John Plotz, Iconic Hitchhiker photo: Start of Pitch 5 with Wine Spires in background.

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John Plotz, Iconic Hitchhiker photo: Start of Pitch 5 with Wine Spires in background.

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Pals over on pitch 4 of The Hitchhiker, taken from The Passenger. They beat us to the pub by hours...

Climber on Hitchhiker. Pitch 4 ledge.

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Steph Abegg

May 27, 2018

“John Plotz, Iconic Hitchhiker photo: Start of Pitch 5 with Wine Spires in background.”

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Route Overlays of Hitchhiker and Passenger (updated).

Tom Michael on the 5.11 slab traverse.

The slab traverse at the start of p5.

Evan on the traverse pitch

p5 5.11- traverse

Chris Potts pulling the roof on at the end of p8.

Chris Borg following the second pitch of The Hitchhiker - July 2023

route description from CascadeClimbers

Loren Foss and Tom Michael on pitch one, or two if you go by the topo. I always link pitches one and two into one long, super fun pitch of varied climbing.

Loren Foss on the 4" crack traverse.

Pitch 1 from the start.

Alex & Adam (I think) working on Pitch 2 as seen from the approach.

Pitch 7.

Steep fingers on Pitch 6.

2nd pitch of Hitchhiker

topo via Blake Herrington on CascadeClimbers

6pitch

Ian Kirk making his way up after the slab crux

Me on the P7 5.10 variation through 6 bolts.

pitch 2 - slabs to corner crack

One of the routes closer to the saddle. This is not the Hitchhiker. Don't climb this. Keep heading down.

The start of pitch 8. Climb through the tree and up the wide crack to reach the base of the bolted 5.10 slab.

Near the top of pitch 6. Just around the corner after the backwards c-shaped 5.11 pitch. Linking pitches 5 & 6 worked well.

Pitch 8.

In the spring, the approach from the Hairpin is the quickest.

View of Hitchhiker on approach

Pitch 1 from base of route.

Chris Croft leading pitch 2

John starting up Pitch 3.

Pals over on pitch 4 of The Hitchhiker, taken from The Passenger. They beat us to the pub by hours...

John Plotz, Iconic Hitchhiker photo: Start of Pitch 5 with Wine Spires in background.

Climber on Hitchhiker. Pitch 4 ledge.

Last part of Pitch 5.

looking down p2

looking down on p2

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