwest side of the pinnacle. Will incorporate your info tonight. Thanks.
Good page, gives me another day trip idea for this summer.
Brian Jenkins - Feb 14, 2005 10:21 pm - Hasn't voted
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Thanks, appreciate the vote. Do yourself a favor, do Tipsoo first and go cross country from there to bag this one. It's shorter, you start higher and you get to bag two peaks. Although if you want a long day on the ridge with great views, the way I went was fun too.
Take Cory's advice on this one (cjwhat) and do Tipsoo first and then go cross country to tag Howlock. It's easier (and you can have fun running the Tipsoo trail) and much more straightforward than the way I did it. Plus, you bag two peaks! You'll like this one, very fun.
Cornvallis - Sep 30, 2003 2:06 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGreat page. I had had actually been wanting to climb Howlock since I did Thielsen and Bailey earlier in the summer, but never got arounf to it. Very nice part of the state! Your pictures are looking much better, new digital camera? Lots of 4 star pics on this page.
Brian Jenkins - Sep 30, 2003 9:55 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks! Yeah, got a digital camera recently. Man, what a difference.
vertx - Sep 30, 2003 9:18 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentThanks for the information. Its on my list of "to do's" now.
rpc - Sep 30, 2003 11:28 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGreat page on an interesting mountain.
Brian Jenkins - Oct 1, 2003 10:49 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks, Radek!
rpc - Oct 1, 2003 10:19 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentBrian,
just read your log entry - sounds like you had a pretty interesting day on this one!
it's that nice feeling when you feel like puking due to dehydration - not sure if you attained that level of nirvana on this one?!
radek
Brian Jenkins - Oct 2, 2003 12:36 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentCan't say I was at that point but I sure was glad to see the trailhead and my truck at 7:30 that night as light was fading. Was awfully glad to tip a Gatorade and take the shoes off. Then I had to drive to Acker Rock to meet Mark and Natasha as we had planned to do a 12 pitch 5.7 route the next day. 2 hours to the rock and then another 2 hours going up and down every dead end 4WD road trying to find them as I left the directions on my coffee table at home. Wasn't until midnight I found them on the last road possible left for me to take. Was too tired to make myself a dinner. Had a powerbar and fell asleep in the back of the truck. Perfect end to the perfect day.... :- \ ha ha ha
rpc - Oct 2, 2003 3:15 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentHow was the Acker Rock climb - that's a cool photo on your profile page!
Brian Jenkins - Oct 2, 2003 8:06 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentWell, I was so dead by Day 3 that I was not up for it. By the time we did the hike in (an "unimproved scramble"), we all were. Another party of 3 was there before us and going slow and we would not have been able to complete it in the day. So, we just played around on that 5.7 single pitch in that picture. Dirty route but good. Really cool place, I want to go back and do that route, the Peregrine Traverse on Acker Rock. Goes along a ridge from tower to tower until you reach the summit and a lookout tower you rap down to. Nice walkoff too, gotta like that. It's in the Climbing Southwest Oregon book by Orton. Or I think it's on www.climbsworegon.com. I have a bunch of pictures of the first 4 or 5 pitches. Was going to add it to SP if we had done it. It gets you up to a summit and is a cool route. We'll see when I get the chance to do it again. I'm just getting back into it after a few months off so I doubt I could have completed it anyway in the shape I'm in right now. :- )
rpc - Oct 2, 2003 10:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentYeah, I've seen it in the book and we have been thinking about it a while ago. Your photo makes it look cooler than I had imagined it - photos in that book are pretty crappy. Looks like really fun (steep and scary kind of "fun"!) climbing - would really like to see it on SP.
Brian Jenkins - Oct 3, 2003 2:01 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentMy photo was a nearby sport route, nothing on the Peregrine Traverse. I'll email you a picture of it from home that shows the first few pitches. Pitch 1 was a short like 5.0, then a 5.7 long traverse. Then I couldn't see much but the heads of the group climbing it. But the info is in that book.
cjwhat - Sep 30, 2003 12:10 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentLike the page. I'll add some pics when I get them developed. Please consider adding some items from my comments on the page and summit log. - Cory
Brian Jenkins - Sep 30, 2003 2:45 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentWill do that tonight. Thanks for your info. I thought about adding the info from Tipsoo Trail but forgot last night. And, I also checked out the west or northwest side of the pinnacle. Will incorporate your info tonight. Thanks.
cjwhat - Oct 1, 2003 11:17 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentExcellent incorporation. I hate to admit this page is now better than I would have done. - Cory
Brian Jenkins - Oct 1, 2003 10:49 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for the vote, Bob!
Brian Jenkins - Oct 2, 2003 2:43 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks for your comments. And thanks for the vote.
wildstar - Feb 14, 2005 4:15 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGood page, gives me another day trip idea for this summer.
Brian Jenkins - Feb 14, 2005 10:21 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThanks, appreciate the vote. Do yourself a favor, do Tipsoo first and go cross country from there to bag this one. It's shorter, you start higher and you get to bag two peaks. Although if you want a long day on the ridge with great views, the way I went was fun too.
Hope you do this one either way. Enjoy.
Don Nelsen - Feb 21, 2005 2:08 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentGreat page, Brian! Here's one you're going to make me climb. Any excuse to get back to that area, though.
Don
Brian Jenkins - Feb 22, 2005 1:51 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentTake Cory's advice on this one (cjwhat) and do Tipsoo first and then go cross country to tag Howlock. It's easier (and you can have fun running the Tipsoo trail) and much more straightforward than the way I did it. Plus, you bag two peaks! You'll like this one, very fun.