On the hike out, this little guy greeted us on the trail We made about 12 rappels down to the base. Silverstar and the wine spires from the top of the route The route had tons of ledges and a several scrambling sections but it often had some good exposure It was a pretty hot day but the wind kept it cool. The route is pretty straight forward - very well bolted, with fun clean rock. Here's a picture of the main wall, with Restless Native and the upper part of Sisyphus Prime Rib (of Goat) very roughly follows this line Michelle and Deb both led the entire route for us guys. Prime Rib climbs an arete on the left side of the wall and is a moderate semi-alpine sport climb of 11 pitches (5.9). I had climbed Sisyphus and Restless Native up the main wall last year so wanted to try out another route. This is an awesome wall located near the town of Mazama. Our friends Tom and Katie were climbing the Beckey Route on Liberty Bell at the same timeĪfter a fun night of barbecued salmon and lots of wine, we got an even later start for Goat Wall. An easy but fun 2 pitches lead to the small summit. After rapping off the other side of the mountain, we decided to make a quick jaunt up Concord Tower which is directly across from Liberty Bell. There wasn't a bad pitch and it offered good and varied climbing, exposure, and a cool natural line. The route overall was very classic and highly recommended. We topped out in the early afternoon on a perfect Cascade day. Above we cruised up very nice granite for several pitches. I had slept on this small slopey sandy ledge in the rain nearly 10 years ago while climbing Thin Red Line - a route that comes directly up the east face. We simul-climbed several pitches until we came around a corner and onto "M and M ledge". We led out and Chad and Deb came up behind. The first part of a route was a very cool ramp system that led up and left, quickly gaining much exposure over the east face. We had a leisurely start and bushwacked to the base, then climbed several hundred feet of exposed scrambling up what is called "The Bong" to get to real climbing. It roughly follows the line below up the the mountains northeast face. Our first objective was a cool looking route on Liberty Bell - the Barber Pole. We joined our good friends Chad and Deb from Seattle and met at Washington Pass. After climbing the North Face of Baring a couple weeks ago and badly cutting my finger with a knife, I hadn't been out much and figured some moderate climbing would do us both some good. ![]() Michelle and I took another foray into the mountains again last weekend.
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