Diggler - Feb 24, 2004 3:05 pm - Voted 10/10
steepness?Nice set of photos of your guys' trip- looks fun! What was the average steepness of the slopes? Any WI en route? Makes me wish I were out there right now!
Martin Cash - Feb 24, 2004 4:29 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: steepness?Dirk, read the route report for the Northeast Buttress I put together for beta on the route. Paul and I tried to make it really detailed. It is rated III WI3 AI3.
Klenke - Feb 24, 2004 4:46 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: steepness?Dirk, it's hard to say. There were parts as steep as nearly vertical getting up through that waterfall. Other parts were much less. One thing's for sure, there weren't any flat spots until you got to the top staging area.
I looked at my topo software. While this is only a rough guess, from start to finish, the route climbs about 600 vertical feet in about 690 horizontal feet. This works out to: angle = arctan(600/690) = 41 degrees. Because of the steeper sections, the overall fell was that it was steeper than 41 degrees.
Diggler - Feb 25, 2004 1:25 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: steepness?That's awesome, guys. Inspirational shots for all of us! When I find time to get up to Washington for climbing, I'll be coming to you for recommendations!
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