Serpentine Ridge

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Serpentine Ridge

Serpentine Ridge

Serpentine Ridge on the SW face of Dragontail Peak. Line is approximate. P0 corresponds to our rope up spot. P4 is the crux (and best) pitch of the route (5.8). Above P6, the terrain is mostly low-5th class and belays can be had at any time (and therefore are not indicated). Photo taken on July 24, 2005.
rpc
on Jul 25, 2005 2:01 pm
Lat/Lon: 47.47890°N / 120.8322°W
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing
Image ID: 116540

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hkutuk

hkutuk - Jul 25, 2005 2:21 pm - Hasn't voted

Nice beta

as always., how did you like this route, good job!

rpc

rpc - Jul 25, 2005 2:46 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice beta

Much thanks Haydar.

Did not really like the climbing at all. The money pitch - 5.8 finger crack & hand crack WAS nice but that's not much on a ~16 pitch route. Other pitches ranged from foregettable to nasty loose - if not for the stellar views higher up it would be kinda boring (never-ending 4th-low 5th class terrain).

What did you guys do?

hkutuk

hkutuk - Jul 25, 2005 4:31 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice beta

Nice setting but I heard about the loose rock on that route, too bad. Ended up having an adventure on Vesper including scary as in wet moss/ heather climbing? which involved dry tooling, helping another team to bail and finally 3-4 pitches pure fun climbing higher up, looong day, many stories & memories.....

rpc

rpc - Jul 25, 2005 5:57 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Nice beta

Heard about long days on N. Face of Vesper from others as well. Sounds like some fun climbing though?

Haydar, post a TR - sounds like you guys had quite an adventure. In the meantime, post some photos!

Martin Cash

Martin Cash - Jul 25, 2005 2:31 pm - Voted 10/10

Sorry

to hear you didn't like the route. Was Backbone wet or crowded?



My friends Matt and Bruce were behind you on Serpentine (I think). They got hit by rockfall and bailed.



Nice job finishing the climb, looking forward to the climbing shots....

rpc

rpc - Jul 25, 2005 2:44 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Sorry

Hey Martin,

Hope we were not the ones that dropped anything on them?!! I don't think we did but one or two small chunks did go flying dislodged by the rope (they landed next to Shirley though). Kinda sh***y route. Best thing were the views.

Thanks for stopping by. Would not recommend it.



A violent return of Lebanese food for me made me reconsider doing IV+ 5.9 car to car. The Fin looks sweeeeeet though!

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