robbovius
Nov 3, 2007, 5:23 PM
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Made it up to Crawford notch yesterday, did four pitches of rope solo fun ( which means, I climbed 8 pitches ;-) ) on a combo of Lost in the sun and some harder line up the middle.
I have a few pics, AMy took one of me seconding P3 as she and , um, I forget the guy's name....Pete? - I dunno - were rapping off;. I'll post some pics later.
beautiful weather!!!! Sunny, and cloudless, I was able to climb P4 in my shirtsleeves, though once the sun fell behind the opposing ridge on the west side of the Notch, it cgot cold quickly. the approach is stout. NOBODY is allowed to whine about the little hike up the hill to the MUA campsite 21 around me ever again. you hear? the hike in was heinous, 1.5 hour up 400-500 feet elevation and 1/2 to 2/3d of a mile, that included fording the Saco and a 1/4 mile upward scramble over rockslide rubble ...and since I was rope soling, carrying 2 ropes (2 packs, stacked) and all my gear (40+ pounds?).
I didn't get down from teh climbs until sunset and did the hike out (2hours) in the dark...
the consolation is that the sky was so awesomely filled with stars that one I got back to rte 302 and my car, I shjut my headlamp up and oooohed and aaaahed like a star-struck teen.
Oh, after I had rapped down to second P4, I could see the shadow of the oppposing ridge creeping up the face, and felt it pass over me...and then watched it creep upward.. kewl!
the climb itslef was a blast, even though I didn't get to summit. 4 pitches of slabby goodness, including a couple exciting 50-70 foot runouts...I led four pitches, and TR self-belayed another four (and on the TR seconds, I'd climb a slightly different line than I led, for variety.)
as burly as the approach was, I'll definitely go back and finish that climb. if I'd started at, like, 6 am, as opposed to 10 am (including hike time) I would have been able to summit before dusk.
with a partner, things would have gone much faster, though my systems are really coming together nicely.
Oh Larry, it was most defintely AN ADVENTURE ;-)
(This post was edited by robbovius on Nov 4, 2007, 5:00 PM)
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