Vantage - Sunshine Wall, Various Routes 9/19/2007
Trip: Vantage - Sunshine Wall, Various Routes
Date: 9/19/2007
Trip Report:TeleRoss and I went out to Vantage on a Wednesday when it was kind of gloomy and cold in Seattle. We were the only car in the parking lot and never saw a soul at Sunshine Wall all day. It was partly cloudy at the Coulee and nice and warm with temps in the upper 70's.
We climbed Corner Pockets, George and Martha, Elvis's Pharmacist, Red M&M's, Chemically Adjusted Reality, and a link up of Stems and Seeds to the finish on Bob's your Uncle.
That link up just wore me out. Just when you're past the difficulties on Stems and Seeds you get to do the crux on Bob's your Uncle. Just about every muscle in my body was in open rebellion.
It was a really fun and productive day and Ross is a hell of a lot of fun to climb with. Ordinarily six pitches at Vantage wouldn't be a big day for me, but this is the first time I'd done that many routes at those grades.
This was my first time up Red M&M's. It's an interesting route. I can say categorically I am not ready to lead that one! Chemically Adjusted Reality turned out to be very easy for 5.10c, more like 5.10a. It seems to protect just fine, and is not quite as loose as it appears.
Returning to the car, there was one other car with a pair of hikers. There was a car at the Feathers and that's it! The trash is all picked up and there is a sign that some climber posted on the kiosk showing how bad it looked and reminding people to pack it all out.
