Liberty Bell.
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My new to climbing gitlfriend and I are visiting the family and would like to try some cool routes. I have some climbing experience and we have all the gear. Would Liberty Bell be a good choice? I could use your advice. |
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Do you lead trad? Routefinding and multipitch experience? If so, you could climb The Beckey Route on Liberty Bell which is a few pitches of 5.6, I believe. |
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I do lead trad , but have not done much alpine. Not very experienced in route finding. We don't have much time to hire guiding service, besides I'm trying to impress her ;) |
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Hiring a guide doesn't take much time, but it will save you a lot of time finding the routes and descents. You won't impress her if you get off route or can't find the descents! Have fun. |
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True. Hahaha I do want to impress her! But there is not much impressing by hiring a guide. Hahaha no pun intended. Hope to get some info on easier to find and rappel routes in that area. |
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For alpine climbing, the Beckey route on Liberty Bell is about as straight forward as it gets as far as actually finding the route and then figuring out what to climb. Chances are there will be other people on the route too. The approach gully is kind of gnarly for a new climber girlfriend though, I'd be wary of that. |
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There is a newish Washington Pass Supertopo book out, which would be your best bet for good info on Liberty Bell and the surrounding climbs. |
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If you're trying to impress a woman, Aleks Zebastian should be able to point you in the right direction. Just shoot him a PM, I'm sure he can help. Aleks Zebastian wrote:I once ask if it would be good idea to leave a trail of luna bars or brightly colored karabiner from the cliff to my camp site, and then be bench pressing gigantic boulders while lying on my back shirtless in a cold mountain stream saying, "Do you hear me counting? I do over 100." However, no climbing friend respond to write to me on whether this would be a good idea working. Do you have any bold, excellent ideas? I find the meeting of the women to be a bit more difficult than the flashing of the 13a and V7, so rather than develop "social skills," I feel I must come up with outrageous, overly complex plan.( mountainproject.com/v/great…) He has the right idea... |
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Eli Buzzell wrote:If you're trying to impress a woman, Aleks Zebastian should be able to point you in the right direction. Just shoot him a PM, I'm sure he can help. ( mountainproject.com/v/great…) He has the right idea...This is true. Aleks is Mountain Project's assigned Relationship Doctor and should be consulted on matters of the heart. |
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Yeah, the gully on liberty bell is gnarly, and will trip out a first timer, Think loose sand and rocks. If i remember correctly its an easy route without too much pro. |
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I think Fun Rock, in Mazama, is what he's looking for. Probably not multipitch. |
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Can you climb easy 5.10 sport? Then you can climb the impressively rated "11c" Restless Natives.. |
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Tronald Dump wrote:Lots of good bolted stuff, and a route called "prime Rib of Goat" Its an 11p 5.9 sport route about 30min up the roadPrime Rib is a great route, but I would NOT recommend it as a first-time multipitch for a newbie. It's very long, and the descent requires something like 12 rappels - which can take several hours even if you know what you're doing and are very efficient. Not the place to be figuring out how to use an autoblock, IMO. |
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Climbing friend, |
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I once tried excatly whats been suggested! I took a new climbing girlfriend out to WA pass one weekend. Our first climb together, we climbed Prime rib of the goat in Mazama, then Becky route on liberty bell the next day. She cried on both, we only did half of prime rib but got to the summit of Liberty Bell... The lady was still impressed, and within a year was following me up 5.11s in the mountains. Still, I wouldn't suggest either climb for your current situation, but who knows? We all had to learn somehow, might as well take her up the scariest approach for her first time, it will make all those other climbs seem way easier. |
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powhound84 wrote: Climbing friend, you always come with the best advice! I wish you a lifetime supply of fish heads and many years of bold flashes with crimping strength so ample that you can pry open beer bottles with the tips of your pinkie fingers!Climbing friend, I thank to you! May you experience making countless bold, yet enjoyable, flash, and crushing grip of iron fist so mighty that the climbing rocks explode in your hands! |
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Plenty of beginner climbers have gotten up and down the Beckey Route. You and your girlfriend can too. The Beckey Route is easy. It's not a question of skills, it's a question of attitude. |
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I have had the thought, why should you try to impress her? Perhaps she should try to impress you! You are the cool one after all, what with the climbing and stuff. |
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Speaking from experience, putting a newbie GF on a multi-pitch often leads to tears. |
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Let her clean the roof section on the bell for real character building |