Category Archives: Northwest

Summer Summary

Posted on October 13, 2014 | 2 comments

This blog’s not quite dead yet. As usual, I spent the summer climbing on ropes rather than over crash pads. I’d like to say that’s why I don’t post, but the posts don’t seem too much more frequent during bouldering season. Well, it may just be a quarterly blog. Deal with it. All 7 of you. Here’s some photos from the last 4 months or so:

EC – Happy Colored Marbles V2, FA – Boulder River Boulders, Mile 18

4th of July celebrations at Chestnut

Ho – Overhangatang V5 – Hyalite Canyon

EC – Overhangatang V5 – Hyalite Canyon (photo by Ho)

: EC – the Gravy Train 5.12b/c – Ten Sleep Canyon (photo by Ho)

SHo – Soft in the Middle 5.11c – Gallatin Canyon

Leslie – the Solace of Bolted Faces 5.12a – Wild Iris

Chris – the Devil Wears Spurs 5.10d – Wild Iris

Leslie – Limestone Cowboy 5.12a – Wild Iris

Wild Iris

EC – Don’t Bring Your Guns to Town 5.12c – Wild Iris (photo by Chris Ennis)

Chris – High Plains Drifter 5.10c – Wild Iris

Jess – the Terrible V7 – Leavenworth

EC – Cattleguard Arete V8 – Leavenworth

EC – Andy’s Arete V5 – Leavenworth

Peder – Crimpsqueek V7 – Leavenworth

Jess – Footless Traverse V5 – Leavenworth

EC – WAS V8 – Leavenworth (photo by Jess Groseth)

Peder – Premium Coffee V7 – Leavenworth

EC – the Beach Arete V2 – Leavenworth (photo by Jess Groseth)

-EC

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How about some BOULDERING?

Posted on December 16, 2013 | Leave a comment

Still slacking on the ol’ B-log, so here’s the obligatory photo dump of bouldering shots from the last couple months.

the Hourglass V7, Leavenworth, WA

Tin Man V6, Leavenworth, WA

Premium Coffee V7, Leavenworth, WA – Some of the coolest slopers ever. I will be back for this one. (photo by Marc “Off-Route” Corteau)

Walter being Walter @ Full Gravity Day ’13

Kerrek @ Full Gravity Day ’13

Christine @ Full Gravity Day ’13

Herb @ Full Gravity Day ’13

There was a creepy clown gorilla @ Full Gravity Day ’13

the Sting V4, Red Rock, NV – Contender for best problem I’ve done on sandstone. Joe and Sarah, do this one!

Lizards at Triassic, UT

David – Lemonhead V6, Triassic, UT

Christine @ Triassic, UT

Nice spot Christine.

Quoia peeking out of her road trip den.

DJAJ – Boogie Nights V6, Triassic, UT

Classic Colorad-bro parking technique at Joe’s. We got yelled at by locals for parking like this for 45 seconds while loading up so I’m sure they appreciate Rad-Bros doing it for more than an hour.

DJAJ – the Weak V3, Joe’s Valley, UT

Walter – Kinda Brawny V8, Joe’s Valley, UT

Yep.

Derv’s battle cry.

Also, here’s a short video of some of the sandstone classics I did in Nevada and Utah over my extended Thanksgiving trip.

-EC

Skyline Boulders, the Bash and a rainy Leavenworth

Posted on October 30, 2012 | 2 comments

Well, it’s been awhile so here’s another photo dump – par for the course. Let’s start with a trip to the Skyline Boulders. This small, but high quality collection of boulders sits below the Skyline Buttress in the Gallatin Canyon. Here’s some photos of Isaac and Ho trying a new V8 (possible it’s been done, but unlikely) up the center of the Trailside Boulder on the way to the Skyline Buttress. Neither got it that day, but both returned and triumphantly sent.

A couples weeks back I attended the Butte Bouldering Bash at the Trailer Boulders. As usual, the event was awesome and the climbing was lots of fun with lots of friends. I basically didn’t take any photos, but Ari took a few with my camera. For a bunch of excellent photos of the event check out Tom’s wrap-up post here.

Myself on the Aristocrat V4 – best problem I did all day! (photo by Ari Kaufman)

Lastly, Jeff, Sarah and I made a trip to Leavenworth, WA last weekend. What was supposed to be 4 or 5 days of perfect granite crimps and slopers turned into one perfect days of bouldering followed by rain… lot’s of rain. Luckily we all climbed a ton on Thursday so it wasn’t a complete bust.

Jeff and Sarah took off to Seattle on Saturday morning while I stuck it out through the weekend. On Saturday, I tried what was probably the only dry problem in Leavenworth – the Lefty V7. I got pretty close, but didn’t succeed on Saturday so when Sunday rolled around with clear skies I went back to it thinking I could finish it up quickly and then move onto whatever else I could find that was dry. Well, that didn’t happen. I spent 7.5 hrs over two days on a single problem with nothing to show for it. Very frustrating to say the least.

The problem basically boiled down to two very hard moves then another kinda hard move to a drop-off jug. Just after warming up on the second day, I stuck both the crux moves only to fall off going to the jug. It’s a bit of a precision throw into a slot and I missed. I knew I could do all the moves and usually that means imminent success for me. Not this time. 3 more hours and I never got through that second killer move. I suppose since it’s a contrived drop-off anyway and I stuck the first V6 move about 30 times, I can say I ran 30 laps on a V6, right? Anyways, although the weather made it mostly a bust, I’m as psyched as ever for Leavenworth granite and can’t wait to get back!

Photos!