Climbed the East Face (F7) of the Morning After with Bill W and Mark O. Bill led each pitch (4 pitches, I think). Mark and I followed on separate ends of our doubled rope. After bagging the arch that is the summit (over and under), we then downclimbed via the south ramp and the "peculiar flakes" (although there was a decent rap anchor at the summit).
Tony B also joined but opted for scrambles on the Eyes of the Canyon. Started at 6:08 am, finished around 8:39 am. Not a particularly fast outing, but the weather was perfect, so it was nice to just take our time this morning.
Only got three hours of sleep as I'd been at work until 1:30 am! Amazed that I got up for this.
StreakBlueB and rock shoes
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Green
From Gregory TH, Amph, Saddle Rock, Greenman, Green; down the same.
Started at 5:57 pm. Hiked fairly hard for most of the ascent. Only ran a few sections. Had my head up on the lookout for bears after seeing a bear on Saddle Rock last week (I had missed the sign at the trailhead mentioning that a bear had been sighted at 5:00 pm this evening near the trailhead!).
Quite a change with the ladybugs at the summit. They had previously been isolated to the trunk of a single tree. Today, they were spread out around the summit area more - mostly in small groups on smaller tree branches but some on rocks as well. Since they were spread out, there seemed to be more, but probably not. Wonder if the recent wet weather had anything to do with them spreading out.
Worked pretty hard on the descent but not all out (19:47).
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:39 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:25 - Green summit
50:58 - started down
1:10:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
Started at 5:57 pm. Hiked fairly hard for most of the ascent. Only ran a few sections. Had my head up on the lookout for bears after seeing a bear on Saddle Rock last week (I had missed the sign at the trailhead mentioning that a bear had been sighted at 5:00 pm this evening near the trailhead!).
Quite a change with the ladybugs at the summit. They had previously been isolated to the trunk of a single tree. Today, they were spread out around the summit area more - mostly in small groups on smaller tree branches but some on rocks as well. Since they were spread out, there seemed to be more, but probably not. Wonder if the recent wet weather had anything to do with them spreading out.
Worked pretty hard on the descent but not all out (19:47).
0:00 - Gregory TH
8:39 - Amph/Saddle Rock
23:44 - Saddle Rock/Greenman
41:25 - Green summit
50:58 - started down
1:10:45 - Gregory TH
HokaStinson
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