Mountaineers Dome
- Gear Used:
- 60 meter rope
- gear to 2 inches
- slings
July 15, 2009
The Drive
Lacey and I drove over highway 2 and into Leavenworth in the evening of the 14th. We were hoping to get on the rock that evening to beat the heat but by the time we made it into Leavenworth we just wanted to set up camp and go out for dinner. We camped in the 8 mile campground and woke up early for some climbing.
The Climbs
We wanted to start on some crack climbs to prepare for our August trip to The Bugaboos. I have been working on cracks for the last few years and have been improving but Lacey hasn't had that much time on them. We figured the best place for easy cracks is the Mountaineers Dome.
Gibson's Crack, 5.5
We started with Gibson's Crack that is a few hundred feet to the right of the main dome. It's basically a straight in hand crack with a crux at the top where the crack get's wide. Lacey had a hard time at the top as her hand's are to small for it. There are no holds on the rock at all so you just have to jam and smear with your feet!
Lacey making it to the top of Gibson's Crack.
Right Crack, 5.2
We then moved to the Mountaineers Dome and climbed the right crack. I quickly climbed the easy route and set an anchor off of the two bolts at top. Easy climbing up fun cracks with lots of good holds and knobs on the smooth slab.
Lacey cruising the easy but fun right crack.
Left Crack, 5.6
We then moved to the left crack. I have always been a bit nervous on this crack as it kind of does a traverse up the slab and never get's much higher than maybe 15 feet above the gully to the left. This makes you feel like you can take a ground fall no matter how high you climb! None the less it is a fun crack with good moves. You can lie back up the last 15 feet of the climb. Lacey cruised it with nothing but smiles!
Lacey happy to be on fun rock.
Don't mess with this chick!
It quickly became way to hot for me to climb so we packed up and headed to the pool to cool off!
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