Well, here it is, the Thursday before a long weekend and the weather is still not stable enough to plan… As we threw out many options, like Deception, Enchantments, Diamond…I remembered a route on Middle Sister that I had always…
After warming up on a 5.9 bolted route called Slab Happy, we headed over to attempt the Smith Rock classic, Voyage of the Cow Dog, a 3-pitch 5.9 bolted route with tons of exposure. Pitch one, a 9-bolt face climb,…
Pipe Rock (HCR) Wow! An incredible climb. Lots of work + scary as hell = Fun Shit! Pipe Rock is a 250’ pinnacle located in the Canyon Creek drainage, which is part of the South Santiam drainage…near Sweet Home. Because…
Three more trips up Rooster Rock…in three days. Saturday with Rob, Ember, Marty, and Sue. Monday with Tom Davidson, and Ann Ames. And Tuesday with Mike Pennington, and Verena Winter. Beautiful T-shirt weather all three days. A great way to…
Today we made a run up to both Nasty Rocks, for a Nasty Rock Twofer. A good conditioner that gains 2200’ in the first two miles, then an additional 2000’ of up’s and down’s along the ridge. …
Monkey Face…DONE! Thanks to Mark and Natasha Denyer, for the lead and the encouragement. Wow, what a climb! Everything and more, of what I was expecting. We decided to do this on Friday instead of the weekend to minimize the…