Report
Flyboys
Gear 70m rope (was needed for linking some of the pitches, otherwise too long) 19 draws (7 single alpines)… Didn’t use all of them, but skipped bolts when linking. 7 alpine was pretty good. Radios – useful! Other party was struggling to communicate and they didn’t even link pitches 1 liter of water each, Alexis…
Schedule
- Tuesday 5pm – Drive to bike drop off (4 hr drive)
- 9pm – Arrive, sleep in truck
- Wednesday 6am – Drop off locked bikes
- 6:30 am – Drive down
- 7:00 am – Parked
- 7:15 am – Start hiking
- 8:00 am – At base
- 8:15 am – Climbing
- 4:15 pm – Top of climb (8 hours)
- 5:00 pm – At bikes
- 6:00 pm – At car
- 9:30 pm – At home
Weather
Rain should stop Tuesday 9pm. For Wednesday…
- 6am – 48, mostly cloudy, 2mph winds, 8% precip
- 9am – 57, partly cloudy, 3mph winds, 7% precip
- 12pm – 65, partly cloudy, 7mph winds, 6% precip
- 3pm – 67, mostly cloudy, 6mph winds, 15% precip
- 6pm – 68, mostly cloudy, 6mph winds, 22% precip
- 9pm – 62, mostly cloudy, 4mph winds, 9% precip
NOAA Tues night forecast: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradual clearing toward daybreak, with a low around 49. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph after midnight. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
NOAA Wednesday forecast: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.