The Climber's Cache:
Trip Reports
2004 Trips
8/4 - 8/14 | Bugaboos |
Summer 04 | Mount Rainier - Emmons Glacier (again) |
Summer 04 | Mount Rainier - Emmons Glacier |
Summer 04 | Forbidden Peak - West Ridge |
Summer 04 | Lots of x32, and 32 |
Summer 04 | Law School Summer Semester - Grade V |
05/19/04: | Exit 38 - Deception Crags (w/Dave, Loren, Dan) |
05/15/04: | Condor Buttress - Condorphamine Addiction -5.10b |
04/03/04: | Peshastin Pinnacles - Lightning Crack - 5.9 |
03/27/04: | Vantage (aka: Return to Chossville) |
03/20/04: | Vantage (aka: Welcome to Chossville) |
03/13/04: | Mount Hood - South Side Standard Route |
01/24/04: | Lillooet, BC: Marble Canyon - Ice Climbing |
01/18/04 | Leavenworth - Hubba Hubba, Central Flow - Ice Climbing |
01/11/04: | Alpental Falls (aka Alpental I) Ice climb. |
01/04/04: | Burroughs's Bowl - Backcountry Ski Adventure |
01/03/04: | Alpental Backcountry SAR |
2003 Trips
12/19/03: | Lillooet, BC - Ice Climbing |
11/08/03: | Early Season Ice - Snoqualmie |
10/25/03: | Exit 38: The Far Side - Gritscone; various routes to .12a/b. |
10/18/03: | Leavenworth - Castle Rock: Saber; Angle Crack |
10/05/03: | Exit 38 - w/Smoker: The Far Side various routes to .10d |
09/26/03: | Exit 38 - Deception Crags |
09/24/03: | Slippery Slab Tower: AWOL - 5.7 |
09/21/03: | Dorothy Lake Hike |
09/13/03: | Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock - Silent Running + "Bonus Pitch"; 5.10b, 7 pitches |
09/06/03: | Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock - Big Tree 2000 - 5.10a R. A very cool (albeit run out) 5.10a R slab route |
08/30/03: | Darrington: Three O'Clock Rock, S. Buttress - Great Arch Area: Under the Board Walk; and an unnamed 5.9 and 5.10a |
08/24/03: | Exit 38 - various to .10c |
08/23/03 | Got to have Guts 5K |
08/18/03: | Exit 38 - Amazonia: Iguanarama .10a |
08/17/03: | Exit 38 - Overhaul Wall: Sheltered Upbringing .10b; Toying With My Afflictions .10b; False Pretenses 5.7 |
08/15/03: | Darrington: Exfoliation Dome - W. Buttress; 9 pitches, 5.10a variation |
08/09/03: | Exit 38; various to .11a |
08/08/03: | Mt. Stuart Hike (bailed on N. Ridge due to poor weather) |
08/06/03: | Exit 38; various to .10a |
07/25/03: | Mt. Si (including Haystack) - 2:20 minutes RT |
07/19/03: | Leavenworth - various to .10a |
07/12/03: | Boulder Basin / Kennedy Hot Spring - Glacier Peak Wilderness; 20+ miles RT |
07/04/03: | Squamish, BC - St. Vitus Dance 5.9 |
06/27/03: | Powell River - Part II |
06/22/03: | Index: Great Northern Slab 5.6 |
06/15/03: | Leavenworth - Snow Creek Wall: Orbit - 5.9 |
06/06/03: | Powell River, BC - Rock Climbing |
05/29/03: | Index: Lizard 5.8 |
05/26/03: | Mt. Erie Rock Climbing: I have no idea what we climbed as I didn't have a good route guide; possible new route: 5.7R |
05/24/03: | Index: Great Northern Slab 5.6 |
05/21/03: | Mt. Persis w/ Jon |
05/17/03: | Castle Rock w/ Matt: The Fault 5.6; Catapult 5.8; Angle 5.10a; Canary 5.9 |
05/11/03: | Exit 38; various to 5.9; Emiko lead two routes! |
04/25/03: | Exit 38; various to 5.9 (rock wet and slippery). |
04/20/03: | Dragontail Peak: Triple Couloirs; Grade IV, WI3 |
04/12/03: | Peshastin Pinnacles: W. Face 5.8; W.F. Direct - 5.10a; Lightning Crack 5.9 |
04/06/03: | Big Four Outing (w/Jon, Chrystell, et al) |
03/30/03: | Frenchman Coulee Sport Climbing |
03/08/03: | Alpental Skiing with Ray |
02/17/03: | Alpental Ice Climbing - WI5 |
02/07/03: | Bozeman, Montana - Hyalite Canyon Ice Climbing |
02/02/03: | Lanham Lake Snowshoe |
01/20/03: | Alpental Ice Climbing; WI2+; very thin; Source Lake Snowshoe |
01/06/03: | Daiyama (大山): solo trek up this Japanese peak (hill); descent in dark via headlamp |
2002 Trips
2002: | Alpental Ice Climbing (Jan); reconnaissance |
2002: | Alpental Ice Climbing (Feb); WI4+ |
2002: | Alpental Ice Climbing (March); WI 3/4 |
2002: | I-90 Body Recovery |
2002: | Common Wealth Basin Rescue |
2002: | Stevens Pass Snowshoe: avalanche class |
2002: | Mt. Constitution Hike |
2002: | Tiger Mountain Hike |
2002: | Peshastin Pinnacles: Orchard Rock - Tunnel Route; 5.6 |
2002: | Snow Creek Wall: Outerspace; 5.9 |
2002: | Vantage: ZigZag Wall; 5.7 |
2002: | Icicle Buttress: R&D route; 5.6 |
2002: | Tiger Mountain Hike (RAD Team qualifying hike) |
2002: | Slippery Slab Tower; attempt (poor conditions; nice camping at Surprise Lake) |
2002: | Snow Creek Wall: White Slabs; 5.7 |
2002: | Castle Rock; Midway/Midway Direct; 5.6 |
2002: | Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Bruce's Boulder, etc.); 5.0 to 5.10d |
2002: | Mt. Daniel: Hyas / Daniel Glacier Route |
2002: | Mt. St. Helens: Worm Flows Route |
2002: | Long's Pass Hike |
2002: | Mt. Si Hike/Scramble |
2002: | Granite Mountain Hike |
2002: | Exit 38; various; to 5.9 |
2002: | Exit 38; various; to 5.9+ |
2002: | Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Barney's Rubble; Bruce's Boulder, etc.); 5.8 to 5.10d |
2002: | Exit 38; various to 5.10a |
2002: | Leavenworth: Icicle; various routes (Alphabet Rock: Meat Grinder; 5.10a; Dogleg Crack; 5.8+) |
2002: | Peshastin Pinnacles: Dinosaur Tower: Potholes; 5.8; Sunset Slab: Every route: to 5.9 |
07/20/02: | Prusik Peak - West Ridge; 5.7/Little Annapurna: Enchantment 2002 Climb |
08/17/02: | Condor Buttress - Condorphamine Addiction; 5.10a/b |
08/18/02: | Chumstick Snag Expedition; 5.7 / A1 |
08/22/02: | Rainier Climb: Disappointment Cleaver (DC) Route |
09/13/02: | Exit 38; various to 5.10d |
09/14/02: | Mt. Thompson: Rescue |
09/20/02: | Exit 38; various to 5.10a |
09/21/02: | Mt. Thompson: West Ridge; 5.6 |
09/27/02: | Mt. Rainier: Observation Rock; AI3(?) - Attempt (poor conditions; bad rock fall) |
10/13/02: | Exit 38; various to 5.9 |
10/25/02: | Stuart Lake Backpack (I woke up in the morning and my sleeping bag was encased in ice!) |
11/23/02: | Secret Canada Gathering (w/Fred Beckey et al) + 1 free solo at Squamish. |
11/29/02 : | Mt. Si (3610 ft. of elevation in 1:39 min. - not bad considering I had not eaten breakfast! RT = 4:14) |
12/22/03: | Hubba Bubba (water ice climb) reconnaissance - there was only about 1 inch of rotten ice! |
12/25/03: | Hiking in Japan--lots of snow |