Slippery When Wet WI4
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| Type: | Trad, Ice, 2 pitches, Grade II |
| Consensus: | WI4 [details] |
| FA: | Kevin Donald & Duncan Ferguson, ~'75 |
| Season: | winter |
| Submitted By: | Leo Paik on Apr 13, 2005 |
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2/97, Slippery When Wet.
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Description This is a very fun route uphill from Skylight. This was shown in the ice video, On Ice.
P1. The 1st pitch goes up to a small cave, WI3.
P2. Break out of cave and left (crux), and fire up beautiful groove/dihedral to the top, ~WI4.
Rappel 50m. Per doligo: a 60m rope comfortably gets you all the way to the tree from the road.
Protection Ice screws and a lack of brains.
BETA PHOTO: 2/97.
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At the crux.
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Leading the crux. Feb. 02, 2007.
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Myself leading the crux on Slippery When Wet, 1/11...
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Slippery When Wet on Feb 1,2009. Photo by Dan Dalt...
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Trying not to slip.
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| Comments on Slippery When Wet |
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By kevin donald
Nov 15, 2004
| I believe the first ascent of this fine little climb was around 1975 by Kevin Donald and Duncan Ferguson while looking for routes to climb with International Alpine School students. However Rusty Bailley (sp) was living in Montrose at the time and he had an appetite for ice as well, so who knows? |
By eDixon
From: Durango, Colorado
Jul 9, 2011
| Seems easier to just do this as one long pitch. |
By doligo
Feb 9, 2012
| 60m rope comfortably gets you all the way to the tree from the road. One double rope rappel or two single ones (there is an intermediate above the first ice bulge) will get you down. |
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