11-MAR-2007
Hollow Victory (WI4)
I ran up hollow victory with helpful hints from Nate when and where I should place screws ?thanks doofus! Nate came up and we rapped to the base but not before eyeing the mixed lines beside Jetstream. Nate couldn’t let them go so we soloed to a decent spot for a screw belay so Nate could lead some graded mixed climbs!
19-MAR-2007
Powered by Doughnuts (M6+)
First he got on Powered By Donuts (M6+). A great and inspiring lead by Nate this was. He got some great nuts sunk, slung a popsicle, and went for the gold. He pulled through the slightly overhung upper section missing a huge hold behind the ice opting instead for shallow ice placement. He topped out, lowered off a tree, and belayed me up to clean the gear and give it a go (next pic).
11-MAR-2007
Powered By Doughnuts (M6+) (nate)
). It was awesome. The first few mixed moves weren’t too bad with good hooks in fairly deep placements. The transition from rock to ice was hard, though, and thankfully I found a gigantic hook behind the curtain and topped out.
Nate then got on Max’s Route (M6) which can be seen on the left side of this image; the other major crack line (sorry, no other pictures). He toproped it to the tree dragging the other half rope so we could quickly rap to the ground.
11-MAR-2007
Sunset over Bancroft
The sun was setting as Nate was climbing ending our day in a red alpenglow. We rapped to the base of the climb, sorted our gear and walked to the car. A couple hours and a pitstop later and I was totally KO’d as Nate drove us home. I only wanted to sleep for an hour, but I woke up 2 hours later as we pulled onto Nate’s street. 30 minutes later I was sound asleep with a great trip behind me. Thanks, Nate, for getting me out climbing up there and for the solid belay and beta.
Sadly, I think the ice season for me is ended, but at least it went out the way it should have! Next year!!!