Them boys: looked a bit like Johnny B. when he was young and a 20-year-old Chuck Pratt
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Got up there and the boys romped up Bear's Reach.
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Saturday I was going to join my old (way old) friends and do Eagle Lake Buttress. Bit of a slog up there. Nice stroll to Eagle Lake, then an hour or so up the endless slabs. But, three great pitches up cracks, steep faces and a nice little overhang at the top. A really nice day out with friends I've climbed with for almost 40 years. I think our combined age on the two ropes was around 250 years.
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 Climbed Eagle Way - hard to describe. Dihedral just right of center, then up the big face/arete then summit blocks to a great summit Credit: Mike Bolte |
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Got back in time to catch the boys finishing up The Line
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They had a good day. Surrealistic Pillar with the Direct Start, Beer Can Direct, and the Line.
Only half a day on Sunday. The Thornburg photo of Powerlust had grabbed the kid's imagination. Trudged up to the Main Ledge and they both led it and liked it.
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 John starting Powerlust Credit: Mike Bolte |
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 John getting some air at the crux. Here is the beta - righthand thumb mantle and reach, stretch, reach, stretch some more then give up and launch for a good hold Credit: Mike Bolte |
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We chatted with some nice folks heading up Corrugation Corner - have some photos of you guys up there, send me a note via ST
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Also saw my first Green-Tailed Towhee for the Bird Thread.
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