Start date 20200609
End date 20200610

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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.